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Nintendo believes the Wii got the ball rolling in a big way when it comes to social gaming. With Wii U, however, the company wants to take this a step further.

Before leaving Nintendo UK, David Yarton spoke about Wii U’s social aspects, noting how “the extra screen can bring someone in, and get them involved, but give them either a very different or subtly different experience.”

Yarton explained:

“Nintendo is always looking at how it can make the game experience much better for people. With Wii U we are still looking at the social aspect of gaming. Wii games got the family playing, and got people that didn’t usually play up and having a go. Wii U takes that further. The extra screen can bring someone in, and get them involved, but give them either a very different or subtly different experience. It changes how, in a multiplayer scenario, they interact. You can see it when people play. That’s the real pleasure of it.”

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Even though Nicalis cancelled its publishing arrangements for the WiiWare version of La-Mulana, the game could still be heading to Europe.

An updated entry was discovered on the European ratings board PEGI, though it has since been removed. Prior to its removal, EnjoyUp was listed as the new publisher for La-Mulana WiiWare.

EnjoyUp responded with a standard “no comment” statement when asked about the situation. Sounds like something could be brewing here…

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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop
Order Up!! – Experience the dizzying life of a top-notch chef and restaurateur. Prepare all manner of exotic food on your way to building your own restaurant empire from the ground up. (For Nintendo 3DS)

Virtual Console
Double Dragon II – Billy and Jimmy Lee are back to avenge the loss of Marion. In their quest to defeat the evil Shadow Warriors, they must face down deadly street gangs, ninjas and huge mutant fighters. (For Wii)

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Today’s Nintendo Direct has become a worldwide affair. It’s now confirmed that a unique presentation will be held in Japan, North America, and Europe.

The Japanese presentation begins at 11:00 PM EDT – more information about that here. An hour later, the North American and European events will be shown.

That’s kind of a problem as it’s not easy to watch two events at once! But don’t worry: we’ll be here to cover everything as it happens.

You’ll be able to watch the North American Nintendo Direct here.

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Two Nintendo Directs in the same month?! Indeed, it’s happening, in Japan at least!

Unlike the last, “special” broadcast, the latest event will focus only on 3DS and Wii information. Sorry, no Wii U updates for you!

A live-stream will be available at 11:00 PM EDT / 8:00 PM PDT tomorrow. We’ll post a live-stream on the site once its ready to go.

You can follow the Japanese Nintendo Direct page here.

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With the Japanese Wii release of Dragon Quest X drawing near, Square Enix has been sending out details about the game at a rampant pace. Even more information was shared today.

Square Enix handed out a new dose of screenshots and details concerning Dragon Quest X’s battle system. We’ve rounded up the information below.

– Six basic jobs in Dragon Quest X
– Each job has special abilities
– Use these abilities in battle
– Warriors are best with direct attacks and should protect mages and monks
– Warriors can use Souten Mazan
– This move paralyzes the enemy
– Freeze Blade and Gigaslash can also be used
– Thieves are at their best when switching between attack and defense
– Additionally, thieves can use a steal command to take enemy gold and items
– Thieves can use Tiger Claw and Banana Drop moves
– Banana Drop: character drops a banana on the ground to lure the enemy
– Enemy will slip on the banana and will become temporarily immobile
– Mages are at their best when allies stand in front and stop enemy attacks
– They should cast spells from afar

Thanks to 4Him for the tip.

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Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” video game tie-in could be exclusive to Nintendo platforms.

GameFly is only listing versions for the Wii, 3DS, and DS. Activision is included as the publisher, though that tidbit is questionable. A release could be planned for October 30.

Wreck-It Ralph is an animated film featuring Ralph, a villain from the arcade game “Fix-It Felix Jr”. After determining that he’d like to turn over a new leaf, Ralph begins a journey to ditch his malevolent ways and ventures into new worlds.

The movie’s debut trailer showed a number of classic video game characters such as Dr. Robotnik and Bowser. Assuming GameFly’s listing is correct, Bowser’s inclusion could one of the contributing factors behind the Nintendo exclusivity.

It’s possible that the retailer is simply incorrect. Wreck-It Ralph is just a few months away, so we should receive information about the actual video game soon.

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