The video above is probably better than any one taken by Nintendo in previous years. There’s some direct-feed footage of the F-Zero mini-game from Nintendo Land and more.
I really hate having to write these types of articles. I love Nintendo and it pains me to have to talk so badly of them. But seriously. Come on. The other press conferences this year were as follows:
Microsoft: Bombed.
Sony: Eh.
EA: Terrible.
Ubisoft: Average.
This wasn’t a tough scenario. Nintendo should have been ready to blow this one out of the park. It was a fastball straight down the middle. It was a perfect storm of awesome that had the potential to send chills down the spines of every gamer watching. Instead of going for the home run though, they apparently decided to fake getting hit by the pitch and hobbled along to first base, managing to barely keep the game going, and build little if any hype for the next at-bat.
The ultimate multiplayer experience for the Wii U!
TANK! TANK! TANK! is an over-the-top battle party game where players will feel the thrill of driving and shooting with
tanks. With support for up to 4 players, family and friends can battle giant monsters or compete in Free-for-All and
Team Versus modes. An exciting story mission mode allows you to level up your tanks while battling a variety of giant
enemies. Wii U specific features make TANK! TANK! TANK! the best battle party game for the whole family!
Not much to say here… it looks like the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC versions!
Activision has zero games officially announced for Wii U. That’s sort of mind-blowing.
On the bright side, Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg did confirm to Spike TV earlier today that Skylanders Giants is coming to the platform. Other titles weren’t announced beyond this. So we still don’t know if Call of Duty: Black Ops II or any of the company’s other games will be coming to the Wii U in the future.
If you view the video above (skip to 2:30), you can listen to Hirshberg express some excitement over Wii U and dodged some questions about the console’s online functionality.
North American 3DS owners can download today’s E3 2012 trailer of New Super Mario Bros. 2 from the eShop. There are also streaming videos for LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Heroes of Ruin, and Transformers Prime.
On the Wii U side of things, you can view videos of the following:
Nintendo Direct: June 3, 2012
Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition
Just Dance 4
Scribblenauts Unlimited
ZombiU
Rayman Legends
Assassin’s Creed III
Tank! Tank! Tank!
Trine 2: Director’s Cut
London is falling! Are YOU prepared? It is 2012 and the Last Blight is upon us…It was foretold.
For the second time in history, a great plague has enveloped London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as hundreds upon thousands of the unprepared die or are infected by a sickness worse than death…
You are still breathing, for now. But how long will you survive in the labyrinth of London streets and underground – abandoned by the outside world, surrounded by the Infected. The horrifying remains of humanity ravaged by the foul disease shuffle through the streets, waiting to prey on your living flesh at every turn!
RELEASE DATE: Holiday 2012
PUBLISHER: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
DEVELOPER: WB Games Montréal
RATING: RP (Teen expected)
GENRE: Third-Person Action Adventure
PLATFORM: Wii U™PRODUCT OVERVIEW:
Developed by WB Games Montreal, Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition is the enhanced version of the award-winning blockbuster videogame created by Rocksteady Studios. The Wii U version delivers the same impactful story and gameplay as the original title, this time with enhanced gameplay mechanics and features made possible with the Wii U and the new controller.
Yasuhiro Wada shared the first details on “Project Happiness” in an interview with Famitsu today. Wada dished on the game’s central gameplay, which focuses on the build-up of a shop.
For more information, read the summary below.
– Development began at the end of 2011
– Atsuko Nishida doing graphic design and illustrations
– Idea is to build up a shop, add products and customers
– Wada aiming for the simplicity of classic simulation style games
– Doesn’t want menu and command-based progression
– Wada wants to make Project Happiness so that even if your store gets big, you’ll still be able to see your character moving around, lining up product on store shelves
– Other characters will populate your story
– 30 core characters at the moment
– Start out with 10 characters
– More characters as the store gets bigger
– Choose your character’s gender
– Simple character-making component
– Can change costumes
– Access more costumes as you play
– Wada believes online/network elements are essential to games
– He wants to bring out something that makes players think, “Ahh, there’s this kind of different play style.”
Project Happiness is coming to portable systems next year. We’re hoping the 3DS is included in Wada’s plans.
