3DS VC

Kirby’s Dreamland 2 – £3.60

3DS Download

Rayman Origins demo – free
Bird Mania 3D- £1.80

Nintendo Video

Shaun the Sheep 3D – Shaun Goes Old School,
Big Buck Bunny

WiiWare

2 Fast 4 Gnomz Demo – free

We’ll finally get a chance to see what Rayman Origins looks like in motion on the 3DS. Here’s hoping the the demo is planned for North America this week as well.

Source: Nintendo PR

Square Enix will offer new Theatrhythm Final Fantasy songs through downloadable content next week.

As usual, four songs will be available. Final Fantasy III’s Crystal Tower (field music), Final Fantasy VIII’s The Castle (field music), Final Fantasy X’s Chousen (battle music) and Final Fantasy XI’s Ragnarok (battle music) are the new selections.

Each piece of music launches on May 16 for 150 yen each. You can find samples for all of the songs above.

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Namco Bandai has opened up a teaser site for the “Tales of” project, which you can find here. An unveiling will take place during the Tales of Festival on June 2 and June 3.

It hasn’t been made clear which platform(s) the game will be released on. Much of the title is shrouded in mystery overall, but Japanese magazine Jump did show some art in its latest issue.

The latest Iwata Asks focuses on Project Zero 2: Wii Edition. Project Zero producer Keisuke Kikuchi, director Makoto Shibata, and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata were the main participants in the interview. We’ve rounded up a bunch of details from the discussion which you can find after the break.

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The latest Game Informer review scores are as follows:

Dragon’s Dogma – 8.5
Prototype 2 – 8.5
Fez – 9.25
Kinect Star Wars – 5.5
Trials Evolution – 9.0
Legend of Grimrock – 7.25
Mortal Kombat – 9.0
Skullgirls – 8.0
Sine Mora – 8.0
UEFA Euro 2012 – 6.75
Birds of Steel – 7.0
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir – 5.0
Fibble – Flick ‘n’ Roll – 8.0
World Gone Sour – 6.75

In March, we mentioned some of the crazy, behind-the-scenes happenings to Fractured Soul. What was once a 2D platformer for the DS soon landed on the 3DS with no publisher.

Endgame Studios was able to retain rights to the 3D version, and it seems as though they will indeed bring it to the eShop this summer. You can find details about the game below.

– Two screens used to show different version of a stage running in parallel
– Neither screen can be traversed in their entirety
– Each contains dead ends and gaps
– Go back and forth from one screen tot he next
– Progress from the left end of the stage to the right
– Encounter robotic enemies
– Don’t fall through the bottom of the level
– Have to deal with gravity
– Combine jumping and screen transfer abilities to avoid getting killed by some enemies
– Series of worlds in the game
– Each world applies a different effect to the top screen
– Water-based stages: buoyancy, less maneuverability
– Fire-based stages: limits amount of time player can spend on the top screen by slowly draining health
– Another world reverses gravity

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01./02. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800) – 144.585 / 297.468 (-5%)
02./01. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom) {2012.04.26} (¥6.990) – 52.428 / 304.953 (-79%)
03./03. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) {2012.04.19} (¥4.800) – 42.347 / 345.260 (-30%)
04./09. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) – 28.528 / 1.563.527 (+82%)
05./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 22.881 / 1.695.305 (+96%)
06./15. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) {2012.03.22} (¥5.800) – 18.788 / 261.883 (+63%)
07./11. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) – 16.496 / 1.433.370 (+21%)
08./21. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2012.03.01} (¥4.800) – 13.810 / 157.337 (+123%)
09./05. [PSP] Conception: Please Give Birth to My Child! (Spike Chunsoft) {2012.04.26} (¥6.279) – 10.193 / 40.039 (-66%)
10./20. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) – 10.058 / 935.555 (+61%)
11./18. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥5.980) – 9.843 / 128.409 (+48%)
12./16. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D -Dream Drop Distance- # (Square Enix) {2012.03.29} (¥6.090) – 9.532 / 308.484 (+3%)
13./22. [NDS] Pokemon Conquest (Pokemon Co.) {2012.03.17} (¥5.800) – 9.069 / 318.067 (+50%)
14./10. [3DS] Dynasty Warriors Vs. (Koei Tecmo) {2012.04.26} (¥6.090) – 8.614 / 24.192 (-45%)
15./23. [WII] Wii Party # (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} (¥4.800) – 8.503 / 2.345.476
16./19. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥7.980) – 6.853 / 152.934 (+8%)
17./29. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} (¥5.800) – 6.783 / 3.561.199 (+93%)
18./17. [PSP] 2nd Super Robot Wars Z: Saisei-hen (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.04.05} (¥7.330) – 6.546 / 328.432 (-23%)
19./27. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (Marvelous AQL) {2012.02.23} (¥5.040) – 6.408 / 179.148
20./32. [WII] Go Vacation (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.10.20} (¥5.800) – 6.002 / 271.087

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