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Coda Games has reached out to Nintendo in hopes of becoming a Wii U developer. Owner John Rhee told us that Nintendo of America’s Dan Adelman guided him through the application process, and he’s hoping to hear back from the Big N soon.

Some of you may be aware that Coda Games created a Kickstarter for Liege, “a party-based, tactical role-playing game”. PS4 and PS Vita versions were just added in as stretch goals yesterday, and the Wii U could soon head down the same path.

According to Rhee, he’d “love” to release Liege on Wii U, mainly due to the fact that SNES titles such as Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger sparked his interest in RPGs. If he becomes a Wii U dev before the Kickstarter ends, the console will “absolutely” become a part of the campaign as a stretch goal.

And just in case you were wondering: Rhee also said that there aren’t any plans for a 3DS version “at this stage”.

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It won’t be entirely clear just how well Pikmin 3 is performing in Japan until Media Create provides official data tomorrow, but the early word is encouraging based on retailer feedback.

Pikmin 3 managed to top the charts of Japanese retail and rental chain Tsutaya. Director of the Game Rental Planning Group Taketo Matsuo says that the title’s strong sales have also moved Wii U hardware units.

“Pikmin 3, that came out nine years after Pikmin 2, is having a really good start. Sales at Tsutaya are comparable to the release of Super Mario Bros U and have driven greater sales of Wii U units.”

To compare, New Super Mario Bros. U sold over 160,000 units in its first week in Japan.

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When we last heard about Sonic Lost World’s launch, SEGA pinned down an October 13 release date. That has since changed, albeit slightly.

Today’s new Sonic Lost World trailer mentions that the Wii U and 3DS games will be out on October 22. The European release shouldn’t be too far behind.

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Nintendo has opened the official European Pikmin 3 site. You can find it right here. Visitors can watch a trailer, view the latest screenshots, read up on gameplay details, and more.

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Warner Bros. has announced The LEGO Movie Videogame, set to launch alongside “The LEGO Movie” in 2014. A release is planned on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC, 3DS, and PS Vita.

In a scenario drawn from the film, The LEGO Movie Videogame puts LEGO kids into the role of Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Players guide him as he is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.

Players can collect and use various LEGO instruction pages to create construction sets. You’ll also be able to “harness the awesome power of the Master Builders to virtually build extraordinary LEGO creations along the way.” TT Games wil be adding in over 90 playable characters and 15 levels.

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Bethesda has once again commented on Wii U, reconfirming it has no games in development for the platform.

Speaking with MCV, Bethesda marketing VP Pete Hines said that “a number of factors” would be involved for the Wii U to become more attractive. Hines noted that the situation “depends on the games that we are making and how we think it aligns with that console, and how the hardware aligns with the other stuff we are making.”

For now, Bethesda has nothing coming to Wii U, and Hines isn’t sure whether things will change in the future. “We will see”, he said.

“It’s a number of factors. The truth is, it’s not something that we are currently developing for. I don’t know whether that changes down the road or not. It depends on the games that we are making and how we think it aligns with that console, and how the hardware aligns with the other stuff we are making. We will see.”

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