Update: Sonic Lost World (Wii U) price-matched on Amazon
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Original: Best Buy has a few games on sale this week – notably Sonic Lost World and Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures.
Here’s a roundup of the latest Nintendo deals from the retailer:
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (3DS) – $19.99
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (Wii U) – $19.99
Sonic Lost World (3DS) – $19.99
Sonic Lost World (Wii U) – $29.99
These offers should be valid for the next week.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe
02./01. [3DS] PazuDora Z: Puzzle & Dragons Z
03./02. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
04./03. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds #
05./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
06./06. [PS3] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
07./19. [3DS] Youkai Watch
08./09. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!
09./05. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World
10./07. [PSV] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: Twin Pack #
11./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
12./30. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind
13./22. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V
14./10. [PS3] New Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
15./13. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy: Big Bang / Supernova
16./11. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
17./12. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
18./21. [PSV] New Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
19./25. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014
20./24. [PS3] Gran Turismo 6 #
Yacht Club Games’ Shovel Knight has reached alpha status, the studio confirmed via Twitter.
A message posted on Yacht Club’s official Twitter account reads:
Proud to announce that Shovel Knight is now at Alpha! It's shaping up to be quite the adventure! pic.twitter.com/d32VSMzcMd
— Yacht Club Games (@YachtClubGames) January 19, 2014
As for what’s next for Shovel Knight, Yacht Club said:
What's next? Playthroughs, playtesting, balance, iteration, polish, dialog, localization, testing, certification…exciting stuff!
— Yacht Club Games (@YachtClubGames) January 19, 2014
Shovel Knight is currently planned for release by winter’s end.
Marvelous AQL’s Yoshifumi Hashimoto, who is the producer of Harvest Moon and Rune Factory, shared a few words about what lies ahead in 2014 while speaking with 4Gamer last month.
Hashimoto said that the company has a number of titles in the pipeline, “so we hope they’ll be announced and available to the market soon.” There’s one in particular that he believes may “really surprise you.”
Hashimoto’s comments in full:
2013 was fun and busy on the daily, but it’s over. It’s now 2014. First, “Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land”, and we’ll be publishing “Valhalla Knights 3 Gold”. Some other things are being worked on now, so we hope they’ll be announced and available to the market soon. Because there are titles with considerable power, stay tuned! Amongst them is one that might really surprise you.
Nintendo has released a new 3DS puzzle in Japan. System owners can now begin filling in a panel for Kirby Triple Deluxe.
Reader Jason completed it full, and was kind enough to send a picture our way. View it above.
Speaking with Nintendo Enthusiast, creative director Andy Tudor commented that the Wii U version of Project CARS “is extremely promising.” The console is also capable of running one of CARS’ tracks in the rain “pretty damn well”, he said.
Tutor’s comments in full regarding the visuals of Project CARS on Wii U:
I literally just had a blast racing around one of our tracks in the rain (the most graphically-intensive weather setting) and it held up pretty damn well. Of course there are optimisations still to be done but side-by-side, the Wii U version we have running in the studio is extremely promising.
When asked why Slightly Mad has decided to bring the game to Wii U whereas other third-party developers have lessened their support, Tutor replied:
