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Nintendo launched the DS Virtual Console today in an understated way with the release of Brain Age. It’s out now in Japan as a free download.

The game itself is a very small download. It only takes up 55MB of space, with the user data requiring another 64MB.

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One new Virtual Console game is on track for the Japanese Wii U eShop next week. Blazing Lazers (PC Engine) will be out on June 11. Pricing is set at 617 yen.

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Nintendo has now published its official Japanese E3 2014 teaser site. You can find it here. It should be packed with content next week!

Here’s a bit of an unexpected surprise: Brain Age on Wii U. We’re hearing that the DS title is out now on the Japanese eShop. Best of all, it’s free!

Brain Age is the first DS game to be made available on the Virtual Console.

We’ll have more soon.

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Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley has been in development for quite awhile. Graham Markay, vice-president of operations, told Siliconera that the company’s new office in Tokyo has been working on the game since early 2013.

Markay also confirmed that Yasuhiro Wada is not involved with The Lost Valley’s development. Wada is the creator of Harvest Moon, and worked with Natsume on Hometown Story.

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We don’t generally make posts for a single new screenshot of a game, but since it’s been so long since we last saw Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, let’s break tradition!

Here’s the latest image shared by WayForward on Twitter:

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Want Broken Age on Wii U? Then it might be best to let developer Double Fine know!

COO Justin Bailey told one fan on Twitter, “if enough people” show interest in having Broken Age on Wii U, “I’m sure I can make that happen”.

He said:

Thanks to Adam W. for the tip.

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