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Harvest Moon: A New Beginning wasn’t supposed to hit store shelves until November 6. Those plans have since been scrapped, essentially.

Natsume recently confirmed that A New Beginning now has a soft release date. Retailers will begin to receive stock as early as tomorrow, and throughout the rest of the week.

That applies to the United States. Natsume says “the game has shipped up north as well, but it might take just a little more time to hit the shelves.”

“Harvest Moon: A New Beginning now has a soft release date. That means the game has started shipping to all retail outlets that will carry it. Depending on the retail chain and how quick they are, you should start seeing on store shelves as early as next week (10/22 -10/26). For our Canadian fans…the game has shipped up north as well, but it might take just a little more time to hit the shelves.”

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Here’s that Wii U commercial shown during Homeland earlier today…


Nintendo was initially planning on showing the first Wii U commercial during tonight’s episode of X Factor. For whatever reason, that didn’t happen. It was instead broadcasted on Homeland.

The advert hasn’t made its way online yet. When it does become available, we’ll have it on the site.

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01./00. [3DS] Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (Square Enix) {2012.10.11} (¥6.090) – 141.529 / NEW <85,68%>
02./01. [PS3] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom) {2012.10.04} (¥7.990) – 92.921 / 727.854 (-85%)
03./00. [3DS] Project X Zone (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.10.11} (¥6.280) – 85.539 / NEW <57,55%>
04./02. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 (Konami) {2012.10.04} (¥7.980) – 50.144 / 274.028 (-78%)
05./00. [PS3] Tokitowa: Time and Eternity # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.10.11} (¥7.980) – 32.215 / NEW
06./07. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 29.651 / 1.246.707 (-1%)
07./06. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters (Nintendo) {2012.09.27} (¥4.800) – 22.195 / 122.391 (-35%)
08./11. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) – 18.458 / 190.370 (+62%)
09./00. [PS3] Rocksmith (Ubisoft) {2012.10.11} (¥8.880) – 13.964 / NEW
10./00. [PSP] Diabolik Lovers # (Idea Factory) {2012.10.11} (¥6.090) – 13.173 / NEW
11./08. [PSP] SD Gundam G Generation: Overworld (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.09.27} (¥6.280) – 10.788 / 249.333 (-62%)
12./04. [PSP] Sol Trigger (Image Epoch) {2012.10.04} (¥6.279) – 10.197 / 52.234 (-76%)
13./10. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (¥4.800) – 10.100 / 2.799.467 (-17%)
14./00. [PS3] Dishonored (Bethesda Softworks) {2012.10.11} (¥5.980) – 9.984 / NEW
15./03. [PSP] Summon Night 3 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.10.04} (¥3.990) – 8.823 / 60.276 (-83%)
16./12. [3DS] Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone (Nintendo) {2012.09.13} (¥3.800) – 7.255 / 86.014 (-30%)
17./15. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) – 6.410 / 235.676 (-7%)
18./14. [PSP] Final Fantasy III (Square Enix) {2012.09.20} (¥3.990) – 5.048 / 74.118 (-33%)
19./19. [3DS] Brain Age: Concentration Training (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥3.800) – 4.639 / 178.791 (-13%)
20./22. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) – 4.536 / 110.398
21./20. [WII] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online # (Square Enix) {2012.08.02} (¥6.980)
22./25. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800)
23./16. [PS3] Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Spike Chunsoft) {2012.09.20} (¥8.190)
24./28. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800)
25./27. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800)
26./18. [3DS] Medarot 7: Kabuto / Kuwagata (Rocket Company) {2012.09.13} (¥6.090)
27./23. [3DS] Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 2nd (Koei Tecmo) {2012.09.13} (¥6.090)
28./09. [PS3] F1 2012 (Codemasters) {2012.10.04} (¥7.770)
29./13. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5 # (Koei Tecmo) {2012.09.27} (¥8.190)
30./34. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Definitive Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.11.23} (¥5.040)
31./35. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800)
32./26. [PSV] Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta # (Nihon Falcom) {2012.09.27} (¥7.140)
33./30. [WII] Just Dance Wii 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.26} (¥5.800)
34./05. [360] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom) {2012.10.04} (¥7.990)
35./00. [360] Rocksmith (Ubisoft) {2012.10.11} (¥8.880)
36./21. [PS3] Sleeping Dogs (Square Enix) {2012.09.27} (¥7.980)
37./24. [PS3] Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.09.13} (¥7.980)
38./33. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost (Level 5) {2012.07.05} (¥4.400)
39./36. [WII] Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition (Nintendo) {2012.07.19} (¥3.800)
40./31. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800)
41./40. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D # (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490)
42./47. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} (¥4.800)
43./29. [PSV] Earth Defense Force 3 Portable (D3 Publisher) {2012.09.27} (¥6.090)
44./42. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Dubbed Edition (Bargain Edition) (Square Enix) {2012.09.06} (¥3.990)
45./43. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) {2008.01.31} (¥6.800)
46./44. [PS3] Assassin’s Creed I + II Welcome Pack (Ubisoft) {2012.07.19} (¥2.940)
47./32. [PSP] Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate Portable # (Kadokawa Games) {2012.09.27} (¥6.279)
48./50. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (PSP the Best) (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.09.15} (¥2.800)
49./00. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best) (Capcom) {2011.09.22} (¥2.990)
50./45. [3DS] Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (Marvelous Entertainment) {2012.07.19} (¥5.229)

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Rayman creator Michel Ancel isn’t just impressed by the technology inside the Wii U GamePad. He’s also more than pleased with the console’s hardware.

Speaking with Nintendo Power this month, Ancel noted a couple of times how he finds the Wii U to be “surprisingly powerful.” Like most developers, he’s noticed that the system offers “a lot of memory”, which allows for “huge textures”.

Because of the hardware behind Wii U (and Ubisoft’s own optimizations), the Rayman Legends team has been able to implement a new lighting engine. Sprites now have proper lighting as well as shadows.

“What surprises me with Wii U is that we don’t have many technical problems. It’s really running very well, in fact. We’re not obliged to constantly optimize things. Even on the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions [of Origins], we had some fill-rate issues and things like that. So it’s partly us – we improved the engine – but I think the console is quite powerful. Surprisingly powerful. And there’ a lot of memory. You can really have huge textures, and it’s crazy because sometimes the graphic artist – we built our textures in very high-dentition. They could be used in a movie. Then we compress them, but sometimes they forget to do the compression and it still works! [Laughs] So yeah, it’s quite powerful. It’s hard sometimes when you’re one of the first developers because it’s up to you to come up with solutions to certain problems. But the core elements of the console are surprisingly powerful.

“And because we’re developing for Wii U, we don’t have to worry about cross-platform optimization.

“We can push what the console can do; push it to its limits. And of course, we have a new lighting engine. In fact, the game engine for Origins was mostly just classic sprites in HD, but now we can light them and add shadows and all these things. So there is some technical innovation with the engine itself. “


Japanese Club Nintendo members who register two out of the four upcoming Inazuma Eleven games can receive an extra free game from the site.

Between November 15 and March 31, consumers can register either version of Inazuma Eleven Go 2, Inazuma Eleven Go Strikers 2013, and Inazuma Eleven 1-2-3: Endou Mamoru Densetsu. Once two of these are applied, users will receive a download code for “Inazuma Eleven Everyday”.

Inazuma Eleven Everyday is a brand new experience made exclusively for this Club Nintendo offer. Players talk to characters, give them presents, and interact with them by, apparently, petting them (and other stuff maybe).

Screenshots of Inazuma Eleven Everyday are posted above.

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An update has landed on the official Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney website, and it has brought along a bunch of new screenshots. Images grabbed from the site are in the gallery above.



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