ZombiU has experienced a complete metamorphosis over the past couple of years.
As many of you know, “Killer Freaks from Outer Space” was one of the first ideas the team was kicking around. Before this though, the staff worked on the short-lived “White Rabbit”.
International brand manager Loïc Gounon, explaining the idea to Nintendo Power, said that it was essentially all about “shooting white rabbits with guns.” Ubisoft wasn’t too fond of the prototype, but some its ideas transferred over into Killer Freaks… before that project turned into ZombiU.
Gounon told the magazine:
“I think we were six or eight people at the very beginning. We began in 2010, and then we had one or two months making some really weird concepts, and we didn’t really know what we were doing. And then we rapidly decided to do [a first-person shooter]. We had this prototype, White Rabbit, which was about shooting white rabbits with guns. That was not accepted [Laughs].”
Gameplay director Jean-Philippe Caro added:
“We worked on Rabbids for six years. Imagine ‘Bwah, BWAH!’ for six years. [Laughs] It was like being in hell. [Laughs] So of course you want something like a shotgun. We were at that point, and we did it.”
Walmart’s Wii U bundle is back in stock. Consumers can choose from a Basic or Deluxe Set, one game (out of six options), and a white or black Pro Controller.
If you select the Basic Set, the total should come out to $409 – not including shipping and tax. The Deluxe Set adds another $50.
You can place a pre-order here.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3) – 9/9/8/9
NBA 2K13 (PS3/360) – 9/9/8/8
Winning Eleven 2013 (3DS) – 8/8/7/8
Winning Eleven 2013 (PSP) – 8/7/7/8
Winning Eleven Playmaker 2013 (Wii) – 7/7/7/8
NBA 2K13 (PSP) – 7/7/6/8
Japan’s upcoming e-Book service for the 3DS, known as “Bookstore Anywhere”, won’t be arriving this month. Librica pushed back its release to an unspecified timeframe earlier today. With the extra time, Librica will make additional improvements to the application.
Bookstore Anywhere will provide users with manga, manga magazines, and in due time, light novels as well as regular magazines. A mix of free and paid content is planned.
Edit: As Chris pointed out, technically you don’t have to buy anything– you can request a code and receive it via email!
We all know that Burger King has Wii U/Nintendo toys starting today, so it should come as no surprise that the fast food chain is teaming up with Nintendo to give away four hundred and ninety (that’s 490) Wii U Basic Sets (the white ones) between now and December 2nd. Don’t get too excited though– even if you win, you won’t receive your system until sometime in January or February, and you have to buy something from Burger King in order to obtain a code to enter on their official site.
Still, pretty good advertising for Nintendo! I really hope this “Wii U” thing works out for them…
