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This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
2. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo
7. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
8. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
9. LEGO Batman 3 – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft

3DS

1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – GSP/Avanquest
7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
8. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
9. LEGO Batman 3 – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

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All formats

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Inside System is working on a sequel to The Legend of Dark Witch, which is set to be released later this year. The studio opened a teaser site for the game just recently – access it here. New information will be shared on Friday.

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Chariot – €14.99 / £13.49 / CHF21.00
Crunchyroll – free
Underground – €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF24.00

Wii U Virtual Console

Dig Dug – €4.99 / £3.49 / CHF7.00
Lode Runner – €4.99 / £3.49 / CHF7.00

3DS Retail

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – €39.99 / £29.99 / CHF49.00

3DS Download

Classic Card Games – €6.99 / £4.99 / CHF8.99

3DS Themes

Game & Watch (Colourful) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Super Mario (Wooden World) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Zelda: Skyward Sword: The Impending Battle – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80

Special Offers

Cubemen 2 – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF6.99 until 22.01.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €7.99 / £6.99 / CHF10.99
Paper Monsters Recut – €3.29 / £2.79 / CHF3.99 until 15.01.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price is €6.49 / £5.49 / CHF7.99
Tested with Robots! – €5.00 / £4.50 / CHF7.00 until 15.01.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €10.00 / £9.00 / CHF14.00
EDGE – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF1.40 until 21.01.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price is €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
RUSH – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF1.40 until 21.01.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price is €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Toki Toi – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF1.40 until 21.01.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price is €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Trine 2: Director’s Cut – €8.49 / £6.99 / CHF9.99 until 29.01.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €16.99 / £13.99 / CHF19.99
Tetrobot & Co. – €4.99 / £3.74 / CHF5.99 until 22.01.2015 for users who own Kung Fu Rabbit, Puddle or Wooden Sen’SeY on the same Wii U. Regular price €9.99 / £7.49 / CHF11.49
Kung Fu Rabbit – €2.49 / £2.24 / CHF3.50 until 22.01.2015 for users who own Tetrobot & Co. , Puddle or Wooden Sen’SeY on the same Wii U. Regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF7.00
Puddle – €3.49 / £3.14 / CHF4.90 until 22.01.2015 for users who own Tetrobot & Co. , Kung Fu Rabbit or Wooden Sen’SeY on the same Wii U. Regular price €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF9.80
Wooden Sen’SeY – €4.99 / £4.00 / CHF6.00 until 22.01.2015 for users who own Tetrobot & Co. , Kung Fu Rabbit or Puddle on the same Wii U. Regular price €9.99 / £8.00 / CHF12.00
Cubit the Hardcore Platformer Robot – €1.99 / £1.80 / CHF2.80 until 08.02.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF4.20
EDGE (3DS) – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF1.40 until 21.01.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price is €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Coaster Creator 3D – €5.00 / £4.00 / CHF6.00 until 22.01.2015, 23:59 UTC. Regular price is €7.25 / £6.00 / CHF9.00

Source: Nintendo PR

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories was originally a very different game. Konami was initially pitched “Silent Hill: Cold Heart” by developer Climax Studios.

Cold Heart did retain some elements from Shattered Memories such as themes of ice and cold. However, mostly everything else was changed. Combat, for instance – something absent from Shattered Memories – was planned for Cold Heart. The game also wasn’t originally intended to be a reimagining of the first Silent Hill.

Check out the gallery below for a look at Climax’s 14-page pitch to Konami.

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Fluidity was a long time coming for Curve Studios. The company pitched various ideas to Nintendo since its creation in 2005, but it wasn’t until the 2008 Game Developers Conference that the WiiWare project began to take shape.

Curve’s design director Jonathan Biddle told EDGE this month:

“We had this idea for a game about water. We sat down with [Nintendo] and pitched a few things, and we didn’t think they’d liked any of them; they were quite po-faced about it, probably because they’d been sat in a room for a week listening to pitch after pitch.”

Nintendo reached out to Curve a few weeks later and offered to pay the studio to develop an “experiment”. As it turns out, it wasn’t too often that Nintendo accepted pitches.

Last month, Famitsu conducted a poll on its website about the year 2014. The results were published in the magazine’s most recent issue.

Here’s how readers voted on the most noticeable news of 2014:

1. The announcement of Dragon Quest Heroes for PS4/PS3 (218 votes)
2. New Nintendo 3DS systems will be released on 11th of October (169 votes)
3. PlayStation 4 sells 322,083 systems during first 2 launch days (151 votes)
4. Youkai Watch sells one million copies (136 votes)
5. Atlus Co., Ltd. starts business from first of April [reorganization after SEGA bought the company] (94 votes)
6. Super Smash Bros. will be released during summer for 3DS and the Wii U version during winter (87)
7. The shocking announcement of Monster Hunter 4G (71)
8. The announcement of Project Morpheus for PS4 (60)
9. The formal introduction of Kan Colle Kai for PS Vita (55)
10. Stating “we want to announce a new game” in the live event of SaGa series (52)
11. The announcement of Theatrhythm Dragon Quest
12. Persona 5 launching at the same time for PS4 and PS3
13. Final Fantasy VII arriving on PS4
14. Splatoon, a title with a new style in third-person shooters, arriving on Wii U
15. The announcement of PoPoLoCrois Farm Story
16. The Legend of Legacy, a perfect new RPG, coming from splendid staff
17. The announcement of Pokken
18. Etrian Mystery Dungeon launching 15th of March 2015
19. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire launching in November worldwide
20. The announcement of Bloodborne

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Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

Wii U

Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Splatoon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon, Best Buy
Mario Party 10 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

3DS

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker – Amazon, GameStop
Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Amazon, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Story of Seasons – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

Amiibo

Meta Knight – Best Buy
Sonic – Best Buy, GameStop
Toon Link – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Sheik – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Shulk – GameStop (exclusive)
Mega Man – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Bowser – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
King Dedede – King Dedede, Best Buy, GameStop
Ike – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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