I assume Wii U will be receiving the new skin… at some point.

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– On Oct. 11, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Nintendo World in New York, Nintendo is hosting an exciting Pokémon X and Pokémon Y Launch Celebration event to celebrate the release of the new Pokémon X and Pokémon Y games for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, including the new Nintendo 2DS system. Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are the next installments in the world-famous Pokémon series. The upcoming games offer a new generation of Pokémon, new Mega Evolutions and a host of new features.

At the event, Pokémon fans will have the chance to play the games, participate in fun activities and be among the first people in the country to purchase Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Game sales will commence at midnight, and Nintendo World will remain open through the night.

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Nintendo has opened the UK teaser site for Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Access it here. There’s not much to see at present, but you can watch a trailer released earlier this month.

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will now launch for Wii U on November 22 in the UK – alongside the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC versions. As far as we know, it’s still scheduled to hit the US on October 29.

Sayonara Umihara Kawase appears to be on track for an early 2014 release in North America.

USgamer recently caught up with Agatsuma Entertainment marketing manager Nobuhiro Hikage, who shared the news. A western version isn’t completely confirmed, but the site believes “his comments made it sound like more or less a done deal.”

USgamer speculates that we’ll be seeing Sayonara Umihara Kawase as an eShop-only title.

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Chompy Chomp Chomp is in the works for Wii U, developer Utopian World of Sandwiches has confirmed. A release is planned in 2014.

Chompy Chomp Chomp was previously released on Xbox Live and PC. A new version titled “Chompy Chomp Chomp Party” began development on Wii U last week.

Co-founder James Woodrow explained how the game in a message provided to us:

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Assassin’s Creed III suffered from some performance issues on all consoles, including Wii U.

In the Wii U version, one issue that was particularly apparent concerns framerate slowdown during crowded battle scenes.

Such problems have been addressed for the next entry in the series, according to Ubisoft Quebec’s Robin Lavallée.

Lavallée told Nintendo Life of the performance in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag:

I’m happy you are asking the question, the team worked really hard during the last month to increase the performances on the Wii U version… and one of those points was the crowded battle scenes. So the quick answer is, yes we have worked to improve this on Black Flag.

…The Wii U architecture poses some technical challenges that we’ve been able to thankfully overcome. It hasn’t been easy, but we’re really proud of the final result on this console.

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
2. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
3. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
4. Disney Infinity – Disney Interactive
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. Pikmin 3 – Nintendo
7. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
8. The Wonderful 101 – Nintendo
9. ZombiU – Ubisoft
10. Sports Connection – Ubisoft

3DS

1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
3. FIFA 14 – EA
4. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
5. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Nintendo
6. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
7. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
8. Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning – PQube
9. Inazuma Eleven 3: Lightning Bolt – Nintendo
10. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo

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Earlier today, Nintendo confirmed that a Nintendo Direct presentation will be held for North America. The same broadcast has, as expected, now been announced for Europe and Japan.

Content will likely be mostly the same for all regions. Still, we’ll host all of the streams on the site tomorrow regardless.