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WayForward was first said to be pursuing a 3DS Virtual Console release of Shantae almost two years ago. In August of last year, the studio reconfirmed the game for release on the service.

We’re now in April, and Shantae still hasn’t appeared on the eShop. But it’s coming… still.

WayForward’s Matt Bozon (not to be confused with the former IGN Nintendo editor Mark Bozon) wrote on Twitter that Shantae is now expected between mid-June and early July. Let’s hope the Game Boy Color finally finally arrives within the next few months!

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Devil Survivor 2: Break Record’s release date has been revealed in Famitsu, which is leaking out ever-so-slowly tonight.

In Japan, the 3DS game is due out on July 11. Atlus previously confirmed a general Summer 2013 timeframe for launch. Pricing information isn’t immediately available, but this information will likely be included in Atlus’ official announcement in the near future.

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Update 2: And back up to $17.75! I think we’re done with these minimal price changes now.

Update: Now down to… $17.59.

Mega Man is in hibernation for the time being. So why not look back on the series’ past games?

You can start with Mega Man Zero Collection, which contains all four Mega Man Zero games on a single cartridge. It also features an art gallery and other elements.

We’re mentioning Mega Man Zero Collection because it’s available through Amazon for just $17.75. Think about it, guys!

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Shin’en is planning two new games for the Wii U. While details about both are being kept under wraps, the studio’s Manfred Linzner has confirmed that one of these will incorporate online play. It’ll be Shin’en’s first title with network play, according to Linzner.

“We are working on two new Wii U games currently. One of them is our first game with network play.”

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No matter how much it may sell, analysts will still call gloom and doom upon the 3DS. At the end of the day, these people feel that the portable can’t compete with mobile devices.

iOS is often one platform often brought up in 3DS comparisons. Both are portable. Both offer an array of digital content. But whereas tons of games may be available on the App Store, Nintendo of America’s sales VP Scott Moffitt sees the 3DS eShop as an area of higher-quality.

“With software, as with most things, there’s a distinct difference between quantity and quality. The website 148apps.biz recently calculated that there are currently 139,000 different games actively available on the [Apple] app store. One hundred and thirty-nine thousand. Huge number. That number is way too big to wrap your head around, so I try to think about it this way. If I wanted to spend just fifteen minutes sampling each one of those games, I’d be at it non-stop for four years. That’s a ton of caffeine. Obviously there are good games available for mobile platforms. But the point is, the Nintendo 3DS has a record of quality that’s hard to challenge.”

Moffitt added: “Nowhere else in portable gaming is high quality found so frequently.”

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Nintendo has a lot of Zelda content in the works currently. There’s the Link to the Past follow-up for the 3DS, a remake of The Wind Waker for Wii U, and a brand new title made from the ground-up for Nintendo’s console.

How Nintendo is approaching the development of these projects – and Zelda overall – is rather interesting. Nintendo of America’s Bill Trinen discussed the process with Kotaku, commenting that “They kind of shuffle people in and out, so they’ll sort of have their core group, but then they’re bringing new people in and out, so that helps bring in fresh ideas.”

“They kind of shuffle people in and out, so they’ll sort of have their core group, but then they’re bringing new people in and out, so that helps bring in fresh ideas. Each of the different games will have their main lead director, or maybe depending on the game, they may have two…Generally the way that the Zelda team operates is they may have one or two people who carry over or take the lead, but they do a lot of kind of jumping in and out in terms of moving from handheld to console, or vice-versa.”

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Through a series of images posted on Facebook, Nintendo has officially confirmed the Wii U Virtual Console lineup for North America.

Eight games in total will be made available at launch. Six are from the NES catalog while two, F-Zero and Super Mario World, are from the SNES library.

Here’s the lineup in full:

NES

Balloon Fight
Donkey Kong Jr.
Excite Bike
Ice Climber
Kirby’s Adventure
Punch-Out!!

SNES

Super Mario World
F-Zero

A number of these games – such as Balloon Fight and Kirby’s Adventure – have already been made available through the Virtual Console Trial Campaign.

Nintendo hasn’t said when exactly the Wii U Virtual Console will be launching, but recent speculation has indicated that Friday will be the day.

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NetherRealm Studios has become known for its work on Mortal Kombat over the past few years, but the studio just shipped a brand new fighter: Injustice: Gods Among Us. Could the newly-released title turn into its own franchise? With any luck, director Ed Boon hopes it’ll happen.

Boon told GameZone:

“We are keeping our fingers crossed. You know, we would love to do other versions of… [he gets cut off] Yes, that would be a great thing.”

Would you like to see additional Injustice-related games?

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