Has Pit found his wings yet?

Masuhiro Sakurai's game of two halves continues to delight and frustrate in almost equal measures. When we played the game back in January we came away thoroughly impressed with the aerial sections but less enamoured with the ground fighting elements, and this hasn't changed based on our latest hands-on time with the game.

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The strongest Link?

While we anxiously await a release date for Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, have a new trailer for the game straight from San Diego Comic-Con.

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3D Classics Xevious is here!

Now everyone's had their fill of the first game in the 3D Classics series, the NES favourite 3D Classics: Excitebike, it's time to kick it into second gear with the next instalment. Elsewhere there's a 3DS VC game and a trio on DSiWare, though WiiWare and the Wii Virtual Console take the week off.

3DS eShop

3D Classics: Xevious (Nintendo, €6/£5.40) — The classic arcade scrolling shooter receives a new lick of 3D paint. Take the Solvalou to the skies and blow up everything you see, in three glorious dimensions. We'll have our verdict for you in the coming week.

3DS Virtual Console

Game & Watch Gallery (£2.60/€3) — A collection of some of the most enjoyable Game & Watch games released, this is worth a dabble if you're into your handheld heritage or just want a good high score challenge. Read all about it in our Game & Watch Gallery review.

DSiWare

AfterZoom (Abylight, DSi: 500pts, eShop: £4.50/€5) — Find microscopic organisms in every day objects using your DSi camera. This game released in North America last week, so we should have a review by the time you can download it to your European console.

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No denying either

Yesterday we reported that GameCube games could come to Wii U via WiiWare, and Nintendo has now released an official (and very carefully worded) statement to Destructoid:

To clarify the capabilities of the Wii U system: As correctly stated, Wii U will not play Nintendo GameCube discs, however Nintendo has not made any announcements regarding downloadable content.

Both statements of fact, of course: Wii U doesn't use GameCube discs and Nintendo has said nothing about WiiUWare or Virtual Console for Wii U, but could the two dovetail together?

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Barrel roll with it

Star Fox 64 3D will buck Nintendo of America's regular trend for releasing games on Sunday, and will instead see release on Friday 9th September.

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Have finished Harry Potter now. Even for a total HP ignoramus like me that ending was a massive anticlimax. Really shoddy stuff.

And what's a Horcrux?

Game developers, please stop making maze-like forests. They are not as much fun as you think they are.

Welcome bwaaa-ck

Kinect's advanced innards should make augmented reality easy, but so far we've only seen the mediocre Fantastic Pets combine live video with computer graphics. Ubisoft's preparing itself to have a go now with Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking, a collection of minigames, microgames and sections probably best described as 'toys'.

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Playing Harry Potter again. I've said it's really bad haven't I? Because it is.