ONM teases new Wii U game for next issue
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 40 Comments
The Official Nintendo Magazine has teased a new game set to be revealed in its April issue.
A teaser discovered in the current edition reads:
“OOOOOH! New Wii U game! (And no, it isn’t F-Zero or Star Fox).”
An important word of caution: there’s a fairly high chance that the tease is for Sonic Boom. That’s not at all confirmed, but wouldn’t be at all surprising given how it was just announced a few days ago, and ONM likely couldn’t talk about the title before publishing its latest issue.
Big Red Button/SEGA on origins of Sonic Boom, CryEngine usage, making more games in the world, lots more
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
At SEGA’s recent Sonic press event, CVG had the opportunity to interview Bob Rafei, CEO and visual director at Big Red Button, and SEGA of America producer Stephen Frost. The two discussed Sonic Boom’s origins, how CryEngine is being used, interest in making more games in this world, and a bunch more.
Head past the break for Rafei and Frost’s comments. Be sure to check out CVG’s full piece here as well.
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Video: “Canada’s Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Banana Mania Contest”
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments
By the way: this was in fact what Nintendo of Canada was teasing on Facebook throughout the week.
Skylanders infographic
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
With Activision having recently confirmed that the Skylanders franchise has collected $2 billion in franchise revenue, the company has now released an infographic covering the series’ history and sales. You can find it above.
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A better look at the Mario Kart 8 boxart
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Wii U | 13 Comments
Amazon France has posted the European boxart for Mario Kart 8, shared above. It looks to be the same as its Japanese counterpart. As a tiny word of caution, Amazon says the boxart is a placeholder, but it seems pretty darn near final to me!
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Wii Fit U – Core Luge trailer
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 4 Comments
A strange “trailer” for Nintendo to post, but uh… enjoy:
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Modern Family’s Rico Rodriguez Chills Out with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images, Wii U | 7 Comments
In these photos provided by Nintendo of America, Rico Rodriguez of Modern Family enjoys playing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Wii U at the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2014, to celebrate the Feb. 21 launch of the latest installment of the beloved Donkey Kong franchise. In the new game, Donkey Kong and his friends take on a horde of icy invaders who are freezing their tropical island home. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Wii U features beautiful high-definition graphics as well as off-screen play using the Wii U GamePad.
New Ubisoft product schedule lists Wii U version of Watch Dogs
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 27 Comments
Ubisoft still won’t give a straight answer about the Wii U version of Watch Dogs. But according to a recently-released product schedule sent out today, the game will indeed be heading to Nintendo’s console as originally planned.
Watch Dogs for Wii U is listed in addition to the PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC releases. All versions are scheduled for launch in “spring 2014”.
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Wii U and 3DS maintenance taking place on Monday
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Wii U and 3DS will be experiencing extended maintenance this coming Monday (Sunday if you’re on the west coast).
Various online aspects will be affected between 12 PM ET and 2 PM ET (9 PM PT and 11 PM PT). These include online play, rankings, and more.
Here’s the full rundown of when maintenance will be taking place:
a) Europe : 6AM to 8AM
b) UK : 5AM to 7AM
c) USA (East Coast) : 12AM to 2PM
d) USA (West Coast) : 9PM to 11PM (Sunday)
e) Japan : 2PM to 4PM
You can find your time here.
