Wii U

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Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

Wii U

Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
NES Remix Pack – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Penguins of Madagascar – Amazon, GameStop
GameCube Controller – Super Smash Bros. Edition – Amazon
GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy
Splatoon – Amazon, Best Buy
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon, Best Buy
Mario Party 10 – Amazon, Best Buy
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. bundle – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Watch Dogs – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

3DS

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Amazon, GameStop (new)
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Pokemon Alpha Sapphire Dual Pack – Amazon, Best Buy
Ultimate NES Remix – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Amazon, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Amazon, GameStop
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom – Amazon, GameStop
Penguins of Madagascar – Amazon, GameStop
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon, Best Buy
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon, Best Buy
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: The Wild Cards Premium Edition – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Story of Seasons – Amazon, GameStop
Pokemon Omega Ruby – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

Amiibo

Toon Link (new) – Amazon
Sheik (new) – Amazon
Shulk (new) – GameStop (exclusive)
Mega Man (new) – Amazon
Bowser (new) – Amazon
King Dedede (new) – King Dedede
Ike (new) – Amazon
Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Diddy Kong – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Luigi – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Little Mac – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pit – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Captain Falcon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mario – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Link – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Samus – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Donkey Kong – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Yoshi – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Kirby – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pikachu – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Fox – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Peach – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Marth – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Villager – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Wii Fit Trainer – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 57.645 / 2.104.844 (-43%)
02./02. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 27.182 / 2.842.890 (-8%)
03./03. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 24.509 / 1.701.465 (-17%)
04./04. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014 (Konami) {2014.10.23} (¥7.538) – 9.070 / 111.037 (-55%)
05./06. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014 (Konami) {2014.10.23} (¥7.538) – 7.661 / 71.073 (-39%)
06./05. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.10.23} (¥6.264) – 7.562 / 82.932 (-53%)
07./09. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.10.23} (¥5.627) – 5.280 / 62.120 (-46%)
08./00. [3DS] The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2014.11.06} (¥5.076) – 4.180 / NEW
09./00. [WIU] The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2014.11.06} (¥6.156) – 3.574 / NEW
10./17. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 3.210 / 699.588 (+1%)
11./23. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 2.844 / 3.805.306 (+26%)
12./07. [PS3] Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.10.30} (¥6.804) – 2.676 / 15.062 (-78%)
13./11. [PS4] Metro: Redux (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.10.30} (¥6.264) – 2.624 / 8.782 (-57%)
14./22. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online (Square Enix) {2014.09.04} (¥4.104) – 2.501 / 116.252 (+1%)
15./12. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.10.23} (¥7.884) – 2.359 / 66.956 (-56%)
16./15. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX # (Square Enix) {2014.10.02} (¥7.179) – 2.258 / 129.660 (-41%)
17./08. [PS4] Onechanbara Z2: Chaos (D3 Publisher) {2014.10.30} (¥7.344) – 2.245 / 12.719 (-79%)
18./24. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.08.07} (¥6.145) – 2.158 / 154.098
19./26. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 2.033 / 1.293.939 (+5%)

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To be the main voice in a strange Japanese RPG that seemed fated for nothing but cult status in the west probably wasn’t the most notable credit on actor Adam Howden’s resume at the time of recording. Indeed, he did the beloved voice of Shulk in Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii – and by proxy, Smash Bros. – but has also lent his voice to things like Assassin’s Creed and The Old Republic, and it’s more or less chance that the 2011 (or 2012… or 2010, depending on your region…) ended up being his most renowned role, at least among the Nintendo-focused.

For some strange reason – being the talent that he is – Adam agreed to answer a few of our questions about Xenoblade, Smash Bros., and voice acting in general in an email interview we did. You can read all of what he had to say after the break!

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New messages continue to hit the Japanese Splatoon Twitter account on a regular basis. Over the past few days, another round of details and tidbits landed on the page. There’s some rehash here, but it’s nice to brush up on some previously-revealed information in any case.

On with the latest content:

– Inklings can climb walls when in squid form
– Walls don’t count toward the result of Turf Battles
– As previously mentioned, you can touch the icon of a team member on the map, and be flown in the air
– The Inklings can move freely while inside their own ink
– However, in enemy ink they move slower and can’t become a squid
– Inklings move faster than their human forms when swimming in ink
– If they don’t move, they can hide from enemies

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Bayonetta 2 has been out for a few weeks, but PlatinumGames is still updating its website with blog posts about the game. The latest update comes from designer Hirono Sato, who has discussed the “Climax Situations”.

Here’s a few excerpts:

The first Climax Situation I worked on in Bayonetta 2 was the fight with the giant dragon angel boss Glamor.

I was asked to take this boss and think of a way to fight it that would really blow people away.

When I was assigned to this boss fight, there were actually two versions of it already. The problem was, the director wasn’t a terribly big fan of either of them and was asking me to rework some of what wasn’t interesting about it. You usually get problems like this in development; I always deal with them with the following mindset—

You can’t make something lackluster fun with just a little fix.

Sometimes, you have to look over the entire problem from another angle.

I know that the team tries their best. But if something is boring, it needs to be given a complete facelift.

Head on over to the PlatinumGames website for the full post.

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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker launched in Japan a couple of days ago. Some players have already completed the game and accessed the game’s credits.

According to those very credits, roughly 75 people worked on Captain Toad. Most of the employees were also involved with Super Mario 3D World.

Mahito Yokota, who was the composer of the Mario Galaxy games, worked on Treasure Tracker’s soundtrack.

We also learn that Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker was co-developed by 1-UP Studio, which also helped develop Super Mario 3D Land/World.

Staff positions are sadly not listed in Captain Toad’s credits. However, we do know that Shinya Hiratake directed the title. Kenta Motokura may have also been a co-director. It’s also very possible that Koichi Hayashida acted as producer.

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