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Zen Studios is bringing Zen Pinball 2 to the Wii U eShop. The game previously released on the PlayStation 3 and Vita.

Zen Pinball 2 has a confirmed launch month of December in Europe. It will likely arrive on the North American eShop around the same time.

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We have a slightly more specific release date for Pikmin 3. Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, the Wii U title will be available sometime in the second quarter of 2013.

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Scribblenauts Unlimited will be released in Europe on February 8. Nintendo will be publishing the game across the continent.

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Decisions, decisions. Two Nintendo Directs happening at the same time. Which one will you watch?

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Nintendo of Canada communications director Matt Ryan has answered a few questions about the upcoming Wii Mini, a new version of the old console. He commented on why certain features were removed (including online), discussed the system’s market, talked about why it will only launch in Canada, and touched on the Mini’s lifecycle. There’s also talk about how Ryan feels that the Wii Mini and Wii U won’t interfere with each other.

Look for Ryan’s full answers below.

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The latest deals from GameStop are as follows:

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LEGO: The Lord of the Rings is available on practically every platform. Because of this – as well as Nintendo’s tight relationship with Warner Bros. Interactive – it seemed inevitable that the game would eventually come to Wii U.

As we now know, that won’t happen. But that raises the simple question: why?

A Warner Bros. Interactive rep explained:

“The primary reason is that [Traveller’s Tales] and Lego were already working on Lego City Undercover for Wii U.”

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition – €9.99 / £8.99

Wii U retail

Funky Barn – €49.99 / £39.99

Wii U app

LOVEFiLM – free

3DS Download

The “Denpa” Men: They Came by Wave – €7.99 / £7.19

3DS retail

Paper Mario Sticker Star – €44.99 / £39.99

3DS DLC

New Art Academy – €1.99 / £1.79
· Paint Like Van Gogh
· Reflections

3DS Download

2 Fast 4 Gnomz – €4.99 / £4.49

3DS eShop video

The 3D Machine Series – €0.99 / £0.89 per episode
The Incredible Barbazan – €0.99 / £0.89 (price reduction)

DSiWare

Christmas Wonderland 2 – €7.99 / £7.19 / 800 points

Wii VC

The Last Blade 2 – 900 points

Source: Nintendo PR

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DSLL – 106,757
3DS – 60,651
PS3 – 29,809
PSP – 15,941
Vita – 11,066
Wii – 5,550
Xbox 360 – 1,217
PS2 – 812
DSi LL – 248
DSi – 209

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DSLL – 101,667
3DS – 60,410
PS3 – 34,167
PSP – 16,903
Vita – 9,712
Wii – 3,590
Xbox 360 – 1,495
PS2 – 747
DSi LL – 241
DSi – 211