Joystiq caught up with Dan Adelman, who you’ve likely heard about before. His official title is business development manager at Nintendo of America, but gamers should know him as the main man behind the company’s indie efforts.

In the new interview, Adelman spoke about indie content on Wii U, as well as the console’s install base and competition. Head past the break for a roundup of his responses.

Another update on digital purchases through PCs and mobile devices

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Nintendo of America’s business development manager Dan Adelman has provided another update on the upcoming functionality that will allow users to purchase digital content on PCs and mobile devices.

Adelman himself isn’t “personally directly involved”, but confirmed that players will be able to “log onto the site and set [purchases] up for download so that once they get home, it’ll be available for them and they can have that at their fingertips whenever they need it.”

So there you have it. As we reported yesterday, this feature should be ready to go by year’s end.

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Harvest Moon Wii U VC trailer

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Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo Wii U VC trailer

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DuckTales Remastered – African Mines screenshots/art

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DuckTales Remastered – African Mines trailer

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Image: A look at the original Toki Tori running on Wii U

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Two Tribes has tweeted an off-screen shot showing the original Toki Tori running on Wii U via the GamePad. This title, along with other older games from the studio, will be released on the eShop sometime in the future.

W00t #tokitori 1 running smoothly on #WiiU pic.twitter.com/AYACDL3d7o
— Two Tribes (@TwoTribesGames) July 31, 2013

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Kamaitachi no Yoru hitting the Japanese Wii U VC next week

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One new Virtual Console game is on track for the Japanese Wii U eShop next week. Kamaitachi no Yoru, a Super Famicom release, will be out on August 7. Pricing is set at 800 yen.

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No plans for Wii U version of Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee HD

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Two Oddworld games are coming to Wii U: Stranger’s Wrath HD and New ‘n’ Tasty. Previously, Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee HD was released on PlayStation platforms. Might this one come to Wii U as well?

Unfortunately, the answer is no. Just Add Water CEO and Oddworld Inhabitants development director Stewart Gilray told us that there aren’t any plans for a Wii U version of Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee HD because the original title “is built on extremely old tech”, and bringing it over to Wii U would likely be a difficult process.

When asked about the possibility of Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee HD for Wii U, Gilray told us:

“I’m afraid not. Munch is built on extremely old tech, to bring it to PS3 and VITA was quite a struggle because of this, and it’s not one I’d want to repeat with WiiU, sorry.”

We’ll have more about the upcoming Oddworld games for Wii U in the coming days.

Shigesato Itoi on what EarthBound means to him in new message

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Nintendo has published a message from EarthBound creator Shigesato Itoi on the newly-opened Wii U VC site. In it, Itoi discussed what the SNES game means to him. You can either find the full message below or on the official site here.