Wii U

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

GamesMaster’s full interview with Shigeru Miyamoto has been posted online. We previously posted quotes regarding the possibility of abandoned GameCube-GBA link ideas being realized on Wii U, and origins of Pikmin.

Check out the full interview transcript below. Miyamoto addressed the importance of online, creating a social network, his future and changing role at Nintendo, and more.

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Austin edit: Though Treyarch didn’t release patch notes, things that I’ve noticed include the following:

– Weapon balance fixes
– Return of the “Cursor Sensitivity” and “Cursor Speed” options for Wii Remote players
– Multi-Team, Mercenary Moshpit modes added

Call of Duty: Black Ops II has been patched on Wii U. Activision and Treyarch sent out an update around a day or so ago. Players should be able to access the 106MB download now.

Thanks to Alfalfa for the tip.

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Have you visited Miiverse lately? If so, perhaps you’ve noticed that New Super Mario Bros. U director Masataka Takemoto has posted a gameplay video from his Wii U game. You can watch the footage directly on the Miiverse app or through YouTube on the Wii U Internet browser.

This is notable since it confirms that Miiverse can technically display videos. Right now, though, the feature only appears to be available for Nintendo staff. How neat would it be if others could post YouTube videos to Miiverse?

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

The 3DS has sold over 9 million units in Japan, sales tracker Media Create has announced. Including sales of the XL model, Nintendo’s portable has accumulated a total of 9,118,000 units.

Media Create also has an update on Wii U. After selling another 127,000 systems between December 10 and December 16, the console has sold roughly 435,000 units in Japan.

Wii U is selling similar to the Wii thus far. Through its first two weeks, Wii moved roughly 436,000 consoles.

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WeeWaa was one of the strangest game/peripheral combinations we ever saw on Wii. But for a number of reasons – mainly the decline in interest from its investor and publisher – the product never hit retail.

Klaus Lyngeled, the owner and creative director of Zoink and the creator of the project, explained:

“We did finish the game for Wii, and the tech and gameplay [were] working really good. But the investor and publisher didn’t go through with publishing it since the Wii market wasn’t strong enough. It was a very big disappointment to us, too, since we had worked with the project for many years. We even designed the plush toy ourselves and set up the full production in China.”

Lyngeled pointed to the third-party market on Wii as a big factor behind the decrease in interest from its investor and publisher:

“It was mainly because they didn’t see any third-party games selling on Wii. The kids angle worked really well on Wii. At the beginning, we had deals lined up with both Walmart and Toys ‘R’ Us. They loved it, but then the market changed, and third-party games just didn’t sell.”

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Purchasing mature content from the European Wii U eShop is… inconvenient. Currently, consumers can only buy such titles between 11 PM and 3 AM due to a law originating from Germany.

But in its latest podcast, ONM claims that a fix is in the works. If true, one would think that Wii U users wouldn’t be as limited when it comes to mature content on the eShop.

Take this update with a grain of salt until Nintendo of Europe makes an official comment.

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In the video above, one user is playing on Wii U. The other, Mattrayu, is playing on the 3DS. Seems to work rather well.

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