● Nintendo have collaborated with Sanrio on Hello Kitty Cover Plates that will be available both separately (¥2,160) or as part of a New Nintendo 3DS bundle (with theme!) (¥18,360) from 28 November.

● A couple more neat PokéToru (Pokémon Shuffle) prepaid cards were released earlier today for ¥1,000 apiece.

● In this week’s Comgnet Rankings: Metal Gear Solid 5 is number one, Dragon Quest VIII heads 3DS with 168 points, Yokai Watch Busters with 79 and Happy Home Designer with 59.

● And in the Comgnet Reservation Index: Monster Hunter X is 750 points, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon 97, Monster Hunter Diary 65 and 7th Dragon III Code: VFD 49.

● Perhaps the biggest news today is Eurogamer and details of a July interview with Shigeru Miyamoto revealing "We can confirm that Pikmin 4 is in development but that is all we can confirm at present” and "It’s actually very close to completion”. No platform was discussed. Full article here.

● Not from NCL but Nintendo UK have some cool Super Mario Maker wallpaper here (warning: site plays sound). Toad has replaced my partner!

● And that’s all until tomorrow. Thanks for following!