Weekly Wrap-Up #15 – Wii U Gets Release Date, Ubisoft Ditches DRM

<p>It’s that time of week again when we take a fond look back at the top five news stories from the week&period; Welcome to the Weekly Wrap-Up&period; Below is a brief summary&comma; but for the full stories simply click on the hyperlink&period; Let us know if you agree with our top five&period; If you have suggestions for future Weekly Wrap-Ups&comma; feel free to <a id&equals;"itxthook0" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-14&sol;&num;" rel&equals;"nofollow">email<&sol;a> me at <a href&equals;"mailto&colon;jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com"><strong>jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Enjoy&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Number 5<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1><a title&equals;"Ace Attorney 5 Heading for 3DS" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;p&equals;24594&amp&semi;preview&equals;true">Ace Attorney 5 Heading for 3DS<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-15-wii-release-date-ubisoft-ditches-drm&sol;phoenix-wright1&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-24597"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24597" title&equals;"Ace Attorney 5 Heading for the 3DS" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;09&sol;06124641&sol;Phoenix-Wright11&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &sol;><&sol;a>Oh yes&comma; it’s confirmed&period; Phoenix Wright&comma; with his pointy finger of justice&comma; will be heading to 3DS <a id&equals;"itxthook0" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ace-attorney-5-heading-3ds&sol;&num;" rel&equals;"nofollow">consoles<&sol;a>&comma; in <em>Ace Attorney 5<&sol;em>&excl; Not only that&comma; <em>Layton vs Ace Attorney<&sol;em> is said to be coming out sometime later this year too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Number 4<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h2><a title&equals;"Playstation Vita Sales Skyrocket in Japan" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;playstation-vita-sales-skyrocket-japan&sol;">Playstation Vita Sales Skyrocket in Japan<&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-15-wii-release-date-ubisoft-ditches-drm&sol;ps-vita-590x341&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-24620"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24620" title&equals;"PS-Vita-590x341" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;09&sol;06124554&sol;PS-Vita-590x341&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The sale of Sony’s newest handheld&comma; the PlayStation Vita&comma; really took off in Japan following the release of Sega’s <em>Hatsune Miku Project Diva F<&sol;em>&period; Sega’s newest rhythm game from sold 158&comma;009 units during its first week while Vita hardware sales more than quadrupled to 46&comma;877 units&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Number 3<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h2><a title&equals;"Nintendo Achieve Another Guiness World Record" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-achieve-guiness-world-record&sol;">Nintendo Achieve Another Guiness World Record <&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-15-wii-release-date-ubisoft-ditches-drm&sol;kirby20-590x340&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-24623"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24623" title&equals;"kirby20-590x340" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;09&sol;06125715&sol;kirby20&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"340" &sol;><&sol;a>Kirby helps to set another Guiness World Record for gaming heavyweights&comma; <a id&equals;"itxthook0" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-achieve-guiness-world-record&sol;&num;" rel&equals;"nofollow">Nintendo<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of <em>Kirby<&sol;em>&comma; Nintendo have set out to break a Guiness World Record&period; Strangely enough&comma; they’ve decided not to break a gaming related record though&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Number 2<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h2><a title&equals;"Ubisoft Ditches DRM Requirement" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ubisoft-ditches-drm-requirement&sol;">Ubisoft Ditches DRM Requirement <&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-15-wii-release-date-ubisoft-ditches-drm&sol;ubisoft-e3-2011-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-24624"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24624" title&equals;"ubisoft-e3-2011" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;09&sol;06124537&sol;ubisoft-e3-20111&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &sol;><&sol;a>Ubsioft’s always-on DRM &lpar;digital rights management&rpar; requirement for PC titles&comma; has been given the ol’ heave ho&excl; DRM&comma; which required users constantly be connected to the internet in order to start <a id&equals;"itxthook0" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ubisoft-ditches-drm-requirement&sol;&num;" rel&equals;"nofollow">games<&sol;a> and play them&comma; has always been a source of irritation for gamers&period; Losing your connection during play meant you were no longer able to continue and any unsaved data would be lost&period; Now&comma; all that is necessary is a one-off activation online in order to play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Number 1<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h2><a title&equals;"Rumor&colon; Wii U Gets Release Date" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;rumor-wii-release-date&sol;">Rumor&colon; Wii U Gets Release Date<&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;weekly-wrapup-15-wii-release-date-ubisoft-ditches-drm&sol;wii-u-launch-titles&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-24626"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24626" title&equals;"wii-u-launch-titles" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;09&sol;06124524&sol;wii-u-launch-titles&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"385" &sol;><&sol;a>The Nintendo of America’s <a id&equals;"itxthook0" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;rumor-wii-release-date&sol;&num;" rel&equals;"nofollow">Wii<&sol;a> U event crawls ever closer and we are getting more and more rumors about the Wii U&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Amazon&comma; Newegg and Blockbuster seem to have a listing for a November 11th launch&period; Oddly enough&comma; there seem to be three different SKUs that will be available&period; No further details about the different SKUs were given though&comma; except for the price range from &dollar;249&period;99 to &dollar;349&period;99&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you missed out on the big news items this week&comma; you can check out our weekly podcast and get an audio update of this week’s madness from our podcasting team&period; Listen to us as we talk about some things seriously and a few other things not so much&period; We guarantee this episode will make you shake your fist at times and nod your head at others&period; And finally&comma; check out<a title&equals;"The Interview with Q" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;interview-jacob-andersen-game-director-heroes-generals&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><strong> The Interview with Q<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; hosted by Matthew Quinlan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;