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When we last heard about Sonic Lost World’s launch, SEGA pinned down an October 13 release date. That has since changed, albeit slightly.

Today’s new Sonic Lost World trailer mentions that the Wii U and 3DS games will be out on October 22. The European release shouldn’t be too far behind.


Nintendo has opened the official European Pikmin 3 site. You can find it right here. Visitors can watch a trailer, view the latest screenshots, read up on gameplay details, and more.


Warner Bros. has announced The LEGO Movie Videogame, set to launch alongside “The LEGO Movie” in 2014. A release is planned on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC, 3DS, and PS Vita.

In a scenario drawn from the film, The LEGO Movie Videogame puts LEGO kids into the role of Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. Players guide him as he is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.

Players can collect and use various LEGO instruction pages to create construction sets. You’ll also be able to “harness the awesome power of the Master Builders to virtually build extraordinary LEGO creations along the way.” TT Games wil be adding in over 90 playable characters and 15 levels.

Source: Warner Bros. PR


Bethesda has once again commented on Wii U, reconfirming it has no games in development for the platform.

Speaking with MCV, Bethesda marketing VP Pete Hines said that “a number of factors” would be involved for the Wii U to become more attractive. Hines noted that the situation “depends on the games that we are making and how we think it aligns with that console, and how the hardware aligns with the other stuff we are making.”

For now, Bethesda has nothing coming to Wii U, and Hines isn’t sure whether things will change in the future. “We will see”, he said.

“It’s a number of factors. The truth is, it’s not something that we are currently developing for. I don’t know whether that changes down the road or not. It depends on the games that we are making and how we think it aligns with that console, and how the hardware aligns with the other stuff we are making. We will see.”

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Capcom announced Ultra Street Fighter IV this past weekend. It brings along five new playable characters, six new stages, balancing updates, and more.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem as though the Wii U will be getting in on the fighting action. Street Fighter executive producer Yoshinori Ono wrote on Twitter yesterday that there aren’t any plans to bring the game to Nintendo’s home console.

He said:


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If there’s one developer that has praised the Wii U’s technical specs more than any other, it would be Shin’en. The developer has consistently stuck up for the hardware’s GPU in particular. Just a few months ago, Shin’en said that the GPU “is several generations ahead of the current gen.”

Writing on Twitter yesterday, Shin’en once again had high praise for this aspect of the Wii U. The company sent out a couple of tweets stating that the “Wii U GPU and its API are straightforward”, adding how it possesses “plenty of high bandwidth memory” and is “easy” to use.

The tweets are as follows:

Shin’en also shared this nugget comparing Wii U and 3DS development:


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16th July, 2013 – Nintendo is giving families up and down the UK the opportunity to play the latest Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games at a series of events taking place throughout summer 2013. The Wii U Den tour and Nintendo 3DS Festival of Fun will be visiting family friendly outdoor events from July t o October and are the best place to play the latest Nintendo games as well as taking part in many other exciting Nintendo themed activities.

The Wii U Den Tour

The Wii U Den tour will be taking Nintendo’s latest home console on the road this summer, offering you the chance to experience the magic of Mario in HD and the innovative new GamePad controller and the entertainment, gameplay and social features that it offers first hand. Play up to 5 player co-op Mario in New Super Mario Bros. U, discover the world of LEGO® CITY Undercover, get involved in multiplayer mayhem in Nintendo Land and even get to try out new games coming later this year! You will also be able to check out the entertainment applications that Wii U has to offer as well as Miiverse – a family friendly social network built around games and sharing gameplay experiences. n>



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