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Update 2: Added in the official announcement after the break.

Update: How’s this for a quick update? It’s confirmed for March 18 as well. It’ll be a worldwide release!

Pokken Tournament is launching in North America very soon. On Twitter, the official Pokemon account passed along a final date: March 18. The game was previously only said to be coming in spring.

Japan is actually getting Pokken Tournament on the same day. As for Europe, it’s coming sometime in spring.

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The Japanese Pokken Tournament website has updated with a few more details about the game. Here’s the latest:

– Single Battle: 3 difficulty modes
– This is a new mode on Wii U
– Local battle mode officially announced
– 30 FPS instead of 60 with local multiplayer
– Online mode
– this has rankings and competitions
– Can use a LAN Cable to link two Wii Us, where the game will run at 60fps

We also have two more sets of support Pokemon: Pachirisu and Magikarp, plus includes Sylveon and Croagunk.

Hit up the gallery below for the latest screenshots of Pokken Tournament on Wii U.

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In a leak from this month’s issue of CoroCoro, we found out about three new characters in Pokken Tournament. We now know that Braixen, Garchomp, and standard Mewtwo are joining the roster. That’s not all though. The game’s website just updated, revealing Chandelure as another addition.

It’ll be a little while before we get a proper look at Chandelure. A trailer for the character will debut at Tokaigi 2016 on January 31.

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Super Mario Maker’s latest Event Course and costume have gone live. You can now tackle the Adventure in Sarasaland level. Once finished, you’ll receive the Daisy outfit.

Here’s an overview of Adventure in Sarasaland:

“Start in the land of Super Mario Bros. and cross the water into the land of… Super Mario Land! That’s the idea behind this course. Transform into Princess Daisy and explore Sarasaland!”

And here’s a complete look at the course:

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From a Nintendo perspective, there’s not too much to report on from the latest NPD sales. Wii U and 3DS games were completely absent from the December chart as well as overall top 10 sales in 2015. However, GamesBeat did manage to obtain an interesting piece of information from analyst Liam Callahan.

Callahan said that Wii U experienced its second-best month “in terms of new physical software unit sales.” The holiday season likely played a big role in that, as well as games such as Super Mario Maker.

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Update: No separate post for the top 10 in December. No Wii U/3DS game (including third-parties) made the list unfortunately. Same goes for the full 2015 year top 10.

Super Mario Maker has sold over one million copies in the United States alone, Nintendo has announced. That news comes as part of the December 2015 NPD report, which we should be hearing more about shortly.

Five other Wii U games have also reached Super Mario Maker’s milestone. Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Mario 3D World, New Super Mario Bros. U, and Splatoon have all sold more than one million copies in the United States.

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Bayonetta 2 has been difficult to find at retailers as of late. Nintendo is remedying the situation with a reprint of sorts, though it might not be what some had expected.

Bayonetta 2 will be available on February 19 as a re-release. Wondering why the price is fairly low? That’s because it’s launching as a standalone game – it looks like Bayonetta 1 is not included.

Here’s the news from Nintendo:

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Over the next three weeks, digital games on Wii U and 3DS will be discounted as part of a new “Winter Warm-up Sale”. Titles are being discounted by up to 30 percent.

The first set of deals are now up on the North American eShop. Here’s the lineup of deals:

Wii U

Badland: Game of the Year Edition – $8.39 (was $9.99)
F-Zero Maximum Velocity – $4.89 (was $6.99)
Injustice: Gods Among Us – $6.99 (was $19.99)
Knytt Underground – $9.09 (was $12.99)
Mega Man Battle Network – $5.59 (was $7.99)
Ninja Gaiden – $3.49 (was $4.99)
Punch-Out!! – $13.99 (was $19.99)
Race the Sun – $6.99 (was $10.00)
Sin & Punishment – $8.39 (was $11.99)

3DS

Gunman Clive 2 – $1.99 (was $2.99)
Little Battlers eXperience – $27.99 (was $39.99)
Mega Man Xtreme – $3.49 (was $4.99)
Mighty Final Fight – $3.49 (was $4.99)
One Piece: Unlimited World Red – $13.99 (was $19.99)
Retro City Rampage: DX – $6.99 (was $9.99)
Siesta Fiesta – $3.99 (was $5.99)
Star Fox 64 3D – $27.99 (was $39.99)

These deals are valid until January 21 at 8:59 AM PT / 11:59 AM ET.

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Bandai Namco said last month that a demo for Project X Zone 2 would be available in Europe on January 21. In a tweet made earlier this week, the publisher shared a release date for North America. The North American demo is now confirmed for January 26.

Here’s the relevant tweet:

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Capcom published a video today of the full recording for the stage shows held at Monster Hunter Festa 2016 last weekend. This includes Monster Hunter Stories, which received brand new gameplay footage. Watch the archive below.

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