There are a lot of Wii U launch games coming out on Sunday, but none of them are quite as hotly anticipated as Ubisoft Montpellier’s ZombiU. This isn’t necessarily because we all think it looks incredible (which, admittedly many of us do), but there’s a certain excitement surrounding it that isn’t present when talking about New Super Mario Bros. U or Scribblenauts Unlimited. It’s a new IP, for one, but it’s also a return to the survival horror styles of yesteryear, and it uses the Gamepad more interestingly than any other launch title, bar none.
Even if you forget about all of that, though, the concept alone might be enough to call ZombiU the zombie game we’ve been dreaming about for years.
Well well well, just 24 hours until the midnight of November 18th here in Minnesota. Needless to say, I am pretty darn excited! That being said, me and the podcast crew have an awful lot of stuff to get done both before, on, and after that day, so I figured I’d fill you in on our current plans for tomorrow, Sunday, and beyond:
November 17th
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Review
This review will cover the Wii version of the game, reviewed by Austin.
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion Review
3DS game, reviewed by Laura.
The Wii U Metacritic Score Predictions Game!
Austin will try and guess the arbitrary review score numbers of every Wii U launch title, courtesy of the only-slightly-evil website Metacritic. We’ll check his accuracy next week…
November 18th (Launch Day!)
Here’s a Podcast – Episode 16!
Primarily focused on our impressions of everything Wii U-related, the sixteenth episode of “Here’s a Podcast!” should be recorded and posted by 10PM Sunday night.
8PM EST (6PM PST): Wii U Livestream
Similar to what we did for the Extra Life 24-Hour Gaming marathon, Austin, Jack, Laura, and potentially one or two others will spend a few hours playing various Wii U games, taking questions, talking to you guys, and playing games requested by people.
The Following Week/Weekend
ZombiU Review (Austin)
New Super Mario Bros. U Review (Jack)
Nintendo Land Review (Laura)
Scribblenauts Unlimited Review (Austin)
Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed! Review (Someone)
The Future…
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Wii U Review (Austin)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Review (Austin or Jack)
Batman: Arkham City ARMORED EDITION YEA Review (Austin)
If you have any questions, requests, or want us to move stuff around, please comment or let us know somehow. We are here to accomodate you as best we can! Thank you!
The next entry in the Guild01 series, Aero Porter, will be hitting the North American and European 3DS eShops later this month. In both continents, the game launches on November 29.
Aero Porter is priced at $4.99 / €4.99 / ₤4.49.
Source: Level-5 PR
So Nintendo had a few people running around New York City today to promote the launch of Wii U. NYC-goers may have spotted some of these Miis by the Nintendo World store earlier today:
Source: Nintendo PR
