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The next Sonic game is coming to Nintendo platforms. Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, Sonic Lost Worlds is coming to both Wii U and 3DS. More information about the action platforming title will be shared in the future.

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Here’s a shocker: SEGA is working on a new Mario & Sonic title for Wii U, which was announced during today’s Nintendo Direct. Among the new features is figure skating pairs.

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Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition, previously released in Japan, is now coming to Wii U. The news was announced during today’s Japanese Nintendo Direct.

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Gaijin Games may not be done with Runner2.

Speaking with Game Reactor at iDÉAME last month, creative director Alex Neuse teased downloadable content for the digital title.

Neuse told the site:

“… I wouldn’t be surprised if you see some new content… some new downloadable content for Runner2 in the future.”

Neuse didn’t give directly confirm DLC, but he certainly hinted in that direction.

Thanks to Pir for the tip.

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I don’t think there was any doubt about this at this point, but yes: Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros. Zelda, and Smash Bros. will all be appearing at E3 next month. Nintendo reconfirmed the news in its NPD response today.

The excerpt states:

“At the upcoming E3 trade show in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees upcoming Wii U games from the Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Super Smash Bros. franchises.”

Mario Kart Wii U and the new 3D Mario title for Wii U will be playable. Super Smash Bros. will be shown in at least image form, while the Zelda reference is likely pointing to the Link to the Past sequel for 3DS.

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Battlefield 4 isn’t coming to Wii U. Nor are Tiger Woods or Madden. But that’s not all – the company has absolutely no games in development for the Wii U at the moment.

Company spokesperson Jeff Brown told Kotaku: “We have no games in development for the Wii U currently.”

That would seemingly rule out the next entry in the Need for Speed series and FIFA 14.

As far as what the future holds, Brown wouldn’t rule out the possibility of EA approaching Wii U development in the future.

But what about EA and Nintendo’s supposed “unprecedented partnership”? You know, when former CEO of EA John Riccitiello came on stage at Nintendo’s E3 2011 briefing and spoke highly of the console. According to Brown, EA’s initial wave of games – Mass Effect 3: Special Edition, Madden, FIFA, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted U – delivered on the company’s promise.

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Nintendo won’t be holding a major press conference at E3 2013 this year. The company will be holding two smaller events for media and investors/analysts, but neither will likely be live-streamed.

For fans, Nintendo is replacing its conference with a Nintendo Direct. This was pretty much a known fact, but the news was made official today. A new Nintendo Direct will be held “around E3 time” next month to highlight Wii U games “coming this autumn and beyond”. Let’s hope the 3DS gets some love as well!

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U sales

50% off Super Mario Bros. 2 when you buy Super Mario World – ends May 23 at 9 PM PT
Runner2 – 25% off until May 30

Wii U VC

Super Metroid – 30 cents
Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
Super Mario Bros. 2

Wii U retail

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – available May 21
Resident Evil: Revelations HD – available May 21

3DS download

Swords & Soldiers 3D
The Starship Damrey
Bowling Bonanza 3D
Dress To Play: Magic Bubbles!

3DS VC

Mega Man 5
Harvest Moon

DSiWare

California Super Sports

Wii VC

The King of Fighters ’99

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There’s been some concern that Nintendo has been cracking down on “Let’s Play” YouTube videos. The main issue? Users are sending in complaints regarding blocked videos.

Nintendo has since issued an official response to the situation. In a statement provided to GameFront, the company explained that some videos may now be accompanied by ads, but other than that, everything should be status quo.

As part of our on-going push to ensure Nintendo content is shared across social media channels in an appropriate and safe way, we became a YouTube partner and as such in February 2013 we registered our copyright content in the YouTube database. For most fan videos this will not result in any changes, however, for those videos featuring Nintendo-owned content, such as images or audio of a certain length, adverts will now appear at the beginning, next to or at the end of the clips. We continually want our fans to enjoy sharing Nintendo content on YouTube, and that is why, unlike other entertainment companies, we have chosen not to block people using our intellectual property.

For more information please visit http://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/faq.html

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We haven’t seen a whole lot of CryEngine 3-supported games on Wii U. However, Precursor Games is taking advantage of the tech to create Shadow of the Eternals – a game that will come to the eShop in due time.

Running CryEngine 3 on the Wii U wasn’t difficult, according to Precursor. Responding to one fan during a Facebook Q&A, the company said that “it’s not hard at all. The CryEngine3 fully supports the Wii U”.

Now if only DICE and EA could say the same about the Frostbite engine…

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