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This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Super Mario Maker
2. Splatoon
3. Runbow
4. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
5. Super Mario World
6. Super Mario 64
7. Super Mario Bros. 2
8. Super Mario Bros.
9. Cube Life: Island Survival
10. Gunman Clive HD Collection
11. Mario Golf
12. Paper Mario
13. Disney Infinity 3.0
14. Shovel Knight
15. Donkey Kong 64
16. Mario Kart 8
17. Zelda: A Link to the Past
18. Donkey Kong Country
19. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
20. Never Alone

Videos

1. Let’s Watch! Super Mario Maker Overview!
2. Yoshi’s Woolly World E3 2015 Trailer
3. Super Mario Maker – E3 2015 Trailer
4. Super Mario Maker Accolades Trailer
5. Skylanders SuperChargers – E3 Trailer
6. Play Nintendo Introduction Video
7. Runbow Launch Trailer
8. 13AM at Nintendo – Runbow Trailer
9. Splatoon Big Splats Trailer
10. Nintendo@E3 2015 – Super Mario Maker Reactions
11. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Twilight of the Republic Play Set Video
12. Splatoon Squid Strats Trailer
13. Super Mario Maker “The Shift” TV Commercial
14. Great Games to Buy with eShop Cards
15. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Anthem Trailer
16. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Inside Out Trailer
17. Splatoon Tower Control Trailer
18. Cube Life: Island Survival Trailer
19. Yoshi’s Woolly World – PAX Prime 2015 Video
20. Introducing amiibo

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We have a bunch of screenshots and art from Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash. View today’s images in the gallery below.

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Polygon is continuing its “Devs Make Mario” video series with Tim Rogers. For those who are unaware, Rogers is the creator of the upcoming game Videoball. And having written a 10,000 word review of Super Mario Bros. 3, he definitely knows a thing or two about the franchise. Check out his Super Mario Maker level below.

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Natsume is bringing another title to the North American Wii U Virtual Console this week. According to Nintendo’s website, Car Battler Joe is due out tomorrow for $6.99.

Here’s the official overview:

Nobody knows why your dad, champion car battler Jim Todoroki, suddenly abandoned the fastest and most popular sport in Galacia. There is a rumor going around that he’s riding around with the most ruthless car-battler gangs in the world. But is it just a rumor, or is there truth behind it?

Play as Joe Todoroki, in his quest to become a car battler—like his father before him. His mother says he has the talent, but hard work will be the payoff. Customize a vehicle in the Garage to enhance or diminish its performance. Sign up for jobs, missions, and even tournaments as Joe explores the dangerous highways and byways that surround his village. Other car battlers fight for money and fame, but Joe has a higher calling: to restore his family’s honor and bring his father home!

Ancient developed Car Battler Joe for the GBA, and it released in Japan through publisher Victor Interactive Software back in 2001. Natsume localized the title for North America a year later.

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Game Informer recently caught up with Super Mario Maker director Yosuke Oshino and senior director Yoshikazu Yamashita. While speaking with the site, the two developers shared tips to help players improve their levels.

One of the first tips from Oshino and Yamashita is to play through a bunch of courses:

“I’d advise you to play through a lot of courses. Play the 10-Mario Challenge and Course World, and if you find a course you like (I’d recommend a shorter one first), save it and try messing around with it. As you learn how the courses you like were made, and how they can be changed to make them better (or worse), I think you’ll gradually build up a toolbox of ideas on how to build courses.” – Yamashita

“It might also be a good idea to look at what kind of courses people are making with the 10-Mario Challenge, or to go on Course World and check out the world rankings to see how people on there make their courses and get all those favorites.” – Oshino

Oshino also discussed the importance of keeping your target audience in mind:

“I think it’s important that you think about who you want playing your course, and how you want him or her to play it. Think about a course length they’d prefer, and what kinds of enemies or course elements they’d like. I also think people like courses which have that, ‘Let’s try that one more time,’ element to them without being unfair, no matter if they’re easy or difficult.” – Oshino

Also from Oshino, experimenting with different combinations is encouraged:

“[W]hen you combine multiple parts together, you’ll suddenly open up a great deal more opportunities. I found a new way to combine parts myself just the other day. I think players might just invent new ways to combine parts that not even we thought of, too.” – Oshino

“I like the ‘generational change’ of putting Bowser on the back of a large Bowser Jr. (i.e., when you combine Bowser Jr. with a Mushroom), or taking the Queen (high-heeled) Goomba’s Shoe you get by shaking a regular Goomba’s Shoe and adding wings to it to make a Para-Queen Goomba’s Shoe.” – Oshino

Game Informer has a couple of additional tips from the Super Mario Maker developers here.

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Another couple of Picross 3D 2 videos have surfaced on Nintendo’s Japanese YouTube page. Find both of them below.

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Girls Mode 3 has been updated with six items from Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. Nintendo has added in three furniture pieces for the in-game dollhouse: an amiibo phone, Nook’s Home car, and a copy machine. Players also have access to Isabelle’s spring shirt, Lottie’s long sleeved shirt, and a Nook’s Home blazer.

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Nintendo’s North American YouTube page now has a video interview with Shin’en, which was conducted during PAX Prime 2015 a few weeks ago. Naturally, the discussion focused on FAST Racing Neo. Check out the full video below.

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Disney Infinity 3.0 just came out, but if you’re looking to save on the series’ previous entry, Amazon has you covered. The Disney Infinity 2.0 Starter Pack is down to $14.22. You’ll be $45.77, or 76 percent.

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The latest issue of GamesMarkt has a report on the European video game software sales during the first half of the year. In it, we learn that both Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D both made the list in terms of best sellers, coming in at #14 and #16 respectively.

The full chart is posted above. GamesMarkt’s results are based on data collected between January and June.

We also have a look at the top ten publishers for software market share (value):

01 (01) Electronic Arts – 15,05% (18,58%)
02 (03) Nintendo – 12,57% (12,32%)
03 (06) Take-Two Interactive – 10,79% (5,77%)
04 (10) Bandai Namco Entertainment – 9,52% (3,18%)
05 (07) Warner Bros. Interactive – 9,35% (5,26%)
06 (02) Ubisoft – 8,67% (15,07%)
07 (04) Activision Blizzard – 8,19% (9,76%)
08 (05) Sony Computer Entertainment – 7,62% (7,54%)
09 (09) Microsoft – 3,08% (3,59%)
10 (__) Bethesda Softworks – 2,50%

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