Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Rusty from SteamWorld Dig is appearing in the indie Wii U game Runbow as one of several guest characters. In an interview with Nintendo Okie, Image & Form CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson explained how Rusty made it into the title.

He said:

Dave Proctor, one of the splendid guys at 13am, simply shot me an email and asked. In the indie community it doesn’t have to be harder than that. That doesn’t mean that we automatically agree to everything. But he sent a gameplay video, and I thought Runbow looked really cool. We then met for beer and Mexican food in San Francisco during GDC and had a wonderful time. I hope Runbow does really well, and that 13am continues to be successful.

Continuing on the topic of collaborations, Sigurgeirsson also said that he’d be open to having Rusty appear in a Renegade Kid title.

As Sigurgeirsson stated:

There’s this very cool guy called Jools Whatsham, who runs Renegade Kid. He’s always been nice and helpful. I wouldn’t mind Rusty appearing in one of their games. We’ll see if that’ll ever happen.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in Features, Game of the Month, GameCube, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 10 Comments

It’s safe to say that Mario Kart 8 takes more than a few cues from F-Zero. Nintendo’s other racing franchise that started out on the SNES gets comparatively little love nowadays, but several features from this series have worked their way into the latest Mario Kart. The new racetracks are the most obvious influence, with gravity-defying courses that are straight out of F-Zero (quite literally in the case of some of the DLC), but the new 200cc class brings Mario Kart’s speed just a little bit closer to its older brother. Heck, you can even play as a Mii approximation of Captain Falcon if you can track down his elusive amiibo. But for all the inspiration that Mario Kart 8 takes from F-Zero, the two series remain distinctly different. Some people are claiming that Mario Kart is now an adequate replacement for the currently MIA F-Zero (and by some people I mean just one guy on Neogaf), but taking a look at the design philosophy behind both titles shows that they’re completely at odds with each other.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

We got a tiny look at The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth running on the New 3DS earlier today, and Nicalis has now shared a brief clip of off-screen Wii U GamePad footage. Watch it below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments

New footage of Assault Android Cactus has come in from YouTube user “Assault Android Cactus” Check it out below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Unity Games Japan prepared a new trailer for Wind-Up Knight below. It can be found below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Image & Form recently took on a batch of community questions and answered them in a new video. Fans asked about platform-specific features, amiibo, and more. All of Image & Form’s answers are in the video below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Zen Studios released a new trailer for Star Wars Pinball’s Star Wars Rebels table, which you can watch below. The DLC is due out this Thursday on Wii U.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

NintenDaan has uploaded a bunch of footage from Wind-up Knight 2. You can watch it all below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Nintendo released an official video for Cosmo Gang the Puzzle on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console. Watch it below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments

Blocky Bot, Mobot Studios’ “super action mini platformer”, received a trailer today. Take a look at it below.

Blocky Bot will be coming soon to the Wii U eShop.

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