Did you know that Nintendo’s head honcho is celebrating a birthday today? Yup: it’s now December 6 in Japan, which happens to be the day when president Satoru Iwata was born. Iwata is now 54 years-old.

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Arc System Works will be bringing Arc Style: Solitaire to the North American 3DS eShop in the near future. Nintendo has the game listed on its website, meaning a release shouldn’t be too far off.

Arc Style: Solitaire comes with Klondike and Monte Carlo varieties. Players can also choose to play on the top screen or touch screen. Features include undo, hints, and the ability to save and return to your games later. More decks and backgrounds can be unlocked as well.

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Consumers in Japan can now purchase a set of playing cards based on Pokemon X/Y. The deck features creatures such as Xerneas, Yveltal, and final forms of the starter Pokemon. Pricing is set at 525 yen.

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In Japan, Square Enix is allowing players to transfer save data from Bravely Default to Bravely Default: For the Sequel.

Just a few steps are required to initiate the process. They are as follows:

1) Need a Square Enix member ID
2) Boot up the original game
3) Visit the Member section and upload it for a password
4) Swap cartridges and boot up For the Sequel
5) Start a new game
6) When prompted, say you’d like to import your data and the game will prompt for your Square Enix ID and password
7) Transfer can then take place

Players can ultimately bring along their level, job, job level, money, items, special moves, friends and more.

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Ubisoft has sent out a new Assassin’s Creed-related survey which may give some insight into what kind of ideas the publisher is considering for the franchise as well as a potential pirate spinoff.

One question asks of an original pirates title, “In such a game, what would be the most important elements among these below?” Customizable pirate character, ship, and hideout, a deeper economy, and additional activities at sea or on land are listed as choices. The survey also asks if participants would like to “sail and fight with my friends” and “sail and fight with other players.”

Specifically regarding Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft asks if players would be interested in seeing a new modern day hero and more high-level subjects, such as desired gameplay improvements and historical settings.

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The latest addition in the Iwata Asks series focuses on the Fit Meter, a device used in conjunction with Wii Fit U. You can check out the full discussion here. The interview features Nintendo president Satoru Iwata as well as various developers that assisted with the Fit Meter’s development.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf is currently seeing an unannounced sale on Amazon. You can purchase the game for $25 – quite a bit of savings for a popular Nintendo title. It’s unclear how long the sale will last, so buy New Leaf while you can!

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