Square Enix may have pulled off a simultaneous North American and European release for Final Fantasy XIII, but things won't be the same for Wii title Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. PAL gamers will have to wait until February 2010 to get this one.

And now for our weekly report on the hardware sales from Japan. Media Create has released the numbers for the week of November 9th through November 15th. Interesting results this week. Check them out in the full article.

IIt turns out that German Wii listing for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney was true, after all. Capcom has confirmed that not only will Ace Attorney hit the download service but so will Justice For All and Trials and Tribulations. Reign in your objections and hit the jump for evidence.

Homebrew coder Pembo has released a beta version of TeTWiis, a clone of the classic puzzle game Tetris for the Nintendo Wii. This release was based on the DS version of Tetris.


Download: TetWiis v0.1b

Following up on earlier rumors of Pandemic Studios' closure, Kotaku reports that an internal Electronic Arts memo has confirmed the studio's fate.

Nintendo's Kensuke Tanabe has intimated that Metroid Prime 3: Corruption may not be the last we'll see of the Prime series. Another handheld iteration may even be in the cards.

Rumor has it that Electronic Arts will be adding more people to its list of cut employees. The target? Pandemic Studios.

Homebrew coder Leathl has released a new version of ShowMiiWads, a Windows-based Wad file manager for the Nintendo Wii. The utility displays info about wad files, edits them and give a preview of the Banner and Icon. The latest update has added new features, bug fixes and various other improvements.

Download: ShowMiiWads v1.2

The homebrew coders from the ScummVM Team has finally release version 1.0.0 of their classic multi-platform point-and-click adventure games emulator. The latest ScummVM update is said to be one of the best release of the emulator so far. Details after the jump.

Download: ScummVM v1.0.0 (PSP)
Download: ScummVM v1.0.0 (DS)
Download: ScummVM v1.0.0 (Wii)
Download: ScummVM v1.0.0 (iPhone)

Satoru Iwata said earlier this month that they're planning to add game demos into WiiWare, and just about two weeks later, the first ones are now available. They sure went about that pretty fast. When more demos come in, you can avoid risking your gaming money on shovelware and iffy titles.