Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut is far from a straight port. The team has touched up the visuals, added in some neat Wii U-specific features, and more.

Also worth mentioning are the reworked boss fights in Director’s Cut. Game designer Emile Pedneault told Siliconera that “80% of everything that is new in the Wii U version is based upon what players had to say”, including those pesky boss fights, which are now much improved.

“We listen to feedback, 80% of everything that is new in the Wii U version is based upon what players had to say, and we know that the boss fights got the biggest criticism.”

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Shin Megami Tensei IV is now available for pre-order. US consumers can place a reservation at Amazon here. The 3DS game can also be pre-ordered here. You can also go with Amazon Canada, EB Games, or Video Games Plus Online if you live in Canada.

When Atlus announced Shin Megami Tensei IV earlier today, the publisher only confirmed a tentative summer 2013 window. Most retailers are already listing a July 16 release date, however, so it may be out on store shelves sooner rather than later.

The DS is an old platform at this point, but that’s not stopping people from making new games for it, apparently. The latest game we’ve heard about is Orion’s Odyssey, which is a simple puzzle game based around a sort of tanagrams-esque game mechanic, and it’s asking for $85,412 to get released on the DS as a retail game. According to the developers, the game is already finished and simply needs to the support of their publisher– who says they’ll hop on board if the Kickstarter goal is met– to get released.

If you want to suppose Orion’s Odyssey, check out their Kickstarter page.

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
2. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
4. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – Capcom
5. ZombiU – Ubisoft
6. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
7. Darksiders II – THQ
8. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft
9. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
10. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – Warner Bros. Interactive

3DS

1. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
3. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – Capcom
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
6. Paper Mario: Sticker Star – Nintendo
7. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
8. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
9. Sonic Generations – SEGA
10. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked – Ghostlight

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Nintendo published a lengthy Fire Emblem: Awakening interview today. Nope, it’s not another Iwata Asks. Instead, 8-4 Ltd., a company that handled a great deal of the 3DS game’s localization aspects, chatted with members of the development team.

You can find the full interview here. It contains lots of interesting talk about Awakening’s development and more, so be sure to check it out!

So this is kind of an odd thing to talk about, but it is what it is.

We all know that Amazon has had a strained relationship with Nintendo when it comes to hardware. For whatever reason, the retailer won’t sell 3DS and Wii U systems in the US directly. Reggie Fils-Aime wouldn’t talk about the matter when asked about the situation in September of last year, and Amazon hasn’t said much either.

What’s interesting is that Amazon is now encouraging consumers to consider competitor products on Nintendo’s hardware pages. The 3DS listing tells visitors to “Also consider the PlayStation Vita” complete with a comprehensive banner at the top while the Wii U page informs buyers about the “just announced” PlayStation 4 and gives alternative console options to mull over. And in case you were wondering, there aren’t similar listings on the PS Vita, PS3, or Xbox 360 product pages.

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