Nintendo opens up Wii U Facebook page, plus a video from Reggie
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Nintendo of America overlord Reggie Fils-Aime introduces you to the company’s Facebook page, which you can find here. It’ll feature the latest updates about the console leading up to its launch later this year.
Can’t you just smell the E3-ness in the air?!
Rock Band Music Store update next week (5/29/12)
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Cambridge, Mass. – May 25th, 2012– Harmonix today announced that three tracks from Bullet For My Valentine are headed to the Rock Band™ Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 1,400 artists and more than 3,500* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic 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 on Nov. 20, 2007.
Tracks downloaded from the Rock Band Music Store are compatible with the award-winning full-band Rock Band 3 experience, as well as the upcoming controller-based Rock Band Blitz, coming summer of 2012 for Xbox LIVE® Arcade and PlayStation®Network!
Rock BandDLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Wii™
Downtown Nekketsu March 3DS VC trailer
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Kirby’s Star Stacker 3DS VC trailer
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Metro: Last Light “Enter the Metro” – behind the scenes video
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THQ finally released its live-action trailer/short movie for Metro: Last Light yesterday. The video above takes you behind the scenes of the shoot by showing how the piece was created.
Rayman heading to eShop soon as 3DS VC game
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The Game Boy Color version of Rayman will be releasing on the eShop in the near future. Yesterday’s store update introduced a new shelf for the platforming series, which says that the classic game will be available soon. I’d guess it’ll be available within the next two weeks… maybe.
Chrono Trigger’s Kingdom of Zeal recreated with Wind Waker art style
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, Random | 0 comments
One Chrono Trigger fan was intrigued by the idea of seeing the game’s Kingdom of Zeal locale recreated in 3D. And so this person used the art style from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker to realize his goal.
The results can be found above.
Details about the project can be found in the YouTube description here.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Japanese Wii VC releases next month
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The following Virtual Console games will be released on the Japanese Wii Shop Channel throughout the month of June:
Super Famicom
Tsukikomori – 800 points
Neo Geo
Pulstar – 900 points
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers – 900 points
Gearbox praises Wii U power and more modern tech
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Gearbox Software, the team behind Aliens: Colonial Marines, once again has high praise for Wii U. It’s certainly encouraging to read about positive feedback when E3 2012 is less than two weeks away.
Speaking about making Aliens: Colonial Marines for Wii U, Gearbox senior producer Brian Burleson told Eurogamer that it’s “been pretty easy”. He feels that Nintendo’s console is “a powerful, powerful machine” capable of performing “a lot of cool new things”.
He said: