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The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is heading to the 3DS, Nintendo has revealed. It’s set for launch in Spring 2015.

Here’s what was shared by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata:

– Will retain the original level of challenge
– Making it accessible for everyone
– Make the gameplay experience as smooth as possible


Today’s presentation will kick off at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT / 10 in the UK (an hour from now). Depending on how things go, this will be a live blog as well. Expect new posts during and after the Direct!

Note: The North American presentation will be 33 minutes long while the Japanese Nintendo Direct will be 39 minutes long.

Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D

– Will retain the original level of challenge
– Making it accessible for everyone
– Make the gameplay experience as smooth as possible
– Out this spring

Code Name Steam

– New footage
– Control a 4 person team while tactically managing your steam consumption
– Unlock new team members throughout the game including Abe Lincoln
– Each person has its own abilities
– Out Spring 2015

Ultimate NES Remix

– Game shown with footage
– Get a Famicom theme by buying the game

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

– Footage shown
– New trailer

Shovel Knight

– Out today in Europe

Ace Combat Assault Horizon +

– Will be compatible with amiibo

amiibo

– Short presentation from Bill Trinen

Mario Kart 8

– New DLC trailer
– F-Zero, Zelda tracks shown
– First DLC out on November 13
– Scan amiibo to get an in-game racing suit for Miis

Kenka Banchou 6: Soul and Blood

– Out in January in Japan

Kirby & The Rainbow Curse

– Short presentation from Bill Trinen with new footage
– 4-player multiplayer mode revealed
– Out February 2015

Atelier Rorona

– Announced for 3DS
– 2015 in Japan

Hyrule Warriors

– amiibo functionality
– every single #SmashBros-compatible #amiibo will give a unique weapon or item

Monster Hunter 4G

– Downloadable Episode Quests on the way to Japan soon

Smash Bros. Wii U

– Trailer for a “secret” character

Duck Hunt

– Coming to the Wii U Virtual Console

Indies and third-parties

– Indie talk/footage
– Commander Video trophy in Smash Wii U
– Shovel Knight and Sonic 3DS themes
– Sonic Boom puzzle swap panel

Miyamoto

– Talk about the Pikmin Short Movies
– 20 minutes long
– Available for purchase today
– $4.99 on Wii U and 3DS
– Pikmin 3 demo; transfer save data
– More Pikmin 3 events planned

Xenoblade Chronicles X

– New footage/info
– Various quests will influence the survival of humanity
– Missions advance the main storyline; some deepen bonds with friends, others have you doing small favors for locals
– Massive RPG
– Even bigger world than Xenoblade on Wii
– Various support features like GamePad navigation system
– Out 2015

Splatoon

– New trailer
– 4-on-4 online multiplayer shooter at its core
– Single-player campaign officially confirmed
– Pitted against an army of octopus
– Have an arsenal of ink weaponry
– Out Q2 2015

This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 101,349 / 2,047,199
2. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 29,529 / 2,815,708
3. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 29,428 / 1,676,957
4. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 19,986 / 101,967
5. [PS3] The Evil Within – 15,982 / 75,370
6. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 12,576 / 63,412
7. [PS3] Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – 12,386 / NEW
8. [PS4] Onechanbara Z2 Chaos – 10,474 / NEW
9. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia – 9,802 / 56,840
10. [PSP] Gakuen K Wonderful School Days – 7,370 / NEW
11. [PS4] Metro Redux – 6,158 / NEW
12. [PS4] The Evil Within – 5,393 / 64,597
13. [PSV] Grisaia no Meikyuu: Le Labyrinthe De La Grisaia – 4,652 / NEW
14. [PSV] Super Hero Generation – 4,026 / 20,828
15. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix – 3,855 / 127,402
16. [XBO] Sunset Overdrive – 3,534 / NEW
17. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 3,170 / 696,378
18. [PSV] DRAMAtical Murder Re:code – 3,133 / NEW
19. [PS3] Super Hero Generation – 3,04 / 15,600
20. [PSV] Chaos Rings III: Prequel Trilogy – 2,790 / 22,193

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 41,633
New 3DS – 14,040
Vita – 10,688
3DS LL – 9,270
PS4 – 8,906
PS3 – 5,066
3DS – 4,730
Wii U – 4,696
Vita TV – 718
Xbox One – 599
Xbox 360 – 79
PSP – 50

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 59,386
New 3DS – 21,281
Vita – 12,230
3DS LL – 10,665
PS4 – 8,942
3DS – 5,258
PS3 – 5,138
Wii U – 4,273
Vita TV – 795
Xbox One – 613
Xbox 360 – 89
PSP – 76

Remember Coin Battle? So does Sakurai, today he talks about how it’ll be integrated into one of the game’s events among other things:


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It’s Past Your Bedtime sets up another predetermined situation for a single-player Event. In this one, Jigglypuff needs to put every fighter to sleep at the same time. There are quite a few scenarios like this that aren’t simply brawls.

Nintendo’s website for Mario Kart 8 confirms the full lineup of compatible amiibo figures for Mario Kart 8.

The following characters can be used with the racer:

Mario
Luigi
Yoshi
Peach
Donkey Kong
Link
Kirby
Captain Falcon
Samus
Fox McCloud

amiibo functionality will be added to Mario Kart 8 through a software update next week. By using the different characters, you’ll be able to dress your Mii with new looks.

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Nintendo has updated the official Mario Kart 8 website with first details regarding the game’s amiibo functionality.

According to the site, players will be able to dress their Mii characters in racing suits based on the different looks of the amiibo characters. The feature will be possible with an update scheduled to be released November 13 – next Thursday.

The Mario Kart 8 amiibo page seems to be a bit broken at the moment, so it’s possible that this information wasn’t intended to be revealed just yet. Maybe we’ll see an official announcement during tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct!

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Update: Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter account confirms that the Direct is covering games leading up to Spring 2015.


A new Nintendo Direct presentation will be held tomorrow, Nintendo has announced. The broadcast will go live at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT.

As of late, most of the Nintendo Directs have been game-specific. But tomorrow’s presentation will provide updates on upcoming games for both Wii U and 3DS.


Nintendo’s European PR states that the presentation will focus on “titles releasing by the end of this year, while looking ahead to 2015.” The European stream will be hosted by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata.

Some details about Luigi’s Mansion Arcade have surfaced and been translated over on NeoGAF and while it doesn’t get into the meat of the gameplay too much it does help provide a bit more of an overview on what to expect. Here’s the quote:

-Coming Summer 2015.
-1st person perspective. Luigi does appear in some cutscenes.
-Professor E. Gadd gives the tutorial and some in-game advice.
-Based on LM2 – Gloomy Mansion was the only mansion featured in the location test. More stages in the final game.
-Controller shaped like the Poltergust (including rectangular end), two buttons (trigger + strobe). Shake left and right to suck in ghosts.
-The main unit itself had a start button and a bomb button.

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