“As with any new console, it takes some time to grow an established base. Ubisoft has a varied and high-quality line-up for Wii U, with more big titles on the way including Rayman Legends, Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag and Splinter Cell Blacklist. We’re confident that this will help in continuing to attract gamers to the Wii U system and that Nintendo will take steps to ensure that the Wii U is successful in the market.”

    -Ubisoft spokesperson

source

mynintendonews

----------------

that's nice of Ubisoft to say that, but if you release those games on other consoles, then people just going to get it for other consoles since most people own ps3/360 or both(even though some games can be played on the gamepad).... You need to make some of the games exclusive to the wiiu to attract customers not only first party games but third party games as well.

Microsoft is rewarding the members who have been on Xbox Live the longest with special consoles.

source

ign news

-------------

6 month old  but I think this console looks good

Nintendo has revealed the box art for The Wonderful 101. Developed by Platinum Games and published by Nintendo, the action-adventure game will be released on September 15th, exclusively for the Wii U console. Earlier today, Nintendo confirmed that additional details regarding the game will be announced after E3.

source

mynintendonews

Sumo Digital‘s Executive Producer, Steve Lycett, has supposedly hinted that SEGA mascot Sonic will be a playable character in the next Mario Kart game, or in a racing crossover between Mario and SEGA characters. Earlier this month, a Twitter user suggested that a Pac-Man World Rally and Sonic Racing crossover was in the works, to which Lycett replied by saying that he was thinking there are ‘bigger’ rivals than Pac-Man. This vague statement has lead people to speculate that Lycett was referring to gaming icon Mario.

    @blazehedgehog I was thinking there are bigger rivals, but I’ll bear it in mind

    — Steve Lycett (@S0LSUM0) April 26, 2013

source

mynintendonews

    @kakashishinoda The WiiU version of the game is currently on hold while we focus on developing the PC version.

    — Ghost Recon Online (@GhostRecOnline) May 17, 2013

source

mynintendonews

source

mynintendonews

update :

--------------------------------

When the wiiu becomes a big hit and EA tries to make game for it, I'm not buying their games since they called the wiiu crap and I hope Nintendo will not allow them to release it on their console for calling the wiiu crap!!!

Nintendo UK has kicked off a social media campaign for the 3DS by asking you a simple question: what is your reason for owning a Nintendo 3DS? The company launched a YouTube video, which you can see above, profiling the extensive list of titles that are currently on the portable handheld, as well as upcoming exclusives. And in a bid to chug away on the 3DS hype train, Nintendo UK has created a hashtag for fans to add their #3DSreasons over Twitter. But with such an exciting list of titles coming to the 3DS in the future, does the handheld need such an advertisement? In the meantime, what are your #3DSreasons? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.

source

mynintendonews

The indie developer shot to fame over YouTube after his puzzle platformer title ‘Thomas Was Alone’ was featured on Total Biscuit’s WTF series – a first impressions programme showcasing an array of titles from indie to triple A. Speaking on his blog over at Develop, Blithell slams Nintendo’s reasoning and says that it will, ultimately, hurt the company in the long run. A portion of his statement is featured below, do you agree with him?

“Nintendo seems to be taking a very literal approach to the scene. ‘This guy is making money from videos of Mario, that should be our money’. That is phenomenally silly.

“The guy in question is most likely not making much; even the big guys only get a tiny amount of money by international hardware company standards. Nintendo really, really doesn’t need their cash. By taking these sums away, they are massively dissuading them from continuing to make content from their game.

“But why should they care about losing an LPer? Well, put bluntly, marketing. The audience of these videos are an excitable, tribal group that go out and spend a great deal of money on the games talked about.

“I’ll close with an example from Thomas Was Alone’s sale history. The game launched in July on direct sales, and in November on Steam. The following Christmas I ran a 50 per cent off sale, which was doing rather well. And then, on January 1st, Total Biscuit did a WTF video about the game. Thomas sold eight times more units than on launch day. In a matter of hours, I was outselling Assassin’s Creed 3 on Steam.

“Nintendo. You’re doing it wrong.”

source

mynintendonews

During today’s Nintendo Direct online presentation, company president Satoru Iwata announced that SEGA is bringing a new game in the Mario & Sonic series to the Wii U console. Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games includes a variety of events from the Winter Games, including skiing, figure skating and curling. According to Nintendo, different events might use the Wii Remote Plus controller, Wii U GamePad or both. In addition to realistic events, the game features events found in worlds of Sonic and Mario that let players perform fantastical moves. Launch details for the game will be announced at a later date.

source

mynintendonews

New Super Luigi U is essentially downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U. But players who don’t own a copy of the Wii U game won’t be left in the dust. Nintendo today announced that a standalone retail version of New Super Luigi U will arrive at stores on August 25th. In the upcoming DLC, Luigi’s red-garbed brother, Mario, will be absent, but critter Nabbit will be a playable character in its multiplayer mode.

source

mynintendonews

The brand new trailer for Game and Wario on the Wii U has finally been revealed. You’ll need quick wit and thinking to win the vast array of mini games on offer from this title. There’s lots to discover on June 28 when it hits retailers across Europe.

source

mynintendonews

The Nintendo Direct also announced Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games for Wii U, and revealed that additional SEGA Game Gear games would be coming to the Virtual Console service for Nintendo 3DS. Outside of SEGA news, Nintendo announced that select Wii U games featured at E3 2013 will soon be playable at participating Best Buy stores, the launch date for New Super Luigi U, new Pikmin 3 game details and additional information about a variety of previously announced Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games

Wii U News

    Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games: The game includes a variety of events from the Winter Games, including curling, skiing, figure skating pairs and snowboard slopestyle – which will make its Olympic debut in Sochi, Russia. Different events might use the Wii Remote Plus controller, Wii U GamePad controller or both. In addition to realistic events, the game also includes those set in the worlds of Sonic and Mario that let players perform moves not possible in real life. Launch details and timing will be announced at a later date.
    Experience Games from Nintendo’s E3 Booth at Best Buy: Exclusively at participating Best Buy locations in the United States and Canada, consumers will be able to play some of the unreleased Wii U games featured at E3 while the event is occurring in Los Angeles. Details about locations and which games will be featured will be revealed in the coming weeks.

    New Super Luigi U: The Year of Luigi-themed downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U offers players 82 updated courses. But it also includes a new playable character in multiplayer mode: Nabbit, who steals items from Toad Houses. Nabbit can’t power up, but also won’t take damage when he touches enemies. New Super Luigi U will be released as downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U in the Nintendo eShop on June 20 for $19.99. But in honor of the Year of Luigi, Nintendo is also offering a standalone packaged version of New Super Luigi U that doesn’t require New Super Mario Bros. U on Aug. 25 at a suggested retail price of $29.99.

    The Wonderful 101: The mass-action adventure from Platinum Games launches Sept. 15. Additional details will be announced after E3.
    Pikmin 3: New playable characters Alph, Brittany and Charlie recruit the Pikmin creatures to help them gather fruit so that they can return with the seeds to save their home, Planet Koppai. Players can divide activities among the different characters, and explore separate areas in the same map with different groups of Pikmin. Using the GamePad (known as the KopPad in the game), players can view the overall map and grasp what each character and Pikmin are up to. Players also can choose their preferred control option: GamePad in conjunction with the TV, Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk combo or GamePad only in off-TV mode. Players can also use the Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk with the GamePad as a second-screen monitor. Pikmin 3 launches Aug. 4.

    GAME & WARIO: The game launches in stores and in the Nintendo eShop June 23 at a suggested retail price of $39.99, and includes a number of games from WarioWare, Inc., that use the GamePad in different ways. Newly revealed games include: Island, which lets two to five people launch little creatures called Fronks onto islands in the sea to score points; Patchwork, a puzzle game that tests players’ pattern-recognition skills; and Kung-Fu, which challenges players to help Young Cricket navigate a course safely using the forward-looking view on the TV and the top-down view on the GamePad. A new Iwata Asks feature offers more details about the game at

    Resident Evil Revelations: Capcom’s horror-survival game is launching in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on May 21. The game originally released for Nintendo 3DS, and the Wii U version offers players updated HD graphics, GamePad controls and new game content. Players can use the GamePad to view the map and change items using the touch screen without pausing their progress. Or they can play the full game on the GamePad in off-TV mode, or play with the Wii U Pro Controller. The game is Miiverse-compatible, and a demo version is currently available in the Nintendo eShop

.

Nintendo 3DS News

    SEGA Game Gear: Games from the classic hand-held system are headed to the Virtual Console service. These include:Inside the Treehouse with Animal Crossing: New Leaf: Because of the vast amount of content in the upcoming Animal Crossing: New Leaf game, Nintendo’s Treehouse localization team is hosting an ongoing video series to talk about the franchise and many of the fun features of the new game. The videos will be available on Nintendo’s YouTube channel and in the Nintendo eShop on a regular basis leading up to the game’s June 9 launch. Additionally, a new Animal Crossing panel for Puzzle Swap is now available for StreetPass Mii Plaza, and fans also might find a special Animal Crossing-themed message on Swapnote.
        Columns
        Crystal Warriors
        Defenders of Oasis
        Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
        G-LOC: Air Battles
        Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya
        Sonic Blast
        Sonic Drift 2
        Sonic Labyrinth
        Sonic the Hedgehog
        Sonic the Hedgehog 2
        Tails Adventure
        Vampire: Master of Darkness
    Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D: This game launches in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on May 24 and includes all the fun of the original Wii game, now optimized for portable play. It also includes eight new unlockable levels that are each based on one of the eight worlds from the original game. These levels will challenge players with new elements like platforms that force them to move at a faster pace, large drops of tar falling from the ceiling and giant rotating stone gears that can alter the level itself.

    A Legendary Sale: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons arrive on the Virtual Console service for Nintendo 3DS on May 30. Because playing the games together unlocks so much additional content, Nintendo is offering them for just $4.99 each for the first three weeks after launch. After this promotion expires, the games will be available for $5.99 each.

    Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move: The game, which launched May 9 exclusively in the Nintendo eShop, challenges players to place tiles on the bottom screen to guide the Minis to their goal on the top screen. The game includes more than 180 stages, but also dramatically extends the fun of the game by letting players create their own stages and share them with others. Players can opt to try a random user-created level or one created by their friends. They can also select from the most popular levels overall or search the top levels of the week.

source

mynintendonews

The Japanese Nintendo Direct has revealed today that the previous PlayStation exclusive Yakuza is now coming to the Wii U. The open-world crime game will come as a bundle, featuring the first and second titles in a special HD collector’s edition.

The trailer, shown during the stream, displayed refined graphics, as well as a number of exclusive aspects you can expect to see within the Wii U version. Players can keep an eye on their character’s status while exploring the open-world streets through the Wii U GamePad. Yakuza 1 and 2 will be released in Japan August 8 – it’s not yet known whether the title will come to North America or Europe.

source

mynintendonews

source

mynintendonews

The Nintendo Direct also announced a new addition to the Mario & Sonic series, the first appearance for the series on Wii U, as well as revealing launch dates for Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101 and New Super Luigi U.

Today’s Wii U announcements included:

    Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games: The game includes a variety of sports including curling, skiing, snowboarding, figure skating pairs and snowboard slopestyle. Different events might use the Wii Remote Plus controller, Wii U GamePad or both. In addition to realistic events, the game also includes those set in the worlds of Sonic and Mario that let players perform moves not possible in real life. Launch details and timing will be announced at a later date.

   New Super Luigi U Launches In North America June 20th, Play As Nabbit In Multiplayer New Super Luigi U: The Year of Luigi-themed downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U offers players 82 updated courses. But it also includes a new playable character in multiplayer mode, Nabbit, who steals items from Toad Houses. New Super Luigi U will be released as downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U on Nintendo eShop on 20th June. But in honour of the Year of Luigi, Nintendo is also offering a standalone packaged version of New Super Luigi U that doesn’t require New Super Mario Bros. U, available for a limited period and due for release on 26th July.

    The Wonderful 101: The superhero action adventure from Platinum Games launches on 23rd August. More details about the game will be released gradually between now and launch.

    Pikmin 3: New playable characters Alph, Brittany and Charlie are to take over from Olimar, the main character who appeared in previousPikmin games. Another announcement is the use of the GamePad (known as the KopPad in the game), where players can view the overall map and grasp what each character and Pikmin are up to. Pikmin 3 is coming to Europe on July 26th.

Are you ready for this summer’s arrival of Pikmin 3 on the Wii U? Well, this time you’ll meet up with three brand new characters. Instead of the main character Captain Olimar, Pikmin 3 gives you Alph, Brittany and a new captain named Charlie. The travellers have been sent out on a mission to gather food for their planet which is currently facing a doomsday crisis. But due to an accident while travelling in their spaceship, the three explorers crash land into the world of Pikmin. With the help of the little creatures, they bring fruit to their spaceship in order to utilise the seeds back on their home planet. Will you be helping their mission this summer?

Over Six Minutes Of New Pikmin 3 Gameplay Footage

    Game & Wario: The game launches across Europe on 28th June, and includes 16 games that use the GamePad in different ways.Newly revealed games include: ISLANDS, which lets two to five people launch little creatures called Fronks onto islands in the sea to score points; PATCHWORK, a puzzle game that tests players’ pattern-recognition skills; and KUNG-FU, which challenges players to help Young Cricket navigate a course safely using the forward-looking view on the TV and the top-down view on the GamePad. A new Iwata Asks feature just published offers more details about the game at http://nintendo.co.uk/iwataasks.

    RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS: Capcom’s survival horror game is launching in stores and on Nintendo eShop on 24th May. The game originally released for Nintendo 3DS, and the Wii U version offers players updated HD graphics, GamePad controls and new game content. The game is Miiverse-compatible, and a demo version is currently available on Nintendo eShop.
 

source

mynintendonews

    “Six months ago FIFA 13 was a launch title on Wii U. Although the game featured FIFA’s award-winning HD gameplay and innovative new ways to play, the commercial results were disappointing. We have decided not to develop FIFA 14 on Wii U.”

    -EA spokesperson

source

mynintendonews

source

mynintendonews

source

mynintendonews

wonderful_101_cast

Master troll and Platinum Games designer, Hideki Kamiya, has told a Wonderful 101 fan that the game will be appearing on the Nintendo Direct which takes place tomorrow. It makes sense that The Wonderful 101 will be shown, as the Nintendo Direct is focussing on the spring and summer lineup for the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS. Are you looking forward to seeing the Wonderful 101?

    Tomorrow…on a Nintendo Direct… RT @SimonShinobi: Do you know if they’re gonna talk about TW101 tomorrow?

source

mynintendonews

For a limited time, auto-running platformer BIT.TRIP Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien is on sale in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U. Originally priced at $14.99, you can purchase the download-only game for 25 percent off until May 30th. Runner2 features five worlds, 125 levels and five boss battles.

source

mynintendonews