Iwata talks Wii success, 3D will be minor element of future consoles, third-party Wii U announcements this fall, lots more
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The Indepdent recently chatted with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. The publication asked Iwata a bunch questions, and he was more than willing to provide a few juicy tidbits.
Iwata commented on the company’s first-ever operating loss, the surprising success of Wii, Wii U’s asymmetric gameplay, specs and third-parties, the future of 3D, and a whole lot more.
In the process of responding to these topics, there are a few points we’ll mention right off the bat. Iwata said that more third-party Wii U games will be announced this fall, the same time that the console’s price and release date are revealed. He also commented about the future of 3D, noting that it will likely play a minor role in Nintendo’s future systems.
Head past the break for all of Iwata’s comments. Believe me, you won’t want to miss this Q&A roundup.
New Injustice: Gods Among Us video showing off Nightwing and Cyborg
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New Dragon Quest X screenshots, details
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Square Enix is keeping up with its mid-week Dragon Quest X updates. The latest batch of content mainly relates to party details, including CPU and player formation.
The new information is as follows:
– Find other players by looking at characters with their name written in blue above their head
– Characters with pink and white names are CPU controlled
– If you see a white name, you can talk with the CPU and it can talk to you
– Choose “speak” from the main command window to choose a specific name
– Pink name indicates that the NPC is important to progress in the story
– Choose “adventure together” to play with others online
– Head to the pub to adventure with NPCs
– Speak to the person at the counter
– You’ll be in introduced to a support ally based off the level and job that you’ve selected
– Dish out some gold to make this ally join you
– CPU allies are hired hands
– They’ll follow the strategy you specify
– Weapon and armor shops, an inn, and a church are in the town
– DQX saves automatically
– Visit the church to revive dead allies, cure poison, and rid yourself of curses
– Investigate the jars and barrels you find around town, and you could get some handy items
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.
ONM says there are “loads” of unannounced third-party Wii U games
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It’s no secret that there a lot of third-party Wii U games that haven’t been announced. Some companies – such as EA – have been open in admitting that they’ve been holding back some content.
Official Nintendo Magazine editor in chief Chandra Nair says there are “loads” of third-party titles on the way. Nair shared the tidbit during the publication’s recent podcast.
Nair thinks we could start to see more reveals at Gamescom, and possibly at the Tokyo Game Show as well.
He said:
“It’s actually a moment I can’t talk about, because my favourite bit of E3 was finding out about all the cool third party stuff that’s coming for the Wii U, which they decided not to talk about, which was awesome. So I just want to say yeah, there’s loads of third party stuff coming which I reckon we might see at Gamescom, or we might see at TGS, but its coming. That was my favourite bit because everyone was saying ‘No one’s bringing out anything for Wii U’, and I saw some cool things.”
Two new characters revealed for Injustice: Gods Among Us
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The roster for Injustice: Gods Among Us has expanded with two new character additions.
At the San Diego Comic-Con today, Warner Bros. Interactive revealed that Nightwing and Cyborg are being added into the game.
Other playable characters include Batman, Superman, Flash, Harley Quinn, Wonder Woman, and Solomon Grundy. More of the roster’s selections will be revealed leading up to Injustice’s 2013 launch.
Scribblenauts Unlimited screenshots
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Injustice: Gods Among Us “A New Regime” teaser
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Tekken boss: Wii U GamePad “difficult” for fighters, Tag Tournament 2 ideas
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Update: Bumping to the front page. Harada actually said “difficult”, not “distracting”.
Tekken was one of the first franchises confirmed for Wii U. At this year’s E3, we found out that the series would be making its debut on the console as Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
The game will make use of the GamePad, but series boss Katsuhiro Harada believes that the controller could prove to be “distracting” for fighting titles. As such, the development team is taking a more simple approach with the tablet.
Harada discussed some of the ideas he has in mind for the GamePad in a new interview, stating:
“Looking at the small screen and the big screen at the same time is pretty distracting for a fighting game. So we’re thinking of making it useful as a way of having shortcuts. Or, by making progressing through the game more convenient. Or by playing alone on the GamePad screen.”
GameStop Italy’s Wii U games list includes F1 Race Stars, Warriors Orochi 3
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GameStop Italy has offered up its own Wii U games lineup along with launch information. I’m sure that the pricing isn’t correct, nor are the release dates.
But without further ado…
Wii U console bianca : € 399 – 07/12/12
Ben10 Omniverse : € 54.98 – 29/11/12
F1 Race Stars : € 54.98 – 29/11/12
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge : € 59.98 – 29/11/12
PES 13 : € 59.98 – 15/02/13
Rise of the Guardians : € 54.98 – 21/11/12
Sonic & All-Star Racing Transformed: € 59.98 – 30/11/12
Sport Island 12 : € 59.98 – 30/12/12
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 : € 54.98 – 29/11/12
Warriors Orochi 3 : € 59.98 – 30/11/12
Some of these games we know about while others are possible or completely random. I don’t believe Codemasters has announced “F1 Race Stars”, and Warriors Orochi 3 hasn’t been confirmed for Wii U.
Like I always say, it’s best to carry a bit of skepticism with retailer listings. Even though some of these games could certainly come to the Wii U, we probably shouldn’t make any assumptions unless official announcements are made.
