Famicom
Binary Land
BurgerTime
Neo Geo
League Bowling
Ninja Masters
This information comes from Aliens: Colonial Marines producer Brian Burleson…
“We didn’t get the hardware for the Wii U until a couple of months ago, and we’ve been working on it since. The software, it’s pretty easy to work on, so that makes things a lot easier. When you already have something working, especially on the Unreal Engine, it’s a pretty basic, straightforward port at that point. Unreal makes it easier to do that, for sure. It’s too early too early to talk about the specifics on that [Wii U functionality], because we’ve just got things working. We’ll talk more about what that’s going to be and what’s going on in the future. But the goal is always to make it… for all the platforms to be the same. It really sucks to have a game be nerfed on one platform, or missing a feature on one platform. So the goal is always to make we’re fully-featured, and that everything is the same experience. It [the game] runs on the console, and you can do some really cool stuff with it. We’ll talk more about that in the future, but just think about the possibilities.”
A common compliment we’ve been hearing from developers is that it’s been easy working with the Wii U hardware. Here’s hoping that even more companies will be open to trying out the Wii U if teams can get content running without much trouble.
Multiplatform
North America:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo, 3DS)
2. L.A. Noire (Rockstar, PS3)
3. L.A. Noire (Rockstar, X360)
4. BioShock 2 (2K Games, PS3)
5. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft, Wii)
Japan:
1. Zelda no Densetsu: Toki no Ocarina 3D (Nintendo, 3DS)
2. Steins;Gate (Kadokawa Shoten, PSP)
3. Steins;Gate – Limited Edition (Kadokawa Shoten, PSP)
4. Meruru no Atelier (Gust, PS3)
5. Tennis no Oji-Sama Gyutto! Dokidoki Survival Umi to Yama no Love Passion (Konami, DS)
UK:
1. Zumba Fitness (505 Games, Wii)
2. L.A. Noire (Rockstar, X3600
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo, 3DS)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo, Wii)
5. L.A. Noire (Rockstar, PS3)
Nintendo Wii
North America:
1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Zumba Fitness (Majesco)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
5. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney)
Japan:
1. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
2. Billy’s Boot Camp: Wii de Enjoy Diet! (Rocket Company)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wii Party (Nintendo)
5. Fitness Party (Namco Bandai)
UK:
1. Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
3. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
4. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney)
5. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
Nintendo 3DS
North America:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo)
2. Dead or Alive: Dimensions (Tecmo Koei)
3. Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (Capcom)
4. Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo)
5. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney)
Japan:
1. Zelda no Densetsu: Toki no Ocarina 3D (Nintendo)
2. Biohazard: The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom)
3. One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP (Namco Bandai)
4. Fish Eyes 3D (Marvelous)
5. Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions (Namco Bandai)
UK:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo)
2. Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo)
3. Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends (Nintendo)
4. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (Ubisoft)
5. Rabbids 3D (Ubisoft)
Nintendo DS
North America:
1. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
2. Scribblenauts (Warner Bros)
3. Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)
4. Sonic Classic Collection (Sega)
5. Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. Tennis no Oji-Sama Gyutto! Dokidoki Survival Umi to Yama no Love Passion (Konami)
2. Pocket Monsters Black (Nintendo)
3. Pocket Monsters White (Nintendo)
4. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2: Professional (Square Enix)
5. Love Plus+ (Konami)
UK:
1. Art Academy (Nintendo)
2. Let’s Draw! (Majesco)
3. Pokemon White Version (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney)
Could Europe really end up receiving the trio of recent Wii RPGs? Xenoblade Chronicles is out in September, while Nintendo of France’s Director of Marketing Matthew Minel has provided some encouraging words for those hoping that The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower will be brought over as well. In an interview with Gamekyo, Minel said:
“We’re in the US, so we can’t speak about The Last Story… We hope it’ll be released. We are only allowed to say ‘hope’… Hope is promising… just like with Pandora’s Tower.”
Minel apparently topped off that last statement with an enormous smile. If The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower get localized, I’m moving to Europe!
It appears that Monolith Soft’s next title is for Wii U. The company’s job solicitation page was updated earlier today, stating that they are hiring staff for a game that will be created for Nintendo’s upcoming console. Other than that, we don’t have any additional information. With any luck, perhaps Nintendo of America will localize a Monolith Soft game… whenever it’s finally ready to be released, that is!
Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
D3 brought a number of “Simple” titles to DSiWare under the “@Simple” brand. The company is preparing another of series of games, this time scheduled to arrive on the eShop. D3 will be labeling the titles as “@Simple DL Series”.
More details can be read below.
– Volume one: new entry in the “Misshitsu kara no Dasshutsu” (Escape From the Sealed Room) survival escape series
– Called Mysterious Kumadonaru Burger
– Escape from a burger chain named Kumadonaru Burger
– “Kuma” – bear in Japanese
– Three gameplay stages
– Use items to escape
– Use the 3DS microphone to interact with the world
– Touch controls or button controls
– Releasing June 29 in Japan
– ¥500
This information comes from Shigeru Miyamoto…
“We’re not going to sit here and say that our goal is to become the number one online gaming company, because that’s not our goal. But, understanding that the types of experiences our consumers like to play do often contain elements to them that can be improved or may even require an online connection and also knowing that the system is going to have a browser I think suggests that obviously internet and internet connectivity is going to be very important for the system.
For example, there are opportunities to take advantage of online to expand a local, same-room multiplayer experience by connecting that to the internet and making new types of play that way. Also by having the smaller screen, being able to go online and perhaps see what game your friend is playing or see what TV they’re watching, I think there’s a lot of possibilities for how you could use that. Certainly internet functionality is something that will be important for the system.
We have introduced Miis to the world and everyone will hopefully have their own Mii, so obviously I think there’s possibilities along those lines there. And I will say that this is a system that will have a great deal of appeal for its online connectivity. A key word for Nintendo in the online sphere has been creating an experience that’s comfortable for all players, so we’ll still look at that and stick to our idea of trying to create an online experience that’s welcoming to everyone.”
Nintendo has started to take online gaming more seriously, but it will never be their number one priority. Still, it sounds like the Big N is a bit more serious this time. They’re working with publishers and developers to implement their own networks, though I’m wondering how Nintendo will handle their own online functionality.
