Batman: Arkham Origins officially costs $50 on Wii U, not $60
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 3 Comments
Perhaps due to the game’s lack of multiplayer, Batman: Arkham Origins will be priced at $50 when it launches on Wii U next month. Other versions cost $60 and include online play.
Some retailers (well, notably GameStop) have the game listed for $60. However, Warner Bros. confirmed that the official MSRP on Wii U is indeed $50.
Amazon probably has the best deal for Origins at this point. You’ll receive a $10 credit along with Deathstroke DLC.
Monster Hunter 4 still seeing retail shortages in Japan
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Monster Hunter 4 sold 473,739 copies in its second week following an incredibly successful debut. But it’s important to note that retail sales may have been hampered by continued shortages, as noted by Media Create.
The eShop version of Monster Hunter 4 is expected to see persisting demand due to the lack of retail stock. However, because Nintendo typically withholds sales of games on its digital store, we’re unlikely to find out the full extent of Monster Hunter 4’s sales.
Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter gains 3DS stretch goal
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Mighty No. 9 could come to the 3DS and PlayStation Vita through a newly revealed Kickstarter stretch goal.
If funds hit $3.5 million, the game will be assured for both platforms. Abstraction Games, the company behind Hotline Miami on PS Vita, will work on Mighty No. 9 for the two systems.
There’s just one caveat: only four days remain in Mighty No. 9’s Kickstarter campaign. The campaign will need to raise another $900,000 in that span of time.
German Zelda: Wind Waker HD commercial
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LucasArts cancelled a Star Wars project for Wii U
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LucasArts canned a whole bunch of projects over the years – including one game planned for Wii U.
According to Kotaku, the company intended to release a few titles leading up to the reintroduction of Star Wars Battlefront. One of these games was given the tentative name “Version Two”. The site reports through a source that the project “grew from the remnants of a project code-named Wingman that was going to be a Wii U title modeled after the old TIE Fighter and X-Wing games.”
Kotaku has a bit of footage from Wingman, which can be found here.
New mini-games confirmed for Spin The Bottle: Bumpie’s Party
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New mini-games are coming to Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party. A video, shown above, teases Put Your Hat On, Act Like An Animal, and Don’t Laugh. All three will debut at the IndieCade festival in Los Angeles next week.
Netflix Super HD lands on Wii U
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Netflix Super HD is now available for use on Wii U. Previously, the viewing option was only available on certain devices with a direct connection to Netflix.
Netflix Super HD primary benefit relates to an improved visual experience. Content supported by Netflix Super HD will be shown in the highest-quality streams available on the service.
Watch_Dogs Wii U visuals not current-gen or next-gen, but closer to current-gen
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Not much has been said about the Wii U version of Watch_Dogs, but Eurogamer did manage to get a few words out of creative director Jonathan Morin as part of a recent interview.
Regarding Wii U, Morin spoke a bit about the game’s visuals. The game can’t be classified as current-gen or next-gen when it comes to graphics, but Morin did admit that they’re “maybe closer to current-gen”.
He said:
“I think it’s even going to be a bit better. If you pump the PC to its maximum there are things in the filtering and rendering that I think are possible on high-end PCs that are pretty amazing. Wii U is pretty much in-between – it’s neither of them, not current-gen, maybe closer to current-gen than next-gen.”
Treasure teases “good news about Ikaruga before long”
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Treasure hasn’t done anything with the Ikaruga IP since the original game’s release. While the studio did work on Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga’s spiritual sequel, we haven’t any new developments in the series.
That may be changing in the future. On Twitter, Treasure sent out its first English note and teased that there will be “good news” concerning Ikaruga “before long.”
The message reads:
Some good news about "Ikaruga" before long. Well, I'll tweet again when the time comes.
— ????????? (@TreasureCoLtd) September 27, 2013