Thought Nintendo was done announcing new games? Think again. During the company’s Wii U Software Showcase, the company teased another new title to be revealed.
Look out for it in around 35 minutes – 2:40 PM ET / 11:40 AM PT.
Ok you know what! Grown men wearing cat ears actually makes me think Mario 3D World will be more interesting. twitter.com/kobunheat/stat…
— Chris Kohler (@kobunheat) June 11, 2013
Nintendo’s Wii U Software showcase is now in session. We’re rounding up all of the information shared during the event, which you can find below.
– Miyamoto out talking about Pikmin game. He calls it an AI action game, rather than RTS.
– Basically what we’re seeing is the devs talking about their games in a general sense. Not too much you can’t discern from the trailers.
– Super Mario 3D World apparently plays is closer to the Galaxy series
– It appears you can use the touchscreen to control the Wind Waker. You drag Link’s arm around.
– Also a system put in to let you move at high speed in the boat. Wind Waker HD.
– Tanabe producing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
– David Wise is helping with sound production on the game for Donkey Kong
– Bayonetta 2 gameplay shown
– Bayonetta will have a 2 player mode
– In Mario Kart 8, Hoverkarts feel different. Spins will charge up the speed boost
– GamePad acts as the steering wheel but you can use analogue too. horn is on touch screen
– Mario Kart 8 lets you make highlight reels and share them. Uses Miiverse.
Miyamoto talking at Nintendo vine.co/v/blhvPZK01JF
— Kirk Hamilton (@kirkhamilton) June 11, 2013
Nintendo has launched the official website for the new Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS games. You can find it here. The site contains tons of screenshots from both versions, but that’s about it for now!
Austin is in attendance at Nintendo’s Wii U Software Showcase today. Here are a few photos from the event:
Today’s Nintendo Direct didn’t exactly go smoothly. The stream glitched out completely, making the presentation completely un-watchable for large portions of the broadcast.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata temporarily took over the company’s official Facebook to apologize for these issues.
He wrote:
“Hello everyone this is Satoru Iwata. Thank you all for watching the Nintendo Direct this morning. I understand that many of you experienced technical issues with the live stream. I apologize and thank you for your patience. We have a lot of exciting news that we would like to share with you.”
If you ask me, Nintendo should consider an alternative streaming path. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a complete Nintendo Direct stream without a single issue on my end…
