Kamen Rider: Battride War II heading to Wii U
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments
Finally: a new Wii U announcement coming out of Japan. Kamen Rider: Battride War II was originally thought to be a PlayStation 3-exclusive, but Namco Bandai’s newly-opened website confirms a release on Nintendo’s console as well.
Details are as follows:
– Kamen Rider movies are the stage
– Game has a variety of Kamen Rider works from up until the Heisei era
– New power known as “Ultimate Form”
– Ultimate Form: the specific form change from the Heisei era Kamen Rider movie
– Use the power of Ultimate Form to command the fierce battles from the movie and take down strongest enemies
– New riders and formidable enemies
– The latest Rider, Gaim, and a great number of Riders from all 15 works of the Heisei era, will appear
– New enemies included such as adversary Riders
– W and Accel from Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate will appear
– Kamen Rider Eternal‘s Mitsuru Matsuoka will voice Eternal
– Out in Japan on June 26
– 7,120 yen
– 10,450 yen for the “Premium TV & Movie Sound Edition”
– Package will include 40 carefully selected tracks from the TV series and movies on the game disk
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Another Sonic Boom interview, more details
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Details rounded up from the interview above include:
- The Wii U GamePad will be used to display a map and upgrades, as well as another function which is yet to be unveiled
- The game follows an adventure style with currency and upgrades for the characters
- The game is more “organically” challenging, in that difficulty arises from skill in combat and finding hidden secrets as opposed to enemies just becoming tougher
- All the levels in the game are connected by the story and its locations
- You will mainly use two characters at a time during gameplay, but all four will show up in hubs and boss fights
- There will be points in the game where you are required to use a certain character to proceed
- The game will be very character driven, with a lot of focus put onto each individual character and their unique abilities
- We will “definitely” be seeing other characters from the Sonic series making an appearance – these will be revealed over the coming months
- Inspiration is being taken from Sonic 2, Sonic Adventure, and Sonic Generations
More: Big Red Button, SEGA, Sonic Boom
Soraya Saga retweets today’s Nintendo Direct news
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 29 Comments
Update 3: Masahiro Sakurai has now retweeted the announcement. Make of that what you will!
Update 2: Davis has now clarified that his tweet was posted without any knowledge of tomorrow’s proceedings. At least that’s one “mystery” solved!
Update: I’ll also mention in passing that the Nintendo Direct news has been retweeted by a couple of folks at PlatinumGames, and Next Level Games’ Brian Davis has also posted about the presentation. I’m not too sure how much we should read into Davis’ tweet, but it’s interesting to see that two prominent Platinum staffers have retweeted the Nintendo Direct announcement.
Original: Does the title above seem similar? It should. When Soraya Saga (Tetsuya Takahashi’s wife) last retweeted news regarding Nintendo Direct, it was for Nintendo’s E3 2013 presentation – and when we last saw “X”.
Saga has once again retweeted news about Nintendo Direct, this time for tomorrow’s broadcast. It’s sparking speculation that X will be making an appearance during the upcoming presentation.
Nintendo did say earlier that tomorrow’s event will focus on games releasing before the end of spring. But perhaps they’ll take the time to show a new trailer for X as well? Maybe, maybe not. Keep those expectations in check, as Nintendo hasn’t specifically mentioned which titles will be shown.
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Wii Street U – character/treasure hunt footage
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
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More Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze videos
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First Nintendo Direct of 2014 coming tomorrow, covers Wii U and 3DS titles for the end of spring 2014
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 35 Comments
Update: Nintendo has confirmed the presentation for Japan in addition to North America and Europe.
A new Nintendo Direct presentation will be streamed tomorrow, Nintendo has announced. This one will be the first presentation of 2014.
An announcement sent out by the company confirms that titles releasing before the end of 2014 will be covered. As usual, Satoru Iwata will be hosting the proceedings, and in the European broadcast, Satoru Shibata will be appearing.
Tomorrow’s presentation will be streamed at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT. Head past the break for the official announcement.
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First 20 minutes of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed hits Japan in May
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments
There hasn’t been much Wii U news coming out of Japan these days, but this week’s Famitsu does have a release date for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
Leaks indicate that the title will be available for Wii U and PS3 on May 15. Pricing is set at 6,980 yen. The latest leaks don’t mention any of Transformed’s other versions such as 3DS.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed originally launched for Wii U on November 18, 2012, so this has been a long time coming for Japan.
GameStop ad (2/12 – 2/18)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, News, Wii, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. You can find the retailer’s circular in full below.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot(s) (2/12/14) – Home-run Bat
Posted on 10 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 5 Comments
In case there was any doubt that the Smash Bros. series’ iconic and deadly Home-run bat would be featured in the latest instalment, director Masahiro Sakurai confirmed the return of the item with the following message on Miiverse:
Pic of the day. The Home-run Bat in this game is black! And it’s so powerful that your eyes might bug out!!
