Wii U

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Most Smash Bros. fans likely didn’t expect Nintendo to announce Wii Fit Trainer as a playable character in the new Wii U and 3DS games. Yet, during E3 2013, Nintendo did just that. The company also revealed the Animal Crossing Villager, a character that you wouldn’t exactly peg as a fighter under normal circumstances.

Masahiro Sakurai told GamesTM this month that the their inclusion isn’t simply a means of surprising players. Rather, he feels that they “are very unique characters and they lend themselves well to the Smash Bros. family because they bring things we don’t already see.”

Sakurai said:

“The Wii Fit Trainer and the villager from Animal Crossing, there may be some people out there being like, ‘Okay, great, now you’re going out on a limb, you’re trying to do something strange or unusual, but there’s really no meaning behind it, you’re just doing it for…’ I don’t want to say shock value, per se, but just to surprise people. And that’s really not the case. I think these are very unique characters and they lend themselves well to the Smash Bros. family because they bring things we don’t already see.”

Thanks to joclo for sending this our way.

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments

For the new Smash Bros. titles on Wii U and 3DS, Masahiro Sakurai posts new one new screenshot Mondays through Fridays on the game’s official website. He also shares each image on Miiverse and occasionally posts a message.

Sakurai’s latest notice covers the origins of the daily screenshot. He wrote:

The “pic of the day” originally started as a fun internal update for the people developing the game – we would put up a daily shot on our own corporate website. We soon decided that we wanted to share the fun with the general public, so that’s where we are today. Please keep in mind, though, that this is just meant to be a little bonus feature – we’ll continue to release other information about the game on the website.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments

Update (7/31): Party’s over! Amazon changed the price back to $50.

Some have said that The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was too easy. For Wii U’s HD upgrade, it sounds like the game will be receiving a boost. A portion of a product description on Amazon mentions that Zelda: Wind Waker HD will include “a more challenging difficulty level.”

Speaking of Amazon, you can save 0 by pre-ordering with the retailer. Unlike other pre-order listings (such as Best Buy and GameStop), Amazon is taking reservations for $50 as opposed to $60. I’m not quite sure if this will end up being the standard MSRP, but you could always go with Amazon just to be safe.

Thanks to Jake and Andres for the tip.

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

Precursor Games pledged support for Wii U in a big way when it announced Shadow of the Eternals for the console (and PC, later followed by PS4). Yet not all companies are willing to put out new titles for Nintendo’s system. There’s no denying that the Wii U is struggling, which is one of the big reasons why third-party support has been slim.

So what is it about the Wii U that drew Precursor to the console? Chief creative officer Denis Dyack pointed to a number of reasons in an interview with GameSpot:

“We like the Wii U. …Well, I think first of all we’re great friends with Nintendo. We love Nintendo. Also, Eternal Darkness got its roots with Nintendo and I think a spiritual successor should follow those roots and I think that was just natural. I also think that the controller and the system itself is very, very unique and leaves a lot of possibilities for us.”

Later in the interview, Dyack went on to speak about Nintendo’s recent struggles and said of the console race: it’s “way, way too early to tell.”

“I’m always very cautious about saying Nintendo’s put themselves in a corner or made a lot of huge mistakes because I’ve never seen a company surprise so many people and come out of nowhere to win and I think certainly this console race with the Wii U is way, way too early to tell. The people at Nintendo are extremely smart, really great people. We’ll see where it goes. I think it’s just too early to tell…”

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. Highlights include Project X Zone for $30 and LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes for $20.

You can find the full round of GameStop details in the ad below:

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

I’ve started to pull back on posting ratings that don’t have any importance to them. But hey, it’s Zelda. And this is yet another reminder that it’s coming.

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A number of retailers, including Best Buy, GameStop, and Target, appear to have stopped selling the Wii U Basic Set. The system is missing from each retailer’s website, leading to uncertainties regarding the product’s future. It’s also out of stock at Walmart – and it’s unknown if it will be coming back any time soon.

In other news, the Wii U Basic Set will be available for just $200 at Walmart starting on August 2.

I’d prefer not to make too much of this for now, but… the situation is curious, certainly…

Source 1, Source 2

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

Update: Amazon took down the video. Sorry guys.

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 19 Comments

Batman: Arkham Origins won’t have online multiplayer on Wii U, making it the only system missing out on the new feature.

As for why this is so, Warner Bros. explained in a statement that the team “is focusing development efforts on platforms with the largest MP audience.” The publisher must have felt that it wasn’t worth pouring in resources into the Wii U due to the possibility of a lack of players.

A Warner Bros. representative told us:

“MP will be available for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The team is focusing development efforts on platforms with the largest MP audience.”