Bonk’s Adventure has popped up over on the ESRB. Given previous listings, that could be a sign of plans to have it on the North American Wii U eShop this week as a Virtual Console title. We’ll likely know by Wednesday, and definitely Thursday at the latest.

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When Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water originally arrived in Japan, the game featured some risque outfits that could be unlocked for the various characters. In North America, all signs point to these having being removed.

Things are slightly less clear when it comes to Europe (where it’s known as Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water). Some reviews suggest that the original costumes have been left in tact, while others indicate the opposite. We should know for sure sometime within the next few days as more players get their hands on the game.

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Following a slight delay, Human Resource Machine has received a final release date in North America. Tomorrow Corporation will now be launching the eShop version on October 29 – next Thursday.

There’s also some news about Europe as well. This isn’t absolutely set yet, but Human Resource Machine could be coming to the region sometime in November.

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Ahead of The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes’ Japanese launch, last week’s issue of >B>Famitsu had a review of the game. It received scores of 9, 9, 8, and 8 from four different editors.

Interested in seeing what the different Famitsu writers thought of Tri Force Heroes? If so, head past the break for our translation.

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Mashable recently had a chance to speak with Masayuki Uemura, the lead designer of the Nintendo Entertainment System.

At one point during the discussion, Uemura commented on how the name was settled on:

“We decided to put Entertainment in the middle. We thought we could maybe piggyback a little bit [on] the naming idea Atari had had, but put something with a little more dynamism and attraction in the middle. So that’s how it became the NES.”

Masayuki went on to discuss Atari – which had created a negative images of games – and how Nintendo wanted to go in a different direction.

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During the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Inti Creates president Takuya Aizu was on hand to show new footage from Azure Striker Gunvolt 2. Attendees also got a look at a new boss and song.

Here’s what we know thus far:

– Is a 3DS exclusive for the time being
– More footage might be coming around summer of 2016 (very tentative)
– Some playable version of the game also may be released in summer (very tentative)
– There will be more stage-mashup (Gauntlet) levels in Gunvolt 2
– Will re-use pixel art assets from the first game
– The resolution and graphics are also planned to be the same
– The transition from GV1 to GV2 will reportedly be similar to the first and second Mega Man Zero games
– No word yet on whether Dullahan will be back
– The sequel will be around the same length as the first game: around 8-10 hours
– There might be an actual, happy ending in GV2
– There will evidently be “something surprising” in the game’s story
– The checkpoint markers in the trailer apparently look “Copen style”
– The gameplay in the trailer looks very much the same as the first game

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Three more Atlus games are on sale on the North American 3DS eShop. You can save on the following titles until November 2 at 11:59 PM ET / 8:59 AM PT:

Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars – $9.99 (was $29.99)
Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan – $9.99 (was $29.99)
Etrian Mystery Dungeon – $19.99 (Was $39.99)

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked is also still available for $9.99, down from $29.99.

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Gunslugs 2 will be out on the North American and European 3DS eShop on Thursday. For those that are curious, the game takes up 181 blocks of space on an SD card. You’ll need roughly 23MB, which is quite small!

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Thanks to a listing on Nintendo’s website, it was confirmed that Ascent of Kings will be hitting the North American Wii U eShop on Thursday. Watch the official trailer below.

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RCMADIAX has already made several titles for the Wii U eShop, and the studio’s support will continue into 2016. One new title confirmed for next year is something called “Avoider”. At the moment, it’s scheduled for Q1 2016 in North America.

RCMADIAX tweeted today:

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