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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Yet another round of Kid Icarus: Uprising AR card packs are available in Japan. Two more rounds can be bought from Nintendo’s online store starting today – volumes 17 and 18. Packs cost 263 yen each.

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

One could argue that Trine 2: Director’s Cut is among the best games of Wii U’s launch lineup. That begs the question: could we ever see the first Trine on the console?

The short answer is no. Frozenbyte vice president Joel Kinnunen recently said that bringing the first Trine to Wii U “would be quite a bit of work” because the game “is based on our older technology”. Kinnunen wouldn’t rule out the possibility completely, but don’t count on a port/remake happening anytime soon.

“…it’s unlikely. Trine 1 is based on our older technology, so something like this would be quite a bit of work. Who knows what happens in the future but we’re not working on any Trine 1 related things at the moment, and have no plans either. Sorry!”

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

Digital Foundry has put together a comprehensive piece outing new technical details for Wii U. The information was deciphered thanks to reverse-engineering photos provided by Chipworks.

We’ve posted a few Wii U spec bits below. You can find Digital Foundry’s full report here, but if lack knowledge of hardware like us, you won’t understand most of it!

– Wii U GPU core: 320 stream processors, 16 texture mapping units, 8 ROPs
– GPU: close match to the Radeon HD 4650/4670
– Defecit in the number of texture-mapping units and a lower clock speed
– 550MHz clock speed
– “GCN hardware in Durango and Orbis is in a completely different league”
– RV770 does have 16 TMUs at 550MHz and texture cache improvements
– This puts it past Xbox 360’s Xenos GPU
– It’s 1.5 times the raw shader power
– 1080p resolution is around 2.5x that of 720p, so it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing any complex 3D titles running at 1080p
– Some Wii U ports may be disappointing tecnically due to Wii U’s 1.2GHz CPU
– Nature of the second and third banks of RAM is currently unknown

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Scribblenauts Unlimited has been delayed in Europe, Nintendo has announced. The company said that the game requires “some changes” before launch. Nintendo apologizes “for any inconvenience this may cause and we hope to make further announcements on the European launch of these games very soon.”

Source: Nintendo PR

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

505 Games has shared the first details on Sniper Elite V2 for Wii U.

The shooter will feature new controls as well as “a level of interactivity only possible with the Wii U GamePad touch screen”.

505 also provided the following information:

“Players will enjoy the same thrilling, visceral experience as they guide American OSS agent Karl Fairburne around historical locations throughout Berlin and attempt to unravel the mysteries and dangers of the German V-2 rocket program but now with even greater tactical depth and flexibility thanks to brand new functionality through the GamePad – tag enemies and booby-traps, track enemy locations and activity, even monitor the blast radius of planted explosives – all with a glance at the touch screen and without leaving the battlefield for even a second.”

Sniper Elite V2 will also have the standard gameplay from the original release. It’ll feature the “kill cam” from the first Sniper Elite, and “skillful shots are rewarded with a slow-motion sequence of the bullet running its full trajectory before the target is rendered in graphic x-ray detail, showing the bullet entering the body and causing lethal damage.”

Jason Kingsley, CEO of Rebellion, commented:

“Sniper Elite is just the kind of mature game that is perfect for the different mechanics of the Wii U. It’s been a challenge to get it right, but thanks to our team and the fantastic support of our partners at 505 Games we believe we’ve brought the unique gameplay to a whole new platform.”

Sniper Elite V2 is hitting Wii U this spring.

Source: 505 Games PR

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Screenshots | 0 comments

Update: Bumped to the front page with art and more screenshots.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This month’s Game Informer review scores are as follows:

The Cave – 7.75
Dead Space 3 – 9.75
Anarchy Reigns – 7.5
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time – 9.0
Knytt Underground – 7.5
Joe Danger Touch – 8.25
Fire Emblem: Awakening – 9.0
Crimson Shroud – 7.5
Hundreds – 8.0
Aero Porter – 5.0
Middle Manager of Justice – 6.0

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

Software

1. Balloon Fight
2. The Cave
3. Puddle
4. Little Inferno
5. Trine 2: Director’s Cut
6. Nano Assault Neo
7. New Super Mario Bros. U
8. Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
9. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
10. Scribblenauts Unlimited
11. Funky Barn Download
12. ZombiU
13. Darksiders II
14. Assassin’s Creed III
15. Chasing Aurora
16. Just Dance 4
17. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
18. Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition
19. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge
20. Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

Videos

1. Nintendo Direct – Wii U Games January 23, 2013
2. The Cave Trailer
3. Balloon Fight Video
4. The Cave Character Trailer
5. Puddle Video
6. Monolith Soft Announcement Video
7. Wonderful 101 Video
8. Trine 2: Director’s Cut Video
9. Bayonetta 2 Developer Video
10. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
11. Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem Announcement Video
12. Little Inferno Video
13. Funky Barn Video
14. Little Inferno Video 2
15. Scribblenauts Unlimited Video
16. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Video
17. Nano Assault Neo Video
18. Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
19. Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth Video
20. Toki Tori 2 Video

Source: Wii U eShop

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We’ll have to wait one more day to get a look at the big Injustice: Gods Among Us news teased a few days ago. In the meantime, the game’s official Facebook page has posted a piece of art featuring Bane to tide fans over. Take a look below:

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