This week’s ESRB updates are as follows:
Monster High: Skultimate Roller Maze (Wii) – E
Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition (Wii) – E10+
007 Legends (Wii U) – T
Victorious: Taking the Lead (Wii/DS) – E10+
Assassin’s Creed III (Wii U) – M
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth (Wii U) – T
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (Wii U) – E
Isn’t it nice seeing all of these Wii U listings?!
Capcom also decided to tease Ace Attorney 5 fans by showing blurred-out footage of the game in the video below…
Above are some screenshots of the $1 App Store game, 3D Cartoon Land: Safari.
Here’s how the game is described:
“Very simply yet very addicting,this unique game requires you to quickly jump over obstacles and collect coins.But you are not secure in this beautiful cartoon world.An angry tortoise could bite you.An easy and smooth control makes it very funny and to jump or run.”
I don’t think anything else has to be said at this point. Just look at one of the screenshots – it’s a blatant rip-off of Super Mario 3D Land.
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THQ was able to confirm that Darksiders II will be fully playable on the Wii U GamePad. You’ll be able to tackle the entire experience without having to access a television.
THQ additionally confirmed that future DLC will be sold on the Wii U eShop. “The Abyssal Forge” and “The Demon Lord Belial” will both be available sometime following the console’s launch.
Potential Darksiders II Wii U buyers may be interested to know how the title takes advantage of the GamePad. The controller acts as a map as well as an inventory screen that allows for item, armor, and weapon switching on the fly. The developers are also including optional motion-sensing features, giving users the ability to make Death dodge and leap side-to-side by moving the GamePad in the desired direction.
Masuda on the decision to make Black/White 2, why it’s on the DS, fully polygonal Pokemon, MMO, more
Game Informer has conducted a very interesting interview with Pokemon Black/White 2 producer Junichi Masuda. The full discussion is made up of topics that Pokemon fans are actually interested in: why GameFreak decided to make the sequel, why it’s on the DS, the possibility of a fully polygonal Pokemon, the possibility of a MMO (doesn’t sound it’ll be happening!), changing battle cries, and Masuda’s thoughts on making the battle system more fast-paced.
Head past and break for Masuda’s comments.
Twelve Tales: Conker 64 was what Conker’s Bad Fur Day could have been – before it received its mature makeover.
Details on the Wii U’s browser have been posted below. The information includes technical information such as HTML5 support, and general content including tabs and more.
– HTML5 support
– YouTube works with HTML5 and was shown working on Wii U
– No Flash support
– When you pause a Wii U game, you’ll be able to see images of the TV and GamePad displays from that paused game
– When you pause a game and launch the browser, the software remembers the paused game’s name and prepopulate search queries with it to help users look for relevant information
– Tabbed browsing included
– One multitasking example: YouTube video is opened to play on screen, GamePad continues to browse the Internet while the video plays
– Another example: browse the Internet on the GamePad while the television displays regular programming
– Tilt the GamePad forward or backward to scroll up and down
– Quickest browser in Nintendo history
At this point, many of you have probably heard about Wii consoles that have been “collecting dust” due to a lack of interesting games. That has led some to be concerned about the possibility of the same situation happening with Wii U.
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime tried to put some of these fears to rest while speaking with Kotaku. Reggie addressed the lack of Wii games in the system’s past couple of years, and also talked about the possibility that third-party support could dwindle in the future if the Wii U can’t stack up to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 successors.
We’ve posted the entire conversation below.
