This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. There aren’t a whole lot of offerings this week, so the only decent deal we can point to is Assassin’s Creed III for $20.

Here’s the ad in full:

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (10/16/13)

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Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

“A panoramic view of Skyloft, a location that we’ve seen since the first announcement of the game. You fight landing on the various platforms.”

Famitsu review scores (10/16/13) – Sonic Lost World

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Sonic Lost World (Wii U) – 9/9/9/9
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2013 (PS3) – 9/9/8/9
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2013 (PSV) – 9/9/8/8
Sonic Lost World (3DS) – 8/9/8/9
Armored Core: Verdict Day (PS3/360) – 9/9/8/8
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (PS3) – 9/9/8/8
Root Double: Before Crime * After Days (PS3) – 9/9/8/7
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2013 (PSP) – 8/8/7/8
Diabolik Lovers More Blood (PSP) – 8/8/8/6
Kamigami no Asobi: Ludere Deorum (PSP) – 7/8/7/6

VD-Dev is authorized to make Wii U games, but doesn’t have plans for the console

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You may have noticed how VD-Dev’s website contains a Wii U logo. Does that mean the IronFall team has plans to develop for Nintendo’s home console in addition to the 3DS? Unfortunately, that would be a no.

We did receive confirmation from VD-Dev that the studio is authorized to make games for Wii U and PS Vita. However, there are “no plans” to get involved with either system at this time.

Japanese Sonic Lost World commercial

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Dragon Quest X version 2 cinematic trailer

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Small day one update to be available for Sonic Lost World on Wii U

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Players will be able to download and install a small update for the Wii U version of Sonic Lost World when the game launches. Nintendo Life reports that the patch clocks in at 46MB for the European copy. It’s unclear what the update does at present, but the site speculates that it could be related to enabling online and Miiverse connectivity.

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Games analyst speculates that uninformed retail staff are partially to blame for poor Wii U sales

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“There was nothing that you could put in front of everybody that said, ‘This is what the experience is.’ I think one of the things that was a real indicator of that was just, anecdotally, if you went into a retailer and you talked to somebody in the games department, they didn’t even understand what it was. I did the secret shopper kind of thing, and they would say, ‘Well, there’s no difference between the Wii and Wii U.’ I’m standing there, looking at them, going, ‘Wow!’ I think that right there was an anecdotal piece of evidence [showing] that people didn’t get it.
“There should have been a Wii Sports-type game that let everybody get it. Those huge franchises would have gotten the loyal Nintendo person, but it was Wii Sports that got all the people outside the Nintendo world to look and say, ‘This is a really, really neat, fun thing to do.’

“I think there was something really special about the Wii and the way that whole thing happened that they didn’t even know was going to happen. I don’t think there was the possibility that the Wii U was ever going to repeat that. I’m not sure they expected that [either].”

– IHS Electronics & Media’s Senior Games Analyst Christine Arrington

Arrington does not give any details on her research, and the only concrete evidence she brings to the table is anecdotal. This appears to be purely speculative.

Benzinga, Via NintendoLife

New Splinter Cell: Blacklist patch out now for Wii U

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A third Splinter Cell: Blacklist is out now on Wii U. The update addresses various elements in single-player, multiplayer, and more.

You can find the full patch notes after the break.

Splinter Cell: Blacklist and Rayman Legends sell under expectations

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Splinter Cell: Blacklist and Rayman Legends didn’t perform quite as well as Ubisoft had hoped. Both saw lower-than-anticipated sales, the publisher said during a financial call earlier today. Neither game managed to reach Ubisoft’s original targets.

During the call, no specific sales numbers were divulged. That leaves us wondering just how much Blacklist and Rayman have sold over the past few months.

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