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Nearly a year after its launch, Nintendo is still being questioned about third-party support for Wii U.

After all, the company is missing out on key releases – EA confirmed earlier this year that it isn’t coming out with any titles for the system for the time being.

Nintendo doesn’t sound too worried about the third-party situation. Scott Moffitt, executive vice president of sales and marketing, pointed to support from Ubisoft, Disney, SEGA, and Warner Bros. as publishers supporting Wii U while speaking with Forbes. At the same time, he acknowledged that Nintendo must “continue to build the installed base to demonstrate that making games for Wii U is a good investment.”

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During last week’s Nintendo Direct, a pair of special Wii Remote Plus products were announced. Mario and Luigi will both receiving specially-designed controllers next month.

Pre-orders for both Wiimotes are now open. You can reserve the Mario version here or Luigi version here.

In other news, I came across a discount for Tales of the Abyss while browsing on Amazon today. The 3DS RPG is currently 50% off. It’s actually one of my personal favorite titles on the system, so I’d recommend it. It’s not for everyone, though!

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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag features a pirate setting, but that doesn’t mean it’ll fall to the kind of clichés you’d expect from such a game. Ubisoft looked to create a fairly authentic experience, so you won’t be seeing things like talking parrots. You won’t be walking the plank either.

Game director Ashraf Ismail told DigitalSpy that the team was keen to avoid pirate clichés during the development of Black Flag.

He said:

“We don’t have talking parrots, we don’t have walking the plank – walking the planks didn’t even exist at that time. We did take a few liberties from a gaming perspective. We have treasure maps, for example, which pirates didn’t have, but this is more of a gameplay mechanic. Generally speaking we really avoided cliches. Even the way pirates spoke, it wasn’t as cliche as we imagine today. We have amazing voice acting in this game, and the actors did a phenomenal job.”

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Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition, announced earlier today, will not be available on Wii U. NetherRealm Studios creative director Ed Boon has confirmed that the re-release isn’t planned for the console.

A tweet from Boon reads:

Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition is coming to almost every major platform – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Xbox 360, and PC. It’s unfortunate to see Wii U being left out of the mix.

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
2. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
3. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
4. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
5. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Disney Infinity – Disney Interactive
7. Pikmin 3 – Nintendo
8. Just Dance 2014 – Ubisoft
9. ZombiU – Ubisoft
10. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo

3DS

1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
3. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. FIFA 14 – EA
8. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
9. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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LEGO games tend to release on a regular basis. This year alone we’ve seen LEGO City: Undercover, LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins, and LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval’s Journey. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is also due out later this month.

Yet despite the frequent launches of LEGO titles, there is “absolutely no fatigue at all and there is actually a demand for different experiences.”

Warner Bros. senior vice president for international games Olivier Wolff told GamesIndustry:

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