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There aren’t any plans to bring the Tales series to Wii U – at least for now.

Series producer Hideo Baba ruled out development for Nintendo’s console at Anime 2014 in the Netherlands this past weekend. However, he did say that “nothing is impossible.”

On the topic of Wii U, Baba stated:

There are no plans to put it on the Wii U console in the future, but nothing is impossible.

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Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

Wii U

The Legend of Zelda (new) – Amazon,
Xenoblade Chronicles X (new) – Amazon, Best Buy
Hyrule Warriors (new) – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Yoshi Woolly World (new) – Yoshi Woolly World
Splatoon (new) – Amazon, Best Buy
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse (new) – Amazon
Mario Party 10 (new) – Amazon, Best Buy
Devil’s Third (new) – Amazon
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (new) – Amazon, Best Buy
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (new) – Amazon, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. bundle (new) – GameStop
Just Dance 2015 (new) – Amazon, GameStop
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Falling Skies: The Game – GameStop
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Skylanders Trap Team – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop,
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Watch Dogs – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Bayonetta 2 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

3DS

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (new) – Amazon
Fossil Fighters: Frontier (new) – Fossil Fighters: Frontier
Fantasy Life (new) – Amazon, GameStop
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (new) – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: The Wild Cards Premium Edition (new) – Amazon, GameStop
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (new) – Amazon, GameStop
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (new) – Amazon, GameStop
Pokemon Art Academy (new) – Amazon
Story of Seasons – Amazon, GameStop
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Omega Ruby – Amazon, Best Buy
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Amazon, Best Buy
Scooby Doo & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure – Best Buy, GameStop
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Skylanders Trap Team – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appetit! – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Tomodachi Life – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
One Piece: Unlimited World Red – Amazon, GameStop
LEGO Ninjago Nindroids – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Farming Simulator ’14 – Amazon
Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Putty Squad – Amazon, Best Buy

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

With the upcoming Zelda game for Wii U, producer Eiji Aonuma wants to provide players with “a little more freedom to choose their path the story takes.”

Aonuma told GenGAME:

The impact of the player character on the environment that has been, and really, having the player experience the impact, is something that is consistent through all versions of the Zelda games, but I want to continue to have players experience that and even build upon that experience. In traditional Zelda games there is kind of an order in which you do things. You can’t do 3 until you do 1 and 2 for example. But with the new Zelda game, I really want to open the opportunities up for the players to really make an impact on their environment and to give them a little more freedom to choose their path the story takes.

Lots of little interesting comments and teases from Aonuma over the past week. It’ll be neat to see how everything comes together!

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Grezzo, the developer behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition, has put up a couple of new job listings. One of the pages on the company’s website states, “Would you like to make a ‘legend’ with us?” That’s leading to speculation that Grezzo could be cooking up something with Zelda, though that’s far from confirmed.

Here’s how things are described by GameFAQs’ “sunny_red51”:

I think this is somewhat telling. They do use “Densetsu,” which means “Legend” and is the same word used in “The Legend of Zelda (Zeruda no Densetsu),” like you said. They could have used “story” or “tale” or “world” or any other concept, but they specifically used “legend.” Of course, “legend” (“densetsu”) could just be what they always use, so it could just be coincidence, too.

From the job descriptions, it looks like there are two different types of positions, for this particular project maybe, programmers and planners. Under each, they have positions that last at least six months and positions that last at least one year, with the possibilty for each to be extended. Under programmer, they list “character control, camera, UI support, map management, game progression management, etc.” (roughly translated). Under planner, they list “text supervision, script and data creation supervision, and level design supervision” (roughly translated). It does kind of sound like a Zelda game, but it might not be MM 3D. It looks like they made the Zelda Four Swords Anniversary Edition, too, so it could be something like that or something new altogether.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth # (Atlus) {2014.06.05} (¥7.538) – 186.856 / NEW <80,64%>
02./01. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 73.051 / 398.943 (-78%)
03./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 33.380 / 1.054.257 (-9%)
04./00. [3DS] Card Fight!! Vanguard: Lock on Victory!! (FuRyu) {2014.06.05} (¥5.378) – 32.253 / NEW
05./05. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) {2014.05.22} (¥8.208) – 19.941 / 83.003 (-27%)
06./02. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.05.29} (¥8.208) – 8.390 / 90.438 (-90%)
07./06. [3DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) {2014.05.22} (¥5.119) – 7.668 / 36.696 (-37%)
08./00. [PS4] Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.06.05} (¥8.424) – 7.448 / NEW
09./00. [PS4] FIFA 14 # (Electronic Arts) {2014.02.22} (¥7.665) – 5.126 / 35.172
10./00. [360] Tsurugi no Machi no Ihoujin: Shiro no Oukyuu (Experience) {2014.06.05} (¥7.344) – 5.060 / NEW
11./10. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo) {2014.03.20} (¥4.800) – 4.938 / 388.927 (-19%)
12./17. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 4.699 / 2.331.642 (+7%)
13./00. [PS3] Rain (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.06.05} (¥2.376) – 4.536 / NEW
14./15. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 4.435 / 4.078.350 (-11%)
15./00. [PS3] Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.06.05} (¥7.344) – 4.341 / NEW
16./04. [PSV] Chou Megami Shinkou Noire: Gekishin Black Heart # (Compile Heart) {2014.05.29} (¥7.344) – 4.249 / 32.646 (-85%)
17./21. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 4.112 / 3.289.221 (+10%)
18./07. [PS4] Infamous: Second Son (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.05.22} (¥7.452) – 3.973 / 47.396 (-54%)
19./20. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) – 3.709 / 596.131 (-4%)
20./08. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One for All # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.05.15} (¥8.208) – 3.598 / 106.391 (-48%)

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