Remember, you can nab the Ganondorf figurine by purchasing Zelda: Wind Waker HD at GameStop.

This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Dokopon Choice Kinkyori Renai 1-10-kan +Omake Pack (manga) – 4,200 yen
Dokopon Choice Magi Vol.1: 1-10-kan + Omake Pack (manga) – 4,200 yen
Dokopon Choice Meitantei Konan (Detective Conan) Vol.1: 1-10-kan + Omake Pack (manga) – 4,200 yen
Nikoli no Puzzle Number Link – 500 yen
Nikoli no Sudoku 3D 8(tsu) no Puzzle de 1,000 Mon (retail title) – 2,800 yen
Runabout 3D Drive: Impossible (Crash City Mahem, retail title) – 6,090 yen

Virtual Console
Mappy (Famicom) – 500 yen

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
Unmei no D?kutsu: The Cave – 1,000 yen
Unmei no D?kutsu: The Cave DEMO – FREE

Virtual Console
The Legend of Zelda (Famicom Disk System) – 500 yen

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Have a Japanese 3DS? If so, you can purchase manga apps for a variety of series.

Librica is offering manga packs for Attack on Titan, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Kinkyori Renai, and Detective Conan. Each is priced at 4,200 yen and is made up of the first ten volumes (1-10).

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GungHo Online Entertainment has fairly high expectations for Puzzle & Dragons Z, which is understandable given the series’ success. CEO Kazuki Morishita said at a recent press event that the company wants to achieve sales of 1 million. Morishita also hopes Puzzle & Dragons Z will appeal to children without smartphones.

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Fuzzy Wuzzy Games has provided a few new updates about Armillo on Twitter.

First and foremost, the game should be out in Q1 2014 in North America. A release in Europe won’t be too far behind.

Fuzzy Wuzzy also says Armillo will have at least three months of exclusivity on Wii U.

The tweets in full:

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How does Reggie Fils-Aime feel about the competition? Not too strongly.

Regarding the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launch lineups, Nintendo of America’s president gave a “Meh”. In contrast, he has good feelings about the Wii U’s upcoming titles and “the value proposition we’re putting out there for the consumer.”

“It’s all about the games. The competitive systems have announced their launch lineups. I’m allowed to say ‘Meh’. I look at our lineup of titles and I feel good about our lineup. We’ve got Zelda. We’ve got Mario. We’ve got Donkey Kong. In addition to great titles like Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101, I feel very good about our lineup, and I feel very good about the value proposition we’re putting out there for the consumer.”

When asked how Nintendo can compete with new services offered by the competition such as cloud gaming and more, Reggie responded:

“We’ve got cloud technology that we’re delivering with Wii U. Nintendo TV is all cloud-based technology. But the difference is, we don’t talk about the tech. We talk about the experience. We make sure that the consumer has fun with the game experiences that we provide. And so I think as you compare and contrast Nintendo with other players in the space, for us it’s about games, about the fun, about the entertainment value, and not about the tech.”

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Update: Bumped to the front page with more images.

SEGA Australia had interest in creating a remake of Golden Axe. The studio even pitched the game under a new label known as “SEGA Reborn” – a name SEGA Australia hoped would turn into its own series. Streets of Rage and Shinobi were also targeted as potential remakes.

Each title would receive new content and address issues with the originals. Apparently, SEGA Australia wanted to have all of the classics taking place in the same universe. So as an example, Out Run would take place hundreds of years after Golden Axe.

Sadly, none of these ideas panned out and they weren’t meant to be. You can find a pre-alpha video showing Golden Axe above.

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Just in case you had any doubts, The Legend of Zelda will in fact be available on the North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow. It’s also scheduled to arrive on the European service in a few hours. That makes Zelda a worldwide release, with Japan also receiving the game yesterday.
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