Moving Player is bringing LEVEL 22, Gary’s Misadventures to Wii U. The game will be released for the eShop.

LEVEL 22, Gary’s Misadventures previously launched last year. Here’s an overview:

Are You Late For Work? Start Panicking!

Gary is an office worker who oversleeps after a drunken night out on the town. Here’s where it gets tricky, because this isn’t the first time Gary’s been late for work, and he could be fired if he’s spotted arriving at his desk after everyone else yet again. So he’ll have to prove he’s smart and sneaky enough to make his way up all the 22 floors between him and his office without being seen.

Hide in closets, crawl through air vents, slink along the walls… nobody must spot you!
Use everything in your reach to get to the end of the level: hide behind a newspaper, smash a vending machine with a well-aimed kick, or use donuts to lure the security guards away.

Want to drive your colleagues crazy, knock them out, poison them or even expose them to harmful radiation?

Want to booby-trap photocopiers, creep around under a cardboard box or give laxatives to your co-workers?

Want to settle the score with your bosses?

From the basement to the boss’s office via the research and development labs, explore the zany little universe of LEVEL 22, Gary’s Misadventures.

If you’d like to see LEVEL 22 in video form, check out the trailer below.

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Nintendo took home a couple of wins from the Game Critics Awards “Best of E3 2015”.

Super Mario Maker was announced today as the best family/social game. Meanwhile, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes received an award as the best handheld/mobile title.

Super Mario Maker was also nominated as the best console game from E3. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam received a nomination as the best RPG, but that award went to Fallout 4.

You can find the full list of winners here.

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Capcom has announced that it will be attending San Diego Comic-Con 2015 this week. The company is planning signing sessions, panels with special surprises, playable demos, and the sale of collectible merchandise at the Capcom Store.

Capcom’s playable lineup includes Mega Man Legacy Collection, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Resident Evil 0, Street Fighter V, Resident Evil Revelations 2, and Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition.

In terms of panels, Capcom has two lined up. The only one that may have interest for Nintendo fans is “World of Capcom”, which is taking place on July 9 from 5 PM – 6 PM. This will give the latest updates on the publisher’s games, “plus sneak peeks at all the latest Capcom merchandise and licensing products coming your way soon.” Capcom is also teasing “some exclusive first-looks and reveals just for SDCC.”

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Mario Tennis for the N64 has now been rated for Wii U on the ESRB. Keeping in line with similar listings, this should be a sign that the game is heading to the Virtual Console very soon.

Mario Tennis could be coming to the Wii U eShop as early as this Thursday given previous ESRB ratings. We’ll let you if we come across additional news pertaining to its launch.

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Various reports are coming in about the Ness and King Dedede amiibo returning to GameStop. Stores are officially selling stock on Thursday, but some folks have been able to get their hands on both figures today. You may want to call your local GameStop and try your luck!

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With Guitar Hero Live set to make an appearance at San Diego Comic-Con in just a few days, Activision and FreeStyleGames are showing off the game’s Hero Powers.

Here’s the official overview:

If you remember Star Power from previous games in the franchise, Hero Powers in Guitar Hero Live are a lot like that, only much cooler. Hero Powers can be used in GHTV to give you power-ups that affect different areas of gameplay. You can activate a Hero Power to boost your score while playing solo, or to give you a competitive edge during multiplayer. They are activated by the familiar tilt of the guitar, or you can just hit the Hero Power button directly on the guitar controller.

Higher scores allow you to earn even more rewards and level up faster.

Take a look at the gallery below for screenshots of Guitar Hero Live’s Hero Powers along with a fact sheet with additional information.

Source: Activision PR

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We’ve known about potential plans for a Mighty No. 9 live-action movie for over a year now. Today, the project was officially announced.

Legendary Digital Media, Contradiction Films, and Comcept are all partnering on the film. This will be made available for digital platforms.

Tomas Harlan, partner at Contradiction, said of today’s news:

“We are thrilled to be working with the great Inafune-san on Mighty No.9 and feel so fortunate that the Legendary Digital team shares a common vision for the live action adaptation of this very special video game.”

Mighty No. 9 creator Keiji Inafune also chimed in with the following statement:

“The announcement that Legendary Digital is collaborating with Contradiction and comcept on creating a live action project based on Mighty No.9 is really amazing, not only for myself and the rest of the team at comcept who worked on the game, but also for all the fans who have supported the project. This collaboration will give our creation the ability to reach people all over the world. Thanks to all of your support, we have fulfilled another one of our dreams.”

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Here’s some random but interesting news. With the exception of World at War (which used GameSpy servers), the Call of Duty games on Wii still have workable online multiplayer. In this day and age when servers tend to be turned off a little quickly, that’s slightly surprising!

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With someone claiming to have come into possession of a rare SNES PlayStation prototype, Engadget asked Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida to comment on the system. You can listen to what he had to say in the video below.

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The folks over on NeoGAF have posted a comprehensive listing of Japan’s top 1,000 best-selling games during 2014.

First, below are a few interesting stat breakdowns:

Top 1000

PS3 – 271
3DS – 225
PSV – 207
PSP – 111
WIU – 58
PS4 – 58
WII – 34
360 – 22
XB1 – 14

Top 500 Software Sales – 40.362.953 <93,75%>
Top 1000 Software Sales – 42.159.219 <97,92%>
Total Software Sales – 43.053.288 <100,00%>

Publishers

01. Nintendo – 7.864.301 <18,27%>
02. Level 5 – 6.272.868 <14,57%>
03. Bandai Namco Games – 4.986.864 <11,58%>
04. Capcom – 3.420.434 <7,94%>
05. Square Enix – 3.015.369 <7,00%>
06. Pokemon Co. – 2.832.797 <6,58%>
07. Konami – 1.801.496 <4,18%>
08. Sony Computer Entertainment – 1.683.025 <3,91%>
09. Sega – 1.573.506 <3,65%>
10. Koei Tecmo – 1.415.031 <3,29%>
11. Spike Chunsoft – 609.576 <1,42%>
12. Electronic Arts – 607.768 <1,41%>
13. Atlus – 543.392 <1,26%>
14. Take-Two Interactive Japan – 535.792 <1,24%>
15. Marvelous AQL – 516.919 <1,20%>
16. Ubisoft – 507.739 <1,18%>
17. GungHo Online Entertainment – 507.441 <1,18%>
18. Kadokawa Games – 466.826 <1,08%>
19. From Software – 374.726 <0,87%>
20. Compile Heart – 278.138 <0,65%>
00. Other – 3.239.280 <7,52%>
00. Total Software Sales – 43.053.288 <100,00%>

Systems

01. 3DS – 23.387.031 <54,32%>
02. PS3 – 7.510.433 <17,44%>
03. PSV – 5.062.082 <11,76%>
04. WIU – 2.826.564 <6,57%>
05. PS4 – 2.441.876 <5,67%>
06. PSP – 1.053.282 <2,45%>
07. WII – 477.334 <1,11%>
08. 360 – 198.677 <0,46%>
09. XB1 – 96.009 <0,22%>
00. ALL – 43.053.288 <100,00%>

We’ve posted the top 100 best-selling games in Japan below. The full 1,000 can be seen here.

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