Get the party started as Nintendo announce 3 new Wii U hardware bundles
launching in time for the festive season
10th October 2013 – The lead up to Christmas is set to be an exciting time for fans looking for value and variety in their gaming, with the announcement of three new Wii U hardware bundle releases coming this November. Perfect for festive celebrations, the new bundles incorporate games to really get the party started such as Wii Party U and Just Dance 2014, as well as a bundle combining both New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U in a special one game disc offering.
For a few months now, retailers such as Amazon
, Best Buy
, and GameStop have listed pricing for Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut at $49.99 on Wii U and $29.99 on the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360. As it turns out, this is final.
Square Enix had been previously hesitant to officially reveal the game’s cost, but nothing has changed since retailers put up their original listings. We’ve confirmed with the publisher that the Wii U version will indeed set you back $50, but only $30 on other consoles.
Why the difference in pricing? Other than the fact that Deus Ex: Human Revolution has landed on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 previously, I can’t really think of anything. The experience will be more or less the same across all platforms.
Nintendo has published the next entry in the Iwata Asks series. The interview, dubbed “Iwata Asks in Motion: Pokémon X & Pokémon Y” incorporates video segments in addition to a written piece.
You can check out the entire discussion here. We’ve also compiled the different segments into the video above.
At the Tokyo Game Show last month, Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai led a series of judges to determine the Game Designers’ Award as part of the annual Japan Game Awards. Sakurai wrote about the experience in his weekly Famitsu column this week, in which he said:
“When we started judging, the votes were so split that I thought more than once that we wouldn’t have a winner at all. However, in the end I think we made a good selection, since there are some things to this game you won’t see anywhere else.”
“Me and the other judges are all busy people and we have trouble getting time for games. If we spent time checking out even all the big-name titles alone, to say nothing of smartphone apps and so on, we wouldn’t be able to make any of the games we’re involved with. We’re free to judge as we like, but if you ask us whether we’re taking a fair, in-depth look at every title out there, that’s not the case. Besides, it’s presumptuous to judge someone else’s title, in a way, since any developer has to give his all to produce any kind of good product.”
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
Nintendo 3DS
Downloadable Titles
Pocket Monster X (retail title) – 4,800 yen (from 10/12)
Pocket Monster Y (retail title) – 4,800 yen (from 10/12)
Sonic Lost World DEMO – FREE
Motto Kigaru ni! Oekaki K?b? Plus DEMO – FREE
Simple Series DL Series Vol. 14 The Dasshutsu Game – Uragiri no Misshitsu DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
Rockman World 3 (Mega Man III, Game Boy) – 400 yen
Wii U
Downloadable Titles
Sonic Lost World DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
Rockman X2 (Mega Man X2, Super Famicom) – 800 yen
So this is pretty interesting. The Wii U demo of Sonic Lost World, out now in Japan, can be played in English – check out the video above.
