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The news comes from Nintendo’s August NPD report, which also gives us a few other pieces of interesting information.To date, 7 million amiibo figures have been sold throughout the US. Also celebrating some success is the Nintendo 3DS. During the first eight months of 2015, 3DS hardware sales have risen more than 30 percent when compared to the same time last year.Nintendo hopes the recent influx of sales carries through to the coming months and into 2016. To help make this a reality, Nintendo looks to the US launch of the New Nintendo 3DS, which is part of the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer bundle due on September 25. After that comes the Hyrule Warriors New 3DS XL bundle on October 30, which is just seven-days removed from the release of Tri Force Heroes on October 23.As for right now, it’s all eyes on Super Mario Maker. So far we’ve learned that the nine-day wait times have been removed , there are 100 unlockable costumes , and that Shigeru Miyamoto is Bowser Jr.’s mother . No, really.

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