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Nintendo invited a number of celebrities to New York for a Wii U play opportunity. Adrienne Bailon and Corbin Bleu made an appearance, as did Stacy Keibler and Constantine Maroulis.

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The last two games from Masahiro Sakurai, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Kid Icarus: Uprising, packed in a ton of content.

Brawl featured a full single-player mode, a number of multiplayer modes/options, an “Event” mode, trophies and stickers to collect, and lots more. Uprising offered a considerable amount as well with its gem crafting, tons of achievements to clear, local and online multiplayer, and AR functionality.

Sakurai’s next game is a brand new Smash Bros. entry for Wii U and 3DS. Although these two titles will likely be crammed with a great deal of things to see and do much like his previous projects, Sakurai doesn’t seem to be concerned about quantity this time around. Instead, he believes “a change of direction may be what’s needed.”

When Nintendo Power asked about the difficulties in making a new Smash Bros. considering the amount of content included in previous games, Sakurai said:

“It isn’t a matter of ‘if the next game has 50 characters, that’ll be enough.’ There is a certain charm to games that have huge casts of playable characters, but they tend to have issues with game balance and it becomes very difficult to fine-tune each character and have them all feel distinctive…. In terms of quantity, we’ve probably already reached the limit of what’s feasible. I think a change of direction may be what’s needed.”

You can read up on Sakurai’s other Smash Bros. comments with Nintendo Power here.

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WayFoward founder Voldi Way has opened up on a number of important topics.

In a new interview, Way discussed what else is planned for Shantae (essentially confirming Shantae for Wii U), the future of the “Mighty” series, the possibility of BloodRayne on Wii U, and lots more.

We’ve pulled out some of Way’s quotes for you below. Head past the break for his comments.

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Dead or Alive 5 could happen on Wii U based on new comments from director Yohei Shimbori.

Shimbori said that the team is concentrating its efforts on the game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but a Wii U version could happen down the line. It’ll all be decided by player feedback, it seems.

He said:

“Right now, we’re doing our best to get the game ready for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. After players get their hands on Dead or Alive 5 we want to hear what they think and based on that we’ll see if we should make a Wii U version.”

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EA Games chief Patrick Soderlund has said that the company will have “a couple of titles” prepared for the Wii U’s launch. Mass Effect 3 has already been confirmed for the console, so we’re looking at a sports game as the other unknown release.

Soderlund also discussed future support for the Wii U, noting that EA “will appear on that platform will all the games that we deem need to be on that platform” if the system is successful.

According to Soderlund:

“We’re backing the Wii U with a couple of titles for launch. Obviously, what was announced at E3 was the (EA Sports) lineup. If you look at our Games label, we will assess the Wii U as we do with any platform. If it’s successful, we’ll be on it, and we absolutely hope it will be, and think it will be. If it is, we will appear on that platform will all the games that we deem need to be on that platform.”

EA hasn’t officially announced any sports titles for Wii U, but it’s clear that Madden and FIFA are in the works. Details on EA Sports’ lineup are expected next month.

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Update: We’re back to square one, in a way. The original tweet was an error. Rather than mentioning September specifically, Nintendo is only confirming that a conference will be held this fall.

An investor attending Nintendo’s annual shareholder’s meeting reports that Nintendo will hold a conference in September to reveal Wii U launch information. The console’s price and launch date are expected to be shared during the event.

Additionally, Nintendo is rumored to be discussing titles coming out in 2013. That likely means more details would be provided for games such as Project P-100 and Pikmin 3. It’s unclear if brand new title announcements would be made.

A translation of the investor’s message reads:

“Nintendo plans to reveal the launch day and price at September, and not just the launch titles, also the titles for 2013 will be revealed at that time”

Nintendo has said on many occasions that the Wii U’s launch information would be announced at a separate event in the future. A September conference would definitely make sense. Although we don’t have a complete confirmation of this rumor, it has a very high chance of being legitimate.