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News Classic Retro Titles Coming To North American eShop Later This Year
Super Mario Bros. 3 will be on both Wii U and 3DS
During today's Nintendo Direct it was announced that North America will be getting some timeless classics made available on the eShop. Broadcasting from the Nintendo Treehouse - we're not sure if it's actually a real treehouse - Erik Peterson confirmed five titles will be coming later this year...
News Super Mario Bros. 2 Available On The 3DS Virtual Console Right Now in Europe
The wait is over
Today's Nintendo Direct revealed some more information about a few upcoming releases but there was room for some older classic titles too. For example, Super Mario Bros. 2 is available to download from the 3DS Virtual Console in Europe right now for £4.49/€4.99. The game was released back in 1988 on the NES and is a little...
Well, this is confusing
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy was originally pencilled in for a 2013 release date in Europe, but all that changed at the end of last month when Nintendo stated in its financial reports that it was being pushed back to 2014. However, in another bizarre twist, the official
News Senran Kagura Burst Confirmed For North American 3DS eShop
XSEED is localising another Japanese title
XSEED has confirmed it is bringing Senran Kagura Burst to the 3DS eShop later this year. The sidescrolling action brawler has been available in Japan for a while and features five buxom high school ninjas, each with their own special ability, who train in a secret academy. There are in fact two separate...
News Young Justice: Legacy Will Come To Wii U, 3DS and Wii in November
Nintendo versions suffer a delay
Young Justice: Legacy is an action RPG from Little Orbit and is based on the now cancelled cartoon show of the same name. It's coming to all major platforms including Wii U and 3DS and is scheduled for release this September. However, the developer has now announced on its Facebook page that the Nintendo versions of...
News Ghostlight Opens European Pre-Orders For Devil Survivor 2
Requires 1,800 pre-orders for release
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 has been available in North America for over a year now and has yet to emerge in Europe. UK-based publisher Ghostlight has the rights to release the DS game, however, the European market is a bit tricky these days and it would be taking a gamble to manufacture the game and...
The game's producer believes the series will continue after Dual Destinies
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies is already out in Japan and topped the software charts in its first week of release. It will be heading to the West this Fall but will only be available as a download from the 3DS eShop. This will be the first title in the main...
News Boy Credits Mario Kart After Taking Control of Car and Saving Lives When Grandmother Passed Out
All that practice came in handy
Video games are often labelled as a time wasting exercise that offer nothing more than a bit of escapism but it's fair to say they have much more value to them than that. Take Gryffin Sanders, a ten year old boy who was riding in a car with his younger brother and his 72 year old grandmother in Golden, Colorado...
News SEGA Reportedly Interested in Acquiring Atlus' Parent Company
Around 20 companies are looking to bid
In June Atlus' Parent Company, Index Holdings announced it had unfortunately fallen into some financial difficulties and entered what is known as "civil rehabilitation proceedings" in Japan - essentially bankruptcy - in order to resolve its debt problems. The company reportedly stated it would be willing to...
News Wii U Version of How to Survive Rated By USK
Could be infecting the Wii U eShop after all
At the end of May 505 Games announced it will be publishing a new IP in the form of How to Survive, a zombified survival action game. At the time it stated the downloadable release would be made available for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 but there is now evidence that it could be coming to Wii U as...
News Cloudberry Kingdom Will Have Online Leaderboards Soon
Pwnee Studios is working on a patch
Cloudberry Kingdom precipitated into the Wii U eShop a few days ago and has seen many a gamer rack up insanely high scores. However, those who did download it have found something missing - the promised online leaderboards are nowhere to be found. A few people got in touch with the developer Pwnee Studios about...
News Jump Trials Supreme Confirmed For A 3DS eShop Release
G-Style outlines what players can expect to see
Jump Trials has been a pretty successful series for G-Style and has seen two iterations on DSiWare in the past. The developer made its 3DS eShop debut not so long ago and has Chain Blaster, Undead Bowling and Crazy Construction residing in the digital store. It seems the company is not done there and...
News Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths Coming To Wii U and 3DS This October
Will be in French, a Kickstarter campaign may bring English localisation
Back in May we reported that Neko Entertainment would be bringing a Mysterious Cities of Gold title to Wii U and 3DS this fall but the developer revealed little other details. More information has now appeared on the horizon, including the title of the upcoming game:...
News Capcom Confirms 37.3% Drop in Profits in Second Quarter of 2013
Lack of new releases sees profits tumble
Capcom has confirmed its profits took a big hit in the second quarter of 2013, largely down to the low amount of new releases. The company recorded net sales of 17.4 billion yen for the three months to 30th June ($178.7 million/ £117.5 million/ €134.2 million), down 6.2 percent compared to the second...
News SEGA Reveals Jump in Profits in Q2 Results
Boxed sales witness a slowdown, while digital performs well
SEGA has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2013, revealing a massive 408 percent leap in profits. The company recorded a 12.9 billion yen ($131.8 million/ £87 million/ €99.4 million ) profit between 1st April and 30th June, compared to the 2.5 billion yen ($25.8...
News Candle May Light Up Wii U If It Reaches Its Stretch Goal
Update: Will come to Wii U eventually should original goal be met
It's come to light that Candle will eventually be developed for Wii U should the original goal be reached, regardless of whether or not it meets the $85,000 stretch goal. Speaking to Nintendo Enthusiast Teku Studios co-founder Miguel Vallés said it would come to Nintendo's system...
News Australia Can Get 30% Off The Wonderful 101 By Downloading Pikmin 3 From The eShop
The European offer makes it Down Under
Pikmin 3 is now available in Europe and Australia either from retail outlets or the Wii U eShop and plenty of people have been out exploring the vast environments found in the game. As you may know, Nintendo of Europe is running a promotion that allows people to receive 30% off The Wonderful 101 if they...
News Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destines DLC Won't Feature The Quiz in The West
The costumes and the new case are still on the table
A few days ago Capcom confirmed a batch of downloadable content would be coming to Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destines in Japan and it look less than 24 hours for it to be confirmed in the West. However, it's now been confirmed by the publisher on the
Competition New Super Luigi U Competition Opens On Miiverse
The least number of coins wins!
New Super Luigi U has been available in the Wii U eShop for a good while now and plenty of people have picked it up and completed the 82 extra levels starring Mario's green-glad brother. Upon finishing it you can check out your records, which is handy to see just how you got on, and now the game's director Masataka...
News Organic Panic Could Come To Wii U if Kickstarter Goal is Reached
Hoping to ripen in the eShop
Last Limb is currently developing Organic Panic, a fun-looking physics-based platformer based entirely on weapon-wielding fruits and vegetables. The studio opened up a Kickstarter campaign not too long ago in order to obtain funding for the project and should it reach its $40,000 target the game will come to the Wii U...
News Oddworld Founder Would Work With Satoru Iwata "In A Second"
Lorne Lanning admires Nintendo's President greatly
Oddworld Inhabitants has a couple of games heading to the Wii U eShop. During E3 the developer - which has turned its attentions to more indie games in recent times - announced it would be releasing Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee New 'n' Tasty, a Playstation classic, and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD,...
News Activision Committed To Doing 'Everything It Can' To Support Wii U
Six titles are on the horizon
Activision Blizzard is now an independent company led by its CEO Bobby Kotick and co-chairman Brian Kelly after the pair formed an investment group to purchase 172 million shares in the firm. The publisher is aiming to continue its presence as a company with a "best-in-class franchise portfolio" and has six Wii U games...
News Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies DLC Confirmed For The West
The new case, quiz and costumes are making the trip
Yesterday we reported on the downloadable content that would be available for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies in Japan and Capcom has now confirmed it will all be coming to the West in due time. The company made the announcement on the
News SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge Confirmed For Wii U, Wii, 3DS And DS
Five player co-op will feature on the Wii U version
Activision and Nickelodeon have announced everyone's favourite water-absorbing sea creature will be starring in a new game later this year known as SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge. The game will be released on Wii U, Wii, 3DS and DS - as well as other platforms - and is being...
