EA has finally sent out an official announcement for Need for Speed: Most Wanted Wii U. The publisher confirmed the game’s North American and Europe release date and shared a few details about the new version.
Criterion Games is cramming in a new local co-op mode, titled “Co-Driver”, in which one person handles a Wiimote or Wii U Pro Controller while a second player controls the GamePad “to provide control and navigation assistance on a fully interactive real-time map. Using just their fingertips, a partner can distract pursuing cops, switch from night to day or activate enhanced performance for any car and even control the amount of traffic on the road.”
LEGO City: Undercover, MH3 Ultimate, other games dated
Nintendo has sent out a new release schedule for North America that reveals numerous release dates for upcoming games on its platforms. The graphic above confirms release dates for LEGO City: Undercover, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, and more. Nintendo additionally revealed “LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins”, a 3DS prequel to the Wii U game, which “follows the exploits of Chase McCain as a rookie cop.”
Also worth mentioning: Game & Wario, The Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3 and Wii Fit U are all scheduled to arrive in the first half of the year.
The graphic above shows the full lineup of dates. Head past the break for the official news straight from Nintendo.
Zen Studios has been working on downloadable content for its 3DS eShop games for a long time. A really long time, in fact.
The company hasn’t said much about DLC in recent months, but it’s still on the way. Zen Studios shared the brief update on Twitter and also noted that a release date for Zen Pinball 2’s Wii U eShop release is coming soon.
@frapril 3DS DLC is still coming. Just finalizing the Wii U version and we should have our release date any day now 🙂
— Zen Studios (@zen_studios) January 16, 2013
Curve Studios is quickly growing into a reliable studio for Nintendo. The company is completely independent, but it has produced two well-received downloadable titles for the Big N thus far: Fluidity and Fluidity: Spin Cycle.
Perhaps Curve’s success on Wii and 3DS stems from Nintendo’s involvement. According to design director Jonathan Biddle, Nintendo was “very involved” and the two “collaborated really well” on Spin Cycle. This was likely the case for the first Fluidity, too.
Biddle discussed Curve’s relationship with Nintendo in an interview:
