More interviews are still piling in following Nintendo’s Wii U press conference yesterday. The New York Times is the latest publication to publish its discussion with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.
Past the break, there are quotes from Reggie who comments on the decision to get involved with TV (in Nintendo TVii), the broad competition the company is always involved with, Nintendo’s desire to make “the next significant ecosystem”, and more.
In case you missed the Japanese Nintendo Direct yesterday…
Note that the list below hasn’t been confirmed, meaning more games could be added to the launch day.
November 18th
- Assassin’s Creed 3 (Ubisoft)
- Darksiders 2 (THQ)
- Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (Disney Interactive)
- ESPN Sports Connection (Ubisoft)
- Game Party Champions (WB Games)
- Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii U (Nintendo)
- Nintendo Land (Nintendo)
- Rabbids Land (Ubisoft)
- Scribblenauts Unlimited (5th Cell)
- Sing Party (Nintendo)
- Tank! Tank! Tank! (Namco)
- Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 (Ubisoft)
- ZombiU (Ubisoft)
Holiday 2012
- Sonic All-Stars: Racing Transformed (Sega) – November 20th
- Jeopardy (THQ) – November
- Wheel of Fortune (THQ) – November
- Ben 10: Omniverse (D3)
- Family Party: 30 Great games Obstacle Arcade (D3)
- NBA 2K13 (2K Sports)
- Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game (D3)
- Trine 2: Director’s Cut (Frozenbyte)
- Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper (Tecmo Koei)
This year
- 007 Legends (Activision)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision)
- Nano Assault Neo (Shin’En)
- Skylanders Giants (Activision)
- Transformers Prime (Activision)
- Launch window
- Aliens: Colonial Marines (Sega) – February 12th
- Avengers: Battle for Earth (Ubisoft)
- Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition (WB Games)
- Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013 (Activision)
- EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13 (EA)
- Funky Barn (Tantalus Games)
- Game & Wario (Nintendo)
- Jeft Tailfin (Maximum Games)
- Madden NFL 13 (EA)
- Mass Effect 3: Special Edition (EA)
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Capcom) – March
- Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge (Nintendo)
- Pikmin 3 (Nintendo)
- Rapala Pro Bass Fishing (Activision)
- Rayman Legends (Ubisoft)
- Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Gaijin Games)
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Namco)
- Toki Tori 2 (Two Tribes)
- Wii Fit U (Nintendo)
- Wipeout 3 (Activision)
- The Wonderful 101 (Nintendo)
- Zumba Fitness (Majesco)
New Ways to Play and Share Your Mario Fun
New Super Mario Bros. U is a new, side-scrolling adventure featuring Mario, Luigi, Toad … and your Mii character. Now’s your chance to step inside the Mushroom Kingdom and explore new worlds, new power-ups and new ways to play. Up to five players* can jump into the fun, with up to four people using Wii Remote controllers and one on the Wii U GamePad. The experience is different, depending on which controller is used.
Amazon is offering a pre-order bonus for Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward. Place an early order with the retailer to receive a bracelet. The one you receive is from a set containing three colors – you’ll end up with either red, blue, or green.
At this time, the 3DS pre-order page doesn’t contain the offer. It should soon though since the image above clearly shows that the offer applies to the 3DS and Vita versions.
Keep track of this page for updates. It lists “PlayStation Vita (Nintendo 3DS)”, which is contradictory… so Amazon should be cleaning this up soon.
There are the usual topics here – the pricing behind Wii U, why Nintendo didn’t include more memory, the second GamePad, and more. Reggie also touches on online for Wii U, noting that it will be “robust”.
