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Jett Rocket II: The Wrath of Taikai will be submitted to Nintendo next week, developer Shin’en has confirmed. Once that’s wrapped up, the game should be primed for release on the 3DS eShop.

Shin’en also published a new wave of Jett Rocket II screenshots. You can find those in the gallery above.

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

LW		TW			Title	Format	Label	Publisher
1		1			MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION	XB360	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
–		2			PAYDAY 2	XB360	505 GAMES	505 GAMES
3		3			ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
7		4			CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II	XB360	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
4		5			THE LAST OF US	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
–		6			PAYDAY 2	PS3	505 GAMES	505 GAMES
5		7			FIFA 13	XB360	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
16		8			CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II	PS3	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
14		9			GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	XB360	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	TAKE 2
9		10			LUIGI’S MANSION 2	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
6		11			MARIO AND LUIGI: DREAM TEAM BROS.	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
17		12			GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY	XB360	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
8		13			FIFA 13	PS3	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
22		14			MAX PAYNE 3	XB360	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
18		15			TOMB RAIDER	XB360	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
12		16			ASSASSIN’S CREED III	XB360	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	UBISOFT
15		17			THE SIMS 3: ISLAND PARADISE	PC	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
2		18			TALES OF XILLIA	PS3	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
13		19			TOMB RAIDER	PS3	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
19		20			BATTLEFIELD 3	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
21		21			FAR CRY 3	XB360	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	UBISOFT
36		22			THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – LEGENDARY	XB360	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
27		23			LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES	XB360	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
25		24			RED DEAD REDEMPTION: GOTY	XB360	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
24		25			GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION	PS3	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
10		26			THE SMURFS 2	DS	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
23		27			LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
34		28			NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED	PS3	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
–		29			HITMAN ABSOLUTION	XB360	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
11		30			PIKMIN 3	WII U	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
28		31			NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED	XB360	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
31		32			ASSASSIN’S CREED III	PS3	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
39		33			BIOSHOCK INFINITE	XB360	2K GAMES	TAKE 2
38		34			MARIO KART 7	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
29		35			SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD – THE FULL PACKAGE	XB360	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	KOCH MEDIA
40		36			LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS	XB360	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
20		37			THE SMURFS 2	XB360	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
30		38			FAR CRY 3	PS3	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
35		39			NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2	3DS	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
32		40			FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013	PC	SEGA	SEGA

All formats

LW		TW			Title	Developer	Label	Publisher
–		1			PAYDAY 2	OVERKILL SOFTWARE	505 GAMES	505 GAMES
1		2			MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION	4J STUDIOS	MICROSOFT	MICROSOFT
7		3			CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II	TREYARCH	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
2		4			FIFA 13	EA CANADA	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
5		5			ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
6		6			THE LAST OF US	NAUGHTY DOG	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
3		7			THE SMURFS 2	UBISOFT (OSAKA)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
8		8			LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES	TRAVELLER’S TALES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
9		9			TOMB RAIDER	CRYSTAL DYNAMICS	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
13		10			GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	ROCKSTAR NORTH	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	TAKE 2
10		11			ASSASSIN’S CREED III	UBISOFT (MONTREAL)	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	UBISOFT
16		12			THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – LEGENDARY	BETHESDA	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
12		13			NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED	CRITERION GAMES	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
14		14			LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS	TRAVELLER’S TALES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
11		15			FAR CRY 3	UBISOFT (MONTREAL)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
15		16			MAX PAYNE 3	ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
18		17			GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY	ROCKSTAR NORTH	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
19		18			BATTLEFIELD 3	DIGITAL ILLUSIONS	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
26		19			BIOSHOCK INFINITE	IRRATIONAL GAMES	2K GAMES	TAKE 2
21		20			RED DEAD REDEMPTION: GOTY	ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO	ROCKSTAR	TAKE 2
22		21			LUIGI’S MANSION 2	NEXT LEVEL GAMES	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
30		22			HITMAN ABSOLUTION	IO INTERACTIVE	SQUARE ENIX	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
20		23			SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD – THE FULL PACKAGE	VOLITION	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	KOCH MEDIA
17		24			MARIO AND LUIGI: DREAM TEAM BROS.	ALPHADREAM	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
32		25			SKYLANDERS GIANTS	TOYS FOR BOB	SKYLANDERS	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
24		26			THE SIMS 3: ISLAND PARADISE	THE SIMS STUDIO	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
25		27			GRID 2	CODEMASTERS	CODEMASTERS	CODEMASTERS
37		28			CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3	INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMER	ACTIVISION	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
4		29			TALES OF XILLIA	NAMCO TALES STUDIO	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES	NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
27		30			CRYSIS 3	CRYTEK	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
29		31			THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM	BETHESDA	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
28		32			DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE	TECHLAND	DEEP SILVER	KOCH MEDIA
36		33			MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER	DANGER CLOSE	EA GAMES	ELECTRONIC ARTS
35		34			GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION	SCEA SANTA MONICA	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SONY COMPUTER ENT.
31		35			TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 14	TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT	EA SPORTS	ELECTRONIC ARTS
33		36			LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS	TRAVELLER’S TALES	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
23		37			PIKMIN 3	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
–		38			MARIO KART 7	RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
–		39			JUST DANCE 4	UBISOFT (FRANCE)	UBISOFT	UBISOFT
–		40			SLEEPING DOGS	UNITED FRONT GAMES	XBOX 360 CLASSICS	SQUARE ENIX EUROPE

Source 1, Source 2

Thanks to Adrian for the tip.

Update 3: Added in the live-stream below. Austin provided some lovely commentary!

Update 2: Game Night is now over!

Update: If you plan on playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on Wii U, please send a friend request to “NE_austin”. If you plan on playing Mario Kart 7, please join the NintendoEverything MK7 community! Community code is 22-5271-0357-0675

Game Night will begin at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT. Most of the friend code exchanging will take place around a half hour prior (10 minutes).

Two items are attached to this page. First, above, is our official Twitch account. Any Wii U games played during Game Night will be streamed, and will eventually be posted to our official YouTube channel.

Below is what we’ll use to communicate with each other. You don’t need to sign up with any sort of service to join, and you don’t have to be playing to chat with us. Just enter any name you desire and we’ll be good to go.

As mentioned last night, Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be the game of choice on Wii U, which Austin will be handling. I’ll mainly be in charge of Mario Kart 7 sessions.

We’ll see how well this goes. I imagine things will improve over the next few weeks!

What is Game Night? You can find details right here.

EarthBound 64 never saw the light of day in light of a tumultuous and lengthy development cycle. The project was ultimately canned in 2000 – and on the same day, Nintendo published an interview with Shigesato Itoi, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Satoru Iwata covering the cancellation.

You can find the full thing here. It’s a long read, but certainly worth checking out.

We did want to highlight one bit from Iwata that is making the rounds. He actually put a good amount of the blame on himself, stating:

That one was clearly my fault. A long time ago I once said, “Never say a programmer CAN’T do something.” Those words sort of take on a life of their own—dropping the word “can’t” can close the doors of possibility. Generally speaking, everything will work out eventually if you put in the effort and push onwards, but everything still operates within certain limitations. So if something is honestly impossible to do, you need to accept that. Oftentimes the case is that something is possible, but sacrifices will need to be made. Or that something is possible, but it cannot exist alongside some other thing. So that’s what I meant when I said “Don’t say you CAN’T be a programmer,” but “don’t say you CAN’T” is the only part that took off.

There was a time when the early designs for MOTHER 3 were really reckless. We were working with specifications that surpassed the system capabilities and memory capacity. We starting working on the game with the premise that we’d create something that’s never been done before.