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Wii U

GamesIndustry published some specifics about hardware sales in the UK during the month of October. According to the site, Wii U had a two percent market share. That’s in comparison to 56 percent for the Xbox One and 42 percent for the PlayStation 4. A specific Wii U hardware figure was not shared.

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The Campfire Tales Skin Pack was one of the new pieces of DLC added to Minecraft: Wii U Edition within the past week. Get a closer look at it below.

With the final Hyrule Warriors DLC pack now having launched, footage is starting to arrive of the two new characters. Watch some gameplay of Ravio and Yuga in the Wii U version below.

Update: The DLC and updates are now live in North America.


Original: In Europe and Japan, Hyrule Warriors and Hyrule Warriors Legends players will find new DLC and updates awaiting them. Nintendo and Koei Tecmo have released the final DLC based on A Link Between Worlds. Additionally, Hyrule Warriors is now up to version 1.12.0 while Legends is at version 1.6.0.

Head past the break for the full patch notes. We’ll update this post when the DLC and updates are live in North America.

Nintendo Network

Nintendo scheduled some maintenance on rather short notice today for “certain network services” on both Wii U and 3DS. Below are the exact times:

  • 5PM PT (October 31st) – 6 PM PT (October 31st)
  • 8PM ET (October 31st) – 9PM ET (October 31st)
  • 12AM in the UK (November 1st) – 1AM in the UK (November 1st)
  • 1AM in Europe (November 1st) – 2AM in Europe (November 1st)

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Minecraft: Wii U Edition

This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Minecraft Wii U Edition – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3d World – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Skylanders Imaginators – Activision Blizzard
7. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
8. Just Dance 2017 – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
10. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo

3DS

1. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
3. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
4. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
8. Pokemon X – Nintendo
9. New Style Boutique 2: Fashion Forward – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Y – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

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All formats

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Nintendo of Europe showed a trailer for the new Hyrule Warriors Legends (and Hyrule Warriors) DLC for A Link Between Worlds Pack a few days ago. Now we have another video, this time in Japanese from Koei Tecmo. Watch it below.

In celebration of Halloween, Nintendo has released a new piece of Zelda: Breath of the Wild art on the franchise’s Japanese Twitter page. You can see it above.

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Pokemon Sun/Moon, Dragon Quest XI, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild remain in the top 10.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between October 13 and October 19.


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