A Christmas miracle! Against all expectations, Little Inferno, the weird-little-game-that-could, has been steadily moving up the American Wii U charts, up to slot #3 #2 as of today – just ahead of New Super Mario, amazingly. What’s up there anyway? We hope to find out…!

Nintendo Life has just posted some of our initial thoughts on Nintendo’s Wii U eShop, and you can read similar thoughts from other developers here. To summarize, though, indie developers have good things to say about the service, and (my favorite thing) the MiiVerse seems to be well loved. The new year should bring even more indie games, including Runner 2.

Nintendo notoriously never allowed price changes or sales on the original Wii, so we feel especially lucky to be included in the Wii U eShop’s first sale. Starting today, Little Inferno is 33% off (9.99USD and equivalents elsewhere) everywhere until January 4. We’ve also made sure the sale is available on our site, as well as on Steam.

PS. For those who are just discovering Little Inferno, you can find the soundtrack, for free, here. Stay warm in there!

Alright, I finally got a Wii U and plugged it in, and discovered a whole world in there! I’ve never really used the Tweeter or the FacePlace, so maybe this sort of thing is old Internet news by now, but it’s new and adorable to me! Here are some of our favorite notes and drawings on the Little Inferno MiiVerse community we’ve seen so far. Also, anyone know how to take screenshots other than pointing our camera phones at the screen?