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Unfortunately, the newly revealed Saints Row 4 won’t be heading to Wii U. Publisher Deep Silver confirmed to Joystiq that the company has no intentions of bringing the game to Nintendo’s console. If you’re interested in the next Saints Row, you’ll need to pick it up on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, or PC.

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First up is Aquaman vs. Green Lantern…

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A new update is now available for New Super Mario Bros. U. It’s nothing too major – it basically cross-posts all messages to the new “Game Posts” Miiverse community.


Deep Silver won’t be bringing the next release in the Dead Island series to Wii U. Why is this so?

Creative producer Alexander Toplansky provided an explanation to Digital Spy:

“One of the opportunities we had for Riptide was to continue the development of the engine, and really improve it and make a lot of refinements. The things that are required to bring something to a new platform, you need to either really get to be integrating it deep into the engine, or you’ve got to [do] a port. Neither one of those was a satisfactory outcome for us, so we decided to do what we got platform-wise and just make sure that we can deliver the best experience we can.”

Could Dead Island eventually make its way to Wii U? Things are looking a bit gloomy in that area. Toplansky wouldn’t necessarily rule out the possibility, but “it’s not something that’s planned.”

“There are no plans for the moment. It’s not something I would categorically rule out, but it’s not something that’s planned.”

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A rather large update has hit the official Pokemon Rumble U website today. It’s brought along the game’s first trailer, footage, new details, and more.

We’ve posted all of the new content from the upcoming Wii U eShop game below. Be sure to visit the official site for even more goodies.


– First line of NFC figures: Bulbasaur, Pikachu, Torchic, Piplup, Lucario and Victini
– Pokemon Centers in Japan will sell download codes for the game
– Can attack with the GamePad touch screen
– Look for different items in the game
– Such items have different effects such as making you bigger or healing
– Some levels have gimmicks that you can control
– Others will damage you
– Each area has a boss at the end
– Multiple levels
– Timed battles are scattered throughout
– Can use the figures in the game and raise them using coins obtained within the game
– This makes them potentially stronger than the counterparts you capture in-game

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You can find Shigeru Miyamoto’s full interview with Geoff Keighley on GameTrailers TV below. We’ll add in an alternate video when a higher-quality video pops up.


Update: Seems the 80,000 figure was inaccurate. Dent tweeted that the the Wii U sold “way under” that number. 64,000 units or so is looking more likely.

It’s uncommon to obtain official data from the NPD these days. The company does, however, tend to leave clues about the performance of hardware.

Case and point: NPD has confirmed that Wii U sales are up 40% over January. An initial figure suggested that the Wii U sold around 55,000 units in the US during the month. After a few math calculations, that would put the console at around 64,000 units at a minimum for February, with VentureBeat’s Kevin Dent specifically listing an estimate of 80,000 units.

That’s not exactly an encouraging stat for Nintendo, but it is a start – and sales have obviously seen a boost over February. With software finally starting to arrive in March – including LEGO City: Undercover, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted U – sales may pick up further.

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Following the lead of several other UK retailers, Amazon.co.uk has taken £50 off of the price of the Wii U Basic Set and the Deluxe Set, pricing them at £199 and £249 respectively. More than likely this is in response to slow sales, and the product providers simply want to free up shelf space that’s being used up by Wii Us that aren’t selling. It’s unclear whether this price cut will be permanent or temporary, or whether more shops will follow suit.

According to CVG, the trade price (that is, the “wholesale” price) of a Wii U is roughly £205, which means these folks are all selling the system at a loss.

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