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The latest update for Elliot Quest is out now. Today’s update brings the game up to version 1.2.3.

After applying the new patch, players can begin using new features like the Miiverse Journal and Stamps. PlayEveryWare also improved Elliot Quest’s performance, and has removed frame skips/hiccups in busy areas.

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Kirby Squeak Squad, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, and Kirby 64 are all now available on the North American Wii U eShop. A trailer promoting their release can be found below.

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Frogmind is bringing Badland: Game of the Year Edition to the Wii U eShop today. Check out the game’s launch trailer below.

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Image & Form shared a new video for SteamWorld Heist today. We have another look at the 3DS version, and there’s some talk from the studio about Gamescom 2015. Watch the video below.

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

Wii U Virtual Console

Kirby Squeak Squad – $9.99
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards – $9.99

Wii Download

Kirby’s Return to Dream Land – $19.99

Wii U Download

Badland: Game of the Year Edition – $9.99
Endless Golf – $1.99
Xeodrifter – $9.99

Wii U Demo

Just Dance 2016

Wii U Update

New Splatoon Update – On Aug. 5, a free software update for the Splatoon game on the Wii U console brings new content to the game, including two new matchmaking modes, new weapon types, an increase to the game’s level caps and more than 40 pieces of new gear. Following this update, more content will continually roll out through the rest of the summer and fall, including the Rainmaker Ranked Battle mode, additional maps and new weapons. For more information visit http://splatoon.nintendo.com.

3DS Download

Best of Board Games – Mahjong – $9.99
Best of Board Games – Solitaire – $9.99
Flick Golf 3D – $5.99

3DS Themes

Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: Classic Theme

eShop Sales

Wii U

– Elliot Quest is 15 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $10.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on August 13.
– High Strangeness is 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 3 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 9.
– 99Moves, Abyss and Rock Zombie from EnjoyUp are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 27.

3DS

– Castle Conqueror Defender, Demon King Box and Quell Memento from Circle Entertainment are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 20.
– Toys vs. Monsters is 50 percent off (reduced from $3.99 to $1.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 23.

Permanent Price Drop

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham has been reduced to $19.99 (from $29.99).

Activities

Miiverse has an entire new look and new features! – With a new Screen Shot Album and Play Journal features, there is a lot to explore! Get ready to have more fun than ever sharing tips, drawings and comments on Miiverse. Check out https://miiverse.nintendo.net/special/redesign_announcement for all the fun details.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. “Sink or Swim” Tournament – See how your squad stacks up online in Nintendo’s Public Tournaments. Top players earn unique titles that are visible online and earn major bragging rights with your friends and around the world. The new “Sink or Swim” tournament runs July 31 through Aug. 9. Opt in via the SpotPass feature for notifications about future tournaments. Good luck, agents!

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Wegenbartho is bringing Sanatory Hallways to the European Wii U eShop next week, according to a listing on the store. It should be available on August 6 for €9.99.

Here’s an official overview from the game’s Indiegogo page:

Sanatory Hallways takes the idea of the Luigi mini-game from Nintendoland and takes it up to a whole new level.

In the Versus-Mode (local only for the WiiU), one player takes control of the protagonist Charla, who’s plagued by nightmares where she finds herself located in strange buildings and facilities. Her goal is to find a blue key, which allows her to unlock the exit and thus making her wake up.

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

Software

1. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Child of Light
3. Splatoon
4. I’ve Got to Run!
5. Cube Life: Island Survival
6. Super Mario 64
7. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
8. Super Mario World
9. Paper Mario
10. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
11. Super Mario Bros. 3
12. Mario Tennis
13. EarthBound
14. Super Mario Bros.
15. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
16. Donkey Kong 64
17. EarthBound Beginnings
18. Mario Kart 8
19. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
20. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Videos

1. Super Mario Maker E3 2015 Trailer
2. Splatoon Direct 5/7/15
3. Play Nintendo Introduction Video
4. Skylanders SuperChargers E3 Trailer
5. Star Fox Zero E3 2015 Trailer
6. Cube Life: Island Survival Trailer
7. Splatoon amiibo Trailer
8. Mario Party 10 Launch Trailer
9. Yoshi’s Woolly World E3 2015 Trailer
10. Cube Life: Island Survival Trailer 2
11. Introducing amiibo
12. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival E3 2015 Trailer
13. LEGO Jurassic World Launch Trailer
14. Nintendo Minute – Mario Party 10 with Lamarr Wilson
15. Nintendo Minute – Amaze-INK May Splatoon Turf War
16. Great Games to Buy with eShop Cards
17. New amiibo TV Commercial
18. Mario Kart 8 New amiibo Racing Suits Trailer
19. Mario Party 10 Trailer
20. KEYTARI: 8-bit Music Maker Trailer

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Nindies@Home was held during E3 week in both North America and Europe. In Australia and New Zealand, however, there was a delay. This was due to classifications for the various demos that were required.

Nindies@Home will finally be coming to the two aforementioned territories on Friday. The same nine games will be playable at different points throughout the next few weeks:

31st July – 6th August – forma.8, Runbow, Extreme Exorcism
7th August – 13th August – Lovely Planet, RIVE, Typoman
14th August – 20th August – Freedom Planet, Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, and Soul Axiom

Grabbing any of the downloads will provide a 15 percent discount when the full games launch.

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Polygon published a few more minutes of footage from The Swindle, which is coming soon to the Wii U eShop. Check it out below.

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Runbow features guest appearances from a bunch of other indie titles. The lineup includes Rusty from SteamWorld Dig, Shovel Knight from Yacht Club’s indie hit, and plenty more.

13AM Games spoke about how these collaborations came to be in an interview with Toronto GameDevs. The studio explained:

It all started at IndieCade 2014, where Nintendo invited us to demo our game. At the event, our booth was next to developers like Yacht Club Games and Ronimo Games. Our character at the time, Hue, had a pretty similar facial structure to Shovel Knight and the we jokingly asked if we could throw him in our game. After hearing the idea out loud, both sides realized it was actually an interesting proposition. They agreed and we used this show of faith and a little help from Nintendo to reach out and contact as many indie Wii U developers we could. Due to the awesome nature of indie developers, we received a bunch of positive feedback and quickly assembled a pretty large cast of interesting characters. From there, it was just on our artist’s to realize these other characters in our art style and make them all work, and I think they nailed it.

Runbow is due out sometime in Q3. No specific release date yet, though we’ll let you know as soon as we hear something on that front.

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