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This week, Nintendo released an update for Kirby Battle Royale in Japan. The game has been updated to version 2.1.0.

The official patch notes are as follows:

– Made it easier to gain Ranking Points in Online Battle.
– Made it so that you will gain Ranking Points even if an Online Battle is cancelled due to an opponent disconnecting.
– Fixed a bug that could cause the game to crash when a rocket is launched in Rocket Rumble.

Kirby Battle Royale still isn’t out in North America, but is scheduled for January.

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Kirby Battle Royale has yet to debut in North America, but it did come out in both Europe and Japan. Nintendo sent out an update last week that added the new Mirror Copy Ability from the fan poll that was recently held. Check out some footage of the new content below.

Nintendo prepared a short trailer for the new Mirror Copy Ability added to Kirby Battle Royale with the version 2.0 update. Check it out below.

Kirby Battle Royale’s new update is live. For those who have the game in Europe and Japan, version 2.0. is out now.

The new update adds support for the Mirror ability. Nintendo also included a note about the general, vague statement about how adjustments have been made to make for a more pleasant gaming experience.

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During the first round of the Kirby 25th Anniversary Copy Ability Poll, “Mirror” was chosen by fans. That meant the ability would be added to Kirby Battle Royale at some point.

Nintendo has now announced that Mirror will be available in Kirby Battle Royale on December 13. Of course, the game isn’t actually out yet in North America – only in Europe and Japan. When it becomes available stateside in January, we assume the Copy Ability will be out at launch.

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Nintendo has uploaded a pair of commercials for Kirby Battle Royale. View the two adverts below.

Under its new “HAL Egg” brand, HAL Laboratory released its first mobile game Hataraku UFO. It arrived on iOS and Android in Japan last week.

Famitsu spoke with HAL Laboratory about Hataraku UFO and more in its latest issue. The conversation started with the topic of how HAL Egg started, to which brand manager Shigefumi Kawase explained:

Three different BoxBoy! games were created for 3DS. While some thought that the series could end with the third entry, HAL Laboratory hasn’t ruled out a return to the series.

So it’s interesting then that what could be a new tease for the game surfaced today. In a new BoxBoy! video posted on the official Japanese YouTube channel, what’s pictured above was shown at the very end. It might be a sign of things to come.

HAL’s Yasuhiro Mukae was asked about the possibility of BoxBoy! appearing on Switch earlier this year. He noted how multiplayer could work well on the console, but stopped short of actually confirming a new entry for the system. Perhaps a fourth game could be in the works for Switch?

A few months ago, HAL Laboratory announced plans to begin developing games for mobile under its new brand “HAL Egg”. The first title, Hataraku UFO, just released in Japan today.

Hataraku UFO is a crane game, but there’s much more to it than that. There are different objectives to complete like fishing, stacking cheerleaders, and more. You can also used money earned to change how your UFO looks and performs.

View a brief trailer for Hataraku UFO. It’s out now for iOS and Android in Japan for 480 yen.

Nintendo has announced the results of the Kirby Copy Ability Poll. After tabulating all of the votes around the world, the winning ability was none other than Mirror.

Below are the full results by region:


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