Mario Kart 8 pre-orders open
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments
Mario Kart 8 won’t be out until early next year, but most major retailers are taking pre-orders for the game. You can reserve it at Amazon
or Best Buy
– nothing at GameStop just yet.
Of Mario Kart 8’s launch, we’ve only heard that Nintendo intends to ship the game in spring 2014. That means, at the earliest, we’ll be seeing it in late March.
Target holding buy 2, get 1 free sale on Wii U games next week
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 1 Comment
Next week, Target will hold a special sale on Wii U games. All titles for the system will be included in a buy 2, get 1 free sale.
Zelda: Wind Waker won’t be a part of the deal unfortunately, as its retail release won’t be available until October 4. Still, you can pick up games such as Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101, and Rayman Legends.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – full PAX Prime 2013 panel
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[REVIEW] The Wonderful 101 (Wii U)
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Reviews, Wii U | 20 Comments
System: Nintendo Wii U
Release Date: September 15th, 2013 (NA), August 25th, 2013 (EU)
Developer: Platinum Games
Publisher: Nintendo
Author: Austin
“They can do it! They can do it! ‘Cuz they’re super sisters and brooooos!”
I encourage those with a passing interest in The Wonderful 101 to start their purchasing deliberation process by experiencing the game’s brilliant theme song. I suspect that anyone who cracks a smile or feels a sense of joy while listening to it will fall well within this game’s intended audience, and if you laughed aloud (like myself) while listening to the lumberjack-esque men sing very silly words written by game director Hideki Kamiya himself, then you can stop reading here and go wait eagerly for the game’s September 15th release date because this game is for you.
But if you’re not a dedicated part of the game’s intended audience and you view the package as a whole, you’ll probably begin to see some pretty substantial blemishes. Not enough of them to ruin the experience, but plenty to leave certain players frustrated and wishing the game had done a few simple things a lot more elegantly.
Read onwards to decide if The Wonderful 101 is for you.
Zelda: Wind Waker HD vs. GCN – Swift Sail comparison video
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Video: SEGA Europe’s Sonic brand manager talks Sonic Lost World
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Ubisoft talks Child of Light, “for me Child of Light is as valuable as a 60 dollar game”, “more than 10 hours, easily”
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments
“The Walking Dead and Journey, for them, I’m really grateful, because they changed the perception, and it’s going to evolve more and more. There’s this perception that if it’s not on a disc or it doesn’t retail for 60 dollars, it’s not worth it. And that mentality is changing. For me Child of Light is as valuable is a 60 dollar game and it’s as long, it’s a long game – more than 10 hours, easily. Just the demo you can play for like an hour, and the demo is the smallest chunk we could do that would show a boss fight.”
– Child of Light creative director Patrick Plourde
Disney very pleased with Disney Infinity sales thus far
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Disney Infinity finally launched last month after being in development for a number of years. While we don’t have exact sales figures, Disney CFO Jay Rasulo said at the 2013 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference this week that the company is very pleased with the game’s sales thus far.
Disney Infinity released with “huge interest,” Rasulo stated. It may be early, but sales “have been on par” – or maybe even a bit better – than Skylanders.
“I don’t want to be definitive about something that is in its early days, but if you think about a really great product that has come out recently that had some similarities to Infinity, which is Skylanders, Skylanders Giants in particular … our sales have been on par with that even though we launched in August and they do theirs in September or October. We’re on that scale, maybe better.
“All indications are great, but these are very early days.”
Rasulo confirmed that Disney Infinity’s average player is 13 years-old. This is older than Disney anticipated, and there’s even a “certain percent” of users over 20. Most gamers have been picking up Disney Infinity on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Media Create software sales (9/2 – 9/8) – Top 50
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PSP] Uta no Prince-Sama: Music 2 #
02./00. [PS3] Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist
03./01. [PS3] JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle #
04./00. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate #
05./02. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Real Reborn #
06./07. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
07./06. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team #
08./00. [PSV] Killzone: Mercenary
09./05. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life #
10./09. [3DS] Youkai Watch
11./03. [PSV] Ragnarok Odyssey Ace
12./00. [PS3] Puppeteer
13./10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
14./12. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
15./04. [PS3] Lost Planet 3
16./00. [PSP] Kiyoka no Ori: Hiiro no Kakera 4 – Shiki no Shi #
17./00. [360] Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist
18./00. [360] Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate #
19./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
20./18. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
Full North American Zelda: Wind Waker HD site open
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo has opened the full website for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD. You can find it here. The site contains a rundown of the game’s features, story, and more. There’s also a few wallpapers and Facebook profile photos to download.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
