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A few folks were given the opportunity to try out the Wii U version of Chasing Aurora at PAX Prime 2012 this past weekend. Broken Rules showed off some of the multiplayer modes that will be included in the final download.

Read on below for details on how Chasing Aurora plays on Wii U.

– In multiplayer, one person uses the GamePad
– GamePad shows all important content on the screen
– Other players use Wiimotes and nunchucks
– A button: birds will flap their wings
– C button: dive
– Plays like a big game of tag with variations on that theme between each mode
– One variation was just like freeze tag
– Person with the GamePad tries to find other players and make contact
– When this happens, the GamePad holder will have a few seconds on a timer and freeze the player
– Other players can free the frozen bird by connecting with it
– Wiimote players win if there is at least one is alive when the timer ends
– Each individual wing flap requires you to press the A button
– Hotboxes are pretty small, so it’s pretty easy to pull off narrow escapes
– Other modes included
– One mode reverses the roles and the Wiimote players have to catch the one with the GamePad
– Another bode involves a “lead” bird to outrun everyone else
– The camera follows that player as they try to get far enough ahead to cause others to fall behind and go off screen

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As far as we know, Dragon Quest X will be the only Wii U game to be having a presence at the Tokyo Game Show. Then again, maybe Namco Bandai has something in store.

Japanese blogs have picked up on an interesting discovery on Namco Bandai’s TGS site. The Wii’s file icon is hosted on the company’s server here. After someone added a “u” to the end of that filename, a Wii U icon popped up – view it here.

Namco Bandai does have a couple of games announced for Wii U: Tank! Tank! Tank! and Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Tank! Tank! Tank! has been brought to a variety of trade shows, but the Wii U version of Tekken has not been playable thus far.

Perhaps one of these titles will be a late addition to Namco Bandai’s huge TGS lineup? Maybe they’ll announce something brand new for Wii U – there are more games that have yet to be confirmed? Or perhaps we’ll see nothing at all.  There should be a concrete answer very soon.


The Wii U version of Toki Tori 2 is coming along. Developer Two Tribes gave an update on the game today, noting that the team has just started to implement the level editor.

The studio wrote:

“Today, the 1st draft Wii U specific level editor was implemented. It’s a proof of concept, so no promises yet! But it looks promising! You basically see everything you add on the gamepad being added to a paused version of the game on your TV. Switch! And Play! It is still early though, it is based on our internal PC editor but simplified and more limited in scope.”

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An unannounced medieval RPG could be heading to the Wii U. The console is mentioned in a French job posting.

Take a look at this rough translation:

  • Unannounced big budget (multi million dollar/euro) Fantasy Medieval Role-Playing is in the works.
  • The game is for PC / Mac / console.   It is currently in pre-production.
  • The job listing mentions “innovative peripherals (including Wii U)”.  Wii U is the only console mentioned on the job listing.
  • IS is a company being created based in Montreuil, Paris (France).
  • The team is mainly composed of veterans of the gaming industry and has an internationally recognized expertise in the field.
  • Job listing says details will be announced to the press, between October and December 2012.
  • Offers Pre-employment training : Only one student per class maximum.

Another posting was discovered on DeviantArt, and it sounds very much like the first one:

“We’re currently looking for freelances high poly 3D artists.
The project is a video game, an heroic fantasy RPG with higly detailled armors (~500 000 polys per character).  It’s not for real time, rather for rendering, 3D printing and other things of the same kind.

It’s a big project with a big budget (several millions dollars), but also with a lot of work.  Compensation will depend on quality and percentage of completion, from hundreds to thousands of dollars per character.“

Marc Kruzic appears to be behind this unannounced title as the game’s creator. He’s a project manager at Earthlings Games, and was involved with EA and Chillingo for a number of interactive storytelling children games for the iPad/iPhone/Android.

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We’ve received word on Square Enix’s Tokyo Game Show 2012 lineup. Nintendo fans can look forward to the first details on the Wii U version of Dragon Quest X.

It seems that only three games will be playable. Most of Square Enix’s lineup consists of software that will be appearing in trailer form.

For Square Enix’s full lineup, read on below.



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