● A Nintendo Badge Arcade ¥1,000 prepaid card was released today with five free goes as a bonus! It’s only available in Lawson stores however. As for the game: many exciting badges are planned for 2016 with two free goes daily from 1 – 3 January.

● A Wall Street Journal interview with DeNA President Isao Miryasu at http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-44442. On Miitomo monetisation: “As for monetizing, there are various possibilities, but at first we plan on selling clothes users can buy for their Miis.” 

● Nintendo have opened up the website for Mario & Sonic AT the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/bgxj/ plus added a new promo video at https://youtu.be/cnrmVV-dIGk and an amiibo video at https://youtu.be/vyXHpYFY7XY

● Looks like another huge week for Nintendo software sales with Comgnet having Monster Hunter X with 372 points, Monster Strike – 306, Yokai Watch Busters – 156, Splatoon – 138, Super Mario Maker – 99, Rhythm Tengoku – 91, Mario & Luigi RPG – 89, Disney Magic Castle 2 – 89, Happy Home Designer – 74 and Sumikko Gurashi 2 – 58. Phew!

● There will be New Years events plus new characters in Denpa Ningen no RPG FREE! from 1 January.

● Fairune II is on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/user-880790853-748142515/fairune-ll

● Another promo video for Aikatsu! My No. 1 Stage at https://youtu.be/u2xgiLXkSB4

● A cool looking Pokkén Tournament TV commercial at http://youtu.be/y0qcvet50b8

● A long ass (almost two hours) video covering Shin Megami Tensei IV FINAL is at http://youtu.be/MyyEuKtzohs

● Re-delivery of the Super Mario items in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer are detailed at https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/edhj/

● That’s all for now. I’m off to play some Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki now! Have a great bank holiday and thanks for following!