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Psychoz Interactive is now an official Wii U developer. Studio owner Georges Paz passed along the good news on Twitter yesterday, and also officially confirmed that Forgotten Memories will be coming to the eShop.

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Shin’en is planning two new games for the Wii U. While details about both are being kept under wraps, the studio’s Manfred Linzner has confirmed that one of these will incorporate online play. It’ll be Shin’en’s first title with network play, according to Linzner.

“We are working on two new Wii U games currently. One of them is our first game with network play.”

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Through a series of images posted on Facebook, Nintendo has officially confirmed the Wii U Virtual Console lineup for North America.

Eight games in total will be made available at launch. Six are from the NES catalog while two, F-Zero and Super Mario World, are from the SNES library.

Here’s the lineup in full:

NES

Balloon Fight
Donkey Kong Jr.
Excite Bike
Ice Climber
Kirby’s Adventure
Punch-Out!!

SNES

Super Mario World
F-Zero

A number of these games – such as Balloon Fight and Kirby’s Adventure – have already been made available through the Virtual Console Trial Campaign.

Nintendo hasn’t said when exactly the Wii U Virtual Console will be launching, but recent speculation has indicated that Friday will be the day.

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Ubisoft will be releasing the Rayman Legends Challenges App later this week (at least in Europe). Michel Ancel discussed the upcoming download with ONM, stating:

“This is a way for people to share their experiences. It’s a social thing, something potentially endless that they can play over and over again. We are releasing new challenges every day and every week, so the competition is always really exciting.”

How did the Rayman Legends Challenges App come about? Well, for one thing, the team was inspired when they saw gamers trying out the original Wii U demo and uploading playthroughs.

Senior Game Manager Michael Micholic said:

“When we released the demos last year we saw how people were competing by posting YouTube videos of their times in various levels. This is really our chance to facilitate some of the competition out there and see who’s the best. It’s also a way fore everyone who was disappointed about having to wait to play a part of the game now.”

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Earlier this month, we mentioned a new Kickstarter campaign going by the name “Road Redemption”. The Road Rash-esque project would be considered for Wii U, but hadn’t been officially confirmed for the platform.

Developer Dark Seas Games has now revealed that it will in fact be releasing Road Redemption for Wii U along with the previously announced PC, Mac, and Linux versions.

Project spokesperson Daniel Balazs said:

“The Wii U userbase values great gameplay and unique experiences. We believe that the Wii U is a great fit for Road Redemption.”

Dark Seas Games feels strongly about the Wii U’s technical abilities and GamePad, noting that “it has great potential for local multiplayer gaming without the need for a splitscreen.”

Balazs added:

“Nintendo has reached out to independent game developers by wholeheartedly embracing the Unity 4 gaming engine for Wii U development. This was definitely a factor in our decision since we are already working with Unity 4 for the PC, Mac, and Linux versions of Road Redemption. We are proud to add the Wii U to the list of Road Redemption’s platforms, and we plan to release Road Redemption on Wii U shortly after releasing on PC, Linux, and Mac. We’re bringing Road Redemption to Windows PC, Mac, Linux, and now the Wii U. We’re building it, from the ground up, to be an amazing experience on mouse, keyboard, and gamepads.”

You can find a few more details here and the official Kickstarter page here.

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This has been a busy week for Nintendo maintenance. All of the company’s digital stores were down for a good portion of the afternoon/evening yesterday, but the downtime isn’t stopping there.

Nintendo is also planning maintenance for the Wii U eShop on Thursday between 5 PM PT and 7 PM PT. The Big N could be using the time to push out the Wii U’s big update, which is now rumored to arrive on the same day.