Assassin’s Creed III is significant for a number of reasons. It’s by far the biggest entry in the series, and it’ll be making its first appearance on a Nintendo home console.

Creative director Alex Hutchison discussed how the Wii U GamePad will enhance gameplay in an interview with ONM.

Hutchison first talked about the benefits of having a large map available at all times:

“Assassin’s Creed 3 is obviously an open world game and we’re dealing with huge expanses. It’s by far the biggest Assassin’s Creed we’ve built to date so having a map – a larger map – at your disposal at all times is a big win. It allows you to plan your navigation, see when enemies are nearby so the bigger the map, the better in our universe.”

And about fight scenes…

“During combat on the Wii U, you have always have access to all your other tools and weapons on the controller itself. So at any point you can very easily switch between your tomahawk and knife or hidden blades and sword without going into a menu.

“We have a new move called the running assassination. You can imagine charging into combat, taking out your first enemy, immediately killing a second with your tomahawk and knife, using a pistol to shoot a third and then switching using the controller to a smoke bomb to affect your escape.”

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Miyamoto on Pikmin 3’s lengthy development, looking to include timer

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Can you believe that Pikmin 3 made its debut over ten years ago? It’s even tougher to believe that more than eight years have passed since its sequel was made for the GameCube.

Yesterday we heard from Shigeru Miyamoto that Nintendo’s experiments on a variety of platforms – including the 3DS – contributed to Pikmin 3’s lengthy development. Miyamoto has additionally said that the team was considering what an actual Pikmin title should be like.

Miyamoto stated:

Gaijin Games talks Runner 2, Wii U game ideas

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Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2 was finally confirmed for Wii U last week following several teases and hints. As a result, Gaijin Games’ Alex Neuse is now able to discuss the version for Nintendo’s new console.

Neuse first commented on how the controller can be used in the game:

“For Runner2, we’re thinking about how we can use the controller as an alternate world. For instance, what if CommanderVideo got warped down to the controller and had to do stuff different to what’s going on in the main game. It’s turning into a new canvas to paint on.”

Runner 2 probably won’t be the only Wii U title from Gaijin Games. Neuse has a number of ideas for the console/controller, some of which were shared in an interview with ONM:

“I’m imagining a game in which two players play co-op, with one using the Wii U controller and the other using a standard Wii Remote. What if the person with the Wii U controller could help the other person with the Wii U controller could help the other player out using, say, surveillance cameras, a bit like Theora Jones with Edison Carter [from Max Headroom].”

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Off-screen Wii Fit U footage

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Katsuya Eguchi dances to SiNG

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This is officially the second-best video to have come out of E3 2012. I’m not sure if anything beats “Mr. Iwata’s Last E3 Meeting with Mr. Miyamoto and Reggie”.

You rule, Eguchi!

Nintendo: All Wii U and 3DS games will be available digitally and at retailers

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Another piece of good news coming from Cindy Gordon, vice-president of corporate affairs at Nintendo of America, concerns the digital release of Wii U and 3DS games. Apparently there are plans to make “every” title for both platforms available through both digital and retail means.

This is something that Nintendo has discussed in the past, but another confirmation is welcome.

Gordon said:

“What we said is that every game for the Wii U, and this is true for the Nintendo 3DS too, will be available in both packaged as well as digital. It’s really about choice. What I remember as a parent, I prefer the download because I won’t lose the disk. But some people thrive on [having the physical game], to each his own.”

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Access your Wii U account anywhere, digital content possibility tied in

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Because the Wii U is making use of an account system, there’s a lot of flexibility in terms of accessing settings and other content at any time.

Cindy Gordon, vice-president of corporate affairs at Nintendo of America, has said that this functionality will allow you to “to access your account anywhere.” So if you’re visiting a friend’s house, you should be able to retrieve your profile on that system.

Gordon’s response was actually about playing games on another Wii U. Based on her comments, it sounds like digital content could be tied to your account. That would certainly be a step in the right direction for Nintendo, its online plans, and its approach to non-retail offerings.

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EA has two unannounced Wii U games in the works

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EA is starting to get more specific with regard to its plans for Wii U.

The company has two unannounced titles in development for the platform. Right now it’s looking like they’ll be announced later this summer. EA label president Frank Gibeau has said that the company will “have a bigger line-up for Wii U than we did on the Wii.”

According to Gibeau:

“We’ve got a couple of more games in development for Wii U and we’ll have a bigger line-up for Wii U than we did on the Wii. It is the first next-generation platform coming out so we’re really supporting it. Just looking at E3 and where we’re at, we wanted to hold our fire a little bit on a couple of the other games that we’re working on. We’ll have more announcements this summer on the rest of the Wii U line-up. …You’ll hear more later this summer.”

Gibeau also spoke about the GamePad, stating that EA will “do some new, unique things with it on the Wii U controller and the second screen that we’re innovating on”.

Mass Effect 3 is one of the company’s games that will be taking advantage of the new controller.

“We’ll do some new, unique things with it on the Wii U controller and the second screen that we’re innovating on.”

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