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Nintendo of Japan will join its North American and European divisions in broadcasting a new Nintendo Direct presentation. Like Europe, the Japanese stream will consist entirely of 3DS content. That leaves NOA as the only division with Wii U games.

The 3DS Direct page can be found here. As is the case with the North American and European broadcasts, the Japanese stream will begin at 9 AM ET / 6 AM PT.


There have been a few rumors that Need for Speed: Most Wanted could have made it out for the Wii U’s launch. Speculation indicated that publisher EA was simply holding onto the game, despite the fact that it was done.

Criterion Games’ Alex Ward has now offered his own reasoning for the wait. According to Ward, if Most Wanted was pushed for the Wii U’s launch, there could have been a strong chance that the game would have shipped without online plan. Ward noted that the team was unaware as to “how much we could do online or how it was going to be, because obviously Nintendo were making a lot of changes up until their run-up to launch.”

“The reason we didn’t do the game for launch is because the online side of it wasn’t very clear to us. We weren’t sure how much we could do online or how it was going to be, because obviously Nintendo were making a lot of changes up until their run-up to launch. So we didn’t want to bring the game out at launch on Wii U with no online play.”

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NostalgiCO launched a Kickstarter for its new action RPG, Cryamore, in late January. Nearly $150,000 has been raised thus far and is well ahead of the original $60,000 goal. If the studio is able to surpass $250,000, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U versions will be made.

You can get an idea of Cryamore’s gameplay in the video above. The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Mega Man, and Secret of Mana were all inspirations.

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Two Tribes has confirmed that it isn’t working on a demo for Toki Tori 2. The indie dev said it’s too busy making the full game to bother with a demo for now.

Yesterday, Two Tribes tweeted:

Maybe we could see a demo after launch? Chasing Aurora will soon be receiving one, despite having been out for a few months now.

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Salamander will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on February 20 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden (Square Enix) {2013.02.07} (¥6.090) – 827.922 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 81.559 / 2.513.424 (+24%)
03./02. [3DS] Fantasy Life (Level 5) {2012.12.27} (¥5.800) – 13.342 / 221.720 (-35%)
04./04. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 11.685 / 1.910.708 (-7%)
05./06. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) – 10.523 / 218.097 (-7%)
06./09. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (¥5.040) – 8.859 / 386.149 (-13%)
07./08. [PSV] Demon Gaze (Kadokawa Games) {2013.01.24} (¥6.090) – 8.170 / 43.910 (-22%)
08./03. [PS3] DmC: Devil May Cry (Capcom) {2013.01.17} (¥6.990) – 7.476 / 164.690 (-51%)
09./15. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) – 7.459 / 416.033 (+0%)
10./17. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) – 7.383 / 420.815 (+1%)
11./28. [PSV] Genkai Totsuki Monster Monpiece # (Compile Heart) {2013.01.24} (¥7.140) – 7.312 / 36.754
12./13. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Nintendo) {2012.12.06} (¥4.800) – 6.452 / 518.096 (-14%)
13./11. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu / Raimei (Level 5) {2012.12.13} (¥5.500) – 6.121 / 414.207 (-21%)
14./19. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥5.985) – 5.857 / 460.786 (-8%)
15./00. [PSP] Heroes’ Vs (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.02.07} (¥6.280) – 5.693 / NEW
16./21. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 5.674 / 1.972.440
17./14. [PS3] Hitman: Absolution (Square Enix) {2013.01.24} (¥7.980) – 5.500 / 35.223 (-27%)
18./20. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Dubbed Edition (Square Enix) {2012.12.20} (¥7.980) – 4.983 / 124.112 (-19%)
19./24. [WIU] Nintendo Land (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥4.935) – 4.486 / 286.478
20./25. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 # (Koei Tecmo) {2012.12.20} (¥8.190) – 4.314 / 232.050

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