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Wii U eShop

View the latest deals from the North American Wii U eShop below:

Arrow Time U – $0.99 (was $1.99) until Jan. 15
Ducktales Remastered – $6.75 (was $14.99) until Jan. 2
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara – $5.99 (was $14.99) until Jan. 2
EDGE – $1.50 (was $1.99) until Jan. 8
GetClose – $2.99 (was $4.99) until Jan. 2
Knytt Underground – $6.49 (was $12.99) until Jan. 1
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – $37.49 (was $49.99) until Dec. 31
LEGO The Hobbit – $20.99 (was $29.99) until Dec. 31
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – $15.99 (was $39.99) until Jan. 2
Paper Monsters Recut – $3.99 (was $7.99) until Jan. 15
Pure Chess – $3.99 (was $7.99) until Jan. 1
Resident Evil: Revelations – $15.99 (was $39.99) until Jan. 2
Rock Zombie – $4.99 (was $6.99) until Jan. 15
RUSH – $1.50 (was $1.99) until Jan. 8
Shuttle Rush – $3.99 (was $7.99) until Jan. 16
Stick it to the Man – $4.99 (was $9.99) until Jan. 1
Swords & Soldiers – $1.99 (was $2.99) until Jan. 8
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $24.99 (was $49.99) until Jan. 1
The Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Edition – $19.99 (was $39.99) until Jan. 1
The LEGO Movie Videogame – $15.00 (was $29.99) until Dec. 31
TNT Racers: Nitro Machines Edition – $4.99 (was $7.99) until Jan. 8
Toki Tori – $1.50 was $1.99) until Jan. 8
Toki Tori 2+ – $5.99 (was $14.99) until Jan. 8
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark – $14.99 (was $39.99) until Jan. 1
Trine 2: Director’s Cut – $9.99 (was $19.99) until Jan. 15
The Voice – $24.99 (was $39.99) until Jan 1
Wipeout Create & Crash – $19.99 (was $39.99) until Jan 1
Xavier – $2.49 (was $4.99) until Jan. 8

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Two new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console early next month. They are as follows:

Mega Man Zero 2 (GBA, 702 yen)
Napoleon (GBA, 702 yen)

Both of the games above are due out on January 7.

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Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse is a 322 MB download on Wii U. How does that stack up to the 3DS version? On 3DS, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse eats up 2,315 blocks of space, which translates to roughly 289 MB.

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Update: Everything is now in working order once again!


The Wii U and 3DS eShops as well as Miiverse both appear to have been hit with technical issues. The two services went down over an hour ago and have been experiencing problems since.

Here’s the official status of the eShops and Miiverse:

Nintendo eShop

Due to technical difficulties, some online service features may be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Start Date and Time of Outage:
Thursday, December 25, 2014 1:15 PM Pacific Time
Ongoing

Miiverse

Due to a partial service outage, the following features may be intermittently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Start Date and Time of Outage:
Thursday, December 25, 2014 1:04 PM Pacific Time
Ongoing

It’s worth noting that some people have been able to connect, but Nintendo’s network status page indicates that issues are persisting. We’ll keep you updated as the situation develops.

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