Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Update: Official PR is posted below.

Nintendo UK posted a message on its Twitter account moments ago confirming a Wii U Nintendo Direct for Europe this Thursday. The news was shared by Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata.

According to the tweet, the presentation will be shown at 4 PM CEST.

The message states:

“Hi everyone! I’d like to invite you to watch the Nintendo Direct Wii U Preview, Thu 13th Sep at 4pm CEST at http://t.co/EUbUkLDg”

Newly announced Nintendo Direct takes a closer look at upcoming Wii U console

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We’ve been waiting a long time for the eShop version of NightSky. The same applies to Cave Story.

Fortunately, Nicalis will soon confirm release dates for both eShop games. The company wrote on Twitter today that the news will be shared in a few days.

“We’re just a few days from confirming a release date for Cave Story on eShop. And NightSky, too!”

Let’s hope those two titles will hit the eShop soon. We’ve been waiting long enough!

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Update: Austin posted a few more New Super Mario Bros. U details earlier today, but we’re bumping this post to the front page with even more information.

– Three Yoshi variations
– Pink Yoshi: inflated with a GamePad/Wiimote shake
– This can take Mario even higher than the flying suit can
– Pink Yoshis don’t help in horizontal movement
– Large surface area useful for collecting a bunch of airborne coins
– Gold Yoshi: shake the controller to light up the immediate area
– Also stuns nearby enemies
– Gold Yoshis show up in the Fire Snake Caverns
– Blue Yoshi: can shoot bubbles
– Can ride the adult version of Yoshi in numerous levels
– Yoshi can still eat fruit
– Collect five to fill a meter
– This rewards Yoshi’s rider with a power-up
– Camera pans out a bit in co-op
– This helps you see hidden star coins and pipes that you normally wouldn’t come across in single-player
– Boost Mode: Place up to four floating platforms at a time
– Use the GamePad touch screen in Boost Mode to pop friends out of bubbles, stun enemies, make it easier to reach the flagpole, manipulate environmental objects, swat Paratroopas
– Turn on Boost Mode by powering up the GamePad – that’s it
– Players will go through pre-selected packs of levels in Boost Rush Mode
– Collecting coins makes the auto-scroll faster
– Limited amount of lives given at the start of each pack
– Dying doesn’t reset the clock

Original details from earlier today

– Does not break from the large map to zoom in on areas like Cookie Dome/Forest of Illusion; that was a reference to a Super Mario World feature
– Cookie Dome and Forest of Illusion do not appear to be worlds in NSMBU
– Confirmed areas: Acorn Plains, Sparkling Waters, Frosted Glacier, Layer Cake Desert (with melting desserts all around!), an area similar to Forest of Illusion, an area similar to SMB3’s Sky World, an area surrounded by a giant tornado, Fire Snake Caverns (unsure if this is a level name or a world name)
– Confirmed powerups: Super Mushroom, Starman, Fire Flower, Ice Flower, Mini Mushroom, Super Acorn
– Running up walls a la Super Mario World is back- but only if you’re mini Mario

Via GameInformer

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Frozenbyte has released brand new screenshots of Trine 2: Director’s Cut, the Wii U version of the game.

As previously mentioned, the game will include the “Goblin Menace” expansion pack and will support the GamePad as well as Wiimotes. Players will be able to use the GamePad’s touch screen to manipulate objects in real-time.

The team has been working hard on the project and has improved upon a number of elements such as the overall gameplay, geometry, vocals and user experience. Frozenbyte was able to get the game up and running on Wii U in just two days.

You’ll be able to grab Trine 2: Director’s Cut off the Wii U eShop when the console launches this fall.

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After picking apart Tekken Tag Tournament 2’s disc, another batch of characters was discovered. Miharu Hirano, Doctor Gepetto Boskonovitch, Sebastian, Violet, Unknown, and Slim Bob will all be in the game.

A large batch of images showing each character can be found above.

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Zordix is bringing a couple of App Store games to the 3DS eShop: Aqua Moto Racing and Snow Moto Racing 3D. The two titles will “be expanded, polished, and adapted for the Nintendo 3DS”. Zordix will announce release dates at a later date.

Zordix CEO Matti Larson said:

“The successful Moto Racing-brand with 13 million downloads and over 1.5 million sold so far, is an exceptionally god fit for the Nintendo 3DS. These games are action filled, will look great in 3D and via the circle pad enable a level of control that racing games of this caliber really deserves! As the Nintendo 3DS is steaming towards 20 million units sold, the market for good downloadable games is blindingly bright.”

Source: Zordix PR