This week’s ESRB updates are as follows:
Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! (3DS) – E
Classic Games Overload: Card and Puzzle Edition (3DS) – E
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Wii) – E
LEGO The Lord of the Rings (DS) – E10+
American Mensa Academy (3DS) – E
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Wii U) – M
Ben 10 Omniverse (3DS/DS) – E10+
Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game (3DS) – E10+
We Sing 80s (Wii) – T
A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.
PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit has been swapped out for Dr. Mario Online Rx. The game is available for 100 coins.
You can order Dr. Mario Online Rx here. It’s available as a WiiWare download until October 14.
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
3DS VC
Mole Mania (Game Boy) – €3
3DS Demo
Marvel Pinball 3D
Wii VC
Real Bout Fatal Frame Fury 2 the Newcomers – 900 points
Japan will be receiving one new Virtual Console game for October. King of Fighters ’98, a Neo Geo title, comes out sometime this month. It will be available for 900 points.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a little more than a month away from launch. SEGA has been promoting the console versions, but we haven’t seen it running on the 3DS and Vita. What’s the holdup?
Sumo Digital executive producer Steve Lycett explained:
“On the handheld platforms, we’ve not shown anything for a couple of reasons. Mainly it’s been a question of making sure the framerate is sorted so any visuals we show are indicitive of the final game. We don’t want to show anything misleading, as if we have to pull back on detail or textures, you’d then (rightly) complain that early shots don’t match the final product.”
One interesting note: the September issue of Nintendo Power said it would have a feature on the 3DS version in its next issue. The October magazine has arrived, and… there’s nothing on it.
So hopefully we’ll see the handheld versions soon!
