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A close inspection of the Wii U’s North American boxart reveals some of the console’s features.

Most importantly, the system will include an application called “Wii U Chat”. This will likely allow users to communicate with video over Wi-Fi.

Other items mentioned on the box:

• Make and share new Mii characters
• Easily interact with friends, family and people around the world with Miiverse
• Download add-on content, full games, classic games and applications from Nintendo eShop (all contents sold separately).
• Communicate with other Wii U owners in real time with Wii U Chat

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Meet the newest playable character from Runner2: Reverse Merman. He has golden skin, fins, and wears flip flops and swimming trunks.

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Three Namco Bandai games will be available in Europe for the Wii U launch. Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition, Tank! Tank! Tank!, and Family Party: 30 Great Games: Obstacle Arcade should be out day one.

All three titles will likely make it out for the North American release of Wii U.

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The Tokyo Game Show 2012 lineup for Tecmo Koei America and Tecmo Koei Europe are as follows:

Dead or Alive 5
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2
Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

This lineup is a bit different than the one shared by Tecmo Koei’s Japanese division. You can find that here.

Source: Tecmo Koei PR

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THQ was able to confirm that Darksiders II will be fully playable on the Wii U GamePad. You’ll be able to tackle the entire experience without having to access a television.

THQ additionally confirmed that future DLC will be sold on the Wii U eShop. “The Abyssal Forge” and “The Demon Lord Belial” will both be available sometime following the console’s launch.

Potential Darksiders II Wii U buyers may be interested to know how the title takes advantage of the GamePad. The controller acts as a map as well as an inventory screen that allows for item, armor, and weapon switching on the fly. The developers are also including optional motion-sensing features, giving users the ability to make Death dodge and leap side-to-side by moving the GamePad in the desired direction.

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Details on the Wii U’s browser have been posted below. The information includes technical information such as HTML5 support, and general content including tabs and more.

– HTML5 support
– YouTube works with HTML5 and was shown working on Wii U
– No Flash support
– When you pause a Wii U game, you’ll be able to see images of the TV and GamePad displays from that paused game
– When you pause a game and launch the browser, the software remembers the paused game’s name and prepopulate search queries with it to help users look for relevant information
– Tabbed browsing included
– One multitasking example: YouTube video is opened to play on screen, GamePad continues to browse the Internet while the video plays
– Another example: browse the Internet on the GamePad while the television displays regular programming
– Tilt the GamePad forward or backward to scroll up and down
– Quickest browser in Nintendo history

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At this point, many of you have probably heard about Wii consoles that have been “collecting dust” due to a lack of interesting games. That has led some to be concerned about the possibility of the same situation happening with Wii U.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime tried to put some of these fears to rest while speaking with Kotaku. Reggie addressed the lack of Wii games in the system’s past couple of years, and also talked about the possibility that third-party support could dwindle in the future if the Wii U can’t stack up to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 successors.

We’ve posted the entire conversation below.

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Some of the Wii owners out there may remember Broken Rules for its creative and stylish WiiWare title, And Yet It Moves. Fortunately, the studio is back with a brand new game, this time for Wii U: Chasing Auoura.

We recently caught up with Broken Rules’ Martin Pichlmair to find out more about the upcoming eShop game. Pichlmair was able to discuss the origins of the project, confirmed Off-TV Play, hinted at a possible sequel for Wii U, and more.

Aside from Chasing Aurora and Wii U, Pichlmair commented on why Broken Rules has focused on 2D games, commented on piracy, and even explained how the studio picked the URL for its website!

Head past the break for the interview.

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