Europeans have a lot to look forward to today, as Kirby’s Dream Course (one of my favorite Kirby games) and Kirby Super Star (one of the best platformers of all time) headline the Wii U Virtual Console. If you own Kirby’s Adventure on the Wii U eShop (which you should, as it was €0.30 / £0.30), you can net both games for the discounted price of €5.59 / £3.79 each until May 30th. Personally, I’m loving this new franchise discount system they started last week with Super Mario Bros. 2 and hope they continue it. Resident Evil Revelations and LEGO Batman 2 are also coming to the Wii U by way of full retail downloads on May 24th.

The 3DS is getting some new content with Swords and Soldiers 3D (beware, I hear bad news about this port), as well as Air Battle Hockey 3D and Groove Heaven. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars 3D are available as full downloads if digital is your thing. Denpa Men: They Came By Wave is discounted to until May 30th, and Project X Zone gets a demo, as well as Rabbids Rumble.

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The NPD Group released US sales data for April 2013 two days ago, but a complete lack of enthusiasm on the part of the Destructoid staff has delayed our posting it. Not our fault! Look at the information below! It’s just so… boring!

DC crossover fighter Injustice: Gods Among Us came out on top, while the middling Dead Island Riptide managed a silver medal performance. Somehow, even Trion Worlds’ MMO TV tie-in Defiance eked a top 10 performance, which completely mystifies me.

Only Microsoft was willing to provide hardware numbers — 130,000 units for Xbox 360 — but at least Nintendo was willing to share some software deets. Combining digital and retail versions, LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins sold 94,000 copies; Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon scored 140,000 in April for a two-month total of 530,000; and New Super Mario Bros. U hit 770,000 after six months on the market.

Overall, the industry made $425.2 million, a decline of 25% from April 2012. This is clearly the result of fewer game releases as we transition into the upcoming generation. Like I said in the beginning, boring and hardly surprising. Regardless, do check the full top 10 list below.

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