The zombie game shown during the latest Nintendo Direct presentation was indeed ZombiU. A Ubisoft representative confirmed this at E3 2012.
While that probably isn’t the most surprising news, the origins of its inclusion in Nintendo Direct are fairly interesting.
About a month or two ago, Ubisoft demoed ZombiU to Nintendo. Nintendo must have considered the game to be quite good, as the company contacted Ubisoft about including the game in Nintendo Direct soon after.
Ubisoft has also commented on the switch from Killer Freaks to ZombiU, explaining that a zombie survival game seemed more appealing and enjoyable once the developers started to learn about the specifics of the Wii U GamePad. ZombiU is a nod to the company’s first game, Zombi, which was released in 1986.
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Nintendo Direct: June 3, 2012
Nintendo of Europe has posted a Wii U infographic covering the console’s specs. We’ve posted the image for you above.
IGN has published a second interview with Takashi Tezuka, this time focusing on New Super Mario Bros. 2.
Tezuka commented on the core differences between the 3DS title and New Super Mario Bros. Wii U, revealed that the Assist Block will be in Bros. 2, discussed the game’s difficulty, and even fielded a question about a return to Super Mario Bros. 2.
Head past the break for all of Tezuka’s comments.
Defeat the Battle Squad’s Pro-Gamer for a chance to qualify for the Grand Final
07 June 2012 – Following the popular Kid Icarus: Uprising multiplayer events this Spring, the Kid Icarus: Uprising Battle Squad is set to return to the high street with four exciting Battle Squad events now confirmed at GAME stores in Manchester, London, Leicester and Glasgow. The Battle Squad events hosted in partnership with IGN, the UK’s largest games and entertainment website, offer Nintendo 3DS fans the chance to win a fabulous, luxury trip to IPL5, the IGN Pro League gaming event in Las Vegas!
Fans should come charged with competitive spirit, ready to battle it out with the Battle Squad’s Pro Gamer to be in with a chance of qualifying for the Grand Final in London. At each event the three challengers to defeat the Pro-Gamer by the largest points margin will go through to the exciting Grand Final which will see expert gamers battle it out to win a fantastic all-expenses paid trip to the IPL5 in Las Vegas.
Satoru Iwata has provided a few more details as to how Nintendo will be monitoring Miiverse. A three-prong approach will be used for the service.
First, content will be filtered through software, which will detect inappropriate words. That obviously isn’t full-proof, so that’s where “human resources” come in. Iwata says that Nintendo will load up on staffers who will oversee Miiverse. The last method is community feedback, which we previously heard about. Users will be able to mark undesired content that will be sent to Nintendo for review.
Software filtering won’t see much of a delay, but it goes without saying that the situation is different for human monitoring, as its a manual process. Therefore, posts created likely won’t appear immediately. The time between the creation of content and approval will vary based on the number of people using Miiverse and the amount of employees working on the service.
According to Iwata:
“The attraction of a social network is the immediacy of the feedback.”
Iwata noted that its also important that parents feel comfortable with Miiverse. Nintendo will be looking for feedback about the delay. Iwata himself believes a 30-minute delay “should be acceptable”.
