It was recently announced that Nintendo’s old Wii Ambassador program, used to help others get online with the console, would be coming to an end in Japan. Plans are now in motion to wrap things up in Europe as well.

Nintendo of Europe made it official yesterday – the Connection Ambassador Promotion is ending on November 21 2012 at 23:59 CET (22:59 UK time).

The company highlighted a few things that those who are participating should keep in mind:

• If you have reached Gold or Platinum status but have not yet downloaded the titles you are entitled to, you will still be able to download them after the promotion has ended.
• After the end of the promotion, it will no longer be possible to gift titles which you received due to your Gold or Platinum status.
• After the end of the promotion, the person who has been helped can no longer receive 500 Wii Points if he or she has not started the Wii Shop Channel after both parties registered each other’s Wii Numbers.

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AKB48+Me and Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 2nd are the first two third-party games to be released on the Japanese 3DS eShop. Both titles are due out on the store on October 25.

Consumers will find that the digital version of Samurai Warriors is cheaper than the retail product. The former costs 6,090 yen while the latter will be available for 5,400 yen. This will be the first time that a title is cheaper on the 3DS eShop.

In related news, a version 1.1 update is coming to Chronicles 2nd. That’s expected on October 16. It’ll correct a few bugs and will add a new easier difficulty mode.

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UK consumers can now pre-order the limited edition Pikachu 3DS XL.

Thus far, GAME is accepting early orders. You can pre-order here. Pricing is set at £179.99.

Thanks to Taliesin Mosler for the tip.

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During its NYCC 2012 panel, Marvel revealed that The Amazing Spider-Man is in the works for Wii U. The game was released earlier this year on Wii and other platforms.

Included in the Wii U version is all of the downloadable content made available on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 up to this point – the Rhino Challenge Pack, the Oscorp Search and Destroy Pack, the Lizard Rampage Pack, and Stan Lee Adventure Pack.

On Wii U, players will be able to use the GamePad touch screen to navigate Osphone’s interface and map out a path through the city. Optional motion controls will be available as well.

The Amazing Spider-Man arrives on Wii U in Spring 2013.

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is purportedly planning a number of changes inside the company that will begin to take effect over the next few months.

Perhaps biggest of all is that Shigeru Miyamoto will be stepping down as EAD General Manager in December. Takashi Tezuka, who has worked on Mario and Zelda games (among other titles) for the past thirty years, will take over the role.

Miyamoto won’t be leaving Nintendo. He’ll instead form a new team that will work on smaller projects – something that’s been talked about before.

There are other notable upcoming changes, including a shift in Kyoto development sources, the possibility of Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai joining EAD Tokyo (Super Mario Galaxy 1/2, Mario 3D Land), and more.

Here are the full list of changes in full (via Guardian UK, Nikkei, Wired):

2013 Expected Iwata Changes
+ Major shift in Kyoto development sources involving 3 R&D buildings
+ Shigeru Miyamoto stepping down as EAD General Manager
+ Takash Tezuka becoming new EAD General Manager
+ New Groups / New Producers announced for EAD Kyoto / SPD Kyoto
+ EAD Tokyo Expansion / Masahiro Sakurai Possibly Joining EAD Tokyo
+ New Division lead by Miyamoto with younger staff focused on smaller scale games
+ Miyamoto’s Departure Inspiring New IPs for the EAD Kyoto Division

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