Two new AR card packs for Kid Icarus: Uprising are now available in Japan. Each can be purchased for 263 yen.
The packs are being sold only through Nintendo’s online store starting today.
A few folks were given the opportunity to try out the Wii U version of Chasing Aurora at PAX Prime 2012 this past weekend. Broken Rules showed off some of the multiplayer modes that will be included in the final download.
Read on below for details on how Chasing Aurora plays on Wii U.
– In multiplayer, one person uses the GamePad
– GamePad shows all important content on the screen
– Other players use Wiimotes and nunchucks
– A button: birds will flap their wings
– C button: dive
– Plays like a big game of tag with variations on that theme between each mode
– One variation was just like freeze tag
– Person with the GamePad tries to find other players and make contact
– When this happens, the GamePad holder will have a few seconds on a timer and freeze the player
– Other players can free the frozen bird by connecting with it
– Wiimote players win if there is at least one is alive when the timer ends
– Each individual wing flap requires you to press the A button
– Hotboxes are pretty small, so it’s pretty easy to pull off narrow escapes
– Other modes included
– One mode reverses the roles and the Wiimote players have to catch the one with the GamePad
– Another bode involves a “lead” bird to outrun everyone else
– The camera follows that player as they try to get far enough ahead to cause others to fall behind and go off screen
Senran Kagura Burst is off to a strong start in Japan. According to the game’s official Twitter page, the title has surpassed first week sales of the original.
Marvelous shipped Senran Kagura last September. Based on Media Create data, it sold a little over 50,000 units in its first week.
We should be finding out how well Senran Kagura Burst sold in its first few days on the Japanese market later this week.
As far as we know, Dragon Quest X will be the only Wii U game to be having a presence at the Tokyo Game Show. Then again, maybe Namco Bandai has something in store.
Japanese blogs have picked up on an interesting discovery on Namco Bandai’s TGS site. The Wii’s file icon is hosted on the company’s server here. After someone added a “u” to the end of that filename, a Wii U icon popped up – view it here.
Namco Bandai does have a couple of games announced for Wii U: Tank! Tank! Tank! and Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Tank! Tank! Tank! has been brought to a variety of trade shows, but the Wii U version of Tekken has not been playable thus far.
Perhaps one of these titles will be a late addition to Namco Bandai’s huge TGS lineup? Maybe they’ll announce something brand new for Wii U – there are more games that have yet to be confirmed? Or perhaps we’ll see nothing at all. There should be a concrete answer very soon.
You have one mission today. If you don’t already have Kid Icarus: Uprising, head on out to your local Best Buy and purchase the game.
Uprising is on sale today for just $15. It’s already sold out online, but the offer is valid in-store. You can take a look at the deal right here.
Atari and Namco Bandai announced a European release date for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D yesterday. Today, North America received its own date.
After countless delays, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D has finally been set for an October 16 launch. It comes out ten days later in Europe.
Source: Atari PR
Square Enix has opened an official website for the Tokyo Game Show 2012 event. You can access it here.
At present, only the main page is open. Square Enix’s lineup is included, and you can check out information about each individual title.
More content will be added to the site over the next couple of weeks.
