This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Zelda: The Minish Cap
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
3. Super Mario 3D World
4. Zelda: A Link to the Past
5. Kirby Super Star
6. Super Mario Bros. 2
7. Mega Man X
8. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
9. Mega Man X2
10. Super Mario World
11. Shovel Knight
12. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
13. Mega Man X3
14. Mega Man 7
15. Cubemen 2
16. EarthBound
17. Super Mario Kart
18. Super Mario Bros.
19. Kid Icarus
20. Teslagrad
Videos
1. Super Smash Bros. – Looks like we don’t have a choice
2. Super Smashing Sale: 9/11 – 9/18
3. Hyrule Warriors Cucco Trailer
4. Deluxe Digital Promotion Video
5. Teslagrad Trailer
6. Bayonetta 2 Direct
7. Hyrule Warriors Features Trailer
8. Super Mario 3D World Trailer
9. Cubemen 2 E3 Trailer
10. Mario Kart 8 From the Pit Ep. 2
11. Mercedes-Benz x Mario Kart 8 DLC Trailer
12. The Fall Trailer
13. Super Mario 3D World Trailer 2
14. Super Smash Bros. – The Crest of Sword, Magic and Flame
15. Cubemen 2 Trailer
16. Super Mario 3D World Accolades Trailer
17. Zelda: The Minish Cap Trailer
18. Mario Kart 8 From the Pit Ep. 1
19. Kirby Fighters Deluxe Trailer
20. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS Red, Blue, Yellow
Source: Wii U eShop
Three new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. They are as follows:
Heisei Shin Onigashima (Super Famicom, 823 yen)
Adventure Island (Famicom, 514 yen)
Soldier Blade (PC Engine, 617 yen)
The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on September 24.
This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Azure Striker Gunvolt
3. Kirby Fighters Deluxe
4. Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
5. The Legend of Zelda
6. Zelda: Oracle of Ages
7. Super Mario Bros.
8. Super Mario 3D Land
9. Fire Emblem: Awakening
10. Shovel Knight
11. Super Mario Bros. 2
12. Mega Man 2
13. Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
14. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
15. Kid Icarus: Uprising
16. Mega Man
17. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
18. Pokemon Dream Radar
19. Sonic the Hedgehog
20. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies
Videos
1. Super Smashing Sale – 9/11 – 9/18
2. Super Smash Bros. – Looks like we don’t have a choice
3. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS Trailer
4. Kirby Fighters Deluxe Trailer
5. Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire E3 2014 Trailer
6. Mighty Gunvolt Campaign Trailer
7. Azure Striker Gunvolt Reveal Trailer
8. Super Smash Bros. – The Crest of Sword, Magic and Flame
9. Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight Trailer
10. Dedede’s Drum Dash Deluxe Trailer
11. The Keep Trailer
12. Hyrule Warriors Cucco Trailer
13. Nintendo Ice Bucket Challenge
14. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS Red, Blue, Yellow
15. Super Smash Bros. Challenger From the Shadows
16. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival Trailer
17. Pokemon Art Academy E3 2014 Trailer
18. Nintendo @ SDCC Super Smash Bros. 3DS Tournament Recap
19. Reggie in 3D: Nintendo Ice Bucket Challenge
20. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS Goddess of Light
Source: 3DS eShop
According to lead programmer Nate Robins, Disney Infinity 2.0 will run at native 1138×600 on Wii U. That’s in contrast to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, which run at 1280×672. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions come in at 1080p as expected.
Square Enix has released the first batch of DLC for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call.
Players can purchase the following tracks:
FFV: Battle 2
FFV: Library of Ancients
FFVIII: Shuffle or Boogie
FFIX: Rose of May
FFX: Blitz Off
FFX-2: KUON: Memories of Waves and Light
FFXI: Tough Battle #2
FFXIII-2: Crazy Chocobo
Additionally, until September 30, players can download Battle 2 and Rose of May for free.
Have you ever heard of a project called Mario Takes America? Probably not, as it ended up as a cancelled title for the CD-i.
Mario Takes America would have been an action-platformer from Cigam Entertainment. Nintendo’s famous plumber would have traveled across the country, and players would find themselves in levels based on real life locations like New York.
Mario Takes America was in development between 1992 and 1994, but was cancelled due to the ambitious nature of the project and failure of the CD-i. Unseen 64 has plenty of additional information here.
In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Masahiro Sakurai published his latest bi-weekly column. The Smash Bros. director goes into a number of topics in his piece.
First, regarding the roster, Sakurai mentioned that even though many characters are included, there are some who worry about those who didn’t make the cut. He specifically addresses the absence of the Ice Climbers as well. It seems they were running in the Wii U version, but due to the required hardware power, the team couldn’t make them work in the 3DS game. There wasn’t as high a priority given to series that are unlikely to have another installment at this time.
On the topic of different release dates for Super Smash Bros. on Wii U and 3DS, Sakurai mentions that this was for debugging, which was necessary to avoid there being considerable differences between the two versions. If both games had a shared release date, a launch in 2015 may have occurred.
Finally, Sakurai shared a tidbit about the trophies in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 3DS. Akihiro Toda – known for the texts in the Mother series – wrote the descriptions.
