At the very end of July, Shin’en mentioned on Twitter that the Wii U version of Art of Balance is complete and was with Nintendo for final testing. The studio added that a release by summer’s end is also targeted.

Shin’en tweeted at the time:

@ValeFalkren It's done and at Nintendo for final testing. Slow summer time. We expect a release end of summer.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) June 30, 2014

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Wii U Virtual Console sale kicking off on the Japanese eShop next week

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Nintendo will be putting a few Wii U Virtual Console games on sale on the Japanese eShop next week.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and EarthBound will be discounted from 926 yen to 700 yen. Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart, Super Metroid, F-Zero, and Kirby Super Star will be available for 600 yen as opposed to 823 yen.

These prices will be valid between July 22 and July 31.

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Super Toy Cars also coming to the North American Wii U eShop next week

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Super Toy Cars is launching on the North American Wii U eShop next week, according to a listing on Nintendo’s website. It will be available on July 24.

As discovered earlier this week, Super Toy Cars is also releasing in Europe on the same day.

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Hover: Revolt of Gamers – making of part 1

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Midtown Crazy Race heading to the Wii U eShop

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Indie developer Jose Varela is bringing his mobile title Midtown Crazy Race to the Wii U eShop. The game is due out on July 31 in Europe, with the North American launch coming “soon after”. Pricing is set at $4.99 / €4.99

Varela informed us that Midtown Crazy Race will have off-TV play. Players will also be able to use the GamePad as the steering wheel.

Midtown Crazy Race offers the same features as the mobile version, and you can preserve the rotation of the camera view no matter how you tilt the GamePad. There is only one variation with the Wii U release: to unlock cars, you must win a certain numbers of races. All touch controls have been replaced with the GamePad buttons.

You can find a few screenshots from Midtown Crazy Race above.

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Areal teaser, prototype video

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Wooden Sen’sey gameplay footage

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NFC payment coming to Wii U in Japan from July 22

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Popular smart card company Suica is partnering with Nintendo to allow for NFC payment on the GamePad in Japan. Suica are best known as rechargeable non-contact smart cards that can be used to pay fares when travelling on Japanese trains. These cards will work exactly as you would expect, allowing for the NFC capabilities on the device to load funds onto the system without the need to input any code like with traditional eShop cards. There will be a special promotional deal as well, adding 1 reward point for every 200 Yen spent to Suica’s reward program.

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