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As part of today’s Nintendo Direct, it was announced that Mother 3 will be joining the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan next month. The game is slated for December 17.

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Two DS Zelda games have arrived on the European Wii U Virtual Console. Starting now, fans can pick up Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks.

Each title is priced at €9.99 / £8.99. However, if you pick up one now, you can grab the other for €4.99 / £4.49 until November 19.

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IGN has posted a soundtrack sample from Yooka-Laylee, which you can listen to below. The music is from World 1.

Grant Kirkhope, the composer of Yooka-Laylee, also shared the following words:

“Erm…it’s only the first bit that sounds that way maybe, the rest of the music is skewed towards each area that it fades to like in the original Banjo-Kazooie, and I think that Caribbean feel that you’re hearing might be because I’m using the marimba for the main melody at the start. I used the marimba because it features so heavily in both the BK games.”

“Honestly I don’t mind what people hear when they listen as long as they like it! I think once people know what the different variations of the music were written for it’ll all fall into place (at least that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!).”

“I asked Gavin (Price) for a brief description of the different areas that I needed to write the variations for, but that was about it. Obviously Steve Mayles complains most of the time when it comes to the music – some things never change even after 17 years, I’m used to it by now.”

“I think any composer worth their salt can get a pretty good idea in their head before they even start writing music when they get a description of the thing they’re writing for. For example if someone says it’s a frozen ice mountain I’d be thinking about pizzicato strings, celeste and glockenspiel before I’d even written a note. Or if it was a lush green forest I’d be thinking about using nice warm winds like bassoons and clarinets. Writing music is all about using your imagination, the images tell the story but it’s the music that lets you know how to feel.”

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Thanks to a listing on the eShop, we know of one confirmed digital release in Europe next week. Totem Topple will be out for Wii U starting on November 19. Pricing is set at €2.99.

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Retail

Monster High New Ghoul in School – $39.99 (available Nov. 17)

Wii U Download

Girls Like Robots – $6.99
Test Your Mind – $2.99
Word Party – $14.99

Wii U Virtual Console

Contra Advance: The Alien Wars Ex – $7.99

Wii U Demo

Word Party

3DS Retail

Moco Moco Friends – $39.99 (available Nov. 17)
Monster High New Ghoul in School – $29.99 (available Nov. 17)
Stella Glow – $49.99 (available Nov. 17)

3DS Download

Horse Life 4 – $14.99
Johnny’s Payday Panic – $3.99
Nintendo Badge Arcade – free

3DS Demo

Samurai Defender

3DS Themes

Stella Glow: “The Witches and Bubu”

eShop Sales

Wii U/3DS

– Turtle Tale for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS is 40 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.79) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 26.

Wii U

– Affordable Space Adventures is 20 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $15.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 26.
– Roving Rogue is 25 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $5.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 26.
– Blok Drop U, DON’T CRASH and more games from RCMADIAX Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 6.

3DS

– ?Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl and Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight are on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 16 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 30.
– TOYS VS MONSTERS is 75 percent off (reduced from $3.99 to $0.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 10.

Activities

You Have a New Client Waiting! – Felyne is a character from Capcom’s Monster Hunter game franchise, and he is looking for a home designer to help decorate his place in the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game. Fulfilling Felyne’s request will net you new and unique items for your catalog. Use Monster Hunter-themed items to make him feel right at home. Felyne is available for a limited time via SpotPass, so check the in-game Nintendo 3DS system on the second floor of Nook’s Homes to meet him and take him on as a client.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. “Emerald City” Tournament – See how your squad stacks up online in Nintendo’s Public Tournaments. Top players earn unique titles that are visible online and earn major bragging rights with your friends and around the world. The new “Emerald City” tournament runs Nov. 13 through Nov. 16. Opt in via the SpotPass feature on your Nintendo 3DS system for notifications about future tournaments. Good luck, agents!

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Girls Like Robots is launching on the North American Wii U eShop tomorrow. Take a look at the official trailer below.

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This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Super Mario Maker
2. Octodad: Dadliest Catch
3. Yoshi’s Woolly World
4. Super Mario World
5. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
6. Super Mario 64
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
8. Splatoon
9. Super Mario Bros.
10. Paper Mario
11. Slender: The Arrival
12. Zelda: A Link to the Past
13. Shovel Knight
14. Human Resource Machine
15. The Legend of Zelda
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Resident Evil Revelations
18. Donkey Kong 64
19. EarthBound
20. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Videos

1. The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy’s Grand Adventure Trailer
2. Yoshi’s Woolly World Launch Video
3. Play Nintendo Introduction Video
4. Slender: The Arrival Trailer
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 1
6. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – A Vacation from the Sprixie Kingdom
7. Nintendo Minute – Yoshi’s Woolly World Let’s Yarn!
8. Yoshi’s Woolly World PAX Prime 2015 Video
9. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Monsters of the Court Trailer
10. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – A Break from Adventuring Trailer
11. Star Fox Zero E3 2015 Trailer
12. Great Games to Buy with eShop Cards
13. Nintendo Minute – Super Mario Maker SUP-tember Fav levels 1
14. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 2
15. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash E3 2015 Trailer
16. Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water Super Spoopy Trailer
17. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
18. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 3
19. Splaoton Big Splats Trailer
20. New Super Luigi U Trailer 6/11/13

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Replay: VHS is not Dead is planned for release on Wii U, a listing on the USK confirms.

The game debuted earlier this year on a few platforms, including Steam. It’s a puzzle-platformer title which takes place in a movie-based universe. Players can record their characters’ movements and use remote control powers to combine actions through roughly 70 levels.

Continue on below for a story overview as well as a trailer.

It is an ordinary Saturday evening for Harvey Hachess as he leaves his favorite video club for a movie night. On his way back, he gets caught in the middle of a rain and a threatening storm. Suddenly, he’s hit by a lightning strike! Knocked out for few minutes, he goes on as if nothing had happened.

Once home, Harvey gets comfortable and plays a video tape, a bag of popcorn in one hand and the remote control in the other one. But something seems wrong as he realize that some scenes are missing from the movie! He puts in another tape, same result… He, then, checks all his cassettes one by one but stays out of luck.

As the last tape was ejected, the VCR made a strange sound and the screen lightened up. Harvey founds himself sucked into the TV. He finds there a great opportunity to re-record all the tapes without risking the loss of his Video Club membership.

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Contra Advance: The Alien Wars Ex arrived on the European Wii U Virtual Console last week. Tomorrow, it will be available in North America as well. Nintendo’s website confirms a November 12 release date for the game.

Here’s a brief overview:

“Take down massive hordes of aliens, robots, and monsters to stop the evil Red Falcon from taking over the world! Awesome weapons include the spreadshot, laser, and flamethrower. Features new levels and graphics from the original Super NES version.”

Pricing for Contra Advance: The Alien Wars Ex is set at $7.99.

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