Wii U eShop

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

Wii U Download

Mario vs. Donkey Kong Tipping Stars
OlliOlli

Wii U Virtual Console

SkyKid

3DS Download

Mario vs. Donkey Kong Tipping Stars
OlliOlli
Proun+
Zombie Incident
Best of Casual Games
Hollywood Fame: Hidden Object Adventure

3DS Demo

Azure Striker Gunvolt

3DS Update

Azure Striker GUNVOLT – Play the demo or an updated full-game version of this 2D side-scrolling action game on Nintendo 3DS. The hero’s agility and control over lightning creates a fresh approach to the genre that gives the player a unique feeling of speed and power. Click here to view a trailer for the game.

3DS Themes

Kirby: Craft-Paper Party
Kirby: Sweet Gourmet Race
Kirby: Stripes and a Smile
Azure Stiker Gunvolt: Sumeragi 7

eShop Sales

Wii U

Tengami is 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 12.
Master Reboot is 50 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $7.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 1.
Darts Up, Rock Zombie and Spy Chameleon from EnjoyUp are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
PING 1.5+ is 40 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $2.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
The Letter and Maze from Treefall Studios are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 13.

3DS

Space Lift Danger Panic! is 33 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 20.
Wakedas, Witch & Hero and World Conqueror 3D from Circle Entertainment are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 26.
Darts Up 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
AeternoBlade is 66 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $4.99) from March 6 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 27.

Mii Distribution

Stop by select Best Buy stores from 1 to 4 p.m. (local time) on March 7 to try out the New Nintendo 3DS XL system with amiibo figures in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. You can also play the Nintendo 3DS games everyone is talking about: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Bring your Nintendo 3DS system with you for the chance to get a special Mii character of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D producer, Eiji Aonuma, and collect Mii characters to fill puzzle panels in Puzzle Swap and help out in StreetPass Mii Plaza games. Click here to learn more and find the location nearest you.

Source: Nintendo PR

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

Software

1. Donkey Kong Country
2. Donkey Kong Country 2
3. Super Mario World
4. Donkey Kong Country 3
5. EarthBound
6. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
8. Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
9. NES Remix
10. Super Metroid
11. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
12. Golden Sun
13. Super Mario Bros.
14. Zelda: A Link to the Past
15. The Wonderful 101
16. Mario Kart 8
17. Metroid Prime Trilogy
18. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
19. Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
20. The Legend of Zelda

Videos

1. Mario Party 10 Trailer
2. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars E3 2014 Video
3. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Commercial
4. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Gameplay Trailer
5. Splatoon – Single Player Campaign Trailer
6. Donkey Kong Swings onto the Virtual Console Trailer
7. New 3DS XL Trailer
8. Nintendo Minute – Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Let’s Clay
9. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Accolades Trailer
10. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse E3 2014 Trailer
11. Great Games to Buy with eShop Cards
12. OlliOlli Trailer
13. amiibo Launch Announcement
14. Introducing amiibo
15. Super Mario World Trailer
16. Blek Trailer
17. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Breaking the Ice
18. Splatoon E3 2014 Trailer
19. Hyrule Warriors amiibo Trailer
20. Linking a Club Nintendo Account Video

Source: Wii U eShop

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This week’s video additions to the Wii U/3DS eShops are as follows:

Wii U

Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Hexer
Mario Party 10 – amiibo Party TV Commercial
Mario Party 10 – Bowser Party TV Commercial
Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Gunner
Affordable Space Adventures Teaser Trailer
Don’t Starve: Giant Edition for Wii U Trailer
Never Alone Wii U Trailer
Runbow GDC 2015 Trailer
Swords & Soldiers II Persian Reveal Trailer
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Heir to the Monado Trailer
Nintendo Minute – New 3DS XL first look
OlliOlli Trailer
Donkey Kong Swings onto the Virtual Console Trailer

3DS

Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Hexer
Mario Party 10 – amiibo Party TV Commercial
Mario Party 10 – Bowser Party TV Commercial
Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Gunner
Affordable Space Adventures Teaser Trailer
Don’t Starve: Giant Edition for Wii U Trailer
Never Alone Wii U Trailer
Runbow GDC 2015 Trailer
Swords & Soldiers II Persian Reveal Trailer
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – Heir to the Monado Trailer
Nintendo Minute – New 3DS XL first look
Zombie Incident Trailer
OlliOlli Trailer
Proun+ Trailer
Donkey Kong Swings onto the Virtual Console Trailer

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In a new preview published by GamesBeat, new details are shared about Pencil Test Studios’ indie game Armikrog. The game was playable at GDC 2015 this week. For a summary of the latest information, check out our roundup below.

– Tommynaut is the game’s hero
– Dog companion Beak-Beak
– Demo begins with the two crash landing on a strange and hostile alien planet
– Tommynaut and Beak-Beak soon find themselves within the walls of a four-tower fortress
– The towers have mysterious secrets and environmental puzzles that Tommynaut and Beak-Beak must decode
– Game is a classic point-and-click adventure
– Use a sequence of items interlocking with environmental objects to head toward another puzzle
– Doesn’t use a traditional inventory system
– If the player has an appropriate item for a puzzle, the solution is simply to click where that item should be placed in the environment
– Ex: Tommynaut can pick up a hand crank early in the game; he later finds a device that is missing a handle; just click the device for Tommynaut to pull out the crank and start turning
– The team wants to simplify the experience and keep it about puzzle solving, and avoid vague/insane crafting sessions
– Some puzzles will require swapping to Beak-Beak
– Beak-Beak can crawl through tight spaces and travel through the towers’ strange duct ways
– Beak-Beak sees the world around him differently than Tommynaut
– Because Beak-Beak is color blind the environment turns black/white when playing as him
– Beak-Beak picks up on special wavelengths that Tommynaut can’t
– Demo has a section where Beak-Beak’s dog vision revealed an invisible clue tagged on a wall, which couldn’t be seen before
– Pencil Test Studios didn’t just build the characters out of traditional sculptural materials
– Everything in the game is created out of some form of real-world media — the rooms, objects, environments
– Design team: Ed Schofield, Mike Dietz, and Doug TenNapel
– Each of these team members are long-time animators who worked on The Neverhood
– Lighting works by pre-shooting the clay assets then putting them onto a 2D plane in Unity
– Team uses a 3D environment to move 2D assets around, which lets them throw in a specially tweaked spotlight to create the subtle illusion of the characters moving through light and shadow to match the clay backgrounds

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