Nintendo airing Japanese Pikmin 3 Direct on Wednesday
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Nintendo has announced that it will air a Japanese Pikmin 3 Direct this week. The broadcast will air on Wednesday at 7 AM ET / 4 AM PT.
Pikmin fans can expect appearances from Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto and Shigeru Miyamoto. The two will be playing the Wii U game during this week’s Direct. “It will be a little bit different to a regular Direct,” according to a tweet from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.
You’ll be able to watch the proceedings on the official page here. We’ll also have a stream up on the site.
Sonic Lost World’s Wii U multiplayer modes aren’t online
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Sonic Lost World will allow players to participate in online multiplayer… the 3DS version, that is. SEGA has confirmed that the Wii U’s multiplayer offerings won’t be online.
According to producer Takashi Iizuka:
“We’ll have different multiplayer modes on both Wii U and 3DS. On the Wii U, there’s booth cooperative and versus multiplayer. In cooperative play, Sonic will be using the Wii U GamePad and someone can be supporting Sonic in co-op with the Wii Remote. In versus mode, one player will be playing on the TV screen and the other player will be racing using the GamePad so you don’t have to have split screen. You both have your own screen and can race each other. The Wii U multiplayer is not on the Internet. It’s basically everyone sitting on the same couch. The 3DS for the first time we’re having 4-player versus racing over Wi-Fi and the Internet.”
It’s kind of odd knowing that Sonic Lost World’s 3DS version will be online, but the Wii U version won’t. SEGA must have its reasons!
Scribblenauts Unmasked receives OFLC rating
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Scribblenauts Unmasked has received its rating from the OFLC. The game isn’t due out for awhile though, as its launch isn’t coming until Q3.
SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED, Rating: PG, Author: 5TH CELL, Publisher: WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT
— AusVGClassifications (@AusVGClass) June 24, 2013
Ubisoft once again says it supports Wii U, believes in second screen
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Ubisoft continues to express that the company is a big believer in Wii U. This time, senior vice president of sales and marketing Tony Key talked up the console’s dual screen experience.
Speaking with IGN, Key said:
“As a company, we like the Wii U. We really believe that the second screen can add a new dimension to gaming. We’re still big supporters of that system. We have just as many games coming out on Wii U this year as we did at launch. So we like the second screen. We think there are opportunities with all these games to extend them – to another person, to another location. We’re taking it very seriously.”
Ubisoft will have – at least this year – quite a bit of content on Wii U. Fans can look forward to Rayman Legends, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Assassin’s Creed IV, and Watch_Dogs.
Boxarts: Adventure Time, Regular Show
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We have a double dose of boxarts for you: Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW and Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-bit Land. Both can be found below.
UK software sales (Week ending 6/22) – Wii U/3DS charts
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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
3. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
4. NBA 2K13 – Take-Two Interactive
5. FIFA 13 – EA
6. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
7. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – Capcom
8. Rabbids Land – Ubisoft
9. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
10. ZombiU – Ubisoft
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
3. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – Nintendo
4. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity – Nintendo
7. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – Capcom
8. Fire Emblem: Awakening – Nintendo
9. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
10. LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval’s Journey – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (6/24/13)
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Celebrate the Greatness That is Wario with One of Nintendo’s Best Wii U Games Ever
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Now Available for Wii U, Game & Wario is Even Better Than Wario Himself!
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sound the trumpets! Unleash the doves! Let the parades begin! The moment people have been waiting for is finally here! No, Wario is not making his debut as an underwear model … he reached his Crowdfarter goal of 100 katrillion coins, which means his new game, Game & Wario, is now available on the Wii U console! Game & Wario is the world’s first action-platform-sketching-puzzle-shooting-design-rhythm-sports game and uses the Wii U GamePad controller in amazingly awesome ways. It was also designed by Wario himself … so how could it not be spectacular?
“SPOILER ALERT!” said Wario, a man known for spoiling many things. “MY GAME IS SO AMAZING THAT IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE! WAHAHAHAHA!”
UK software sales (Week ending 6/22)
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Individual formats
| LW | TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
| 1 |  | 1 | THE LAST OF US | PS3 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 2 | | 2 | ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 16 |  | 3 | FIFA 13 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| – |  | 4 | MAX PAYNE 3 | PS3 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 3 |  | 5 | LUIGI’S MANSION 2 | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 18 | | 6 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 6 | | 7 | TOMB RAIDER | XB360 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 8 | | 8 | TOMB RAIDER | PS3 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 9 | | 9 | INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US | XB360 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 4 | | 10 | DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 17 | | 11 | FAR CRY 3 | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| – | | 12 | FIFA 13 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| – | | 13 | MAX PAYNE 3 | XB360 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 40 | | 14 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 14 | | 15 | GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION | PS3 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 10 | | 16 | DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE | XB360 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 15 | | 17 | ASSASSIN’S CREED III | XB360 | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | UBISOFT | ||
| 11 | | 18 | FAR CRY 3 | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 12 | | 19 | LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 5 | | 20 | GRID 2 | XB360 | CODEMASTERS | CODEMASTERS | ||
| 19 | | 21 | INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US | PS3 | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 7 | | 22 | GRID 2 | PS3 | CODEMASTERS | CODEMASTERS | ||
| 13 | | 23 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – LEGENDARY | XB360 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 23 | | 24 | ASSASSIN’S CREED III | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 24 | | 25 | GRAND THEFT AUTO IV | XB360 | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | TAKE 2 | ||
| 20 | | 26 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 | PC | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 34 | | 27 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 26 | | 28 | GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY | XB360 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| – | | 29 | MOTOGP 13 | XB360 | PQUBE | PQUBE | ||
| 29 | | 30 | BATTLEFIELD 3 | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 25 | | 31 | BIOSHOCK INFINITE | XB360 | 2K GAMES | TAKE 2 | ||
| 27 | | 32 | POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: INFINITY | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 21 | | 33 | RUGBY CHALLENGE 2: LIONS TOUR EDITION | XB360 | ALTERNATIVE | ALTERNATIVE | ||
| – | | 34 | MOTOGP 13 | PS3 | PQUBE | PQUBE | ||
| 31 | | 35 | RED DEAD REDEMPTION: GOTY | XB360 | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 39 | | 36 | METRO LAST LIGHT | XB360 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 28 | | 37 | MONSTER HUNTER 3 ULTIMATE | 3DS | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | ||
| – | | 38 | NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 35 | | 39 | DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE | PS3 | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 30 | | 40 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – LEGENDARY | PS3 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
All formats
| LW | TW | Title | Developer | Label | Publisher | |||
| 1 | | 1 | THE LAST OF US | NAUGHTY DOG | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 2 | | 2 | ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 5 | | 3 | FIFA 13 | EA CANADA | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 4 | | 4 | TOMB RAIDER | CRYSTAL DYNAMICS | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| – | | 5 | MAX PAYNE 3 | ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 14 | | 6 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II | TREYARCH | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 7 | | 7 | FAR CRY 3 | UBISOFT (MONTREAL) | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 6 | | 8 | INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US | NETHERREALM STUDIOS | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 10 | | 9 | ASSASSIN’S CREED III | UBISOFT (MONTREAL) | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | UBISOFT | ||
| 3 | | 10 | GRID 2 | CODEMASTERS | CODEMASTERS | CODEMASTERS | ||
| 9 | | 11 | LUIGI’S MANSION 2 | NEXT LEVEL GAMES | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 13 | | 12 | LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES | TRAVELLER’S TALES | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 8 | | 13 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – LEGENDARY | BETHESDA | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 11 | | 14 | DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE | TECHLAND | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| – | | 15 | MOTOGP 13 | MILESTONE STUDIOS | PQUBE | PQUBE | ||
| 18 | | 16 | GRAND THEFT AUTO IV | ROCKSTAR NORTH | XBOX 360 CLASSICS | TAKE 2 | ||
| 15 | | 17 | DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS | MONSTER GAMES | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 30 | | 18 | NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED | CRITERION GAMES | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 16 | | 19 | BIOSHOCK INFINITE | IRRATIONAL GAMES | 2K GAMES | TAKE 2 | ||
| 19 | | 20 | LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS | TRAVELLER’S TALES | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | ||
| 12 | | 21 | RUGBY CHALLENGE 2: LIONS TOUR EDITION | SIDHE | ALTERNATIVE | ALTERNATIVE | ||
| 21 | | 22 | BATTLEFIELD 3 | DIGITAL ILLUSIONS | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 24 | | 23 | GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION | SCEA SANTA MONICA | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| 23 | | 24 | LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS | TRAVELLER’S TALES | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 22 | | 25 | GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY | ROCKSTAR NORTH | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 17 | | 26 | THE WALKING DEAD | TELLTALE GAMES | TELLTALE GAMES | TELLTALE GAMES | ||
| 29 | | 27 | METRO LAST LIGHT | 4A GAMES | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA | ||
| 25 | | 28 | RED DEAD REDEMPTION: GOTY | ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 | ||
| 34 | | 29 | HITMAN ABSOLUTION | IO INTERACTIVE | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 32 | | 30 | TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 14 | TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 27 | | 31 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 | SPORTS INTERACTIVE | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 31 | | 32 | SKYLANDERS GIANTS | TOYS FOR BOB | SKYLANDERS | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 38 | | 33 | MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER | DANGER CLOSE | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| – | | 34 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 33 | | 35 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM | BETHESDA | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 36 | | 36 | SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED | SUMO DIGITAL | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| – | | 37 | BORDERLANDS 2 | GEARBOX SOFTWARE | 2K GAMES | TAKE 2 | ||
| 28 | | 38 | SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR 2 | CITY INTERACTIVE | CITY INTERACTIVE | CITY INTERACTIVE | ||
| 26 | | 39 | RESIDENT EVIL: REVELATIONS | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | CAPCOM | ||
| 37 | | 40 | POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: INFINITY | SPIKE CHUNSOFT | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
