Here’s a neat little fact about GBA Virtual Console games on Wii U. It seems that Nintendo has gone out of its way to include the original paper manuals in the re-releases. Pretty awesome!

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NintendoWorldReport has put up a new Swords & Soldiers II preview with tons of details about the game. You can find them rounded up below.

– Like the original game
– Side-scrolling strategy adventure
– Don’t control character movement
– Build towers, add units and upgrades
– Use magical spells
– Matches can be frantic and most of the time close calls
– Need to get to the other side of the playing field with the elements at your proposal
– Try to destroy the enemies’ tower
– Each faction has certain ways of making money and mana
– Will have to figure out the best things each side has on offer
– At critical moments, you need to decide whether to spend more money or instead save your current units with spells
– 3 factions
– Vikings are back from the original
– New Demon faction
– Vikings still have their berserker units in addition to some popular magic spells that make a return (lightning, ice and heal)
– These spells will protect the units on the playing field and let allow you to play as some sort of godlike figure
– For the mana that is needed to use them, you are now required to build towers
– Vikings have 2 specific units
– Sheepriders are old men riding sheep, and can hurt multiple enemies at the same time
– New Super Magic Spell replaces the Thor Hammer from the original game
– This lets you use three uppercuts across game field and destroy a bunch of enemies that are in your way.
– No longer 3 separate campaigns for each faction
– You will now follow the Viking Boss Red Beard’s epic journey across one lengthy trial of levels
– Demo level is set at Red Beard’s grandfather, who just enjoys some nice and relaxing Golf these days
– The Demons attack and their leader will have to do everything in his power to stop them
– He doesn’t have many troops, but luckily grandpa lets Red Beard use his lackeys
– Players will be able to get club wielding troops and support troops who like to throw meat to keep their friends alive
– One level will have players walking with your new moving fortress or have to cleverly combine elements from completely different factions in specific ways
– 2 control options on the GamePad
– Can use the sticks and buttons for a more classic feel
– Press in the ZL/ZR buttons to rotate the units and spells with the left stick for easy access
– The other option was using the touchscreen, allowing you to tap away at the upgrades and everything else you would need
– Can also use a hybrid of the two, which allows you to cross the playing field with the stick
– For the local Skirmish mode, you will be able to use every controller you could possibly want
– This includes the Wii Remote and Wii U Pro Controller

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Nintendo has shared a photo of the Mickey Edition 3DS XL on Twitter. View it below:

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What you see above is the new logo for Atlus. How does it compare to the old one?

Take a look:

Which one do you prefer? The new one or the old one?

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
2. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
6. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
7. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
8. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
9. Zelda: Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
10. Splinter Cell: Blacklist – Ubisoft

3DS

1. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Nintendo
2. Yoshi’s New Island – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
4. Pokemon X – Nintendo
5. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
6. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
7. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo
8. Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – Nintendo
9. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
10. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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Bandai Namco has opened an official teaser site for the recently-announced 3DS game “Haikyuu!! Tsunage! Itadaki no Keshiki!!”. You can find it here. The site is mostly bare bones at present, but there are a few small screenshots to check out.

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Goodbye Galaxy Games appears to have plans for a first-person shooter on the 3DS.

Studio head Hugo Smits started out by first asking fans the following on Twitter:

Smits then wrote soon after:

All of this culminated with the following tweet:

In addition to the new 3DS shooter, Smits is trying to wrap up two more projects for the handheld, and may even bring a title over to Wii U – like a Tappingo port.

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