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Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (3/7/13)

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Nintendo Download (3/7/13, North America)

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

3DS download

Kersploosh! – $2.99
ATV Wild Ride 3D – $7.99
Nano Assault EX – $14.99

3DS demo

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

3DS sale

Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword – $4.99

3DS retail

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D – $19.99
Monster High: Skultimate Roller Maze (available March 13)

3DS VC

Wrecking Crew

Wii VC

The King of Fighters ’98

Source: Nintendo PR

Nintendo Download (3/7/13, Europe)

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

3DS download

Nano Assault EX – €14.99 / £12.49

3DS retail

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate – €44.99 / £39.99

3DS VC

Legend of the River King – €4.99 / £4.49

Wii VC

Metal Slug 4 – 900 Wii Points

Source: Nintendo PR

Vblank on keeping Retro City Rampage for Wii rather than Wii U

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We hate to say it, but Retro City Rampage is pretty much being sent to die on WiiWare. Perhaps that’s why Vblank Entertainment’s Brian Provinciano – creator of the project – called it a “$20,000 gift to the fans”.

At this point, the interest in WiiWare has deteriorated significantly. It probably would have made more sense to bring the game to the Wii U eShop – but things aren’t that easy.

In order to make a Wii U eShop port possible, Vblank “would need to be completely ported from scratch”, according to Provinciano. It would also require “a new round of paperwork, platform requirements, e-manuals, game ratings, store metadata and assets, submission and certification.” Another port would require a great deal of work, and at present, the amount of versions Provinciano has worked on “left me very drained and physically sore after the long hours at the computer”.

“The problem is that the Wii U is a completely different system. You can’t just plop Wii code onto it, add some Wii U features and call it a day. It would need to be completely ported from scratch. On top of that, it means a new round of paperwork, platform requirements, e-manuals, game ratings, store metadata and assets, submission and certification. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t simply be a week’s work or such. Much of this was already done for the WiiWare version when the Wii U came along, so switching platforms still would’ve meant almost double the work. I’ve already ported the game to more systems than any one man developer has in history, and it’s left me very drained and physically sore after the long hours at the computer – over three years without a vacation or a day off. My mousing shoulder and neck is seized up right now from all of the time at the computer. So, no plans for more ports, I need to let my body rest without putting in the long hours for a while. Fortunately, WiiWare games can still be purchased and played on the Wii U.”

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Retro City Rampage is a “$20,000 gift to the fans”, says creator

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Retro City Rampage is finally here. The game was confirmed for WiiWare way back in 2010, so it’s been close to a three year wait for its arrival.

Making Retro City Rampage for Nintendo’s online service wasn’t so easy. While the company has made improvements in terms of how it handles indie titles, it did enforce some rather odd limitations and requirements in the past. For instance, indies were required to have an office space, which drained the funds of Retro City Rampage creator Brian Provinciano. Nintendo also wouldn’t pay studios for sales they earned unless a certain threshold was met.

Keeping these two points in mind, Provinciano has said that Retro City Rampage is a “$20,000 gift to the fans.”

The only weaknesses on Nintendo’s end during the Wii development have both been fixed for future platforms, so a big kudos must go out to them. They listen to feedback and take action to improve things if there’s a better way. In both cases, the original policies had the best intentions, but turned out to be a bit problematic.