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They may not even be out yet, but Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are already shaping up to be huge hits. Ahead of their release, the remakes have already been pre-ordered over 1 million times in Japan, numbers way ahead of what Pokemon X and Y were able to achieve. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are due out November 21st in Japan and North America and November 28th in Europe.

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Four new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. They are as follows:

DK: King of Swing (GBA, 702 yen)
Nuts & Milk (Famicom, 514 yen)
Antarctic Adventure (MSX, 823 yen)
Bomberman ’94 (PC Engine, 617 yen)

The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on November 19.

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A new drum controller is coming to Japan, just in time for the launch of Taiko no Tatsujin Tokumori. The Taiko no Tatsujin Dedicated Controller Pro weighs 5.5 pounds and measures 14.1 inches by 11.8 inches by 4.7 inches.

The pricey controller above will set consumers back 29,800 yen ($258). It goes on sale on December 4 in Japan.

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Rodea: The Sky Soldier has finally resurfaced. The game, which was first announced for Wii and 3DS in January 2011, is coming out in Japan this spring.

It should come as no surprise that the Wii version of Rodea has been scrapped, and the game is now coming to Wii U (and 3DS still) instead. Interestingly, Famitsu reveals that first print copies of the Wii U version contain the bonus of the Wii version – what this means exactly is currently unclear.

Rodea: The Sky Soldier features huge bosses that are many hundreds times the size of Rodea himself. Famitsu also has a look at three previously mentioned characters.

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