One retailer in the UK is now selling individual Wii U GamePads. For £89, you can nab an extra controller from Very.
There isn’t much of a reason to own two GamePads at this point. Thus far, only games featuring one controller have been released – heck, there aren’t even any announced titles that will take advantage of two. Such experiences are planned for the future though.
In any case, if you’d really like to have another GamePad at your disposal, you can order one from Very here.
Good news, Wii U Internet browser users: YouTube once again works on the console. Things are working properly once more after roughly a week of downtime. That means you no longer have to use the sluggish, inconvenient app to access video content from the site.
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has been interviewing development teams behind the company’s big games for several years now in the well-known “Iwata Asks” columns. Starting with the 3DS, the series has expanded to include third-party studios as well.
Fans should be on the lookout for something completely different tomorrow. Nintendo of America will release a spinoff talk of sorts, called “Reggie Asks”, in which NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime talks with the team behind the upcoming Wii U app Nintendo TVii.
This makes you wonder – will it be a one-time thing or something more? In any case, it should be a fun read.
Following the release of Nano Assault Neo, developer Shin’en will continue its support of the Wii U eShop. The studio said that Neo only “scratched the surface”, with two more projects planned. Shin’en is currently working on a game “in the racing genre”. A sequel to WiiWare’s FAST – Racing League, perhaps?
And speaking of Nano Assault Neo, it’s one of the company’s “fastest selling games ever”. Shin’en will bring its first update to the downloadable title soon, which Manfred Linzner says “will fix a display problem in the online rankings, and a minor issue when the GamePad does disconnect.”
“We’ve already submitted a first patch to Nintendo that will fix a display problem in the online rankings, and a minor issue when the GamePad does disconnect. To our knowledge there are no restrictions in such updates by Nintendo.”
This week’s Japanese Wii U and 3DS eShop updates are as follows:
3DS
3DS Downloadable Titles
Project X Zone DEMO (Version A and Version B) – FREE
Gurutoo Splash (Fluidity: Spin Cycle) – 1,200 yen
Dasshutsu Adventure Majo no Sumu Yakata – 800 yen
Bird Mania 3D – 200 yen
peakvox RiRiRhythm (Peakvox Really Rhythm) – 500 yen
Tongari B?shi to Mah? no Machi (retail title) – 4,980 yen
Nicola Kansh? Model Oshare Audition Platinum (retail game) – 5,980 yen
Virtual Console
Spelunker (Famicom) – 500 yen
Doru?ga no T? (The Tower of Druaga, Famicom) – 500 yen
Wii U
Wii U Downloadable Titles
Simple Series for Wii U Vol. 1: The Family Party (retail title) – 2.940 yen
Sports Connection (retail title) – 4,200 yen
Video Content
Dragon Quest X Chotto Nintendo Direct
Fluidity: Spin Cycle video
Dasshutsu Adventure Majo no Sumu Yakata video
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that THQ has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. After months of struggling, the company will now enter a purchasing agreement with a bidder to acquire “substantially all of the assets of THQ’s operating business, including THQ’s four owned studios and games in development.”
Filing for bankruptcy will allow for an easier transition of owned studios and games that are currently in the works. THQ Wireless, THQ Digital Studios Phoenix, Saints Row developer Volition Inc., and Darksiders creator Vigil Games are specifically mentioned in the announcement.
