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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

• Frederic: Resurrection of Music
• XType Plus
• IQ Test

Wii U Virtual Console

• Mega Man Battle Network

3DS Retail

• LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids

3DS Download

• Steel Empire
• Tangram Attack

3DS Demo

• Cubit the Hardcore Platformer Robot

Sales

• Darts Up 3D – Darts Up 3D is 67 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $0.99) until 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 20 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
• Sweet Memories – Blackjack – Sweet Memories – Blackjack is 30 percent off (reduced from $3.99 to $2.79) until 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 21 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
• WAKEDAS – WAKEDAS is 34 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) until 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 21 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.

Price Change

• Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag is being reduced to $29.99 (from $39.99) starting Aug. 4 in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.

Source: Nintendo PR

Like most Wii U games, Hyrule Warriors will be available both at retail and on the eShop. If you opt for the latter option, keep in mind that the title is a 7.8GB download.

Hyrule Warriors is a pretty big game. However, it’s not quite as large as some of the other Wii U titles out there such as Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

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Last year, SEGA acquired Atlus and its parent company Index. The two have been working together for several months now; so what’s that like?

Atlus representative director and president Yukio Sugino told Famitsu:

“Compared to Atlus, Sega are on a much bigger scale [as developers], and our respective know-how is completely different. They’re much more advanced than us when it comes to tools and middleware.”

Atlus CEO Naoto Hiraoka added the following when Famitsu mentioned how both Atlus and SEGA seem pleased with each other and that there will be more from them and their synergy together in the future:

“That’s right. The other day, we held a briefing session with Sugino and myself on Atlus’ side, with [Yakuza producer, Sega CCO Toshiro] Nagoshi and others from Sega to discuss our title line-up for the next three years, where we talked about things such as, ‘Ah, with that kind of lineup, we can do this and that.’”

And how about any collaborations between Atlus and SEGA? Sugino said that the timing for joint projects and such is often difficult, but by knowing what both are working on well ahead of time, it makes it much easier for such collaborations to be possible. It may not be entirely surprising to see collaborations in about three years’ time.

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A look at another 3DS today and Sakurai gives us a friendly reminder of just how close the game is:

Bandai Namco, the folks responsible for the Mario Kart Arcade series have just released a trailer for an upcoming Pokemon title coming to Japanese arcades. Pokemon: Battle Nine sees players capturing Pokemon on a 3×3 grid for battle against either CPU or other human opponents. Check out the reveal trailer below and let us know what you think!

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A new Nintendo Direct will be hosted on Monday, all entirely dedicated to Hyrule Warriors.

Nintendo of America’s confirmed on Twitter that the presentation will be held at 11 PM ET / 8 PM PT. A tweet from the company reads:

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The Hyrule Warriors streams just keep on coming! In addition to the presentation currently being held at this very moment, there will be yet another event on Friday.

Twilight Princess-oriented content is set to be shown, and will feature Yosuke Hayashi and Furusawa Masaki from Koei Tecmo as well as writer Watanabe Hiroshi.

The latest Hyrule Warriors stream will be held at 7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM PT. You’ll be able to watch it here.

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

Software

1. Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
2. Pikmin 3
3. Game & Wario
4. EarthBound
5. NES Remix
6. Wii Party U
7. New Super Mario Bros. U
8. Super Mario Bros.
9. Shovel Knight
10. Zelda II – The Adventure of Link
11. Dr. Luigi
12. Mario Kart 8
13. Super Mario World
14. Kid Icarus
15. Super Mario Bros. 3
16. Zelda: The Minish Cap
17. Zelda: A Link to the Past
18. NES Remix 2
19. The Letter
20. The Legend of Zelda

Videos

1. Club Nintendo – Mario Kart 8 Promotion
2. Super Smash Bros. – The Crest of Sword, Magic and Flame
3. Wario Wrecks E3
4. Deluxe Digital Promotion Video
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World E3 2014 Trailer
6. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS Red, Blue, Yellow
7. Linking a Club Nintendo account
8. Hyrule Warriors Features Trailer
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker E3 2014 Trailer
10. Hyrule Warriors Trailer with Agitha and a Parasol
11. Hyrule Warriors Trailer with Fi and a Goddess Blade
12. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS Trailer
13. Hyrule Warriors Trailer with Midna and a Shackle
14. Mario Party 10 E3 2014 Trailer
15. Nintendo Treehouse @ E3 2014 – Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
16. Hyrule Warriors Trailer with Impa and a Giant Blade
17. Super Smash Bros. Rosalina Reveal Trailer
18. Super Smash Bros. Challenge From the Shadows
19. Disney Infinity 2.0 Stitch & Tinkerbell Play Set Video
20. Hyrule Warriors Trailer with Ruto and a Zora Scale

Source: Wii U eShop