Nintendo Show 3D (8/23/12)
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On this week’s show: New Super Mario Bros, 2, Nintendo 3DS XL, Johnny Kung Fu and Mole Mania.
Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (8/23/12)
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Ubisoft’s PAX Prime 2012 lineup
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A number of Ubisoft games will be on hand for this year’s PAX Prime event.
Assassin’s Creed III, Far Cry 3, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist, ShootMania Storm, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Online, ZombiU, and Rayman Legends will all be playable.
Most of Ubisoft’s upcoming games can be pre-ordered at the show. Doing so will provide you a variety of bonuses.
The full list is as follows:
• Assassin’s Creed III – Official T-shirt
• Far Cry 3 – Official T-shirt
• Rayman Legends – Official T-shirt
• ShootMania Storm – Official T-shirt
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist – Bullet-shaped light-up key chain
• ZombiU – Official beanie
Head past the break for more details about Ubisoft’s plans for PAX Prime 2012.
Pachter says that Sony/Microsoft think Nintendo’s glory days are behind them
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“Yes, they’ll give Nintendo a head start, and no, neither of them is concerned about the impact of a head start. They won’t say it, but both manufacturers think Nintendo’s glory days are behind it. I don’t think the Wii U’s head start will make much difference at all, since I don’t expect it to be any more powerful than current generation consoles, but maybe Nintendo will surprise me.” – Michael Pachter
Yea… I dunno. Maybe what he’s saying is true, but I’d imagine Sony and Microsoft are more concerned with seeing what Nintendo is going to bring to the table so they can mimic it more swiftly this time…
Nicalis bringing Yatagarasu to the 3DS eShop, first trailer
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Yatagarasu is a 2D fighter made by some of the folks behind King of Fighters. A 3DS adaptation will be heading to the eShop, courtesy of Nicalis. Since it will be playable at PAX Prime 2012, it must be pretty far along.
WWE ’13 Wii-specific screenshots
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North American retailers won’t sell NSMB2 download cards, GameStop offering codes on receipt
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Nintendo of America has confirmed that North American retailers won’t be carrying download cards for New Super Mario Bros. 2, different from the situation in Japan.
However, GameStop is offering download codes that can be printed on a receipt. This option is only available in-store. Physical copies can be purchased in-store and online.
Footage of this week’s European Nintendo Downloads (8/23/12)
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No yearly F1 releases on Wii U, audience is a factor
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F1 games have been coming out yearly on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. It doesn’t sound like the Wii U will be receiving the same treatment, however.
Game director Paul Jeal feels that F1 Race Stars may be a more appropriate title to bring to the console. Following this, Codemasters will consider a strategy different from its usual annual games on Wii U.
“We have the license for a bit longer now so we can do a bit more forward planning. Rod [Cousens] – our CEO who’s here [at gamescom] – he’s constantly thinking, ‘What about this or what about that?’, so he needs to put a business case for it. I definitely think it would be something a little more suited to Race Stars first. Let them do the hard work of getting it working on the tech first!”
Jeal said the following when asked whether that would be due to the audience:
“I think so, yeah. I also think it’s looking at the Wii SKU that we did. It did really well but there’s still questions with sales numbers… whether it is something that annually we could revisit year-on-year [and] would sell the same number of units year on year. [For] something like football, you need the newest content and there’s lots of changes, but with F1 the changes with the teams and drivers are really quite minimal, so instantly you’re quite stretched for new content. I think when you bring this over to the Wii where the audience is perhaps a bit more more casual and they’re less likely to buy it year-on-year, you have to look at a slightly different strategy.”
