The Wii Mini has been available in several territories for many months now. It made its debut in Canada last December, and came to Europe in March.
Today, Nintendo announced plans to distribute Wii Mini in the US as well. The system is due out around the middle of November. Pricing is set at $99.99.
You can find Nintendo’s official announcement below.
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
Is this a spaceship from Hocotate? No-this is a bomb SHAPED like a spaceship. After liftoff, it will drop down when you least expect it.
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games – €49.99 / £39.99 (available Nov. 8)
Batman: Arkham Origins – €59.99 / £49.99
Wii U Download
Wii Sports Club: Day Pass – €1.99 / £1.79
Wii Sports Club: Bowling – Single-Sport Pass – €9.99 / £8.99
Wii Sports Club: Tennis – Single-Sport Pass – €9.99 / £8.99
Toki Tori – €1.99 / £1.79; will be €3.99 / £3.59 starting Dec. 6
Wii U DLC
Pikmin 3: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 – €1.99 / £1.79
3DS Retail
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy – €44.99 / £39.99 (available Nov. 8)
Batman: Arkham Origins – Blackgate – €39.99 / £34.99
Regular Show: Mordecai & Rigby in 8-Bit Land – €34.99 / £28.49 (available Nov. 8)
My Little Baby 3D – €29.99 / £24.99
3DS Download
KORG M01D – €24.99 / £19.99
Brunch Panic – €3.99 / £3.35
Arcade Classics 3D – €2.99 / £2.50; will be €3.99 / £3.30 starting Nov. 29
Special Offers
Toki Tori 2+ – €8.99 / £7.79 until Nov. 14; was €14.99 / £12.99
For Toki Tori owners – 60% off regular price if you already bought Toki Tori on Nintendo eShop on your Wii U- €5.99/£5.19. Also ends November 14.
Permanent Price Reductions
Assassin’s Creed III – €19.99 / £15.99, was €69.99 / £54.99
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
ZombiU – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
Rabbids Land – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
Sports Connection – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
Source: Nintendo PR
Twelve hours after finishing our Extra Life 24-hour live stream, we record another podcast! We discuss Batman (aka Austin excessively criticizes it), Mario Sunshine, Mario Galaxy 2, and 3D platforming, Wind Waker vs. Skyward Sword (and other Zeldas), the PS1 game ‘LSD’, as well as some great listener mail and a bit of news. This episode was way too long though. We’re working on that.
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I was originally hoping to host November’s Game Night today, but with Austin’s Extra Life craziness and some personal things on my end, I figured it’d be best to reschedule. We’re now set for November 10 at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT. Mark your calenders!
Unaware as to what Game Night is? Check out this post for lots of handy details.
An incredibly bizarre situation surrounded the launch of Okami many years ago. You may remember that the game’s boxart was plastered with a blemish in the form of an IGN logo. It wasn’t overly noticeable, but it was still a huge oversight on Capcom’s part.
Ready at Dawn handled the development of Okami Wii. As part of a feature looking back on the history of the studio, Game Informer asked CEO Ru Weerasuriya to comment on how the whole thing happened. Weerasuriya didn’t have a whole lot of answers, but did offer up a few words about the surprising incident.
Weerasuriya told the site:
