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The beautiful Super Famicom-themed 3DS XL that Japan got last year is finally headed to Europe and Australia—two markets whose SNES shared the same design—in October.

A new Metallic Red 3DS XL will go on sale in Japan on August 27, joining the current line-up of 3DS hardware and priced the same as other XL units. No word yet on an international release.

The Japanese Nintendo site has a notice up that color variations (including white) are going out of production soon. Next to 3DS XL units, it reads 近日生産終了予定 or "Production is slated to end shortly." No word how this will impact units outside Japan.

Everyone has tanooki ears and tails in the pic shared by Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai. The Super Leaf will also let you float in the air, and they're still figuring out whether you can attack with the tail or not. Anyway, I can't wait to see Kirby or the Villager with these.

The Cuccos from The Legend of Zelda are making an appearance in Super Smash Bros Wii U, and in the picture above, Toon Link is in trouble if he's really about to hit one of them. You shouldn't bully them... they might hurt you.

This has to be one of the most relaxing pieces of Pokémon fan-art. Inspired by 'Twitch plays Pokémon', mizudokei drew the main character and his Pokémon having a rest... somewhere around Pallet Town. But that's just my guess.