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Indie developer CHUDCHUD Industries has announced “Temple of Yog”, a new game that “explores the hubris of civilization and the myth of progress using roguelike conventions and unique gameplay elements achievable only on the Wii U console.”

Below is a comprehensive overview of the game:

The player sends Tributes into the Temple to their inevitable demise. The roguelike staple of permadeath has meaning in this context. The player selects a Tribute of random class and stats that will always ascend to the Temple Zenith and return a lifeless body. Where this game breaks permadeath tradition is in the Village’s progress based on that Tribute’s death. As more sacrifices are made, more advancements to the Village occur, transforming it from a primitive backwater town to a futuristic acropolis.

The Temple is a human meat-grinder of progress and this game explores what it means to be complicit in that process.

TEMPLE OF YOG also employs the roguelike standard of procedural content generation and applies it to an experience possible only on the unique hardware of the Wii U console. The Temple interior shifts and changes from floor to floor. Strange geometries transport Tributes to impossible realms. The player is immersed in two worlds, one of Light on the TV, and one of Shadow on the GamePad. Tributes swap between these worlds where rooms, puzzles, and creatures manifest themselves differently: a butterfly in Light might be a hellbeast in Shadow, a wall in Light might be a door in Shadow. The player will have to use this unique gameplay to overcome challenges to offer up a worthy sacrifice.

The interplay between TV and GamePad and the procedural generation of those worlds highlight the uniqueness of the Wii U and what is possible with a second-screen gaming experience.

Temple of Yog is targeted for release in November. Screenshots can be found above.

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

Wii U Download

• SteamWorld Dig
• The Fall

Wii U Virtual Console

• Mega Man X3
• Donkey Kong Jr. Math

3DS Retail

• Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (available Friday)

3DS Download

• Azure Striker Gunvolt (available Friday)
• Thorium Wars: Attack of the Skyfighter
• Outback Pet Rescue 3D

eShop Sales

• Select Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games from Capcom are now up to 60 percent off in the Nintendo eShop. This offer is valid until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 4.
• Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.95) from 9 a.m. PT on Sept. 3 through 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 24 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
• Soccer Up 3D is 71 percent off (reduced from $6.99 to $1.99) until 9 a.m. PT on Sept. 17 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.

Price Reduction

• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist is being reduced to $19.99 (from $39.99) starting Sept. 1 on Wii U.

Coming Soon

• Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight – Sept. 1 (Virtual Console on Wii U)
• Nobunaga’s Ambition – Sept. 4 (Virtual Console on Wii U)

Source: Nintendo PR

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This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Aqua Moto Racing 3D – 400 yen
Dasshutsu Adventure Sh?en no Kuroi Kiri – 820 yen
Dokopon Choice Super Mario-kun Vol. 1 – 10-kan Pack – 4,400 yen
Dokopon Choice Blood Lad Vol. 1 – 5-kan + Omake Pack – 3,050 yen
Puchi Noberu Shukusai no Hachigatsu – 200 yen
Medalot (Medabot) 8 – Kabuto Version / Kuwagata Version (retail title) – 6,264 (from 8/28)
Boku wa Kok? Kansei-kan Airport Hero 3D Kank? Sky Story DEMO – FREE
Gaist Crusher God DEMO – FREE

Virtual Console
NA (since 5/7)

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
NA

Virtual Console
Gakk? Deatta Kowai Hanashi (Super Famicom) – 823 yen
Final Fight 2 (Super Famicom) – 823 yen
Akumaj? Dracula Circle of the Moon (Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Game Boy Advance) – 702 yen
Kaiz? Ch?nin Shubibiman 2 – Aratanu Teki (Shockman, PC Engine) – 617 yen
Final Soldier (PC Engine) – 702 yen

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

A World of Keflings is coming soon to Wii U. To prepare fans for launch, developer NinjaBee games has been showcasing different elements of the game on Twitter.

You’ll find all of the tweets gathered below:

Thanks to ChaosCrystal for the tip.

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Amazon Japan has expanded its Nintendo offerings to the digital space. Going forward, consumers can purchase downloadable games for Wii U and 3DS. Along with retail games, eShop exclusives are available from Amazon Japan.

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

Wii U

Azure Striker Gunvolt Reveal Trailer
Mario Kart 8 From the Pit Episode 3
Mega Man 6 Trailer
Life Force Trailer
Hyrule Warriors Trailer with Ghirahim and the Demon Blade

3DS

Azure Striker Gunvolt Reveal Trailer
Mario Kart 8 From the Pit Episode 3
Hyrule Warriors Trailer with Ghirahim and the Demon Blade
Xtreme Sports Trailer

Source: Wii U/3DS eShops

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A pair of new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. They are as follows:

Adventures of Lolo 2 (Famicom, 514 yen)
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (GBA, 702 yen)

The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on September 3.

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Shovel Knight players on Wii U will be able to download update 1.1 later today. The patch will also be making its way soon to 3DS.

Here’s the full rundown of the update:

General

•Fix: Timing issue where the Inventory screen could be opened with the game unpaused.

•Fix: Getting captured by Treasure Knight’s chest while using the Ichor of Boldness leading to a missing Shovel Knight.

•Fix: Cheats not carried over in New Game+ when a file is reloaded.

•Fix: Falling into pit during final boss battles leading to soft lock.

•Fix: Escaping final battle with Propeller Dagger.

•Fix: Fall through floor if using Dust Knuckle when defeating Polar Knight during Round Table.

•Fix: Enchantress blocks frozen by creative Chaos Orb use.

•Fix: Entering Enchantress fight with shovel drop causing crash.

•Tweak: Fixed a portrait and added one slacker to the Hall of Champions.

Wii U

•Game can now be played with out the GamePad! “Please re-connect GamePad” message will only display if it was your last used controller before disconnect or if you were displaying the game on the GamePad screen.

•NEW: GamePad screen can be toggled between Main and Sub type by pressing the “Select Button” within the Pause Menu. Quicker than going all the way to the video option menu!

•Fix: Crash when the battery died on GamePad with certain Wii U system features enabled.

•Fix: Music not resuming if a Miiverse post is selected while the inventory is open on screen.

3DS

•NEW! Update option on the main menu makes updating to new versions of Shovel Knight a breeze! Welcome to the internet future, medieval knight man!

•Fix: Home menu crash issues

When the update hits 3DS, we’ll be sure to let you know!

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