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Last week, we found out that The Rivers of Alice is on its way to Wii U. Spanish website Revogamers has since caught up with Arturo Monedero from Delirium Studios to learn more about the game. The site sent along the following tidbits from its interview:

• The Wii U version is more polished and it has more content: more puzzles, new items and more music scores.
• It is not as hard as the mobile version. The old one was quite hard because they designed it to teach a lesson to casual gamers attracted to The Rivers of Alice by the music of Vetusta Morla.
• Delirium Studios considers Wii U the best option for a classic graphic adventure game. They are taking advantage of the Wii U GamePad thinking of it as a 1 player screen, with the TV as a support screen. Also, the trust on Wii U and the eShop to enter new markets such as USA and Central Europe because the game was mostly successful in Spanish speaking markets.
• What do you say to gamers who already played it on mobile platforms: “The experience is much better, bigger, with extra levels and new puzzles. It’s not that much larger but it has got some new challenges and rewards. And all other puzzles are been redone a little bit so everything they learned is not enough, they will have to wrack their brains again”.

“The video game is inspired by the imaginary and the lyrics from the records done before by Vestuta Morla. It started with a lullaby [called Los Rios de Alice, The Rivers of Alice] composed by Vetusta Morla many years ago for a non-profit foundation. At the very beginning they agreed to sign over the rights of the lullaby, but we never though that in the end they will compose a whole record for the video game. The project grew so much that, at the end, they decided to make that OST exclusively for it. At this point, the game was in development so actually it inspired the music closing this magic circle.”

The Rivers of Alice should be out on Wii U before the end of 2015 – sometime before the holidays.

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Family Tennis SP launched on the Wii U eShop yesterday. The game is out in both North America and Europe. If you’re curious about the download size, the game weighs in at about 271MB.

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Bandai Namco announced the mysterious free-to-play Wii U eShop title “Project Treasure” during yesterday’s Nintendo Direct. Not much was shown, as we were mostly left with teases here and there.

We did get to see a few things though – like four partial character portraits. Some fans have done some investigating and may have uncovered the identity of one of these characters.

First, take a look at this snapshot from yesterday’s video:

And now look at this image:

That’s KOS-MOS from Xenosaga. KOS-MOS does resemble one of the characters featured in the portraits. Might she be in Project Treasure?

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Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty was dated for two new platforms today, but neither of those are Wii U. On the bright side, the eShop version is still in development.

Just Add Water wrote on its website today:

“Work continues on the Wii U and PlayStation Vita versions of Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty. Converting our bespoke code, physics, highly detailed art assets and complex audio engines for the two formats from the PlayStation 4 and PC base continues to present engineering challenges relating to performance and memory, but recent progress is encouraging as we strive to make every iteration of New ‘n’ Tasty the perfect fit for the platform.”

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

Wii U Download

Family Tennis SP
Electronic Super Joy: Groove City
uWordsmith

Wii U Virtual Console

Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight

Wii

Super Mario Galaxy 2

3DS Download

3D After Burner II
WRC Official Game of the FIA World Rally Championship
Soccer Up Online
Space Lift Danger Panic!
Best of Mahjong
Quell Memento

3DS Virtual Console

Lufia: The Legend Returns

3DS Demos

Asterix The Mansions of the Gods
WRC Official Game of the FIA World Rally Championship

Price Reduction

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham for Wii U has been reduced to $39.99 (from $49.99)
The LEGO Movie Videogame for Wii U has been reduced to $19.99 (from $29.99)
LEGO The Hobbit for Wii U has been reduced to $19.99 (from $29.99)
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham for Nintendo 3DS has been reduced to $19.99 (from $29.99)
Soccer Up 3D for Nintendo 3DS has been reduced to $2.99 (from $6.99)

eShop Sales

The Throwback Sale is on! Generations of fun come together as we pair classic games from past Nintendo systems with their newer siblings on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Going on now until Feb. 5 at 8:59 a.m. PT, we’ll offer weekly discounts on select game pairings like Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Super Mario 3D World. Buy one or buy both games in each pairing – either way, you’ll get great savings during the sale. Check out www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers#throwback-sale for more details.

Loads of indie hits are now on sale during the Super Indie Connection Sale #2. Now through 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29, fans who own any of the participating games already – or purchase one at full price during the promotion – qualify to receive 60 percent off any of the other participating games. Check out http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers for more details.

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

Software

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
2. Shovel Knight
3. Duck Hunt
4. Super Mario World
5. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Kirby’s Dream Land 3
7. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
8. Mario Kart 8
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
10. EarthBound
11. Super Mario Bros.
12. Zelda: A Link to the Past
13. Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
14. Metroid
15. Meme Run
16. The Legend of Zelda
17. Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
18. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
19. Fire Emblem
20. Zelda: The Minish Cap

Videos

1. Mario Party 10 E3 2014 Trailer
2. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse E3 2014 Trailer
3. Meme Run Trailer
4. Yoshi’s Woolly World E3 2014 Trailer
5. Captain Toad TV Spot
6. Mario Maker E3 2014 Trailer
7. Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire Trailer
8. Citizens of Earth Trailer
9. amiibo Launch Announcement
10. Hyrule Warriors amiibo Trailer
11. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse Video
12. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse Launch Trailer
13. Nintendo Minute – Captain Toad New Levels
14. Introducing amiibo
15. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Trailer
16. The Cat Mario Show Episode 3
17. Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack #1 Info Trailer
18. Linking a Club Nintendo Account Video
19. Xenoblade Chronicles X E3 2014 Trailer
20. Mario Kart 8 Direct 4/30/14

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