Wii U eShop charts (8/19/13)
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Software
1. DuckTales Remastered
2. Art Academy: SketchPad
3. Donkey Kong
4. EarthBound
5. Pikmin 3
6. Super Mario World
7. Cloudberry Kingdom
8. Nano Assault Neo
9. Galaga
10. Trine 2: Director’s Cut
11. Harvest Moon
12. Super Metroid
13. Mega Man X
14. Super Mario Bros.
15. Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party
16. Kid Icarus
17. Mega Man 2
18. Metroid
19. Kirby Super Star
20. Mario Bros.
Videos
1. Nintendo Direct 8/7/13
2. DuckTales Remastered 6/11/13
3. Pikmin 3 – Get to Know the Explorers
4. Pokemon Rumble U Gameplay Trailer
5. The Wonderful 101 Direct
6. Zelda: Wind Waker HD 6/11/13
7. Pikmin 3 – Get to Know the Pikmin Types
8. Pikmin 3 Trailer 6/11/13
9. The Wonderful 101 Trailer (Director’s Cut)
10. Pikmin 3 – Get to Know the Gameplay Basics
11. The Wonderful 101 Trailer 6/11/13
12. EarthBound Launch Trailer
13. Scribblenauts Unmasked Hero Creator Trailer
14. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut
15. Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV Wall of Fire Trailer
16. Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party Trailer
17. Cloudberry Kingdom Trailer 6/11/13
18. Disney’s Planes Trailer 6/11/13
19. Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara Trailer
20. Nano Assault Neo Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
Nintendo Web Framework updated for Wii U eShop purchases, includes DLC
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Plenty of Wii U titles have supported downloadable content. However, indies using the Nintendo Web Framework have been out of luck – until now.
A new version of the tech, announced at GDC Europe earlier today, will provide eCommerce support. This will allow developers to monetize additional items such as DLC.
Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians confirmed for the Wii U eShop
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Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians is in development for the Wii U, Threaks has confirmed. The “swimming platformer” just hit Steam a few weeks ago,.
Threaks’ Denis Rogic described the game to Nintendo Life as follows:
We have a music action-adventure. This means that we have a game that actually mimics the game mechanics with music and combines that, meaning that you have the actual action-adventure gameplay that you’d expect like puzzles, fighting and stuff like that, but at the same time, all those mechanics actually are music. By playing the game, you mix and remix the song and kind of interact with that music.
…We have rhythm elements, but they’re a really small portion of the game and they’re always interactive, so you expect a real freedom of movement, freedom of all kinds of things that you would expect from an adventure game, and then you have this additional layer of music in there. For example, there’s a game mechanic that’s a bass drum and the closer you get, the louder it gets and that means it’s a game mechanic. Just by moving through the level without any restrictions, you mix the song.
Expect Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians on the eShop sometime in the future.
Street Fighter II games also confirmed for North American Wii U VC this week
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Along with Europe, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Turbo: Hyper Fighting and New Challengers are heading to the North American Wii U Virtual Console on Thursday. And also like Europe, Capcom will be extending a special offer to fans.
Those who buy any of the three games can get the other two for 50% off. Europe’s sale is a little bit different – buy two, and you’ll get the last one for free.
Nintendo Download (8/22/13, Europe)
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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U retail
The Wonderful 101 – €49.99 / £39.99
Note: Special Offer until 21/09/2013: You can save 30% on The Wonderful 101 and purchase it from Nintendo eShop for only €34.99 (£27.99), if you previously downloaded Pikmin 3 from Nintendo eShop on the same Wii U console.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist – €69.99 / £55.99
Wii U download
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – €14.99 / £12.99
Wii U VC
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers – €7.99 / £5.49
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior – €7.99 / £5.49
Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting – €7.99 / £5.49
Note: Special “Buy 2, Get 1 Free” offer until 29/8/13 (22:59 UTC): If you buy any two out of these three Street Fighter games on Nintendo eShop on your Wii U, you can download the third one for free.
3DS download
Cut the Rope – €4.99 / £4.49
Funfair Party Games – Special launch offer until 5/9/13 (23:59 local time): €14.99 / £13.49; Regular price will be €19.99 / £17.99
Arc Style: Football 3D – – €4.99 / £4.49
Fish on 3D – €8.99 / £8.09
Carps & Dragons – €4.99 / £4.49
Boulder Dash-XL 3D – €4.99 / £4.49
3DS VC
Solomon’s Key – €3.99 / £3.59
DSiWare
Quick Fill Q – €1.99/ £1.79 / 200 points
Source: Nintendo PR
Video: “The Wii U Difference with Rufus Hound #2 – Nintendo eShop”
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[Double Feature] Eggbusters – Mega Man X and DuckTales: Remastered
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Two Eggbusters episodes in one day!? Yup! One of them is a bit shorter, but that’s because it’s a revisit, remaster sort of thing. Hopefully you find them both enjoyable, and if you have any game suggestions please leave a comment.
Nintendo lists three Street Fighter 2 games for release on the Wii U VC next week
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Three classic Street Fighter games may be making their way to the Wii U eShop next week. According to listings on Nintendo’s website, Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior, Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting, and Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers will be available as Virtual Console downloads. Each is priced at $7.99.
Remember: Nintendo’s listings are sometimes hit and miss. It’s very possible we’ll be seeing these three titles next Thursday, but we won’t know for sure until the official Nintendo Download report is published.
Armillo will be playable at PAX Prime 2013
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A slew of indie developers are bringing their games to PAX Prime 2013. That includes Fuzzy Wuzzy Games, who intends to have Armillo playable on Wii U.
A tweet from the studio confirms:
Armillo is going to PAX Prime! Not only that, but it'll be running on the Wii U! Exciting!!
— Fuzzy Wuzzy Games (@FuzzyWuzzyGames) August 17, 2013
Fixie Joe will have improvements on Wii U, may come to 3DS; Hell-IX will come to Wii U even if Kickstarter stretch goal isn’t met
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Fixie Joe is one of the first Wii U titles from Retromade Games. Originally released for iOS and Android, the new version for Nintendo’s console “will have some improvements on visuals and maybe even some extras involving the Gamepad”, according to CEO Jose Gallardo.
Retromade is also bringing Hell-IX to Wii U. Thankfully, even if the game’s Kickstarter stretch goal isn’t met, it’ll still come to the system – though the game “will be substantially delayed”.
“Yes, but the release date will be substantially delayed; this is because we need to share our time with freelance work for other companies in order to finance our own projects.”
Retromade is looking to release Hell-IX around Christmas. As far as taking advantage of the Wii U, Gallardo said the amount and type of features largely depends on how the Kickstarter campaign performs.
“This depends on many factors, as I said, we are small studio and don’t have endless funds. The Kickstarter was created to help us continue with development and if the stretch goals are achieved, we will feature more modes, levels and Wii U specifics. If we get funded or if we can find an investor, we were thinking about some upgrades like online co-operative mode. We are definitely considering touch controls, which will be used to select targets and other stuff.”
As far as what lies ahead for Retromade, the team may release more maps, “but we want to focus on other games, we have plans for a strategic game located in an alternative present and future.” The indie dev would “also like to develop an MMO based on ancient Asian mythology” as well as create a 3DS version of Fixie Joe.