Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker details
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– Rotate the camera as Toad goes through maze-like levels to reach the top
– Star is at the top
– Toad has no real powers
– He braves dangers, avoiding baddies to collect treasures
– Treasure includes coins, diamonds, and the star at the goal
– Toad can’t jump
– He can run and sustain a hit
– Toad can regain his health by collecting a Super Mushroom
– Depending on the level, he has other tricks to help him succeed
– One of the E3 levels features a mine cart filled a supply of turnips
– Basically an on-rails shooter
– Look around in first-person view on the touch screen using the right stick and/or gyroscope and throw turnips to collect coins and diamonds and kill baddies
– Pluck turnips to grab additional coins and sometimes a diamond
– If POW blocks are hit, they destroy multiple enemies and/or collect the surrounding treasure
– Boss level features Toad grabbing treasure and moving upward in a cylindrical-shaped stage with a lava dinosaur in the middle
– Boss spits fireballs at you from the background
– Captain Toad must use metal plates and other objects as he climbs ladders and nabs treasure on his way to the top
– There are also turnips in the ground on this level
– Some turnips hold multiple coins that can be collected by tapping the A button multiple times
– Final level is set in a ghost house
– In this level, the player is asked to go through a series of connected doors to traverse around and up the central structure
– Captain Toad can kill a goomba here by entering a door on the ground connected to one in the air
– When exiting the upper door, Captain Toad falls straight down onto the goomba, squishing him
– Tap outlined segments of the central structure in order to move them
– Many of the doors are attached to such moving blocks, which must be placed correctly to proceed or to collect treasure
Photos of PDP’s GameCube-style controllers for Wii U
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Off-screen Sonic Boom footage
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Super Smash Bros. Invitational live stream
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Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3 – Hyrule Warriors
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Splatoon details
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– Paint the level with your squad’s color of ink
– Direct combat as well
– Focusing too much on your opponents can be a distraction from the ultimate goal of painting the town red (orange, pink, green, etc.)
– GamePad shows an overview of which territories are painted and your teammate’s positions on the map
– Can “super jump” to another player’s position by tapping the map
– This allows you to spawn at a safe area but still get halfway across the map without a long traverse
– Traversal is a big part of the game
– Spraying ink all over the map has an immediate impact on your ability to get around the area
– Your character can immediately transform into a squid that will speed along any surface painted with your color
– This allows you to move very quickly
– You can even go up walls and under fences
– Dive under to refill ink
– It’s possible but very difficult to see an opposing player who is in squid mode
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A look at Hyrule Warriors’ loading screen Easter egg
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Bayonetta 2 details
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– Much of the story demo is the same as last year’s
– More of a focus on battle and advanced combos
– Triggers on the gamepad are only used for charged attacks
– This includes Umbra Climax
– The game lets players know when these powered up attacks are ready to go,
– Two main button-mashing attacks: physical and guns
– Holding down either the X or A buttons allows Bayonetta to repeatedly fire an endless supply of bullets from the guns either on her heels or hand
– Jump button can also be held down to trigger Bayonetta’s flying ability
– Activate Witch Time with a well-timed evade
– As you defeat enemies, small golden Halos will burst out for players to collect
– Use them on new combos, upgrades, costume changes
– Purchase Nintendo costumes for Bayonetta 1 with collected halos in the store
