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Wii Sports Club: Day Pass (Nintendo) - €1.99/£1.79
Wii Sports Club: Bowling - Single-Sport Pass (Nintendo) - €9.99/£8.99
Wii Sports Club: Tennis - Single-Sport Pass (Nintendo) - €9.99/£8.99
The five beloved sports from the original Wii Sports - bowling, tennis, baseball, boxing and golf - make a dramatic and competitive return on Wii U! The games are being released individually as downloads featuring HD graphics, enhanced controls via Wii MotionPlus technology, as well as a much-requested online multiplayer versus mode.

Tennis and Bowling will be the first two sports available from Nintendo eShop on 7th November, with Boxing, Baseball and Golf scheduled to launch in the months ahead. Wii U owners who download Wii Sports Club will get a trial pass that will let them play any available games for a 24-hour period from when the Wii Sports Club game is started.

Once the trial period ends, players can purchase a Day Pass on Nintendo eShop for £1.79 to play all available sports for a 24-hour period, or can buy permanent access to individual sports (Single-Sport Pass) for £8.99 each.

Internet connection is required during the play to use the Day Pass. The registration of Nintendo Network ID and acceptance of the Nintendo Network Agreement and Privacy Policy are required.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo, available Nov. 8) - €49.99/£39.99
Join Mario and Sonic and the rest of your favourite characters as they team up and compete in events at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The game includes a variety of events from the Winter Games, including bobsleigh, skiing, figure skating pairs and snowboard slope style - which will make its Olympic Games debut in Sochi, Russia.

Batman: Arkham Origins (WB Games) - €59.99/£49.99
Batman: Arkham Origins is the next instalment in the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise. Developed by WB Games Montréal, the game features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise. Taking place before the rise of Gotham City's most dangerous criminals, the game showcases a young, unrefined Batman as he faces the defining moment of his early career and sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight.

Toki Tori (Two Tribes) - €1.99/£1.79 (Will be €3.99/£3.59 starting December 6)
Toki Tori is the first of three Two Tribes classics to arrive on Nintendo eShop for Wii U. Next up will be 3D puzzler RUSH and retro platformer EDGE. While the classic gameplay has remained intact, Toki Tori has been adapted to make use of the Wii U GamePad, allowing for off-TV play and optional touch controls. The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools. Players will have to look and plan ahead carefully while using items such as the Telewarp, Freeze-o-Matic and InstantRock. Additional tools are gradually introduced as the player progresses through the game's 80+ levels covering five unique worlds.

Pikmin 3: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 (Nintendo, Add-on Content) - €1.99/£1.79

Special offers
Toki Tori 2+ (Two Tribes) - €8.99/£7.79 (Ends November 14, normally €14.99/£12.99)
For Toki Tori owners - 60% off regular price if you already bought Toki Tori on Nintendo eShop on your Wii U- €5.99/£5.19. Also ends November 14.
Assassin's Creed III (Ubisoft) - €19.99/£15.99 (Permanent, was €69.99/£54.99)
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth (Ubisoft) - €19.99/£15.99 (Permanent, was €29.99/£23.99)
ZombiU (Ubisoft) - €19.99/£15.99 (Permanent, was €29.99/£23.99)
Rabbids Land (Ubisoft) - €19.99/£15.99 (Permanent, was €29.99/£23.99)
Sports Connection (Ubisoft) - €19.99/£15.99 (Permanent, was €29.99/£23.99)
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 (Ubisoft) - €19.99/£15.99 (Permanent, was €29.99/£23.99)

Nintendo eShop (3DS)

KORG M01D (DETUNE) - €24.99/£19.99
The KORG M01D is a music workstation based on the KORG M1, the world's first widely known synthesizer. The KORG M01D reproduces the M1's unforgettable digital sounds of the 80s such as the"M1 piano", still heard on many songs today.

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (Nintendo, available Nov. 8) - €44.99/£39.99
The final chapter of the Professor Layton series takes puzzle solving around the globe in the gentleman professor's most ambitious outing to date. After receiving a mysterious letter claiming that a living mummy has been discovered, Professor Layton and his team head to a city nestled in the frigid Arctic. There, they release a young lady encased in a prison of ice, setting in motion a grand adventure aboard an airship that will take them to spectacular places as they solve the mysteries of ancient civilisations.

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (WB Games) - €39.99/£34.99
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5-D game developed by Armature Studios that brings the Batman Arkham experience for the first time to Nintendo 3DS. A companion game to Batman: Arkham Origins, players can continue the storyline of the console version and discover more details of the Dark Knight's past.

Regular Show: Mordecai & Rigby in 8-Bit Land (NAMCO BANDAI Games, available Nov. 8) - €34.99/£28.49
Regular Show: Mordecai & Rigby in 8-bit Land is the very first video game based on the Cartoon Network TV Show. When Mordecai and Rigby get transported into some mysterious video games, they'll have to use their best skills and unique abilities to traverse the various challenges to escape and get back home in this brand new 'eggscellent' journey. This hijinks-filled adventure is packed with action platforming, side-scroller space shooting, old-school top down video game mania, and comes fully loaded with fan-favourite characters and humour from the show.

My Little Baby 3D (Treva Entertainment) - €29.99/£24.99
Didn't you always want to care for a sweet little baby? Then this is your chance. You start with a description of the parents, as the colour of their skin, hair and eyes will determine the looks of the baby. Finally it is there - your own little darling. The baby smiles at you and you need to work hard to keep it content. To make sure that your baby develops and grows, you have to swaddle it, bathe and feed it, go shopping, cook meals and rock it to sleep. You can teach your baby to speak, to crawl and to walk. But above all you have to give it your love, because only then it will be happy.

Brunch Panic (CIRCLE Ent.) - €3.99/£3.35
Ever dreamed of running your own food truck? Or traveling to the places you've always dreamed about? Here's the story of Bonnie, a young bright-eyed girl, with a talent for cooking and a love of travel and adventure. One fateful birthday, her grandfather presented her with a gift that combined her two passions. A brunch truck! And so began her dream adventure, traveling all over the world with one brunch spot at a time.

Arcade Classics 3D (Enjoy Gaming) - €2.99/£2.50 (Will be €3.99/£3.30 starting November 29)
6 of the most playable games of all time - Puzzles, action, shooters, all in one purchase! Play the great classics today in modern themes in 3D environments.

Source: NoE PR

If Swapnote really did appear on the NES, it would have the same amount of online functionality as the 3DS one does now!

Ah, remember when this was a big deal? Somehow, some way, the IGN logo made it into the official Okami boxart on the Wii. Certainly an oversight by Capcom, but developer Ready at Dawn doesn't have any idea how it came about.

Coming from Ready at Dawn's CEO Ru Weerasuriya...

Honestly, it was a shock even to us. I was just like ‘what is that’? It didn’t seem like like a decision that was like a big decision taken by a lot of people. It almost felt like somebody, somewhere, decided to do something and we were just like, ‘huh, I don’t think anybody agreed to this.’

I mean I don’t know, I don’t know what it was because we never got to the bottom of it. I just saw it, and I was just like ‘I don’t want to know.’ Honestly, I didn’t pursue it any further. I was just like, ‘we’re done with that game, I don’t really know if we want to ask’ and that was that.

On an interesting side note, Weerasuriya says that the deal for Okami's Wii port was made when a few beers were shared between Weerasuriya and Capcom's VP at the time.

Check out the full interview here
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A portion of a Nintendo Life review...

Mario and Sonic 2014 feels like a minor progression, and not the huge leap you might be expecting. Taking a lot of its cues from the 2010 game, and ignoring the rapid-fire party experience of 2012, this latest edition hits some of the right buttons, but they’re the same unremarkable buttons that were hit four years ago.

Full review here

- remake of PS2 game
- features cleaned up minimap
- now includes health bars
- weight restrictions on weapons you can take on missions
- due out on Nov. 6th in Japan

We're hearing reports from a Pokemon event with Junichi Masuda concerning the amount of Pokemon exchanged in Pokemon X/Y. While we don't have footage of the event just yet, we're hearing that Mr. Masuda confirmed that over 10 million Pokemon have been exchanged between players. We'll try to get confirmation of this statement.

A portion of a Nintendo Life review...

While it may be light on features and with no way to expand the catalogue with extra songs, Just Dance Kids 2014 offers a unique way to keep kids entertained — and a little extra active — for a good while.

Full review here

A portion of a USGamer review...

A fascinating offshoot of the Castlevania series, Super Castlevania IV doesn't hold up quite as well as certain other early Super NES games. But it's a load of fun, and frankly it's worth playing just to soak up its moody masterpiece of a soundtrack.

Full review here

Remember when we reported on Assassin’s Creed: Rising Phoenix awhile back? Ubisoft said it was completely untrue, so the discussion went cold. Now one gamer out there has managed to track down the same logo hidden within Assassin's Creed IV.



After sequence 6, I explored the level 2 security areas in the Abstergo Entertainment offices when I came across a sticker placed in a corner that had “Assassin’s Creed: Rising Phoenix” printed on it, stylized exactly as the featured image above. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

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- create your own lady character entering into the world of fashion/modeling
- aim is to become the next big thing in the modeling world
- 5,000 different clothing items to dress up in
- customize things like nails, artwork on clothing and more
- dozens of eye styles, colors, makeups, hair and more
- get scouted by modeling agency scouts
- get hired for photo shoots
- shoots can range from magazine covers to runway shows
- runway walks involve a mini-rhythm/match game
- conversational encounters with agency contacts and potential boyfriends
- played holding the 3DS sideways
- due out in Japan on Nov. 14th

Coming from an MCV interview...

"The project was actually named 'MOH killer' until an official name could be found. We were focused more on fun than success, with the idea that if it was fun, it would be successful. We were just going to make a great game, and do the things better than we did on previous projects. The great thing is that a team learns from previous projects." - former Infinity Ward artist Justin Thomas

Well, I think it's safe to say that Infinity Ward/Activision achieved that goal!

The following information comes from a GameKult interview with Miyamoto, Motokura and Koizumi. PLEASE note that this information comes from Google Translate, so the information within may not be spot-on.

On why Peach is playable...

Miyamoto: I think there are many players who want to play as Peach, but I think there was also a lot of players who wanted ( laughs ). Obviously, it was present in other titles like Mario Kart but she had to return one day in a Mario focused on 3D platform. In New Super Mario Bros.. Wii, the multiplayer aspect was already present but needed the capabilities of characters are identical to promote competition and not to unbalance the fighting. Reintegration Peach was one of our primary goals and we really started Super Mario 3D World a some times we could do something interesting with her ​​and the other characters. Although four players to choose from and multiple ways to finish a level just part of this episode, we did not constantly Super Mario Bros. 2 because we also wanted to focus on gameplay closer the rest of the series.

On this game not taking place in a dream, as Super Mario Bros. 2 did.

Motokura: The dream is not what we had in mind when creating this game The pitch is Mario, Peach and friends who will rescue the fairies captured by Bowser.

On Super Mario Galaxy online tests

Koizumi: At the time of Super Mario Galaxy, we conducted tests for the online game and we have technical expertise to implement. However, we chose to focus on a user-friendly experience in the same room.

On keeping Mario developed internally

Koizumi: Well, this is my personal opinion but I think that with all the experience accumulated by the teams of Mario or Zelda, it would be difficult to fully leave a key episode of the series to external studios. However, as we have found ways to collaborate on projects with other companies, it would probably be possible to do the same thing with Mario finding a truly talented and motivated team.

On EAD Tokyo moving on to a new project

Koizumi: I can not tell if it's a Mario game, but I can confirm that it works well on a new project.

Aonuma said:

“We are planning on using things like the Wii U GamePad user interface, how you can use the map like a GPS and the intuitive aiming using motion controls in the next Zelda game too. I’d also like to be able to bring the experience of being able to explore the Great Sea however you want to locations other than the sea.”

Aonuma also discussed how working on Zelda Wii U and Wind Waker HD at the same time helped both projects out.

“I cannot talk of this in detail, but we frequently find solutions to a problem in one title when working on another. When you focus too much on one title, you are prone to take a very narrow minded approach and I guess you could say working on other titles widens your perspective.

The sense of a job well done I get as a result of all these efforts makes me truly happy. Also, when you are working on a number of titles at once you can share information about what works well or badly between the teams. This helps improve the quality of each of the games so there are lots of good things about working like this. The downside is that even when work on one game is over there is still another one there, so I never get a break. My family isn’t so pleased about that. It’s quite a challenge trying to keep them happy.”

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