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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Yacht Club Games’ Shovel Knight has reached alpha status, the studio confirmed via Twitter.

A message posted on Yacht Club’s official Twitter account reads:

As for what’s next for Shovel Knight, Yacht Club said:

Shovel Knight is currently planned for release by winter’s end.

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Marvelous AQL’s Yoshifumi Hashimoto, who is the producer of Harvest Moon and Rune Factory, shared a few words about what lies ahead in 2014 while speaking with 4Gamer last month.

Hashimoto said that the company has a number of titles in the pipeline, “so we hope they’ll be announced and available to the market soon.” There’s one in particular that he believes may “really surprise you.”

Hashimoto’s comments in full:

2013 was fun and busy on the daily, but it’s over. It’s now 2014. First, “Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land”, and we’ll be publishing “Valhalla Knights 3 Gold”. Some other things are being worked on now, so we hope they’ll be announced and available to the market soon. Because there are titles with considerable power, stay tuned! Amongst them is one that might really surprise you.

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Nintendo has released a new 3DS puzzle in Japan. System owners can now begin filling in a panel for Kirby Triple Deluxe.

Reader Jason completed it full, and was kind enough to send a picture our way. View it above.

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Speaking with Nintendo Enthusiast, creative director Andy Tudor commented that the Wii U version of Project CARS “is extremely promising.” The console is also capable of running one of CARS’ tracks in the rain “pretty damn well”, he said.

Tutor’s comments in full regarding the visuals of Project CARS on Wii U:

I literally just had a blast racing around one of our tracks in the rain (the most graphically-intensive weather setting) and it held up pretty damn well. Of course there are optimisations still to be done but side-by-side, the Wii U version we have running in the studio is extremely promising.

When asked why Slightly Mad has decided to bring the game to Wii U whereas other third-party developers have lessened their support, Tutor replied:

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Release dates for two more European Virtual Console games have been confirmed. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels will be available on the Wii U eShop this coming Thursday, January 23, followed by Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for 3DS on February 12. Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom is also heading to the European 3DS VC next week

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GameStop is initiating a particular round of offers applying to this weekend only. Check out what’s available through January 19 in the ad below.

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Have you ever wanted to warp to the different statues in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask without actually activating them? Well, one dedicated player seems to have found a way to do so! Check out the video above for more.
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Circle Entertainment will publish Tappingo, the company has confirmed. Given Circle’s close relationship with Goodbye Galaxy Games, this shouldn’t come as as major surprise.

We’re also told that Tappingo is currently on track for a release in February or March. At the moment, a late February launch is possible.

In other Circle Entertainment updates, we should have news on a new title coming from the publisher next week.

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