The virtual Nintendo themed amusement park may seem like a very obvious way to teach us all of the new features of the Wii U, but it also delivers a fun and charming party game with the familiarities of our favorite Nintendo games.
Author: Laura
Following in the footsteps of Wii Sports, Nintendo Land uses a fun mini game style to teach us how to get the best experience out of the Wii U’s new features. I played some of it multiplayer on the livestream we did a few days ago, and some by myself, and I’m happy to say that either way it was a lot of fun. Party games are usually only fun in a…well, a party! But I can honestly say I enjoyed playing by myself as much as I did with friends, and you can’t get that same feeling with games like Mario Party, Wii Sports or Wii Party.
YouTube has now joined Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, and Netflix with its own dedicated app for Wii U.
Getting it to work at the moment is slightly tricky. You’ll first need to delete the pre-installed app on your console. After that, you’ll have to head on over to the eShop and request a re-download.
Once the download is finished, install the app. It should launch following this process.
A team member from 4A Games, the developer behind Metro: Last Light, recently made a comment about the Wii U’s CPU, noting how it’s “horrible” and “slow”.
DICE lead designer Gustav Halling has apparently heard similar things about the CPU. Halling talked about it a bit on Twitter and suggested that its performance could lead to a shorter lifecycle.
This is also what I been hearing within the industry, to bad since it will shorten its life a lot when new gen. starts. m.kotaku.com/5962354/the-wi…
— Gustav Halling (@gustavhalling) November 21, 2012
@jayleemin GPU and ram is nice to have shaders/textures loaded. Physics and gameplay run on CPU mostly so player count is affected etc.
— Gustav Halling (@gustavhalling) November 21, 2012
Nintendo crammed the Wii’s OS into the Wii U. So it makes sense that homebrew would still work on the new console. Numerous users have reported that it functions successfully on Wii U, mainly through a Super Smash Bros. Brawl workaround.
Also worth noting, homebrew content doesn’t affect Wii to Wii U transfers. The process shouldn’t encounter any issues, but, of course, all homebrew items will remain on the original Wii.
Hulu Plus become available last night on Wii U. Today, Amazon Instant Video has launched on the console.
Like the Hulu Plus app, Amazon Instant Video requires an update before it’ll function. Once that’s all taken care of, you should be good to go.
This week’s Japanese 3DS eShop update is as follows:
3DS Downloadable Titles
Rental Bukiya de Omasse (from Guild 01) – 800 yen
Virtual Console
Pac-Man (Famicom) – 500 yen
Video Content
Paper Mario: Sticker Star videos and commercials
Professor Layton vs .Ace Attorney commercial
Nintendo Land commercials
There are no plans at the moment to bring Braid to the 3DS eShop. But Wii U? That’s a slightly different story.
Although main designer Jonathan Blow says “we are really busy right now”, he has left the door slightly open for a possible Wii U eShop version sometime down the line.
Blow tweeted:
“Braid: 3DS, no. Wii U, maybe sometime in the future but we are really busy right now.”
Newegg’s Black Friday 2012 deals are now live. Various deals are available for the 3DS, DS, and Wii.
The full listing of Nintendo-related sales can be found below. Each item’s sale price expires on Sunday, November 25.
Giana Sisters (DS) – $9.99
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (DS) – $14.99
Bit.Trip Saga (3DS) – $14.99
Wii Sports Resort (Game Only) (Wii) – $19.99
Shinobi (3DS) – $9.99
View this page for links to all deals.
