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Assassin’s Creed producer Martin Schelling and lead game designer Jean-Sebastien Decant have spoke a little about the Wii U visuals found in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag.

The two told ExpansiveDLC that the game is somewhere between current-gen and next-gen versions. It’s also been confirmed that the game’s companion app will be compatible with the Wii U release.

“It will be I think, in between the current gen and next gen consoles. We could have had some of the tools from the companion on the second screen, but because the companion app will be available with Wii U too we didn’t include them.”

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I assume Wii U will be receiving the new skin… at some point.


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Nintendo has opened the UK teaser site for Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Access it here. There’s not much to see at present, but you can watch a trailer released earlier this month.



Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will now launch for Wii U on November 22 in the UK – alongside the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC versions. As far as we know, it’s still scheduled to hit the US on October 29.


Assassin’s Creed III suffered from some performance issues on all consoles, including Wii U.

In the Wii U version, one issue that was particularly apparent concerns framerate slowdown during crowded battle scenes.

Such problems have been addressed for the next entry in the series, according to Ubisoft Quebec’s Robin Lavallée.

Lavallée told Nintendo Life of the performance in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag:

I’m happy you are asking the question, the team worked really hard during the last month to increase the performances on the Wii U version… and one of those points was the crowded battle scenes. So the quick answer is, yes we have worked to improve this on Black Flag.

…The Wii U architecture poses some technical challenges that we’ve been able to thankfully overcome. It hasn’t been easy, but we’re really proud of the final result on this console.

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
2. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
3. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
4. Disney Infinity – Disney Interactive
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. Pikmin 3 – Nintendo
7. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
8. The Wonderful 101 – Nintendo
9. ZombiU – Ubisoft
10. Sports Connection – Ubisoft

3DS

1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
3. FIFA 14 – EA
4. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
5. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Nintendo
6. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
7. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
8. Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning – PQube
9. Inazuma Eleven 3: Lightning Bolt – Nintendo
10. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track



Earlier today, Nintendo confirmed that a Nintendo Direct presentation will be held for North America. The same broadcast has, as expected, now been announced for Europe and Japan.

Content will likely be mostly the same for all regions. Still, we’ll host all of the streams on the site tomorrow regardless.



Individual formats

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78TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLISTXB360UBISOFTUBISOFT
69SAINTS ROW IVXB360DEEP SILVERKOCH MEDIA
810KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 REMIXPS3SQUARE ENIXSQUARE ENIX EUROPE
1411DISNEY INFINITYXB360DISNEY INFINITYDISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
912PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2014XB360KONAMIKONAMI
1013DIABLO IIIXB360BLIZZARDACTIVISION BLIZZARD
1114TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLISTPS3UBISOFTUBISOFT
2015ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF3DSNINTENDONINTENDO
16FIFA 14PCEA SPORTSELECTRONIC ARTS
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LWTWTitleDeveloperLabelPublisher
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12GRAND THEFT AUTO VROCKSTAR NORTHROCKSTARTAKE 2
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24PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2014KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENTKONAMIKONAMI
35THE LAST OF USNAUGHTY DOGSONY COMPUTER ENT.SONY COMPUTER ENT.
86DISNEY INFINITYAVALANCHE SOFTWAREDISNEY INFINITYDISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
57TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLISTUBISOFT (TORONTO)UBISOFTUBISOFT
48SAINTS ROW IVVOLITIONDEEP SILVERKOCH MEDIA
79DIABLO IIIBLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENTBLIZZARDACTIVISION BLIZZARD
1610RAYMAN LEGENDSUBISOFT (FRANCE)UBISOFTUBISOFT
1211CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS IITREYARCHACTIVISIONACTIVISION BLIZZARD
1012KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 REMIXSQUARE ENIXSQUARE ENIXSQUARE ENIX EUROPE
1113LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROESTRAVELLER’S TALESWARNER BROS. INTERACTIVEWARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
1314GRAND THEFT AUTO IVROCKSTAR NORTHXBOX 360 CLASSICSTAKE 2
1515MAX PAYNE 3ROCKSTAR VANCOUVERROCKSTARTAKE 2
1716NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTEDCRITERION GAMESEA GAMESELECTRONIC ARTS
2217SKYLANDERS GIANTSTOYS FOR BOBSKYLANDERSACTIVISION BLIZZARD
918ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINESGEARBOX SOFTWARESEGASEGA
2819TOMB RAIDERCRYSTAL DYNAMICSSQUARE ENIXSQUARE ENIX EUROPE
2620ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAFNINTENDONINTENDONINTENDO
1421LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGSTRAVELLER’S TALESWARNER BROS. INTERACTIVEWARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
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2424ASSASSIN’S CREED IIIUBISOFT (MONTREAL)XBOX 360 CLASSICSUBISOFT
2725GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITYROCKSTAR NORTHROCKSTARTAKE 2
2526FAR CRY 3UBISOFT (MONTREAL)XBOX 360 CLASSICSUBISOFT
2327FIFA 13EA CANADAEA SPORTSELECTRONIC ARTS
2128ROME: TOTAL WAR IICREATIVE ASSEMBLYSEGASEGA
29MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTERDANGER CLOSEEA GAMESELECTRONIC ARTS
3730CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMERACTIVISIONACTIVISION BLIZZARD
3331THE SMURFS 2UBISOFT SF/WAYFORWARDUBISOFTUBISOFT
4032HITMAN ABSOLUTIONIO INTERACTIVESQUARE ENIXSQUARE ENIX EUROPE
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3935BIOSHOCK INFINITEIRRATIONAL GAMES2K GAMESTAKE 2
36GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITIONPOLYPHONY DIGITALSONY COMPUTER ENT.SONY COMPUTER ENT.
3237FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORNSQUARE ENIXSQUARE ENIXSQUARE ENIX EUROPE
3838THE SIMS 3THE SIMS STUDIOEA GAMESELECTRONIC ARTS
3039THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIMBETHESDAXBOX 360 CLASSICSBETHESDA SOFTWORKS
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