Earlier today, Nintendo announced on its Japanese Twitter account that the company will eventually offer fans an affiliate program on YouTube. Nintendo of America has now followed up with official comments of its own.

A statement from the company reads:

Nintendo has been permitting the use of Nintendo copyrighted material in videos on YouTube under appropriate circumstances. Advertisements may accompany those videos, and in keeping with previous policy that revenue is shared between YouTube and Nintendo. In addition, for those who wish to use the material more proactively, we are preparing an affiliate program in which a portion of the advertising profit is given to the creator. Details about this affiliate program will be announced in the future.

You can find our original post regarding Nintendo’s YouTube affiliate program here.

Source: Nintendo PR

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
4. LEGO City Undercover – Nintendo
5. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
6. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
7. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
8. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
9. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo
10. LEGO marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive

3DS

1. Kirby: Triple Deluxe – Nintendo
2. Pokémon X – Nintendo
3. Pokémon Y – Nintendo
4. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
5. Mario Golf: World Tour – Nintendo
6. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
7. Yoshi’s New Island – Nintendo
8. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – GSP/Avanquest
9. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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Club Nintendo members in Japan can begin ordering the Mario Kart 8 t-shirt above starting on May 29. It’ll cost 600 coins normally, though only 500 coins if users register their copy of the game.

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The Wii U eShop’s music has been refreshed again. Sounds like Nintendo is getting ready for Mario Kart 8!

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New details have come in for LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. You can find a roundup of the latest information below.

– Action taken to space
– Includes Resogun-like shooting sections
– Press demo takes place just after the start of the game
– Joker and Lex coordinate an attack on the Justice League’s Watch Tower
– New cast includes Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, the Flash
– Main enemy of the game is Brainiac
– Most of the story is set in space
– Will visit DC locations outside of Earth
– Demo starts in the Bat Cave with Batman
– Batman and The Boy Wonder assemble the parts they need to build their space ship
– Can switch between suits at will
– Only limit is that there’s a fuel mechanic to certain outfits
– Ex: Robin’s Illumination Suit needs batteries, Batman’s Jet Suit needs fuel to get around
– Illumination Suit lets you explore dark places
– Cyborg has a mecha-style Giant Suit, a Demolition Suit and a ‘Stealth’ Suit
– Take on flying Joker teeth and other attackers in shooter sections
– Press demo has you playing a shooting section around the Watch Tower
– Action rotates around it
– Collect green power ups for extras such as smart bombs, lasers, shields

“We wanted to do things like this, because that kind of 2D arcade shooter feels like it’s perfect for space combat and we get to have loads of Lego bricks flying around and blowing up.”

“Wanted to push the story and show new locations, show new worlds that people haven’t been to before and refine what we can do in the game. I’m a little bit restricted about what we can say. I know we’ve got some fantastic things we’re really excited about showing but with this being the first announcement we’re not revealing it all. In particular the voice acting: there’s some really cool stuff we’re putting in place for that.”

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