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Yet another indication that excitement for the Wii U is quite high: UK video game retailer GAME has said that they are expecting their Wii U stock to sell out prior to launch, but those who pre-ordered the system should get their units. This doesn’t just apply to the Deluxe Bundle either; the basic white SKU’s day-one stock has been offered to people as available for pre-order, which means it has sold out as well.

What this means is that GAME signed up everyone for pre-orders, then used their regular ol’ launch day stock to sign MORE people up for pre-orders and now those have sold out as well.

I imagine things are going to be pretty hectic for a few weeks for the Wii U…

Via VideoGamer

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Not sure quite what it’s about, but Nintendo has told everyone that its 3DS eShop, the DSiWare Shop, and the Wii Shop Channel will be down for maintenance tomorrow, Tuesday, November 6th. Some people are saying that this could have something to do with the Wii U launch– perhaps some implementation of the “Nintendo Network ID” we’ve heard to much about– but I’m guessing that it’ll set some things up being the scenes that we’ll hear more about properly a week or two from now.

Don’t get too excited just yet!

Via NintendoLife

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Shigeru Miyamoto was recently asked if he had personally been meeting with developers to encourage them to work on Wii U.

Here’s how he replied:

“I am trying to meet with the game developers individually for this matter. The real subject is whether I’ll be able to – we’ll be able to – convince developers inside of the licensing publishers to be excited about the new features of the Wii U, so much so that they’ll be enthused towards making brand new entertainment that I couldn’t come up with myself.”

Miyamoto also said that Nintendo hasn’t kept any technical knowledge hidden away from third-parties. He eels that this is possible “misunderstanding”, and perhaps a reason used to explain why some companies couldn’t get the most out of Wii like the Big N could.

“When it comes to technologies and techniques and skills necessary for working on Wii U, [and] what we can provide, I can count on them that they already have that. They know how to do that. They are always skilful, and actually they must have some different know-how from what we have. There might be some misunderstanding – as if Nintendo alone had some special know-how, and because Nintendo has not shared those unique, secret protocols with other, third-party publishers have not been able to create the exciting, unique gameplay on Nintendo hardware. But that was not the case.”

“…The fact of the matter is that most third-party licensees from a business point of view, had to create multi-platform titles – and because Nintendo has been trying to create very unique hardware, oftentimes it was not considered the first choice for them to work on multi-platform software. So it’s the entire company decision-making process that is hindering developer’s ability from making unique titles on Wii U hardware. Once again, my job as one of the developers is meet with the individual people and convince that they’ll be able to create brand new entertainment that they really wish to realise. My job is to try to assist them in that fashion. I do not think that providing any special technologies, know how or skills would be able to change the situation, because I understand that most third-party developers already have those things.”

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A new downloadable reward (which in reality isn’t new) is available on Club Nintendo.

Pro-Putt Domo has been swapped out for Mario’s Picross. The game is available for 100 coins.

You can order Mario’s Picross here. It’s available as a 3DS VC download until November 18.

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This month’s GamePro Germany review scores are as follows:

Need for Speed: Most Wanted – 85%
Halo 4 – 93%
Forza Horizon – 91%
Medal of Honor Warfighter – 76%
Doom 3: BFG Edition – 72%
Nintendo Land – 80%
New Super Mario Bros U. – 85%
Assassins Creed 3 – 92%
WWE ’13 – 86%
Dishonored – 84%
The Unfinished Swan – 85%
Fable: The Journey – 73%
NBA 2K13 – 92%
XCOM: Enemy Unknown – 86%
Skylanders Giants – 83%

Thanks to Bjorn for the tip.