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Using a live orchestra for the music in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds was never up for consideration. Composer Ryo Nagamatsu told ONM this month that doing so wouldn’t have provided suitable sound for the 3DS speakers.

For A Link Between Worlds, Nintendo hoped to appeal to those who play the game with and without headphones. As such, the team wanted “orchestra-quality sounds that had the appropriate reverberation and instrumental arrangement for the Nintendo 3DS speakers.”

Nagamatsu’s comments in full:

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Siliconera recently spoke with a couple of staffers at Atlus to discuss Conception II’s localization, including what made the game stand out for as a title for the company to localize.

Mike Meeker, an editor on the game, told the site:

The slick design really stood out. We felt that it shared similar flashy looks and UI of the later entries in the Persona series, and the sort of techno-futuristic-yet-fantasy aesthetic of it all has an interesting appeal.

Elsewhere in the interview, Meeker and and translator Mai Namba commented on what changes Atlus had to make from the Japanese version:

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Photo One:

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Bella Thorne of Shake It Up prepares to decorate a life-size version of a Mega Eggdozer from the Yoshi’s New Island game for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS at Quixote Studios in West Hollywood, Calif., on March 9, 2014. The newest game in the Yoshi’s Island series launches March 14 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems and features Yoshi as he guides Baby Mario through a challenge-filled island to help him reunite with his kidnapped brother, Baby Luigi, using massive Mega Eggdozers that can crash through walls.

Photo Two:

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Hollywood’s youngest stars toss paint-filled balloons to help decorate a life-size version of a Mega Eggdozer from the Yoshi’s New Island game for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS at Quixote Studios in West Hollywood, Calif., on March 9, 2014. The newest game in the Yoshi’s Island series launches March 14 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems and features Yoshi as he guides Baby Mario through a challenge-filled island to help him reunite with his kidnapped brother, Baby Luigi, using massive Mega Eggdozers that can crash through walls.

Photo Three:

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Garrett Clayton of Teen Beach Movie enjoys some hands-on time with the Yoshi’s New Island game on the Yoshi-themed Nintendo 3DS system at Quixote Studios in West Hollywood, Calif., on March 9, 2014. The newest game in the Yoshi’s Island series launches March 14 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

Photo Four:

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Benjamin Stockham of About a Boy enjoys some hands-on time with the Yoshi’s New Island game on the Yoshi-themed Nintendo 3DS system at Quixote Studios in West Hollywood, Calif., on March 9, 2014. The newest game in the Yoshi’s Island series launches March 14 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

Source: Nintendo PR

Alongside today’s new digital rewards on Club Nintendo are a pair of new physical items. The Super Mario Accessory Box is available for 700 coins while the Animal Crossing 3DS XL Pouch can be purchased for 500 coins. The latter reward comes in light blue and pink varieties.

Thanks to Ben for the tip.

This month’s digital rewards on Club Nintendo have gone live. Members can choose from Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (3DS, 150 coins), Number Battle (3DS, 200 coins), Yoshi (Wii U, 200 coins), and Bonsai Barber (Wii / Wii U, 250 coins). These items last through April 6.

Visit this page to order a downloadable game.

Here’s a nice little gesture on Nintendo’s part. For BLOK DROP U’s launch last week, the company’s Dev Support Team sent out a congratulations card to developer RCMADIAX. Take a look below:

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

Wii U

1. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
2. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
3. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
5. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
6. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
7. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
8. Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games
9. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Nintendo Land – Nintendo

3DS

1. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
2. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
3. Pokemon X – Nintendo
4. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
5. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo
6. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
7. Senran Kagura Burst – PQube
8. Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – Nintendo
9. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures – Namco Bandai
10. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive

Source: Chart-Track