In September 2013, Tecmo Bowl previously came to the 3DS Virtual Console. It could soon be Wii U’s turn to have the game as well. The ESRB has rated Tecmo Bowl for Nintendo’s console, which hints at a release in the near future.

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VS. Excitebike hitting the North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

Last week, Nintendo announced that VS. Excitebike would soon be available on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. A final date has now been shared.

On its Twitter account, Nintendo of America confirmed that VS. Excitebike is due out tomorrow. The message is as follows:

Thanks to those who participated in Builders Week! VS. Excitebike will launch in the #WiiU #VirtualConsole on 8/31. pic.twitter.com/kKjVmKRGpI
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 30, 2015

It’s pretty unusual to see a Virtual Console release on a day other than Thursday. I’m absolutely fine with it though!

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Runbow launches in Europe on Thursday

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Runbow arrived in North America just a few days ago, and thankfully, the European release isn’t far behind. Nintendo announced on its Twitter account that those in Europe can begin playing the Wii U eShop game starting on Thursday.

The tweet reads:

Runbow will speed onto Wii U on Thursday! pic.twitter.com/4RkG3WY8ty
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) August 30, 2015

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More Sin & Punishment Wii U Virtual Console footage

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Another round of footage showing Sin & Punishment on the Wii U Virtual Console has come in. View the latest video of the title below.

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Simogo co-founder thinks Year Walk is best on Wii U

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Year Walk has launched on a couple of platforms already, but next month, it will debut on Wii U. Simogo co-founder Simon Flesser told Nintendo World Report that he feels it’s the best version of the game.

Flesser said:

“All versions of the game have specific things I like about them, but I think the Wii U version is the best version for me. If you didn’t know about the PC or iOS versions, you’d think ‘this is such a Wii U game’. Me and Magnus from Simogo and Rob from Dakko Dakko, we like to design for specific platforms or specific interfaces.”

Year Walk will incorporate motion controls on Wii U, and the GamePad essentially turns into a censor. Flesser spoke about this decision decision, noting:

“We wanted it to feel as fresh and new as possible, and we didn’t want a simple put it on the GamePad and add touch controls – we wanted it to feel new. Rob proposed because on the PC version you use the mouse to look around and control the pointer, obviously you don’t have a pointer with the GamePad and we didn’t want to do the simple touch. Rob from Dakko Dakko came up with the idea of motion controls to control the cursor, then everything fell into place because you have natural motion interactions with all the different gadgets you find in the world.”

Year Walk will be hitting the Wii U eShop on September 17.

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Nindies@Night – full presentation

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Update (8/29): Bumped to the top. We’ve added in Nintendo’s official video below – quality is a bit better!

Nintendo’s Damon Baker held a presentation at Nindies@Night and made a few announcements with indie developers. You can now watch a recording of the full event below.