The Wii U and 3DS eShops are completely different entities. Although both stores contain content that relates to each other, they aren’t linked in any way.
Users can’t look up shared history between the two systems. It’s also impossible to, say, buy a 3DS game through the Wii U eShop. And that’s how it’ll be for the foreseeable future.
Nintendo of America’s Dan Adelman was recently asked about the possibility of linking the two eShops, but there are no plans for now.
“Well we’re calling them both eShop. It’s just that one is the 3DS eShop, and the other is the Wii U eShop. Wii U users can see info in the Wii U eShop about 3DS games, but right now we don’t have any immediate plans to sell 3DS games via the Wii U eShop – or vice versa.”
Thanks to Tim for the tip.
Nintendo Everything would like to wish you a happy holiday! Merry Christmas, Happy (late) Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Festivus (especially to the Costanza family), Happy New Year… Happy… everything. Spend some time with your families, enjoy some food, and get as much gaming in as you can over the next week or so.
I’ll be typing away at the computer as usual, scouring the net for any interesting morsels. News may be light as the new year approaches, but we’ll still be around to cover any and all updates.
Nintendo implemented a region-lock on the Wii U console. As a result, titles purchased in North America won’t work on a system in other countries (and the same goes for other territories).
The region-lock seems to goes beyond this. It appears that GamePad controllers are also locked to their country of origin.
News floating around Japanese blogs indicates that a GamePad purchased overseas won’t work on a Japanese Wii U. This is almost certainly the case for other territories as well.
It’s worth noting that all GamePads contain region codes in the model number. That should be the key when it comes to determining if a controller will work in a certain territory.
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge players can now download a new character to their game. Kasumi is now available through a free update.
You don’t need to do anything special in order to add Kasumi to the game. Simply boot up Razor’s Edge and data should be automatically downloaded.
Trine 2: Director’s Cut’s update has been pushed back slightly. It’s now on track for a release in early January.
When the update is approved, it will go live in North America and Europe at around the same time. Europe may get the update a couple of days earlier though.
According to Frozenbyte’s Joel Kinnunen:
“It’s being tested by Nintendo. Right now the holiday period doesn’t help though – we were hoping to get it approved and released by Friday but alas, looks like it has to wait until early January now. (Pretty much the same goes for North America, although we did make one mistake with that build so it might be a couple of days later than Europe – but this isn’t exact science so who knows.) Sorry!”
Square Enix has trademarked something called “Soul Suspect” in Japan, which is also going by the name of “Murdered: Soul Suspect”.
Based on the title, it sounds like Soul Suspect could be a mystery game. These trademarks tend to come with announcements, so look for news on the unannounced project in the future.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
White Album 2: Shiawase no Mukougawa (PS3) – 10/9/9/9
New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U) – 9/9/9/9
Nintendo Land (Wii U) – 9/8/9/9
Glass Heart Princess (PSP) – 9/8/8/7
Tokyo Yamanote Boys Portable (PSP) – 8/8/7/7
Black Wolves Saga: Last Hope (PSP) – 8/7/7/7
Daiya no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World (PSP) – 7/7/7/6
Suiheisen Made Nan Mile? (PSP) – 7/7/6/6
Yaneura no Kanojo (PSP) – 6/6/6/5
