Genius Sonority has announced the official release date for The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves. The 3DS eShop game is due out on May 30 for $11.99.

The announcement is posted below. You can find an English trailer above.

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Code of Princess is now available for a slight discount on the North American 3DS eShop. Originally priced at $39.99, the game can now be bought for only $29.99. That’s a $10 drop – or 25%.

The packaged version of Code of Princess is also set at $30. Retailers such as Amazon and GameStop list that very price point.

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Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma opened up about the new Link to the Past 3DS follow-up while speaking with CNET recently.

Comparing the entry with some of the more recent Zeldas, Aonuma said “it certainly feels different from our [the developer’s] point of view.” Aonuma didn’t elaborate too much beyond this, but noted that the chance to create a brand new Zelda for the 3DS brought about a blank canvas. It was this opportunity that led to the decision of a return to the classic top-down style.

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Wii U owners in Japan can take advantage of a special Wii U Virtual Console “Start-Up Campaign”.

Those who purchase Kirby’s Adventure – currently available for 30 cents – can then buy Kirby Super Star at a discount. The game’s sale price is 640 yen, or 20% off.

The “Start-Up Campaign” runs until May 7 at 9:59 AM.

A special Wii U Virtual Console “Start-Up Campaign” began today in Japan, giving gamers 20% off of Kirby Super Deluxe (Kirby Super Star).

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Rawbots has a shot of landing on Wii U. The game’s developer has guaranteed that it will come to the eShop if a new Kickstarter goal is reached.

To say the least, a whole lot of money will need to be raised to make this project happen. A total of $300,000 has been requested in the span of about a month.

Interested backers can find details about Rawbots on the Kickstarter page here.

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Mighty Switch Force! 2 is coming close to release. Developer WayForward shared an update on its blog today saying that the game “is a wrap”, probably indicating that actual development has completed. The studio is now getting involved with testing to ensure a quality launch.

WayForward’s blog states:

“Mighty Switch Force! 2 is a wrap! It’s pencils down for the dev team. Next stop, testing, testing, and more testing. Poor Patty… not even cybernetic citizens of Planet Land can escape the wrath of final exams.”

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This is the first I’m hearing about a “Minecraft-meets-LittleBigPlanet” mode, which actually sounds like it could be extremely neat, especially for younger kids. Regarding the similarities to Skylanders, I believe Vignocchi. It doesn’t seem like the two will be especially comparable in terms of gameplay, though I suppose that doesn’t overturn the fact that Disney only made this game because of Skylanders‘ success. It’s definitely a viable business decision!

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Alas, the headline you read is not a joke. The popular UK newspaper ‘The Guardian’ published an article recently highlighting the games that were the top sellers of 2012 in the UK, and among the likes of Halo 4 and Black Ops 2 (which were brought up to illustrate a point about the content in best-selling games), they also allegedly mentioned some more family-friendly titles from the Big N. Here’s what the article tagged:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Mario Kart Wii were tagged as violent for “Comic Mischief”, Just Dance 3, Zumba Fitness, and Gran Turismo 5 were picked on for their “Lyrics”, Mario Party 9 and Kinect Sports were tagged as having “Cartoon Violence”, and Wii Sports was simply tagged with “Violence”. Note that I can’t access the actually article due to it being down for some reason, so all of this information comes from a third party.

I don’t think it’s news to anyone that certain newspapers or online outlets or TV stations don’t know the most about video games, and a lot of them have pretty bad preconceptions about the effects they have on people. No use lambasting them for the millionth time.

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After numerous leaks, Activision finally announced Call of Duty: Ghosts. But the reveal left out the mention of a Wii U version, something that was a bit unexpected.

Activision has since commented directly on the possibility of a Wii U version of Ghosts – cryptically, might we add.

While the statement doesn’t say much, Activision noted that there isn’t news to share “as we aren’t dating next generation platforms yet.” The publisher also teased: “Stay tuned.”

“We don’t have any news for the Wii U at this time, as we aren’t dating next generation platforms yet. Stay tuned.”

That certainly gives off the impression that a Wii U announcement could be coming at a later date. Still, it’s rather annoying that Activision can’t just give us a straight answer immediately.

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