This week’s video additions to the Wii U/3DS eShops are as follows:
Wii U
Adventure Time Explore the Dungeon Trailer
NES Baseball Trailer
NES Pinball Trailer
Disney Infinity Toy Story in Space Play Set Video
Super Mario 3D World Trailer 3
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut BTS Trailer
New York Comic Con – Mr. Aonuma Panel
Pokemon X and Y Museum
3DS
Wii Party U Family Trailer
Pokemon X/Y Museum
New York Comic Con – Mr. Aonuma Panel
Source: Wii U/3DS eShops
When the Wii Sports Club app makes its way to the eShop early next month, players will be able to obtain the download for free. Keep in mind though that you’ll need to fork over $2 for a Day Pass or $10 for permanent ownership.
Nintendo is also including a free 24 hour trial for all Wii U owners. That means you won’t have to spend any cash during the first day that you use Wii Sports Club.
Nintendo has also confirmed, per the latest Iwata Asks, that you’ll receive another free 24 hours when each new sport becomes available. That means you’ll earn a free 24 hours when baseball launches, another 24 hours when golf arrives, and a final 24 hours when boxing becomes available. This allows players to sample the different sports without forcing an immediate purchase.
You can read more about this, as well as an explanation of Wii Sports Club’s pricing, after the break courtesy of the latest Iwata Asks.
Wii Sports Club wasn’t an entirely internal effort from Nintendo. Revealed in the latest Iwata Asks, the Big N ended up working with Namco Bandai on the game’s development.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata as well as designers Kozo Makino and Takayuki Shimamura spoke about the decision to bring in Namco Bandai for the creation of Wii Sports Club. The group stated:
When Wii Sports Club launches next month, just two sports will be available: tennis and bowling. Golf, baseball, and boxing will be added at a later date. However, Nintendo did offer up some details on the three upcoming sports additions in the latest Iwata Asks, summarized as follows:
Golf
– Use the GamePad and the TV screen
– Place the GamePad on the floor first, as shown in Wii U’s concept video back at E3 2011
– Ball is shown on the GamePad screen by your feet
– Fairway is on the TV screen
– Play like real golf
– If you face the Wiimote Plus toward the GamePad by your feet, the head of the club appears on screen
– If you twist the Wiimote Plus controller, the club head also turns
– Hit in that position and you can hit a fade and so forth
– Coming “soon”
Baseball
– Swing the Wiimote Plus like a bat
– Pitcher uses the GamePad
– Also similar to the Wii U concept video
– Look into the GamePad and choose a course and type of pitch
Boxing
“For Boxing, we’re considering a lot with regard to network compatibility and so on. I think you’ll have to wait a little longer for that.”
With the launch of Wii Sports Club just a couple of weeks away, Nintendo has put up a new Iwata Asks. You can check out the full discssion here. We’ve also rounded up footage included in the Iwata Asks above.
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
2. Super Mario World
3. Super Mario Bros.
4. The Legend of Zelda
5. EarthBound
6. Art Academy: SketchPad
7. Pokemon Rumble U
8. Mighty Switch Force! 2
9. Super Metroid
10. Zelda II – The Adventure of Link
11. Batman: Arkham Origins
12. DuckTales Remastered
13. Mega Man X
14. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut
15. Super Mario Bros. 2
16. New Super Mario Bros. U
17. Pikmin 3
18. Pinball
19. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
20. Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Videos
1. Super Mario 3D World Trailer
2. Batman: Arkham Origins Trailer
3. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Trailer
4. Super Mario 3D World Trailer 3
5. Super Mario 3D World Trailer 2
6. Sonic Lost World Coming Soon Trailer
7. Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Trailer 2
8. Wii Party U Trailer 2
9. Wii Party U Trailer
10. Zelda: Wind Waker HD 7/11/13
11. Sonic Lost World Trailer
12. Nintendo Minute – Super Mario 3D World New Levels and Power-Ups
13. Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Trailer
14. Pokemon Rumble U Gameplay Trailer
15. Just Dance 2014 Trailer 6/11/13
16. Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Trailer
17. Mighty Switch Force! 2 Video
18. Rayman Legends Accolades Trailer
19. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut Trailer
20. Zelda: Wind Waker HD – Hero Mode Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
Nicalis has started to ask fans if they’d be interested in purchasing the eShop version of Cave Story as a 3DS card. The game originally hit Nintendo’s digital store last October.
Nicalis’ tweet reads:
If we made a physical version of Cave Story (eShop version) as a 3DS card, would you buy it?
— Nicalis, Inc. (@nicalis) October 29, 2013
Perhaps with enough support, we’ll be seeing Cave Story on store shelves in the future!
All multiplayer maps as well as modes included in Call of Duty: Ghosts have been outed.
First up, here’s a complete listing of maps:
- Chasm
- Flooded
- Free Fall (Bonus Map)
- Freight
- Octane
- Overload
- Prison Break
- Seige
- Sovereign
- Stonehaven
- Strikezone
- Stormfront
- Tremor
- Warhawk
- Whiteout
And here’s the full lineup of modes along with their official menu descriptions:
- Blitz – Make it to the portal on the enemy’s spawn point.
- Cranked – Kill enemies before the timer ends. Each kill restarts the timer.
- Domination – Capture and hold the flags. Every two seconds a flag is held, the team gets a point. First team to 200 points wins.
- Free-for-All – Every man for himself. First player to 30 kills is the winner.
- Grind – Recover dog tags and take them to the objective marker to score for your team.
- Hunted – Available in both team and free-for-all. Resources are limited. Fight for control of weapon drops to gain superiority.
- Infected – Eliminated players become Infected. Last player to survive when the timer ends wins.
- Kill Confirmed – Recover dog tags to gain points for your team. First team to 100 points wins.
- Search and Destroy – Teams take turns defending or trying to destroy the objective. Every player has
- Search and Rescue – Teams take turns defending or trying to destroy the objective. Recover dog tags to allow or deny respawns.
- Team Deathmatch – Kill players on the enemy team. First team to reach score limit wins.
Reggie Fils-Aime has taken over the official Nintendo of America Twitter account for a second time. He’s back to answer more fan questions, including his favorite old-school game, favorite Mario power-up, and how he’s gotten his body ready… really!
You can find the roundup of Reggie’s comments below.
Are you a Beyblade fan? Live in the New York City area? Then you may want to stop by Nintendo World’s launch event for Beyblade: Evolution. You can stop by between 3 PM and 6 PM for the festivities.
Get ready to Let it Rip at the official BEYBLADE: Evolution launch tomorrow from 3pm to 6pm here at #NintendoWorld! #3DS
— Nintendo World Store (@Nintendo_World) October 28, 2013