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Zen Pinball and Its Merry Marvel Tables are Marching to the Wii U eShop
Zen Studios’ hugely successful pinball simulation lands on its third console, the Wii U, later this month via the Wii U eShop. The game will incorporate features specific to the Wii U’s GamePad, which includes controlling the plunger on the touchscreen, cycling through information displayed on the table’s dot-matrix readout, rotating camera views and a…
By Owen Good Published December 5, 2012 -
Tokyo Crash Mobs Lets You Throw Ninjas At Other Ninjas. It’s As Silly As It Sounds.
Nintendo revealed during the Nintendo Direct broadcast today that Tokyo Crash Mobs—known in Japan where it is already released as Line Nageloop—will be coming to the eShop at an undisclosed time. In order to keep the line-cutters at bay, you’ll have to throw people at other people. Take a look at the silly gameplay in…
By Tina Amini Published December 5, 2012 -
If This Was An Official Nintendo Commercial, Maybe People Would Know What The Hell A Wii U Is
A lot of people don’t seem to realize what the Wii U is. Is this cryptic Nintendo commercial just another Wii? I don’t get it, some people said. Even Michelle Obama didn’t make the distinction But maybe this commercial would help clear up that this is a new console. Or, hell, maybe it’d make things…
By Tina Amini Published December 5, 2012 -
Watch the Latest Nintendo Direct Here
Today’s Nintendo Direct revealed tons of new, great footage of titles coming to the Wii U. In case you missed it, the whole video can be found above. To make looking up the new footage a bit easier, here’s a list with the times to skip to to look at the most interesting games and…
András Neltz Published December 5, 2012 -
How Nintendo’s Newest Game Is Like Inception
Inception features dreams that are in dreams. Nintendo’s newest Wario title, Game & Wario, is kind of like that, too. Game & Wario is a collection of 16 mini games, but not a Wario Ware micro game collection that features an onslaught of bit-sized games that last seconds. Fans of the series are well aware…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Nintendo’s Panorama View app will be out next spring in Japan. According to Nintendo, the app is free.
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Nintendo Is Bringing Google Street View to the Wii U
Tonight, Nintendo showed off how Google Street View will work on the Wii U. It seems like it will work pretty well, with the GamePad able to display Street View as well as maps. Between next January and March in Japan, Nintendo is offering Google Street View as a free download on the eShop. After…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Pikmin 3 on the Wii U Looks Glorious. It’ll Be Out Next Spring in Japan.
Pikmin is coming to the Wii U, and from the footage Nintendo showed today, the game is coming along very well. The HD graphics are expected to bring Pikmin to life like never before. Please be aware that while the game is HD, these internet screengrabs are not! Nintendo Direct 2012.12.5 [Ustream]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
How You Can Play Game & Wario Just By Staring at the TV
Nintendo unveiled its latest party game, Game & Wario. Like other Game & Wario games, it only needs one controller. Five players can play, but four of them don’t need controllers. At all. Just good eyes. The mini-game is called “Fruits”. In it, the player with the GamePad is a thief, and picks up the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Game & Wario Is Nintendo’s Newest Party Game
Coming in early 2013, Game & Wario is the latest entry in Nintendo’s series of Wario party games. Outfitted with 16 games, Game & Wario can support up to five players and needs only one GamePad. Nintendo Direct 2012.12.5 [Ustream]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
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You Won’t Believe How Dry Nintendo’s January Is
Last month and this month, Nintendo is busy launching the Wii U. And next month? It’s busy not releasing games in Japan. The company’s January schedule, which was recently updated on December 3, is shockingly empty. Here, have a look for yourself: Yikes! That’s pretty freakin’ dry! At the very, very bottom, there’s one Wii…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 5, 2012 -
Nintendo Knows Your Family Doesn’t Know The Difference Between Nintendo Handhelds
So Nintendo is here to help. Perhaps wanting to get out in front of holiday season returns, when Little Johnny furiously explains he wanted a 3DS and not a DS (or your grandmother buys you a game that won’t work in your system), Nintendo has—hastily, judging by the sound quality—put together this instructional video outlining…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2012 -
Interested In The Tech Behind The Wii U’s GamePad? This Breaks Down How It Works.
Perhaps it’s not surprising, but what this video from The Clan of the Grey Wolf reveals is that much of the tech behind the Wii U’s GamePad is stuff you may already be familiar with—only used in a clever, innovative way. As the video points out at the start, this seems to be a thing…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 4, 2012 -
Wii U Gets Sneaky Firmware Update For “System Stability” And “Other Minor Adjustments”
Wii U users, there’s a new firmware update available for your system. Clocking in at around 600MB, it doesn’t appear to do anything drastic (like speed up loading and menu times). Here’s what Nintendo says it does do: Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 4, 2012 -
This Game Mixes Wind Waker’s Cel-Shading With The Gameplay of Banjo Kazooie
While it’s just in alpha, Danish developer Jonas Kærlev’s game A Hat In Time still manages to look positively delightful. All one has to do is look at the many videos Kærlev has uploaded to get a sense of how charming this game is. Here’s a couple, though the game’s YouTube page features a good…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 4, 2012 -
The Wii U’s Infamous Day-One Update Will Be Around For a While
As with most new console debuts, the Wii U launch has been rocky. The part that has gotten most consumers complaining is an hours-long, 1 GB patch required to access many of the system’s features. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has even apologized for it. Nevertheless, that annoying experience won’t be going away anytime soon. In…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 4, 2012 -
There will be a new Nintendo Direct tomorrow at noon ET. Watch it here. Topic unknown: Wii U and 3DS games
By Stephen Totilo Published December 4, 2012 -
Someone Made An Entire Song Out Of Random Wii U Noises. It’s Pretty Catchy.
From the snapping noise a Wii U game case makes to the menu music, this Wii U song by YouTube user jimmy incorporates a whole bunch of sounds the Wii U can make. And the result is great. But it does kind of get awkward in the middle there.
By Tina Amini Published December 4, 2012