Reach for the stars

It's the classic underdog story.

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Sony promises far more robust Move features for MLB 12 The Show, and now it's released fresh video footage showing a tiny bit of what to expect.

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Rising in the West

Popular European publisher Rising Star Games has revealed it's to open an office in California.

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Rising in the West

Popular European publisher Rising Star Games has revealed it's to open an office in California.

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Go Gaga

Konami's Rhythm Party is a week away, and now we have a tracklist showing the songs you'll be grooving to come 1st February.

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Crystal Dynamics' big budget Tomb Raider is coming to HD consoles later this year, but it won't make it onto Wii or Wii U. In a recent podcast (as posted in the Eidos forums) the developer explained why Lara's latest won't come to Wii U:

When we started developing the game we made a conscious decision that it was all about building the game for a platform and making sure the game was specific to that platform. Given that we’ve been working on the game quite a while before Wii U was announced I think it would not be right to try and port it across. If we started building a game for the Wii U we would build it very differently and we would build it with unique functionality.

This is mixed news, of course: while it's a shame Wii U won't get the promising-looking Raider reboot, it's a relief Crystal Dynamics didn't choose a vanilla port over to the new console, ignoring its capabilities.

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Crystal Dynamics' big budget Tomb Raider is coming to HD consoles later this year, but it won't make it onto Wii or Wii U. In a recent podcast (as posted in the Eidos forums) the developer explained why Lara's latest won't come to Wii U:

When we started developing the game we made a conscious decision that it was all about building the game for a platform and making sure the game was specific to that platform. Given that we’ve been working on the game quite a while before Wii U was announced I think it would not be right to try and port it across. If we started building a game for the Wii U we would build it very differently and we would build it with unique functionality.

This is mixed news, of course: while it's a shame Wii U won't get the promising-looking Raider reboot, it's a relief Crystal Dynamics didn't choose a vanilla port over to the new console, ignoring its capabilities.

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Is the Prince of Persia the chart king?

The biggest 3DS release on 19th January was Ubisoft's first-ever foray into the world of Virtual Console, but how did the Game Boy Color game fare?

[1] denotes last week's position. [N] indicates game is a new entry. [-] indicates a non-mover.

Popular Last Week — All Downloads

Prince of Persia barely scrapes into the top 20 in its first week, grabbing onto the ledge at number 19. Can it haul itself up or will its body fall into the spikes below?

1. [-] Pullblox
2. [-] Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
3. [4] Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
4. [3] Zen Pinball 3D
5. [-] 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure
6. [-] Super Mario Land
7. [8] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
8. [10] Doodle Fit
9. [7] Mighty Switch Force
10. [9] Photo Dojo
11. [14] Plants vs. Zombies
12. [15] Cut the Rope
13. [-] Let's Golf! 3D
14. [17] Bomberman Blitz
15. [11] Tetris
16. [18] Pop Island Paperfield
17. [12] Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
18. [N] Bloons TD
19. [N] Prince of Persia
20. [N] Crazy Hamster

Popular Last Week – 3DS Download Software

The bottom three swaps around but otherwise it's business as usual.

1. [-] Pullblox
2. [-] Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
3. [-] Zen Pinball 3D
4. [-] 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure
5. [-] Mighty Switch Force
6. [-] Let's Golf! 3D
7. [-] Pyramids
8. [-] 3D Classics: Excitebike
9. [10] 3D Classics: Urban Champion
10. [11] 3D Classics: Xevious
11. [9] 3D Classics: TwinBee

Popular Last Week – DSiWare

Doodle Fit slots neatly into the number one spot, but minigame compilation 40-in-1 Explosive Megamix lands at 14 while Flipper 2: Flush the Goldfish drops out of the chart completely. What are you guys playing at?

1. [2] Doodle Fit
2. [7] Photo Dojo
3. [4] Plants vs. Zombies
4. [5] Cut the Rope
5. [6] Bomberman Blitz
6. [7] Pop Island Paperfield
7. [3] Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
8. [10] Bloons TD
9. [N] Crazy Hamster
10. [N] Make Up & Style
11. [14] Airport Mania: First Flight
12. [N] Come On! Heroes
13. [N] GO Series: 10 Second Run
14. [N] 40-in-1 Explosive Megamix
15. Tetris Party Live
16. [11] Mario Clock
17. [N] Earthworm Jim
18. [N] Paper Plane
19. [16] Dragon Quest Wars
20. [15] Rayman

Popular Last Week – Virtual Console

Prince of Persia lands at 5, bumping Trip World to number 10.

1. [-] Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
2. [-] Super Mario Land
3. [-] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
4. [-] Tetris
5. [N] Prince of Persia
6. [9] Pac-Man
7. [8] Kirby's Dream Land
8. [7] Donkey Kong
9. [6] Metroid II: Return of Samus
10. [5] Trip World
11. [10] Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
12. [11] Alleyway
13. [12] Mario's Picross
14. [-] Double Dragon
15. [-] Game & Watch Gallery
16. [13] Bionic Commando
17. [16] Gargoyle's Quest
18. [N] Golf
19. [18] Blaster Master: Enemy Below
20. [19] Tennis

Next up we've got the all-time best sellers lists.

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Will there be a new all-time best seller on DSiWare, Virtual Console or 3DS Download Software? Read on and find out.

All-Time Best Sellers – All Downloads

Mighty Switch Force! climbs a place and there's a little tussle at the lower reaches as nobody wants to be on the bottom, but the biggest story is Pullblox outselling Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins to take the fourth spot.

1. [-] 3D Classics: Excitebike
2. [-] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
3. [-] Super Mario Land
4. [5] Pullblox
5. [4] Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
6. [-] Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
7. [-] Let's Golf! 3D
8. [-] Zen Pinball 3D
9. [-] Kirby's Dream Land
10. [-] Donkey Kong
11. [-] Plants vs. Zombies
12. [-] 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure
13. [-] Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
14. [-] Tetris Party Live
15. [16] Photo Dojo
16. [17] Mighty Switch Force!
17. [15] Pop Island Paperfield
18. [-] Cut the Rope
19. [20] Zenonia
20. [19] 3D Classics: Xevious

All-Time Best Sellers – 3DS Download Software

Absolutely no change, a first for the weekly charts.

1. [-] 3D Classics: Excitebike
2. [-] Pullblox
3. [-] Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
4. [-] Let's Golf 3D
5. [-] Zen Pinball 3D
6. [-] 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure
7. [-] Mighty Switch Force
8. [-] 3D Classics: Xevious
9. [-] Pyramids
10. [-] 3D Classics: Urban Champion
11. [-] 3D Classics: TwinBee

All-Time Best Sellers – DSiWare

A little bit of up and down in this week's chart, but the top three stays solid. Will we see a new challenger trouble the top three in the coming months?

1. [-] Plants vs. Zombies
2. [-] Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
3. [-] Tetris Party Live
4. [5] Photo Dojo
5. [4] Pop Island Paperfield
6. [-] Cut the Rope
7. [-] Zenonia
8. [-] Bomberman Blitz
9. [-] Game & Watch: Donkey Kong Jr.
10. [-] Shantae: Risky's Revenge
11. [12] GO Series: 10 Second Run
12. [11] Anonymous Notes: Chapter 1 — From the Abyss
13. [-] Paper Plane
14. [-] Art Academy: First Semester
15. [-] Mario Clock
16. [-] Airport Mania: First Flight
17. [-] Rayman
18. [19] Dragon Quest Wars
19. [18] Aura Aura Climber
20. [N] Earthworm Jim

All-Time Best Sellers – Virtual Console

Trip World scrapes into the chart at number 20 as the Prince fails to gain a foothold.

1. [-] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
2. [-] Super Mario Land
3. [-] Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
4. [-] Kirby's Dream Land
5. [-] Donkey Kong
6. [-] Alleyway
7. [-] Mario's Picross
8. [-] Metroid II: Return of Samus
9. [-] Pac-Man
10. [11] Tetris
11. [10] Game & Watch Gallery
12. [-] Double Dragon
13. [-] Tennis
14. [-] Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
15. [-] Gargoyle's Quest
16. [-] Avenging Spirit
17. [-] QIX
18. [-] Adventure Island
19. [-] Catrap
20. [N] Trip World

That's the lot, folks. Check out the Nintendo Download: 26th January 2012 (Europe) to see what you should look out for next time.

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Mutant Mudds invade

Renegade Kid's much-anticipated platformer comes to the 3DS eShop alongside some quality DSiWare releases. Let's jump in and see what's available today.

3DS Download Software

Mutant Mudds (Renegade Kid, $8.99) — This cutesy 2D platformer is a bit of a belter, netting a 9/10 in our Mutant Mudds review. Don't be put off by the comparatively high price: this is quality download gaming.

3DS Demo

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Demo (SEGA, free) — All being well you should be able to download a free trial of Mario and Sonic's sporting endeavour at 9am Pacific time/12pm Eastern time today.

DSiWare

Flipper 2: Flush the Goldfish (Engine Software, 500pts) — Speaking of quality downloads, here's the sequel to DSiWare favourite Flipper, fresh from its appearance in Europe. An intense one-button experience, our Flipper 2: Flush the Goldfish review has all you need to know.

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Let's see how the eShop releases for 19th January 2012 did in this week's 3DS charts.

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