Update: North American page is open as well.
While there isn’t much to see currently, Nintendo has launched their official European and Japanese pages for its E3 2013 Nintendo Direct.
Access the European site here. You can find the Japanese page here.
Mentioned on the latter is that Nintendo will highlight games in the broadcast that will be on display at this year’s E3.
While Wii U support from third-parties dwindle, there’s one publisher that continues to take an active approach. Ubisoft has supported the console since launch and continues to put out some of its most-important games.
Much has been made about poor Wii U sales in recent months. However, Ubisoft EMEA exec director Alain Corre told MCV that just one game could turn the system around.
Corre said:
“It takes time for a machine to establish itself. We’ve seen in the past that when more games come, the console picks up. That is what we believe will happen for Wii U. There is a place in the market for each console, and with the right games Wii U will find its public and sell in the long-term.”
“One single game can change a platform’s fortunes – it happened for the DS, it happened for the Super Nintendo. I believe it can be the same for Wii U.”
The new Zelda: A Link to the Past game on 3DS and Zelda Wii U title will both introduce brand new elements.
When it comes to the Link to the Past sequel, Aonuma said that it “will play very differently to the original.” The development team is adding in “new additions” that “will make players see the game in a different way.”
Aonuma also spoke very briefly about Nintendo’s original Zelda Wii U game, which will “introduce even more unexpected elements”.
Aonuma told EDGE this month:
“The new game (A Link To The Past 2) will play very differently to the original. I think the new additions will make players see the game in a different way. And, of course, we’ll introduce even more unexpected elements in the Zelda game that we’re making for Wii U.”
We’ve come across new Sonic Lost World details through a listing on SEGA’s website. You can find a roundup of the latest information below.
Wii U
– Players can share and charge up items by sending them into Miiverse and sharing them with others around the world
– Wii U support mode has the second player piloting controlled gadgets to help Sonic by destroying enemies and obstacles
– Wii U multiplayer lets one person play on the GamePad and another person on the TV
3DS
– 3DS exclusive Special Stages has you tilting the system to navigate through levels; collect Chaos Emeralds in these levels
– Create and customize radio controlled gadgets to help Sonic
– Local and online multiplayer confirmed
General
– Sonic can fly through the air, tear up levels, and explode into enemies
– Areas include “mind-bending courses, vast underground tunnels and colossal structures in the sky”
– “ultra-competitive levels and modes” for multiplayer
– Share gadgets between the Wii U and 3DS versions
Up until now, Disney Infinity’s Play Sets have been limited to Monsters University, The Incredible, Cars, and Pirates of the Caribbean. A fifth Play Set was finally announced today: “The Lone Ranger”.
Players will be able to control Lone Ranger or Tonto “as they set out to bring Butch Cavendish and his gang of outlaws to justice.”
Gameplay highlights include:
· Ricochet Combat: The outlaws in the play set are clever and will seek to hide behind cover or ambush the player whenever they can. Fortunately, a unique ricochet mechanic allows both Lone Ranger and Tonto to hit the bad guys indirectly and around corners by lining up shots that bounce off of pots, pans, bells, posts, or other metal objects.
· Mounts: Players will find traversing the Wild West and the areas surrounding the town of Colby to be much quicker on the Lone Ranger and Tonto’s iconic steeds of Silver and Scout or any one of the other many horses that can be found throughout the play set.
· Train Defense and Customization: He who controls the railroad, controls the West. In the Lone Ranger play set, players can build and customize their own train, complete from the trim on the wheels, to the painting on the cars. A key part of the gameplay revolves around building up the train and getting the right resources to the right locations.
· Toy Box: In addition to these game mechanics, the Lone Ranger play set also allows players to bring in all the buildings, mounts, weapons and other surprises into the Toy Box so that players can include their own wild west gameplay into their imaginative scenarios.
Source: Disney Interactive PR
Nintendo Download (6/6/13, North America)
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
E3 on the eShop
Not going to E3 2013? Not a problem!
You can find the latest Nintendo news and announcements from E3 right in the Nintendo eShop. Watch the Nintendo Direct presentation, game trailers and interviews. It’s the latest info from Nintendo at E3, right from the palm of your hand.
Wii U VC
Yoshi – 30 cents (available June 12)
Spelunker – $4.99
3DS retail
Animal Crossing: New Leaf – $34.99
Wii U eShop sale
Trine 2: Director’s Cut – $9.99 until 9 a.m. PT on June 27
Wii U eShop price drop
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – New price of $29.99
Wii VC
Sengoku 3
Source: Nintendo PR
The Series’ Debut on Nintendo 3DS Offers More To Do Than Ever Before
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The gates of Animal Crossing: New Leaf will open when the game launches for the Nintendo 3DS system on June 9, inviting residents to move in and, in a series first, become mayors of their own personalized towns. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is based on the real-world calendar – no two days in the game are the same – and includes features new to the series like customizing specific pieces of furniture, visiting a tropical island, swimming in the ocean and even sharing personalized homes with friends.
“Residents of Animal Crossing have never had it so good,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “With a host of new features and a game that changes every day, players will find themselves visiting Animal Crossing: New Leaf for a long, long time.”
Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed that a Smash Bros. trailer will be shown during the E3 2013 Nintendo Direct next week… well, “video” more specifically.
Sakurai shared the news through Twitter.
Back in January, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced that “images” from the new Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS game would be unveiled at E3.
