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

Wii U Download

• Dr. Luigi – $14.99 (available Dec. 31)
• CastleStorm – $9.99

Wii U VC

• Super Punch-Out!! – $7.99

3DS Download

• Pokemon Bank – free (available Dec. 27) with a 30-day trial; $4.99 after for annual fee
• Bird Mania Christmas 3D – $1.99
• Cubit The Hardcore Platformer Robot – $2.99
• EDGE – $1.99

3DS VC

• Mario Tennis – $5.99

Free Access

• Wii Sports Club – free from Dec. 31 at 12:01 a.m. PT until 11:59 p.m. PT on Jan. 1

eShop sales

• Ubisoft Wii U Sale – Get 30 percent off select Ubisoft titles, including, Assassin’s Creed III, Just Dance 4, ZombiU, Rabbids Land, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 and ESPN Sports Connection, in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U. Download now before this promotion ends on Dec. 31.
• Ubisoft Nintendo 3DS Sale – Get 30 percent off select Ubisoft titles, including Rayman Origins, Rayman 3D, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Shadow Wars, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D, Rabbids Travel in Time and Petz Fantasy 3D, in the Nintendo eShop. Download now before this promotion ends on Dec. 31.
• Atlus Sale – The holidays may be over, but Atlus wants to continue giving away gifts into the new year. Now through 9 a.m. PT on Jan. 6, Shin Megami Tensei IV, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: Soul Hackers, Etrian Odyssey IV: Legend of the Titan, Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl, and Code of Princess are all on sale in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.

Source: Nintendo PR

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This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Pokémon Bank – 500 yen (yearly subscription)
Satsujin Mystery Kirisaki Jack – 800 yen
Speed X 3D Hyper Edition – 300 yen
Dokopon Choice Hunter x Hunter Color-ban Vol. 1 1-10-kan Pack – 4,500 yen

Virtual Console
Rockman X 2: Soul Eraser (Mega Man Xtreme 2, Game Boy Color) – 600 yen
Puyo Puyo Ts? (Game Gear) – 400 yen
Gradius (PC Engine) – 600 yen
The Kung Fu (China Warrior, PC Engine) – 600 yen

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
Gaiabreaker – 1,890 yen

Virtual Console
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom) – 500 yen
PC Genjin (Bonk’s Adventure, PC Engine) – 600 yen
Parodius (MSX) – 800 yen

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Castlevania: Dracula X has been rated by the OFLC. What does that mean exactly? Well, the rating may signal a future release for the game on the Virtual Console.

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On Twitter, Nintendo has responded to the online/network issues that have been affecting its various platforms for the past day or so.

Nintendo Europe/UK started out by apologizing for the different problems users have encountered and thanked fans for their patience.

Nintendo of America offered similar comments. Additionally, the company offered some support for issues pertaining to the creation of new Nintendo Network IDs.

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Nintendo has made Wii Sports Club entirely free to play for today only. In Europe and Australia, tennis, bowling, and golf can be experienced at no extra cost. The promotion ends at 23:59 UK time on December 26.

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Update 2: Nintendo’s response here.

Update: Wii and DS are having issues as well.

Wii U and 3DS have both been hit with a large amount of issues with regard to online/network services. Users may experience problems accessing the eShop, Miiverse, updates, and online functionality within games.

Nintendo estimates that the Wii U eShop began facing issues at around 2:08 AM PT / 5:08 ET today, though many couldn’t connect starting last night. Wii U’s network services as a whole went down at 5:15 AM PT / 8:15 AM ET.

The 3DS, meanwhile, began seeing network outages at about 2:08 AM PT / 5:08 ET as well.

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A few more games have gone on sale on both eShops – Wii U and 3DS. Specifically, several Ubisoft and Mighty Switch Force! titles are now available at cheaper prices.

Here’s the full roundup of discounts:

Wii U

ZombiU – $41.99 (was $59.99) through 12/31
Just Dance 4 – $34.99 (was $49.99) through 12/31
Rabbids Land – $34.99 (was $49.99) through 12/31
Your Shape – $34.99 (was $49.99) through 12/31
ESPN Sports – $34.99 (was $49.99) through 12/31
Assassin’s Creed III – $27.99 (was $39.99) through 12/31
Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition – $7.49 (was $9.99) through 1/2
Mighty Switch Force! 2 – $4.49 (was $5.99) through 1/2

3DS

Mighty Switch Force! – $4.49 (was $5.99) through 1/2
Mighty Switch Force! 2 – $4.49 (was $5.99) through 1/2
Rayman Origins – $20.99 (was $29.99) through 12/31
Rayman 3D – $20.99 (was $29.99) through 12/31
Splinter Cell 3D – $20.99 (was $29.99) through 12/31
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars – $20.99 (was $29.99) through 12/31
Rabbids Travel in Time 3D – $20.99 (was $29.99) through 12/31
Petz Fantasy 3D – $20.99 (was $29.99) through 12/31

As a bonus, Young Justice: Legacy is also on sale for $19.99 (was $29.99) through 1/13.

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A new update is out now for Art Academy: SketchPad. After applying the patch, users will be able to attach pictures when commenting on other people’s posts.

In other Art Academy: SketchPad news, a Luigi Exhibition will begin tomorrow.

Nintendo’s “Marichan” shared the latest Art Academy news on Miiverse:

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