Earlier this month, Black Forest Games released a Dream Rush multiplayer mode for Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams on PC. The mode allows up to four players to compete race each other. It has yet to hit consoles – including Wii U – though this could change in the future. Black Forest Games co-founder Adrian Goersch told RedBull in an interview that Dream Rush could make its way to additional platforms “if it is received well by the community.”

Goersch briefly touched on the studio’s new Giana Sisters game as well. It was previously said that the title could drop in late 2015 or early 2016, but the project now seems targeted for the latter timeframe.

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New details about The Great Ace Attorney have already come in through this week’s issue of Famitsu. You’ll find them rounded up below.

– Asougi Kazuma is a student of Imperial Capital Yuumei University
– Asougi is an attorney
– Close friend of Ryuunosuke
– Asougi hopes to improve the position of the defense attorney in Japan and plans to study in England to do so
– Helps Ryuunosuke in the first trial
– Government has deemed the first trial top secret
– Can cross-examine two people at the same time
– Mustache man’s man Uzukmar
– Autopsy report mentions someone dying at 2 PM
– Cause of death: blood loss due to one gunshot
– Bullet did not leave the body

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It’s not Thursday yet, but Mega Man Zero is now available on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. Pricing is set at $7.99.

Additionally, a bunch of Mega Man games have been discounted on the eShop. They are as follows:

3DS

Mega Man II GB ($1.49)
Mega Man III GB ($1.49)
Mega Man IV GB ($1.49)

Wii U

Mega Man 5 NES ($2.49)
Mega Man 6 NES ($2.49)
Mega Man 7 SNES ($3.99)

The deals above are valid from now until December 22 at 8:59 AM PT.

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Collectible Badge Center, the new 3DS download that just launched in Japan, allows users to earn a whole bunch of badges. They can then be applied to the 3DS Home Menu.

For a listing of confirmed badges we know of thus far, check out the lineup below:

SMB
Walking Super Mario
Coin
Fire Flower
Block
Broken Block
Koopa Troopa
Goomba
Warp Pipe
? Block
Fire Mario
Fire Balls
Power Star
Jumping Mario
Bullet Bill
Koopa Paratroopa (Red/Green)
Piranha Plant
Dying Luigi
1-UP Mushroom
Breaking Mario
Breaking Super Mario
Spiny
Lakitu
Falling Spiny
SMB 1-1 Floor
Mushroom
Standing Mario
8 bit 3DS App replacements

Animal Crossing
Isabelle (Winter Clothing)
Rover
Green Leaf
Red Apple
Yellow House
Digby
Blathers
Beetle
Fossil (Dug up)
Fossil (examined)
Red Fish
Green Fish
Apple Basket
Pear Basket
Reese
Hamlet
Bunnie
Digby (Mii Plaza)
K.K. Slider (Music)
Tom Nook (eShop)
Reese (Mii Maker)
Blathers (Camera)
Isabelle (Activity Log) *Summer outfit
Rover (Download Play)
Cyrus (Settings)

Mario 3D Series
Mario Portrait
Luigi Portrait
Toad Portrait
? Block
Princess Peach Portrait
Goomba Portrait
Bowser Portrait
Piranha Plant Portrait
Koopa Paratroopa Portrait
Group (Mii Plaza)
Luigi Jumping (Music)
Princess Peach (eShop)
2 Mushrooms (Mii Maker)
Mario Leaning (Camera)
Yoshi Running (Activity Log)
Mario Ground Pound (Download Play)
Toad Waving (Settings)

Mario Kart
Crossing Line Lakitu
Mario (Kart)
Luigi (Kart)
Donkey Kong (Bike)
Bowser (Kart)
Wendy (Bike)
Morton (Kart)
Iggy (Bike)
Ludwig (Kart)
Roy (Kart)
Lemmy (Kart)
Larry
Banana
Green Shell
Koopa Troopa (Bike)
Shy Guy (Kart)
Lakitu (Kart)
Boomerang
Thwomp
Bullet Bill
Yoshi (Bike)
Waluigi (Bike)
Wario (Kart)
Toad (Kart)
Piranha Plant
Gold Mushroom

Other
Pixel Famicom
Pixel Famicom Controller (X2)
Pixel Cartridge (X2)

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Konami producer Tak Fujii has left Konami. In terms of his work on Nintendo titles, he most recently helped develop Frogger 3D.

Fujii announced his departure on Twitter, writing:

Fujii may best be remembered for his presentation at Konami’s E3 2010 conference. You can catch that below if you never saw it. It’s definitely worth a watch!

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Nintendo published a listing of the most popular searches on Miiverse for this year, as of November 2014. Pokemon topped the list, followed by Mario and Animal Crossing.

You’ll find the full top ten above. Keep in mind that these are based on worldwide searches – not just North America.

Thanks to Phil S for the tip.

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Tomonobu Itagaki is working directly with Nintendo on Devil’s Third. If the opportunity arises in the future, perhaps the two sides could team up again.

When asked by a fan on his Facebook page if he’d be open to revisiting a relationship with Nintendo on a future project, Itagaki wrote: “Naturally. I love their talent, their games!”

Another fan asked Itagaki if Devil’s Third has been completed. He explained in response:

“Haha, I really don’t know I have right to disclose about that lol. Many [people] are working hard for this video game industry, i don’t wanna offend anyone’s position.”

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