Junichi Masuda, known for his work on the Pokemon series, just made a tweet in which he’s telling people to watch today’s Nintendo Direct.
Obviously, this might not mean anything. There have been times in the past where a creator, such as Masahiro Sakurai or Soraya Saga of Monolith Soft, tweeted about an upcoming Nintendo Direct which led people to speculate that said Direct would feature news from their respective games, but it didn’t end up happening after all. Still, I figured it was worth pointing out.
Assuming today’s Direct will feature something Pokemon-related, what could it be? Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon seems unlikely since the game is already out in Japan and Masuda probably wouldn’t announce news about it like this to his mostly Japanese Twitter audience. News about the Wii U version of Pokken Tournament are definitely a possibility, however Game Freak was barely involved with the development of that game, which was handled by Bandai Namco instead. Pokemon GO is unlikely since Nintendo have said that the Direct will only feature Wii U and 3DS games. What most people would probably want to see is news about a new mainline Pokemon game, such as the rumoured Pokemon Z. It seems like a foregone conclusion that there will be another 3DS Pokemon game set in the Kalos region, but who knows if it will be announced today.
Either way, we will know for sure in about 12 hours when the Direct airs.
The King of Hyrule is headed to Hyrule Warriors Legends, the 3DS version of Hyrule Warriors, and with that comes an awesome character trailer showing off what he’ll look like in battle! Check out the trailer below:
Girls Like Robots is launching on the North American Wii U eShop tomorrow. Take a look at the official trailer below.
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Super Mario Maker
2. Octodad: Dadliest Catch
3. Yoshi’s Woolly World
4. Super Mario World
5. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
6. Super Mario 64
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
8. Splatoon
9. Super Mario Bros.
10. Paper Mario
11. Slender: The Arrival
12. Zelda: A Link to the Past
13. Shovel Knight
14. Human Resource Machine
15. The Legend of Zelda
16. Donkey Kong Country
17. Resident Evil Revelations
18. Donkey Kong 64
19. EarthBound
20. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Videos
1. The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy’s Grand Adventure Trailer
2. Yoshi’s Woolly World Launch Video
3. Play Nintendo Introduction Video
4. Slender: The Arrival Trailer
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 1
6. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – A Vacation from the Sprixie Kingdom
7. Nintendo Minute – Yoshi’s Woolly World Let’s Yarn!
8. Yoshi’s Woolly World PAX Prime 2015 Video
9. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Monsters of the Court Trailer
10. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – A Break from Adventuring Trailer
11. Star Fox Zero E3 2015 Trailer
12. Great Games to Buy with eShop Cards
13. Nintendo Minute – Super Mario Maker SUP-tember Fav levels 1
14. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 2
15. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash E3 2015 Trailer
16. Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water Super Spoopy Trailer
17. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
18. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 3
19. Splaoton Big Splats Trailer
20. New Super Luigi U Trailer 6/11/13
Source: Wii U eShop
Minecraft: Wii U Edition may finally be coming to Wii U, if a listing on PEGI is anything to go by. The UK ratings board just added the game to its database today.
Minecraft is available on just about every platform, but it has yet to hit Wii U. Minecraft: Story Mode – a spinoff of the franchise made by Telltale Games – is heading to the eShop at some point soon.
Super Mario Maker has added yet another costume. By completing the “Yoshi is Awesome!” course, players will unlock Necky.
This new level was the winner of a course-creation contest hosted by Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. Creator Vanilla KONDO said the following about it:
“I combined ideas from courses I’ve already uploaded and added a few new tricks too. Mario’s adorable yet reliable partner Yoshi plays a big role from beginning to end.”
System: 3DS
Release date: June 11, 2015 (JP)
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo
Author: Patrick
Okay, so full disclosure: Rhythm Heaven is probably my favourite Nintendo-published series if not my flat-out favourite game series of all time. For me the core gameplay clicked immediately with the cute and creative minigames that make up the series proving to be a brilliant way to test players’ musical abilities. You could sell me a Rhythm Heaven game that was 75% old content and I’d still eat it up. And that just so happens to be what Nintendo have done this time. The currently Japan-exclusive Rhythm Heaven The Best+ brings rhythm games from the previous three entries in the series to the 3DS along with a handful of new games and some structural changes. It’s a solid compilation of the series’ highs, even if there’s a sense that the developers didn’t quite get why Rhythm Heaven is “the best”.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games have unveiled another set of characters for LEGO Marvel’s Avengers. The latest additions include Fing Fang Foom, Devil Dinosaur & Moon-Boy, Korvac, Skaar, Wendigo, Crimson Dynamo, Mantis, Peggy Carter, and the Iron Man’s Mark 38 armor – also known as “Igor.” Screenshots of the new characters are in the gallery below.
Replay: VHS is not Dead is planned for release on Wii U, a listing on the USK confirms.
The game debuted earlier this year on a few platforms, including Steam. It’s a puzzle-platformer title which takes place in a movie-based universe. Players can record their characters’ movements and use remote control powers to combine actions through roughly 70 levels.
Continue on below for a story overview as well as a trailer.
It is an ordinary Saturday evening for Harvey Hachess as he leaves his favorite video club for a movie night. On his way back, he gets caught in the middle of a rain and a threatening storm. Suddenly, he’s hit by a lightning strike! Knocked out for few minutes, he goes on as if nothing had happened.
Once home, Harvey gets comfortable and plays a video tape, a bag of popcorn in one hand and the remote control in the other one. But something seems wrong as he realize that some scenes are missing from the movie! He puts in another tape, same result… He, then, checks all his cassettes one by one but stays out of luck.
As the last tape was ejected, the VCR made a strange sound and the screen lightened up. Harvey founds himself sucked into the TV. He finds there a great opportunity to re-record all the tapes without risking the loss of his Video Club membership.
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash will both soon be available for Wii U. Get a look at the disc art for both games above.
