Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

Buying Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on the Wii U and 3DS will set you back $100. But if you pre-order both games from Amazon, you can save $20.

Simply visit the product page here, scroll down to the “Best Value” section, and then select “Pre-order both items”. You’ll then be able to check out with the $20 discount.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

After news of January’s absolutely abysmal sales of Wii U in the states, UK retailers are asking Nintendo to do exactly what they did with 3DS to their home console: Cut the price, get some games, and start fresh.

“Wii U has not caught the public’s imagination yet. We need a killer app to drive sales, and a big marketing push to clearly communicate what Wii U is all about – it will probably be better to focus on the premium edition to do this.” – Tesco games buying manager Jonathan Hayes

“A price drop on the console or extremely competitive bundle options to encourage consumer take-up would be ideal.” Grainger Gamers’ commercial director Simon Peck

“Both the machine and software prices are too high to compete. The price point needs looking at but this alone will not fix the issue.” Founder of Xbite Nick Whitehead

“Lower prices should be led by Nintendo and publishers – not left to retail to discount down to the optimum price point.” Barkman Computers’ Nick Elliot

Ultimately the issue isn’t that the price is too high: It’s that the price is too high for what they’re offering for most people. Try as they may, I don’t think most gamers care about Monster Hunter, New Super Mario Bros., or even Pikmin. Third party support will be key if Nintendo wants to grow beyond just being a Nintendo-games box. Not that I would honestly complain if all the Wii U had was first and second party Nintendo games. That’s what I bought the thing for, after all.

Via MCVUK

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

The official Japanese Game & Wario site is now open. Visit it here.

Nintendo has posted information about some of Game & Wario’s mini-games along with screenshots. If you don’t understand Japanese, though, you may not get much out of it!

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

First up is The Flash vs. Shazam…

And next, The Joker vs. Lex Luthor:

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Podcast Stories, Rumors, Wii U | 0 comments

Kotaku has obtained marketing materials for Ubisoft’s new IP, Watch Dogs, which indicates that the game will be released on “all home consoles” this holiday. The thing is, the wording is nebulous. What exactly does “all home consoles” mean?

Watch Dogs has only been confirmed for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC thus far. Could the Wii U be in the mix?

Kotaku also writes today that Watch Dogs started out as a Driver game. We’ve heard rumblings about this before, so it wouldn’t be too surprising.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 0 comments

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