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This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Super Mario 64
2. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
3. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
4. EarthBound
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2
6. Mario Party 10
7. Super Mario World
8. Metroid Fusion
9. Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
10. AVGN: Adventures
11. Golden Sun
12. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
13. Advance Wars
14. Super Metroid
15. Donkey Kong Country
16. Super Mario Bros. 3
17. NES Remix 2
18. Yoshi’s Island DS
19. The Legend of Zelda
20. NES Remix

Videos

1. Super Mario 64 Trailer
2. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS Mewtwo Strikes Back
3. Nintendo Direct: 4/1/15
4. Play Nintendo Introduction Video
5. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS Lucas Comes out of Nowhere
6. Mario Kart 8 New amiibo Racing Suits Trailer
7. Mario Kart 8 200cc is Here Trailer
8. Super Smash Bros. Mii Fighters Suit up for Wave One
9. Yoshi’s Island DS Trailer
10. Mario Kart 8 Animal Crossing Course Trailer
11. Mario Party 10 Launch Trailer
12. Yoshi’s Woolly World E3 2014 Trailer
13. Nintendo Minute – Mario Party 10 with Lamar Wilson
14. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Commercial
15. LEGO Dimensions Announce Video
16. Mario Party 10 Trailer
17. Octodad: Dadliest Catch Trailer
18. Nintendo Minute – Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Let’s Clay
19. Great Games to Buy with eShop Cards
20. Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures Trailer

Source: Wii U eShop

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Update by Brian: Cutting Room Floor, a website that specializes in unused/cut content, has been able to verify the authenticity of the Ryu sound files (thanks Anthony):


Of course, this doesn’t necessarily confirm that Ryu will be included as upcoming Smash Bros. DLC. We’ll just have to wait and see how everything pans out!


According to a poster on Reddit, who is claiming to be a part of the 3DS modding scene, there has been code discovered buried in the latest update to go live for Super Smash Bros. that would lead some to believe more characters will be to come in future DLC. It would appear that sound files have been interpreted as clues for two possible future additions.

One file is a Victory sound for Roy from the Fire Emblem series. The second one is also a sound file that includes the Ryu music from Street Fighter II. At this stage this is purely speculation as Nintendo has been known to leave unused data in games in the past.

We are sure we will see more DLC in the future for Super Smash. Bros. but for now this is just a rumor.

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This week’s video additions to the Wii U/3DS eShops are as follows:

Wii U

Nintendo Minute – Let’s go to Space
Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2 Preview
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Super Mario Bros. Edition Trailer
Word Search by POWGI Trailer
Splatoon Ranked Battle, Battle Dojo, and amiibo Trailer
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Accolades Trailer
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Launch Trailer
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Main Theme
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Gaur Plain
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Mechanical Rhythm
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – You Will Know Our Names
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Engage the Enemy
LEGO Dimensions Announce Video
LEGO Dimensions Announce Video Sneak Peak

3DS

Gore Magala and Seregios Theme Trailer
Hunter’s Seal Theme Trailer
Palicoes 4 Ever Theme Trailer
Nintendo Minute – Let’s go to Space
Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2 Preview
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Super Mario Bros. Edition Trailer
Pazuru Trailer
Splatoon Ranked Battle, Battle Dojo, and amiibo Trailer
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Accolades Trailer
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Launch Trailer
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Main Theme
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Gaur Plain
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Mechanical Rhythm
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – You Will Know Our Names
The Music of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Engage the Enemy
LEGO Dimensions Announce Video
LEGO Dimensions Announce Video Sneak Peak

Source: Wii U/3DS eShops

There’s a small but notable option hidden inside the Wii U that most system owners are likely unaware of. Essentially, users can either enable or disable a USB storage device’s sleep function while the Wii U is turned on.

The setting can come in handy for those who have an external hard drive connected to the Wii U. NeoGAF’s HUELEN10 explains the benefits of keeping the option disabled:

Let’s say you are playing a game in where you don’t save often and the drive spins down. Then, an epic cutscene comes up and the game saves before a boss and instead of doing it and moving on, the game gets delayed, possibly even choppy, while the drive is spun up again to save your game. The threshold for some drives is as little as 5 minutes too, and spinning your drive up and down like that over the course of hours for multiple times is very less than optimal.

If you’re interested in accessing this setting, follow these steps:

1. Boot up your Wii U.
2. Go to settings.
3. Go to data management.
4. Press and hold down on the D-Pad for half a second.
5. While holding down down on the D-Pad, press and hold the + and – buttons and keep holding them until you see the prompt above.
7. Select disable; you will be advised that this setting might consume more energy.

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Girls Mode 3 has launched in Japan, and Nintendo is celebrating with a new 3DS theme. Fans can purchase the theme for 200 yen.

Here’s the official video:

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The Japanese Xenoblade Chronicles X website received yet another update today. Along with the new Dolls videos, we have another batch of brand new screenshots and art. Take a look at the gallery below for the latest images.

Nintendo and Monolith Soft uploaded three new Xenoblade Chronicles X videos to show more of the Dolls in action. We’ve rounded them up below.

Following the release of Citizens of Earth’ update earlier this week, Atlus has now sent out official patch notes. We know that loading times have been cut in half on Wii U, bugs have been addressed, and fixes have been implemented for crashes.

Below are the full patch notes:

General Patch Details:

– Minor bug fixes
– Crash/stability fixes
– Reduced encounters in Casino Canyon
– Added checkpoint in Casino Canyon
– Added Retro soundtrack

Wii U:

– Loading times halved

Citizens of Earth is available via the Wii U and 3DS eShops.

Source: Atlus PR

Game Informer was able to conduct an interview with Monolith Soft’s Tetsuya Takahashi, Nintendo, and Monster Games about Xenoblade Chronicles. Takahashi was able to speak about the original game while discussing cut ideas like wanting to have the ability to fly. He also revealed Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai wanted Shulk in the Wii U/3DS games, and had the idea for the bathing suit skin. Other than that, there’s some Xenoblade Chronicles 3D-specific comments from Monster Games.

We’ve rounded up all of the various quotes below. For those that are interested, you can find Game Informer’s original article here.


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