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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

The following Rock Band Music Store songs will be made available on October 2:

311 – “Down” – Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions available for $0.99
311 – “Beautiful Disaster” – keyboard support
311 – “Amber” – keyboard support

Each song can be purchased for $2.00 on Wii.

Source: Harmonix PR

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Wii U pre-orders have been strong in the U.S. thus far. The console seems to be doing just fine in Europe, too.

GAME has send out a statement about Wii U pre-orders, stating that there has been “lots and lots of interest.” The retailer added that they’ve been “exceeding expectations”.

“As expected with such a highly anticipated announcement of Wii U, we’ve had lots and lots of interest. Pre-orders are exceeding expectations with the black console proving the most popular so far.”

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The Wii U version of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed has been playable for a few months now. While the actual game content hasn’t been criticized, those who have tried it out have said that it suffers from frame rate issues.

Sumo Digital executive producer Steve Lycett, addressing fans on the official SEGA forums, stated that “the Wii U version is now the closet to the target frame rate” on consoles. Maybe this will ease the concerns of fans a bit?

You may be interested to hear that the Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed demo hasn’t changed since July. Sumo has been busy working on the final product, so it hasn’t had time to prepare new content for expo attendees. If this really is true, one would definitely expect the Wii U racer to have improved.

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There’s lots of Assassin’s Creed III footage and a bunch of details to check out in the video above, for those who weren’t able to watch the show earlier today. Reggie’s interview bits are towards the end.

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Nintendo is excited to announce a creative partnership with Frieze London 2012, where Nintendo 3DS XL and New Art Academy will support the Family Space from 11-14 October. The Family Space is produced by ReachOutRCA for Frieze Foundation, and will offer families visiting the fair the chance to try New Art Academy game on Nintendo 3DS XL as well as featuring a range of drop in activities.

The Family Space will take inspiration from the Frieze Projects work of artist Thomas Bayrle and his use of pattern, and the activities will demonstrate some of the many ways pattern can be used. Using Nintendo 3DS XL and New Art Academy to teach children the basic principles of drawing, experts from ReachOutRCA will work with families to make collages, drawings and designs. The ethos of the family space will be to provide a fun and engaging place where parents and children can learn and be entertained. Nintendo 3DS XL and New Art Academy will allow all ranges of abilities and talents to try their hand at drawing, in the inspiring setting of Frieze London..

This partnership with Frieze London 2012 forms an integral part of a programme of Autumn activities to celebrate the launch of New Art Academy on the Nintendo 3DS XL. The additional events and workshops will be announced soon.

Source: Nintendo pR

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The latest episode of GameTrailers TV just wrapped up a few minutes ago, as did the show’s interview with Reggie Fils-Aime.

During the discussion, Geoff Keighley asked the Nintendo of America president about first-party titles that are in development for Wii U. Reggie responded by assuring that Shigeru Miyamoto, the staffers at EAD, and Retro are working on “fantastic projects.”

“… Rest assured, Mr. Miyamoto, the team at EAD are working on fantastic projects. Rest assured that Retro is working on a fantastic project. We’ve got big games in development that will be coming that will continue to drive the install base of the system. All of that’s going to be there.”

Reggie was then probed about when we could be hearing about these projects. He said that news will be shared “in all likelihood during E3”, adding that it “really depends on the progress of the games.” Announcements could be made a little bit before E3, or perhaps a littler bit after.

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

There’s a problem with the Wii version of FIFA 13. You see, it’s practically the same exact game as FIFA 12. It’s true that the squads and kits have been updated, but that’s pretty much it.

Same styles. Same visuals. Same menus.

It’s rather odd seeing something like this, but potential FIFA 13 buyers should be aware of this.

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