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Remember the WiiWare title Heavy Fire: Special Operations? Interestingly, developer Teyon has ported it to the 3DS.

A new version, named Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D, is coming to the eShop. It will be released on September 13 for $4.99.

The gameplay remains unchanged in the 3DS version. It’s still an on-rails shooter with six levels to go through. More information can be found on Nintendo’s game page.



Level-5 has opened a mini-site for its Tokyo Game Show 2012 presence. The company posted its lineup for the show and has hinted at a couple of game announcements.

Along with the games below, you’ll notice that there are two blank slots with the words “coming soon”. Putting two and two together, that has to mean that two game reveals are on the way… right?

Here’s the company’s lineup in full:

Playable/video:

Fantasy Life
Inazuma Eleven Go 2
Little Battler eXperience W
Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney
Professor Layton and the Ruins of an Advanced Civilization
Layton Brothers Mystery Room

Video only:

Inazuma Eleven 1.2.3!! Legend of Endo Mamoru
Inazuma Eleven Atsumeyoze!!

You can access Level-5’s TGS page here.


This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

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SpeedX 3D – SpeedX 3D for Nintendo 3DS™ is a stunning tunnel racer that tests players’ skill and transports them into a trance, filled with great electronic music and hypnotic graphics. (For Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo 3DS™ XL)

THEATRHYTHM ™ FINAL FANTASY® (demo version) – The THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY demo is now available for download in the Nintendo eShop. Tap and slide to the rhythm of timeless tracks from the FINAL FANTASY series while joining forces with iconic characters and facing off against memorable monsters and villains. (For Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo 3DS XL)


Tantalus Media is working on Mass Effect 3 for Wii U. That much is clear. But Straight Right is also involved, based on the studio’s Facebook page.

Straight Right posted the following message yesterday:

“Happy to confirm that we’re developing Mass Effect 3 for Wii U with our friends at BioWare!”

In the end, it may not matter who’s developing the Wii U game specifically – mainly since Straight Right is a subsidiary of Tantalus.

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Nintendo of Europe has announced that Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask is due out on October 26. In addition to releasing at store shelves, a digital version is planned for the eShop.

You can find all of the important news and details below.

Solve a mystery with Professor Layton for the first time in 3D as a new storyline unfolds in Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask

30th August 2012 – Archaeologist and puzzle-solver Professor Layton is set to return in an all-new adventure that will take players deeper into the professor’s past than ever before: Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. The latest title in the popular series of puzzle-solving adventures will be available across Europe from 26th October 2012, exclusively for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL as a packaged game available from retail outlets and simultaneously as a download via the Nintendo eShop.

Featuring 150 brand new brainteasers and a new set of minigames courtesy of the Professor’s Trunk, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask also boasts 365 additional Daily Puzzles distributed via the Nintendo Network – one puzzle a day for a whole year from the day of the game’s launch.


Renegade Kid, known for titles such as Mutant Mudds and Dementium, has become an authorized Wii U developer. The studio is now in a position to make games for the console.

Co-founder Jools Watsham tweeted:

“Guess who’s an authorized Wii U developer now? Yep, Renegade Kid is in the Wii U house baby!”

Renegade Kid has never made a game for a Nintendo home console before, but the cancelled Son of the Dragon was considered for Wii at one point. Perhaps they’ll give Wii U development a try?

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In one week, Picross e will be placed on the European eShop. Jupiter will publish the game on September 6 for £4.50.

At this time, a North American version hasn’t been announced. But now that the European release is almost out of the way, maybe we’ll receive a confirmation soon?

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This is how Windfall Island looks in Wind Waker…

How do you think the fan-made effort stacks up?

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