Nintendo hoping gamers return for Wii U, want casuals to become core gamers
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Although the Wii provided a considerable amount of hardcore experiences, there’s no denying that Nintendo was looking to appeal to more casual gamers. That’s why we saw experiences such as Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Party, and Wii Fit.
For Wii U, however, it seems that Nintendo understands the need to provide more of a hardcore experience. Speaking with EGM, Katsuya Eguchi said that for Wii, “core gamers felt that it wasn’t for them”. This time around, Nintendo would like “to bring core gamers back and create new gamers as well.”
“With the Wii, we wanted to bring in as many new users as possible and have them experience the games, but as a consequence, I think a lot of the core gamers felt that it wasn’t for them, and they started moving away. With the new console and the new controller, we definitely want to bring core gamers back and create new gamers as well. So, with the Wii U, we hope that the players who were introduced to gaming for the first time on the Wii will step it up and become core gamers themselves.”
Nintendo’s World Hobby Fair 2011 lineup
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Zelda: Ocarina of time 3D (3DS)
Star Fox 64 3D (3DS)
Kid Icarus Uprising (3DS)
Rhythm Heaven (Wii)
This is pretty typical of Nintendo. They generally attend this event to give Japanese gamers a chance to play their upcoming games. This year, though, they’re actually brought some product that hasn’t been released yet. Many fans in Japan will be able to play Star Fox 64 3D, Uprising, and Rhythm Heaven for the first time.
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter – Opening trailer
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Bit.Trip Complete officially announced
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The COMPLETE version of BIT.TRIP Comes to Retail for Wii and Nintendo 3DS Systems
TORRANCE (ALTERNATE REALITY), Calif. – June 24, 2011 – Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment software, in collaboration with game developer Gaijin Games, is pleased to officially reveal that in addition to BIT.TRIP SAGA on the Nintendo 3DS™ system, BIT.TRIP COMPLETE will be released on Wii™ as a complete six-game retail compilation, packaged with a BIT.TRIP Soundtrack Sampler audio CD. BIT.TRIP SAGA (Nintendo 3DS) and BIT.TRIP COMPLETE (Wii) will be shipping to retailers September 13, 2011.
BIT.TRIP COMPLETE (Wii) Features:
NGamer review scores
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Wii
Wii Play: Motion – 72%
Max & the Magic Marker – 30%
Pandora’s Tower – 71%
DS
Solatorobo: the Red Hunter – 81%
Hollywood Files: Deadly Intrigues 42%
Max and the Magic Marker – 32%
Kung Fu Panda 2 – 65%
Squinkies – 18%
Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Anthena – 58%
Natalie Brooks: Treasures of the Lost Kingdom – 37%
Fairy Tail Gekitou Madoushi Kessen – 79%
3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – 93%
Sudoku the Puzzle Game Collection – 60%
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunter – 32%
Dream Trigger 3D – 77%
Sports Island 3D – 34%
Animal Resort – 33%
DSiWare
Mighty Milky Way – 5/5
Thanks to joclo for the tip!
Rock Band Music Store update next week
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Cambridge, Mass. – June 24, 2011 – Harmonix today announced that packs from 3 Doors Down and Poison will be available beginning June 28 in theRock Band 3Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
Rock Bandprovides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 900 artists and more than 2,700* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’sgigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. More than 100 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch Nov. 20, 2007.
Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Wii
Solatorobo: Red The Hunter boxart
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Solatorobo: Red the Hunter officially announced for North America, out this fall
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XSEED Games to Publish Solatorobo: Red the Hunter in North America This Fall
Torrance, Calif., (June 24, 2011) – XSEED Games, an independent-minded publisher, today announced a partnership with Namco Bandai Games that will bring the highly-acclaimed Action RPG title Solatorobo: Red the Hunter to North America on the Nintendo DS™ handheld system. Developed by celebrated Japanese game studio CyberConnect2, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter (also known as Solatorobo: And Then to CODA) is viewed by many as the spiritual successor to the classic RPG adventure, Tail Concerto, which drew praise in the late 1990s for its anime-style artistic elements and distinctive anthropomorphic animal characters, traits which are shared by Solatorobo. Under the exclusive agreement, XSEED Games will have sole publishing rights to Solatorobo: Red the Hunter in North America when it releases this fall on Nintendo DS.
“We are extremely excited to bring Solatorobo: Red the Hunter to all the fans who have been clamoring for this amazing game since its initial release in Japan,” said Jun Iwasaki, President of XSEED Games. “Solatorobo delivers a fresh new style of game for the popular handheld which consists of an extremely unique and detailed world, resulting in an experience that is both rich in story and of a high visual fidelity rarely seen on the Nintendo DS platform.”
