A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.
Mario Tennis has been swapped out for Bonsai Barber. The game is available for 150 coins.
You can order Bonsai Barber here. It’s available as a WiiWare download until August 5.
Yet another document indicates that the Wii U will arrive in mid-November.
An internal release sheet obtained by The Verge says that some of the console’s earliest games hit store shelves on November 14. It goes without saying that the Wii U won’t launch on a Wednesday, so a November 18 release would be more likely for the system.
The list does raise some questions, however. A number of titles are listed with a placeholder January 1, 2013 date and much of those prices aren’t final.
Expect Nintendo to share its official launch information for Wii U in September.
This has been one of the longest console generations yet. Whereas new systems would be introduced every five years or so, we’re seeing new technology later than ever before.
The Wii U launches later this year, six years after the Wii arrived. Meanwhile, Sony and Microsoft have yet to unveil their new consoles.
Ubisoft CEO and co-founder Yves Guillemot recently commented on how the company has been “penalized by the lack of new consoles on the market”:
Square Enix will release a Collector’s Pack for Bravely Default: Flying Fairy exclusively through the Square Enix e-Shop.
Although it costs twice the amount as the standard release, a bunch of items are included. A copy of the game, the game’s original soundtrack, an art album, an original protect case for 3DS, and a life size AR poster will be bundled in for 12,800 yen.
New Bravely Default details have arrived, by the way. You can check them out below.
– Job system similar to Final Fantasy V
– Has an element of “cost” for more customization
– Use Job Commands and Support Abilities in battle
– Job Commands are standard commands (magic, attacks, etc.)
– Support Abilities: abilities whose effects are automatic without command input
– Examples of the above: +10% HP, or a knight’s ability to cover a party member who’s in trouble
– One of your Job Commands can be set with an ability that you learned when playing as a separate job
– This allows a knight to use magic
– Set Support Abilities with those learned from another job
– Support Abilities use a cost system
– Players can freely set support abilities, regardless of their originating job, as long as you stay within cost
– This system lets you take a weak white mage and use support abilities to build up the character’s HP and defense strength
– Earn new abilities when your job level rises
– Job level rises as you defeat enemies and acquire “JP” (Job Points)
– Jobs can be raised up to 10 levels
– Characters engage in skits like the Tales series
– Characters will talk about the current state of the story, various side bits, and even share strategies
– “Party Chat” will appear on the lower left of the screen when a skit is available
– Press Y to see the skit
– Large number of skits
– Some rare skits included
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.
Two third-party Wii U games have nearly been confirmed to be running at 1080p. According to a Nintendo representative, Batman: Arkham City – Armored Edition and Assassin’s Creed III will run natively in the resolution.
The one caveat is that we haven’t received an official confirmation of this news. Hopefully the Nintendo rep can be trusted…
Ubisoft is very pleased with pre-order figures for Assassin’s Creed III, it seems. A rumored note sent out to GameStop employees contains lots of praise for assisting the company in smashing its expectations.
More importantly, the note indicates that Ubisoft is “currently in the process of creating a complementary development team that will begin working on post-launch episodic content to continue the Game of the Year experience that Assassin’s Creed 3 will undoubtedly deliver.” It goes on to say more succinctly, “With a dedicated team specifically to this content we plan to set the bar for quality DLC in our industry.”
Along with an Assassin’s Creed III DLC team, a “Season Pass” is mentioned. Unfortunately, not much is said about this (and we’re not sure if it applies to the Wii U version). It’s possible that some sort of discount could be offered for buying all DLC at once though.
The note in full has been attached above. Ubisoft may make all of this official soon.
escapeVektor developer Nnooo can now make Wii U projects. The studio announced that it’s been approved to make games for the console.
Nnooo doesn’t have anything in the pipeline as of yet. However, once it wraps up Spirit Hunters Inc and escapeVektor, the company plans on “prototyping some ideas for the Wii U to get a feel for what we can do.” Creative director Nic Watt says that Nnooo has “already had a quick play with the hardware and everyone in the studio is super impressed by the GamePad and the capabilities of the Wii U itself.”
The official announcement has been posted below.
This is a pretty big feat for Kingdom Hearts 3D. We don’t normally see 3DS games in the top 10 UK charts, let alone a third-party title.
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1 1 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME XB360 SEGA SEGA
5 2 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
3 3 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME PS3 SEGA SEGA
– 4 KINGDOM HEARTS 3D: DREAM DROP DISTANCE 3DS SQUARE ENIX NINTENDO
2 5 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
4 6 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
11 7 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
10 8 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
9 9 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES WII WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
16 10 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
7 11 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
8 12 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
6 13 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION XB360 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
21 14 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
15 15 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
30 16 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
22 17 MAX PAYNE 3 XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
17 18 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
12 19 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
28 20 MAX PAYNE 3 PS3 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
24 21 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
26 22 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 3DS SEGA SEGA
18 23 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES DS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
13 24 SPEC OPS: THE LINE XB360 2K GAMES TAKE 2
25 25 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
29 26 DIABLO III PC BLIZZARD ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
19 27 FIFA 12 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
31 28 SNIPER ELITE V2 XB360 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
32 29 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
– 30 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE WII SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
33 31 FIFA 12 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
20 32 FIFA STREET XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 33 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD XB360 THQ THQ
35 34 HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED ANNIVERSARY XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
34 35 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
– 36 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 37 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION PS3 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
36 38 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
37 39 SNIPER ELITE V2 PS3 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
27 40 FIFA STREET PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
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1 1 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
2 2 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME SEGA STUDIOS AUSTRALIA SEGA SEGA
5 3 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
3 4 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BEENOX ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
6 5 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMER ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 6 KINGDOM HEARTS 3D: DREAM DROP DISTANCE SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX NINTENDO
11 7 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
10 8 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
12 9 MAX PAYNE 3 ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
7 10 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
4 11 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION TECHLAND DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
8 12 FIFA 12 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
20 13 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE TOYS FOR BOB SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
14 14 SNIPER ELITE V2 REBELLION 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
9 15 SPEC OPS: THE LINE YAGER DEVELOPMENT 2K GAMES TAKE 2
13 16 FIFA STREET EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
15 17 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
17 18 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN TRAVELLER’S TALES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
30 19 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
33 20 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD VOLITION THQ THQ
16 21 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
19 22 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO BLACK LANTERN MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
18 23 BATTLEFIELD 3 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
26 24 MARIO KART 7 RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
24 25 DIRT SHOWDOWN CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
21 26 RAYMAN ORIGINS UBISOFT (CASABLANCA) UBISOFT UBISOFT
28 27 WWE ’12 YUKE’S THQ THQ
27 28 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
32 29 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
37 30 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
23 31 MASS EFFECT 3 BIOWARE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
34 32 [PROTOTYPE 2] RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
29 33 DIABLO III BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT BLIZZARD ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
31 34 SKATE 3 EA BLACK BOX EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 35 NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN EA BLACK BOX EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
39 36 GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY ROCKSTAR NORTH ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
– 37 UFC UNDISPUTED 3 YUKE’S THQ THQ
38 38 HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED ANNIVERSARY 343 INDUSTRIES MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 39 KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING 38 STUDIOS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
36 40 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA
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