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Indie developer Barnstorm Games just launched its Kickstarter for “Pro Pinball: Timeshock!” yesterday. The campaign has already raised over £17,000 of the £40,000 goal.

The campaign doesn’t have any Wii U or 3DS stretch goals at present (that could change in the future), but Barnstorm has interest in bringing Pro Pinball to both platforms “eventually”.

You can support Pro Pinball: Timeshock! on Kickstarter here. Barnstorm intends to include realistic tables, worldwide leaderboards, and more.

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Donkey Kong will be hitting the 3DS eShop on August 15, according a listing on the digital store. Pricing is set at $4.99.

Like Nintendo’s own website database, take these listings with a grain of salt. They’re often accurate, but there have been a few cases in which they’ve been incorrect.


 

We first heard about Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths in late May when Neko Entertainment revealed the game for Wii U and 3DS. Today, the company has made an official announcement and confirmed an October release.

Here’s everything we know about today based on a press release distributed a short while ago:

– Working closely with the creators of the series
– Family adventure-puzzle game
– Features Esteban, Tao and Zia in their quest for the Cities of Gold throughout the World, till the very ends of Imperial China.
– Play the levels that unlock for free at the same pace the episodes air on television
– Environments include the deep asian forests, heart of the Forbidden City, mythic Chinese City of Gold
– Use the specific skills and attributes of the three friends to your advantage when facing the multiple traps and hurdles thrown in your way
– Players will need to escape Zares and his men by untangling the riddled paths to discover the secret of the Mysterious Cities of Gold
– Gameplay has been fully imagined for modern touch platforms
– Provides depth for advanced players through tricky levels that require tactical swapping between the three heroes
– Has main characters, theme music, cinematic excerpts from the cartoon series
– New chapters will be added for free throughout the second season of the TV show
– Localization and voice-dubbing of cinematics and dialogues to English and extra languages will be soon proposed to international fans through Kickstarter

Source: Neko Entertainment PR


Last year, G-Style released the DSiWare title “Jump Trials” (there was also 10 Second Run developed by G-Style and published by Gamebridge, which played similarly). The studio is now working on a follow-up for the 3DS eShop titled “Jump Trials Supreme”.

Game director Shingo Miyazaki said of the new game:

“The inspiration for this third version is ‘evolution.’ We wanted to build on what works in the previous two games and evolve each point to give the players a new experience.”

“The previous games on DSiWare were very well received and we had lots of requests from players to make a new version.”

Along with online rankings, Jump Trials Supreme will offer special DLC:

“We’re planning to include a theme pack based on our zombie shooting game Undead Storm (published in America and Europe by Gamebridge). The pack will change the player character, block graphics, backgrounds, UI and sounds. There will also be exclusive stages for the challenge mode.”

Jump Trials Supreme will be out in Japan in November. Expect an overseas release sometime in the future.

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Nicalis intends to share “some great news” about Yatagarasu in the month, the company said on Twitter today. No hints were dropped, so we’ll just have to wait patiently for further information.

The tweet reads:


Nicalis announced Yatagarasu for the 3DS eShop last year. It is not yet known when the game will be available.

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate is now available for $10 cheaper on the 3DS eShop. Originally priced at $40, the game can now be bought for $30. Note that this is a permanent price drop.

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U retail

Pikmin 3 – $59.99 – available August 4
Disney’s Planes – $49.99 – available August 6

Wii U download

Cloudberry Kingdom – $9.99

Wii U VC

Harvest Moon – $7.99

3DS VC

Kirby’s Dream Land 2 – $3.99

3DS retail

Disney’s Planes – $39.99 – available August 6

3DS download

Bike Rider DX – $5.99
My Farm 3D – $7.99
Family Kart 3D – $4.99

Nintendo eShop Special

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Source: Nintendo PR


Joystiq caught up with Dan Adelman, who you’ve likely heard about before. His official title is business development manager at Nintendo of America, but gamers should know him as the main man behind the company’s indie efforts.

In the new interview, Adelman spoke about indie content on Wii U, as well as the console’s install base and competition. Head past the break for a roundup of his responses.



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