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Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, plays a role in Runner 2. That’s great and all, but why did developer Gaijin Games decide to bring him on board?

Founder Alex Neuse explained:

“We wanted to get Charles because obviously he’s recognizable. We like him, he’s funny, and silly, and great, and awesome. We wanted to have a whimsical character voice that’s reminiscent of old cartoons. You remember those old Looney Tunes when they would do ‘the car of the future!’ …I think that Mike [Roush, Gaijin Games co-founder] and I were both really excited about it, because our games have been on Nintendo platforms and it kind of felt like … it’s a home, the Nintendo stuff, and he’s part of that home, even though he was living in another room until now.”

Martinet plays himself in the game, rather than another character. Neuse talked about this decision:

“We wanted him to be ‘Charles Martinet’ and not just some no-name narrator for a few reasons. Primarily, because we loved Seaman. Do you remember when Leonard Nimoy introduced Seaman? I liked Seaman a lot and I thought the whole game was fun, but I thought that was almost the funnest part of the game. It was so out there.”

Martinet’s work pertains to narration of cut-scenes, interstitial videos, and fake product placements that appear during the beginning of Runner 2. Some of the ads were born out of input from Martinet himself. You can watch one of the ads – titled “Burger Mouth – in the video above.

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Namco Bandai has dated Tank! Tank! Tank! for Japan, and is doing something rather interesting for the downloadable version.

The game is hitting retail on February 21 for 5,040 yen. But those who are interested in a downloadable version won’t have to wait nearly as long. Tank! Tank! Tank! will hit the Japanese Wii U eShop on December 26 – yes, tomorrow.

Here’s where things get interesting. A “basic pack” containing a city level with Free for All, Team Battle, and Giant Monster modes (in addition to multiplayer) will be free, but can only be played three times per day. It sounds like the limit can be removed once players purchase one or more pieces of DLC.

Other pricing information:

– Beach, canyon, volcano maps for 200 yen each
– My Kong mode: 1,000 yen; sale price of 200 yen through January 31
– Campaign mode: 2,200 yen
– 4,800 yen to upgrade to the full game
– 5,600 yen if you wait until the My Kong sale is over
– Full downloadable version of the game coming 5,040 yen on February 21

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The Wii U and 3DS eShops are completely different entities. Although both stores contain content that relates to each other, they aren’t linked in any way.

Users can’t look up shared history between the two systems. It’s also impossible to, say, buy a 3DS game through the Wii U eShop. And that’s how it’ll be for the foreseeable future.

Nintendo of America’s Dan Adelman was recently asked about the possibility of linking the two eShops, but there are no plans for now.

“Well we’re calling them both eShop. It’s just that one is the 3DS eShop, and the other is the Wii U eShop. Wii U users can see info in the Wii U eShop about 3DS games, but right now we don’t have any immediate plans to sell 3DS games via the Wii U eShop – or vice versa.”

Thanks to Tim for the tip.

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Trine 2: Director’s Cut’s update has been pushed back slightly. It’s now on track for a release in early January.

When the update is approved, it will go live in North America and Europe at around the same time. Europe may get the update a couple of days earlier though.

According to Frozenbyte’s Joel Kinnunen:

“It’s being tested by Nintendo. Right now the holiday period doesn’t help though – we were hoping to get it approved and released by Friday but alas, looks like it has to wait until early January now. (Pretty much the same goes for North America, although we did make one mistake with that build so it might be a couple of days later than Europe – but this isn’t exact science so who knows.) Sorry!”

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The latest Wii U eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Trine 2: Director’s Cut
2. Nano Assault Neo
3. Little Inferno
4. New Super Mario Bros. U
5. Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
6. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
7. Chasing Aurora
8. ZombiU
9. Scribblenauts Unlimited
10. Assassin’s Creed III
11. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
12. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge
13. Darksiders II
14. Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition
15. Nintendo Land
16. Madden NFL 13
17. Just Dance 4
18. Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
19. Rabbids Land
20. Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

Videos

1. Trine 2: Director’s Cut Video
2. Nano Assault Neo Video
3. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
4. Little Inferno Video
5. Little Inferno Video 2
6. Scribblenauts Unlimited Video
7. ZombiU Video
8. Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
9. Chasing Aurora Video
10. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition Video
11. Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth Video
12. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Video
13. ZombiU Video 3
14. Darksiders II Video
15. Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition Video
16. Nintendo Direct: December 5, 2012
17. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge Video
18. ZombiU Video 2
19. Puddle Video
20. Jeopardy Video

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Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham shared updates on the studio’s slate of upcoming titles in a new video. Watsham discussed Mutant Mudds Deluxe, ATV Wild Ride 3D, and a secret Wii U game.

Watsham’s full video is above. A roundup of information is posted below.

Mutant Mudds Deluxe

– Planned for release in Q1 2013
– “coming together nicely”
– New content and more details coming in January

ATV Wild Ride 3D

– Nearly done
– Tweaking taking place
– If all goes well, will be submitted in January
– If this happens, then a February or March release is likely
– One more surprise to show for ATV

Wii U

– “We will have one surprise to show off on the Wii U. What could that be?”
– New game
– “is super secret”
– Can’t say anything right now
– Sounds like it may be at PAX East in March (either trailer only or playable)

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What’s this? Wii U sales on the North American Wii U eShop?! It’s true!

Three titles have now been discounted on the store as part of today’s update. Trine 2: Director’s Cut can be purchased for $15.99 through January 7, Little Inferno is available for $9.99 until January 4, and Chasing Aurora can be downloaded for $7.49 up through January 3.