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

Four Wii U games from E3 2013 will be playable at various Best Buy locations in the US and Canada this week. Nintendo hasn’t said which titles are heading to the retailer, but Reggie Fils-Aime will make the list official on Tuesday.

An alleged Best Buy flyer may have confirmed the lineup a couple of days early. New Super Luigi U, Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD are said to be playable.

Assuming the flyer above is spot on, fans may be slightly disappointed. Mario’s 3D Wii U outing and Mario Kart Wii U won’t be brought to Best Buy if true.

Thanks to Paul S.T.C for the tip.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Yesterday, Nintendo’s “Tom” posted a message on Miiverse about traveling to E3 2013 on the same plane as Reggie Fils-Aime. The post contained a photo from the flight, teasing future functionality for the social network.

In his post, Tom wrote that the “photo attachment option is still in its test phase so it isn’t available to everyone.” This seems to imply that Miiverse users will eventually be able to include images with their posts. Wouldn’t you agree that photo attachments would be a much-welcomed feature?

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Despite the fact that Nintendo labeled GameStop’s “recall” of the Wii U Basic Set a “rebalance” a few days ago, further evidence points to the discontinuation of the system. An internal Best Buy flyer obtained by Kotaku suggests that the retailer will be getting rid of its Basic stock next week.

According to the flyer, “stores should pull all new in box units and send them back” on June 10-11. “Stores should expect to see more Wii U deluxe units arriving in the coming weeks.”

Is this just a simple “rebalance”, as Nintendo claims? Or is there something more to the situation?

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

EA’s future support support has been somewhat unclear as of late. The company first indicated that it had no games in development for the system whatsoever, but additional comments seemed to contradict that.

EA president of labels Frank Gibeau has now given some specifics on the publisher’s Wii U stance.

No games coming from EA will be hitting Wii U this fall – ruling out the likes of Need for Speed: Rivals, among others. However, Gibeau did note: “We have guys that our looking at the Wii U in the studio system right now as an opportunity for the future”.

“We have a good partnership with Nintendo. We released four games on the platform over the last year and we’re pretty proud of Need For Speed, and Madden, and FIFA and Mass Effect. We have guys that our looking at the Wii U in the studio system right now as an opportunity for the future, but we have no publicly announced Wii U games that we’re going to release this fall.”

“We’re really excited about the Xbox One and the PS4 and that’s a pretty big endeavor in and of itself. We have four titles out on the Wii U that are active right now, so looking at how things unfold, that’s where our focus is right now.”

Gibeau later said that EA as a whole thinks of Wii U as a next-gen console, which is grouped together with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. When asked why the publisher has no projects in the works for Wii U though, Gibeau said that there’s “no more context for me to add.”

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Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Videos, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

I made my way through the first twenty levels in the upcoming Mutant Mudds Deluxe, which means the ghost levels were unlocked. I figured I’d catch some footage of it for you guys, and even though it didn’t really go as smoothly as I had hoped, you can probably glean something from it. I also give my general impressions of the game as we go along, if you’re curious how it stacks up.

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n-Space, known for games such as Geist and Heroes of Ruin, seems to be involved with Wii U.

At the moment, n-Space doesn’t have any announced projects in development for the platform. But lead engineer Justin Hare lists on his LinkedIn profile: “Ported large parts of nSpace engine tech to Wii-U”.

n-Space worked on quite a few Wii games, so it wouldn’t be too surprising so see them make the jump to Wii U. It’d be pretty neat if the studio revived Winter for the system!

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SEGA is bringing a total of five games to E3 2013. Sonic Lost World, Castle of Illusion, Company of Heroes 2, Total War: Rome II, and The Cave will all at the show. Additionally, each will be playable.

An overview of the five titles can be found after the break.

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