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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:

Note: The offers above are running concurrently with the standard weekly sales.

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RALEIGH, N.C. – (January 29, 2013) – Gamebase USA, a subsidiary of Gamebase Co. Ltd. announced they are now an authorized middleware developer for Wii UTM. Acting as an authorized middleware developer of Nintendo, the Gamebryo engine offers support for Wii U development.

“We are determined to stay on the cutting edge of all new hardware as it becomes available,” said Gabriel Liberty, Technical Director of Gamebase USA. “The Wii U is powerful enough to take advantage of all of Gamebryo’s features including our advanced lighting techniques and multicore technology.”

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Random, Wii U | 2 Comments

Nintendo will probably never allow Wii U owners to play 3DS games on their televisions (or GamePads). But that doesn’t mean we can’t imagine the possibility!

Dave Delisle created a “DSU” concept that would permit users to plug a 3DS game into a small box, which is in turn connected to a Wii U. The hardware would beam the the 3DS’ top screen to a TV and the bottom screen to the GamePad. Of course, you’d lose the 3D effect.

This isn’t real. But it’s kind of neat. It may remind you of that lovely Game Boy Player for GameCube!

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The creator of Gunman Clive has plans to release his next game on the 3DS. According to Bertil Hörberg, he will “definitely” be returning to the system and the project “will focus on the 3DS from the start”. Hörberg may consider porting the game to other platforms down the line.

Don’t count on any Wii U games from Hörberg for now. While Hörberg acknowledged that Wii U development would be “fun”, the 3DS is “quite enough to handle at the moment”.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii, Wii Shop Channel, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

So you have a bunch of Virtual Console lying on your Wii. Maybe you’ve already transferred them to a Wii U. Now, what happens if you wanted to transfer save data when the Wii U VC service officially launches this spring?

Unfortunately, Nintendo has confirmed that gamers won’t be able to transfer saves from the Wii’s Virtual Console to the Wii U’s Virtual Console. You’ll be able to “upgrade” Wii VC games sitting on your console to the Wii U version at a later date, but you’ll have to start over from the beginning.

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

Wii U

1. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
2. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
3. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
4. Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – Ubisoft
5. ZombiU – Ubisoft
6. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft
7. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
8. Rabbids Land – Ubisoft
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Activision Blizzard
10. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – Warner Bros. Interactive

3DS

1. Paper Mario: Sticker Star – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
5. Angry Birds Trilogy – Activision Blizzard
6. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games – SEGA
7. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
8. Sonic Generations – SEGA
9. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Moshi Monsters: Moshilings Theme Park – Mind Candy

Source: Chart-Track

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Traditionally, LEGO games land on practically every major platform. LEGO City: Undercover, however, is a Wii U exclusive.

That could have something to do with the nature of the title. Speaking with ONM executive producer Loz Doyle said that Undercover “would definitely lose something on other platforms.”

Doyle explained:

“LEGO City Undercover would definitely lose something on other platforms. Chase is actually given a LEGO version of the GamePad as his Police Communicator, so it’s really woven into the story. We started with a massive array of ideas [for the GamePad] but in the end we focused on it being a police device. The map is really useful to have on at all times rather than in a small corner of the screen, plus you receive video calls from different characters.”

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

LW		TW			Title	Format	Label	Publisher
4		1			CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II	XB360	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
3		2			FIFA 13	XB360	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
8		3			CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II	PS3	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
6		4			FIFA 13	PS3	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
5		5			FAR CRY 3	XB360	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
10		6			FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013	PC	SEGA	SEGA
7		7			JUST DANCE 4	WII	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
11		8			THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM	XB360	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
1		9			DMC	XB360	CAPCOM	CAPCOM
17		10			ASSASSIN’S CREED III	XB360	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
9		11			FAR CRY 3	PS3	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
16		12			HALO 4	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
2		13			DMC	PS3	CAPCOM	CAPCOM
12		14			FORZA MOTORSPORT 4	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
18		15			FORZA HORIZON	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
15		16			NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
29		17			ASSASSIN’S CREED III	PS3	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
14		18			NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED	PS3	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
13		19			HITMAN ABSOLUTION	XB360	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
25		20			PAPER MARIO STICKER STAR	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
21		21			GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
19		22			HITMAN ABSOLUTION	PS3	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
24		23			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
20		24			DISHONORED	XB360	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
23		25			MARIO KART 7	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
–		26			THE SIMS 3: 70S 80S 90S STUFF	PC	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
–		27			GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	XB360	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	TAKE 2
31		28			BORDERLANDS 2	XB360	2K GAMES	TAKE 2
22		29			WWE ’13	XB360	THQ	THQ
26		30			SUPER MARIO 3D LAND	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
30		31			MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
37		32			MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES	WII	SEGA	SEGA
27		33			SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED	XB360	SEGA	SEGA
28		34			WWE ’13	PS3	THQ	THQ
–		35			GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY	XB360	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
–		36			DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION	XB360	DEEP SILVER	KOCH MEDIA
–		37			UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION GOTY	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
33		38			LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS	XB360	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
–		39			THE SIMS 3	PC	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
34		40			ZUMBA FITNESS 2	WII	505 GAMES	505 GAMES

All formats

3		1			CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II	TREYARCH	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
2		2			FIFA 13	EA CANADA	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
4		3			FAR CRY 3	UBISOFT (MONTREAL)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
1		4			DMC	NINJA THEORY	CAPCOM	CAPCOM
10		5			ASSASSIN’S CREED III	UBISOFT (MONTREAL)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
5		6			NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED	CRITERION GAMES	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
6		7			JUST DANCE 4	UBISOFT (FRANCE)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
7		8			FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013	SPORTS INTERACTIVE	SEGA	SEGA
9		9			THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM	BETHESDA	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
8		10			HITMAN ABSOLUTION	IO INTERACTIVE	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
17		11			LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES	TRAVELLER’S TALES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
11		12			LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS	TRAVELLER’S TALES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
22		13			HALO 4	343 INDUSTRIES	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
14		14			SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED	SUMO DIGITAL	SEGA	SEGA
15		15			SKYLANDERS GIANTS	TOYS FOR BOB	SKYLANDERS	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
12		16			WWE ’13	YUKE’S	THQ	THQ
13		17			DISHONORED	ARKANE STUDIOS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
16		18			FORZA MOTORSPORT 4	TURN 10 STUDIOS	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
25		19			FORZA HORIZON	TURN 10/PLAYGROUND	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
20		20			BORDERLANDS 2	GEARBOX SOFTWARE	2K GAMES	TAKE 2
18		21			MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER	DANGER CLOSE	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
30		22			GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	ROCKSTAR NORTH	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	TAKE 2
35		23			PAPER MARIO STICKER STAR	INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
23		24			DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION	TECHLAND	DEEP SILVER	KOCH MEDIA
27		25			GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION	POLYPHONY DIGITAL	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
40		26			ANGRY BIRDS TRILOGY	ROVIO	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
34		27			MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES	SEGA	SEGA	SEGA
28		28			SLEEPING DOGS	UNITED FRONT GAMES	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
36		29			GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY	ROCKSTAR NORTH	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
19		30			NBA 2K13	VISUAL CONCEPTS	2K SPORTS	TAKE 2
21		31			DOOM 3: BFG EDITION	ID SOFTWARE	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
24		32			PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2013	KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT	KONAMI	KONAMI
33		33			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
32		34			MARIO KART 7	RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
–		35			MAX PAYNE 3	ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
–		36			THE SIMS 3: 70S 80S 90S STUFF	THE SIMS STUDIO	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
39		37			BATTLEFIELD 3	DIGITAL ILLUSIONS	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
26		38			SONIC GENERATIONS	DIMPS	SEGA	SEGA
–		39			THE SIMS 3	THE SIMS STUDIO	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
–		40			LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7	TRAVELLER’S TALES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

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Media Create sent out its own set of data for the top 30 best-selling games of last year. The Japanese sales tracker also published hardware figures for 2012.

Both sets of data can be found below.

Software sales

TOTAL Hardware sales to date (lifetime):

PlayStation 2 – 21,833,215
Wii – 12,638,836
PSP – 19,453,023
Nintendo 3DS – 7,689,512
Nintendo 3DS XL – 2,090,372
PlayStation 3 – 8,860,082
PlayStation Vita – 1,130,820
Xbox 360 – 1,613,832

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