Some Wii U owners in Japan are having issues launching the eShop and are also unable to apply the latest firmware update. Instead, they’re receiving error code “105-3102”. This also means that it’s impossible to start up Dragon Quest X’s new Wii U beta at the moment.

The issues are caused a program inside the console, Nintendo says, which will soon receive a patch. Users can expect an update sometime this weekend.

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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag March commecial

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Assassin’s Creed IV is a long ways off, but Ubisoft has already started to advertise the game…

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Fan-project: How Zelda: Wind Waker HD could play like on Wii U

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Nintendo has yet to reveal the new additions/changes for Zelda: Wind Waker on Wii U, but the folks at “cubed3tv” have imagined a few possibilities – mainly in the controls department:

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Miyamoto on Pikmin 3 delay, remaking games for Wii U, working with overseas devs, Wii U messaging, more

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Shigeru Miyamoto recently made a media tour in North America. The press were given an opportunity to chat with the creator of Mario, Zelda, and countless other IPs.

One such interview from GameSpot covers areas such as Pikmin 3’s delay, the possibility of remaking more games for Wii U (like Wind Waker), what it’s like working with overseas developers such as Next Level Games,
the challenges with Wii U’s messaging, and more.

We’ve posted the full Q&A after the break.

Ubisoft responds to PETA’s criticism of whaling mechanic in Assassin’s Creed IV

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“History is our playground in Assassin’s Creed. Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is a work of fiction that depicts the real events during the golden era of pirates. We do not condone illegal whaling, just as we don’t condone a pirate lifestyle of poor hygiene, plundering, hijacking ships, and over-the legal-limit drunken debauchery.”

– Ubisoft senior PR manager Stone Chin

Eh, that’s a fair response. Hiding behind the guise of “it’s historical!” is more or less false considering that “glorification” implies you’re stretching the truth to make things seem cooler than they were, but simply stating “sorry, it’s a game, get over it” is completely fair, and I would be obliged to agree with that sentiment! They aren’t being historical, but too bad, it’s a piece of storytelling.

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TT Fusion: A Skylanders-esque LEGO game won’t be happening any time soon, according to lead developer

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Speaking with NowGamer, TT Fusion’s lead developer for the upcoming LEGO City: Undercover has said that the studio isn’t looking at making an NFC-based, figurine-attached game using LEGO figures anytime soon, despite the facts that such an idea would clearly be ridiculously popular, and the Wii U Gamepad already has NFC technology built into it.

Perhaps the studio simply wants to release their new game first, see what kind of press it gets, and then think about doing something new and interesting like that. Something tells me they’ll be more interesting in simply making another open-world LEGO City game though.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us Lex Luthor story trailer

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Ubisoft “optimistic” about Wii U, always likes to see price drops

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Let’s face it: sales of the Wii U simply aren’t up to snuff. There are likely two reasons for that – a lack of games and a high price point.

Ubisoft’s executive director for EMEA territories Alain Corre told EDGE that while the company is “optimistic” about the console, it “always” likes to see systems at a low price point – perhaps hinting that Ubisoft would be interested in seeing Nintendo make a move in this area.

“Always. We always want the hardware to be at a low price because we want as many fans as possible to afford to buy our games, so that’s for sure. We think that Wii U will find its public at some point. Some were expecting sales to be quicker but we are optimistic. I think Nintendo has said that the Wii U sales in general were below expectations originally and the software tie-in ratio is also stable, so I think that when less machines sell, less games sell.”

According to Corre, Ubisoft saw a “productive” Wii U launch. He spoke about how the publisher tends to throw a lot of support towards new consoles when they first hit the market:

“It’s part of the Ubsoft DNA to be first on new technology and to innovate – and also release some games that have created some good momentum that we can use for the future. If we globalise all that we did and consider all of that then what we did on Wii U for launch was productive.”

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