The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Pikmin 3 – Nintendo
2. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
3. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
5. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
6. ZombiU – Ubisoft
7. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
8. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
9. Game & Wario – Nintendo
10. Batman: Arkham City – Armored Edition – Warner Bros. Interactive
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Nintendo
3. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
4. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
7. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – Nintendo
8. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity – Nintendo
9. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
10. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
On Twitter earlier today, Nano Assault developer Shin’en confirmed it is working on its “second-gen” engine for Wii U. The company didn’t elaborate further or provide any details.
Interestingly enough, the engine doesn’t sounds quite complete just yet. Shin’en is waiting for it to be “ready” to make announcements about its new Wii U titles, which will be accompanied by images.
@Shokio_YT Well, we would love to show first images along with the announcements. So as soon our 2nd gen Wii U engine is ready 🙂
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) August 12, 2013
The English translation of Iwata Asks: The Wonderful 101 is now live. It contains five pages of talk between Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and game director Hideki Kamiya. This one doesn’t have a ton of information about the game, but you can get some interesting insight into Kamiya’s past. Another interview will be published in the near future that is more focused on The Wonderful 101.
Yet another example of how Nintendo is listening to developers when it comes to the eShop concerns free-to-play titles.
Jeroen Roding, from March of War studio ISOTX, told Gamasutra that the current set up has teams waiting through a “review period” to push new features. After discussing things with Nintendo, however, “they are now looking into improving this process by already allowing content to go live straight away, and reducing the ‘review period.'”
Roding told Gamasutra:
“I must say they are really helping and developing pretty rapidly to our needs. For example, for a free-to-play title, a ‘review period’ on getting new features live in the game is pretty restrictive, especially with last minute hotfixes. We have discussed this problem with our contacts at Nintendo and they are now looking into improving this process by already allowing content to go live straight away, and reducing the ‘review period.'”
This is just one quote from a new feature over at Gamasutra. The full thing contains comments from various developers about the way Nintendo can help out Wii U eShop indies.
GameStop has announced the “Dark Edition Starter Pack” for Skylanders Swap Force. The package will be sold exclusively through the retailer, and pre-orders are going live today.
It includes:
- 1- Video Game
- 1- Portal of Power
- 5- Exclusive Dark Edition Skylanders Figures (Dark Washbuckler, Dark Blast Zone, Dark Stealth Elf, Dark Spyro and Dark Lockjaw)
- 1- Mega Character Poster
- 5- Sticker Sheets with secret codes
- 5- Trading Cards
And here’s the official overview of the Dark Edition:
While on a special mission, a team of Skylanders discovered a secret lair where Kaos was experimenting with a new discovery – Petrified Darkness – which he intended to use to take over all of Skylands! In the fight to stop Kaos, the lair exploded, releasing a cloud of pure Darkness. The Skylanders knew they could not let it escape, so they absorbed the dark energy, transforming them into dark versions of themselves. Fortunately, Spyro had learned to tame the darkness within him long ago. So with his help, these Skylanders now have also learned to control it – combining its power with their own to fight Kaos and the forces of evil.
You can pre-order Skylanders Swap Force Dark Edition here (Wii U/Wii, no 3DS). Pricing is set at $99.99.
Source: GameStop PR
Xenoblade has become increasingly tougher to find as of late. On eBay, you’ll see prices that extend into the $100 range.
So it’s rather fishy how, after mostly being out of stock on GameStop for a few months, the game reappeared. Not only has it been available online, but stores have seemingly acquired new stock as well.
Kotaku reports, via a source, that GameStop “printed a few thousand copies of the game with no shrink wrap in order to restock their inventory, then labeled them as pre-owned.” The retailer is now pricing Xenoblade at $90 for a “pre-owned” copy.
GameStop says it’s looking into the situation. Nintendo has been asked for a comment, too.
A pretty odd situation, no doubt.
