They may not even be out yet, but Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are already shaping up to be huge hits. Ahead of their release, the remakes have already been pre-ordered over 1 million times in Japan, numbers way ahead of what Pokemon X and Y were able to achieve. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are due out November 21st in Japan and North America and November 28th in Europe.

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Today Sakuai revealed another stage making its debut with the Wii U version, the Mario Circuit as seen in Mario Kart 8. Here’s what he had to say:

On the upside-down course, Shy Guys jump their karts upside-down too!! It’s amazing how the course twists on this stage. Of course, the gravity for the fighters will always go downward.

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It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a decade since the Nintendo DS hit store shelves. From its humble beginnings an experimental “third pillar” to the existing GameCube and Game Boy Advance, the DS grew to become both Nintendo’s most successful console in terms of sales and the best-selling handheld of all time. The two screens and stylus controls might have been initially dismissed as a gimmick, but thanks to a great lineup of games everyone from existing fans to casual users seemed to be sold on that touch screen. Predating the boom in mobile gaming, software like Brain Training and Nintendogs helped to bring a new audience to the console. Heck, even my Grandma owns a DS!

What started as a truly terrible launch lineup (well, Super Mario 64 DS and Feel the Magic: XX/XY were okay) grew to an absolutely massive library of titles with something for everyone. Sure, there was a lot of shovelware, but it seemed like everyone from Atlus to Zoonami were backing the console. Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. and Pokemon games might have dominated the sales charts, but the DS became home to a number of more off-beat series like Phoenix Wright, Trauma Center, Etrian Odyssey and Dementium. I’d argue the Nintendo DS had the best third-party support of any Nintendo console since the NES, and this time Nintendo weren’t bullying publishers with oppressive, restrictive contracts!

But let’s get down to business; we’re running a bunch of DS-related features throughout the month and we need your feedback. If you remember our Big Huge NintendoEverything Wii Send-Off from 2012, you can expect something along those lines, with a series of top-arbitrary-number lists and other things. So please fill in our handy dandy voting form and help us in celebrating the best the DS had to offer.

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This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Pikmin Short Movies HD
2. Demon’s Crest
3. Bayonetta 2
4. Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
5. Super Mario World
6. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
8. Bayonetta
9. Super Mario Advance
10. EarthBound
11. Hyrule Warriors
12. Zelda: A Link to the Past
13. Pixel Paint
14. Zelda: The Minish Cap
15. The Legend of Zelda
16. Shovel Knight
17. Super Mario Bros.
18. Resident Evil: Revelations
19. Disney Infinity 2.0
20. Costume Quest 2

Videos

1. Pikmin Short Movies Trailer
2. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: 50-Fact Extravaganza
3. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS One Dog, One Bird, One Zapper
4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS: The Future King
5. Nintendo Direct: 11/5/14
6. Bayonetta 2 – eShop Offer Trailer
7. Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack #1 Excitebike Arena Track
8. Mario Kart 8 – DLC Pack 1 Trailer
9. Sportsball Gameplay Trailer
10. Deluxe Digital Promotion Video
11. Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack #1 Yoshi’s Circuit Track
12. Super Mario Advance Trailer
13. Sonic Boom Combo Trailer
14. Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Trailer
15. Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D Teaser Trailer
16. Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack #1 Info Trailer
17. Hyrule Warriors amiibo Trailer
18. A World of Keflings – The Curse of the Zombiesaurus Trailer
19. Hyrule Warriors – Master Quest Pack Trailer
20. Demon’s Crest Trailer

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Back in August, Nintendo teamed up with Mercedes-Benz for the release of free Mario Kart 8 DLC. The original announcement was accompanied by a rather strange commercial. If you missed it, feel free to check out the video right here.

Mercedes-Benz is back with another two Mario/Mario Kart 8-related commercials that are being used to promote the GLA class model. You’ll find both below. One is for Luigi, whereas the other is for Peach.

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Pre-orders for the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. have exceeded those of Mario Kart 8, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed. Reservations thus far have managed to set a record for Wii U.

Fils-Aime told Bloomberg News:

“The launch of Mario Kart 8 has essentially doubled our Wii U sales year-on-year. Presales for Smash are stronger than the presales for Kart. So our expectation is that the sell-through for Smash is going to be very strong, certainly on par with what we saw with Mario Kart 8. We think the impact on hardware will be similarly dramatic.”

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U launches on November 21 in North America.

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Four new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. They are as follows:

DK: King of Swing (GBA, 702 yen)
Nuts & Milk (Famicom, 514 yen)
Antarctic Adventure (MSX, 823 yen)
Bomberman ’94 (PC Engine, 617 yen)

The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on November 19.

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