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LIVE At Ubisoft and Nintendo’s Mysterious E3 Q&A Event
This evening we’re sitting in with Nintendo and its mystery guest, Ubisoft, for a question and answer session regarding . . . something? What could it be? Is this something related to the Wii U? Is it about a special Nintendo-exclusive Ubisoft game? Can you taste the suspense? Using the power of liveblogging, read along…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2011 -
X-Men Destiny Makes You Pretend to be The X-Men Without Actually Playing as Them
X-Men: Destiny, Activision’s newest attempt to channel the franchise into beat-em up form, really wants indulge your fantasy of becoming a part of the expansive lore of the comic series. Rather than choosing their favorite heroes and villains from the series, players choose one of three new mutants whose powers you can cultivate and strengthen…
By Mike Epstein Published June 8, 2011 -
This is the Wii U Console in my Ink-Stained Hands
This is the Wii U console, the part of Nintendo’s big new gaming machine that’s been getting a lot less attention than its stunning screen-based controller. I got my hands on the console today. Take a video tour with me. A few important notes: 1) There is an error in the video… I thought that…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2011 -
Farewell, GameCube, the Wii U Doesn’t Play You
Speaking to Kotaku earlier today, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that while the Wii U will still be compatible with Wii software, its predecessor’s backward compatibility with the GameCube will not be making an appearance.
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2011 -
Three Amazing Things You’ll Do With Aliens: Colonial Marines on the Wii U
Earlier this week we learned that Gearbox Software’s Aliens: Colonial Marines is coming to the Wii U. Today the developer explained some of the really cool ways you’ll be playing the game with Nintendo’s tablet-like controller for their new console. The most important thing Randy Pitchford told us during our discussion about the Wii U…
By Brian Crecente Published June 8, 2011 -
Nintendo is Such a Close-Knit Company Its Employees are Adopting Each Other
When some people think Nintendo, the first word that comes to mind is family. That’s likely the case for Nintendo employees Ross and Sandra Titus, who recently adopted their first child, 29-year-old Nintendo executive Jillian. The woman now known as Jillian Titus didn’t feel as if she had much of a family when she first…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2011 -
These Are the Wii U Games of Your Dreams
There weren’t many games shown off as part of Nintendo’s Wii U reveal. Not many games actually running on the Wii U, anyway FIlling that void, reader Kyle and his mates put together this gallery of dream Wii U projects, some likely, some possible, maybe (at least in terms of application), and others sadly simply…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2011 -
Rhythm Heaven Looks as Good On Wii as it Did On DS
Brilliant DS music game Rhythm Heaven is coming to the Wii, and you can see how toe-tappingly distracting it’s going to be in this E3 trailer for the title. Looks so simple, but man, it’s going to get its hooks in you.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2011 -
Cold Water Thrown on Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS
At Nintendo’s E3 press event, Nintendo honco Satoru Iwata revealed that Smash Bros. was heading to the Wii U and the 3DS. There are no screenshots of the games. Nothing. That’s because work on neither title has begun. According to Smash Bros. designer Masahiro Sakurai, “Honestly, at this point, we shouldn’t be announcing these games…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
Nintendo Talks Wii U Pricing
Wii U is the Nintendo Wii successor. That doesn’t mean the upcoming HD console is going to pick up where Wii pricing leaves off. “I don’t think we can charge the same price as we currently do for the Wii,” Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Japan’s Nikkei Newspaper. The Wii is currently priced at under…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
There’s Another Ace Combat Making a Fly-by
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360. But it’s not alone. There’s another Ace Combat game. Under the working title Ace Combat 3D, the game features touch screen targeting. Its release date is forthcoming.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
Nintendo Asks Questions about Wii U, Nintendo Answers Them
“Iwata Asks” is a regular feature on Nintendo’s official site in which Nintendo president Satoru Iwata asks questions about hardware and games his company makes. This time, Iwata asks Mario creator about the Wii U.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
The Rolling Western Might be Nintendo’s Best-Kept Secret
Here’s a surprise. Nintendo’s most interesting game of E3 2011 may also be one of its least-publicised, because The Rolling Western for the 3DS looks great Mixing action gameplay with a tower defence-style strategic element (including what looks like resource gathering), it’s not even a retail game. It’s a downloadable from the new eShop for…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2011 -
Mario Party Will Party Once Again
Our long Mario Party drought is over! The last game in Nintendo’s Mario Party series, Mario Party 8, was released in 2007. And the latest entry, Mario Party 9 was revealed today at the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles. The Wii game currently doesn’t have a release date, and it’s unclear whether Nintendo’s Nd…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011 -
Nintendo Used 360, PS3 & PC Game Footage In Its Wii U Demo Reel
This morning, Nintendo showed off a highlight reel of third-party games supposedly running on its new Wii U console. They looked great. Turns out that footage wasn’t running on anything of the sort. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has told GameTrailers that the footage—of games like Ghost Recon and Darksiders II—was instead culled from…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011 -
Where Is the Wii Vitality Sensor? Somewhere.
The Wii Vitality Sensor debuted at the 2009 E3 gaming expo. Then it was too mellow for last year’s and this year’s E3. Why? When asked this question earlier in April, Nintendo replied that it was still in development, but wasn’t yet working on 99 percent of Wii players. Thus, it doesn’t yet have a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011 -
Nintendo’s Greatest Designer is Leaving the Wii Behind
Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and Zelda, is winding up development on Wii games, the Nintendo legend revealed today. Speaking at a Q&A attended by Kotaku, Miyamoto said that he always “focuses on newest upcoming platforms”, and that would mean that the upcoming Skyward Sword would be “one of the last if not the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011 -
Nintendo Developers Warned of a Future With No More Zelda, Star Fox Games
At Nintendo’s Q&A session earlier today, Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that prior to development of the upcoming Skyward Sword, he’d given the franchise team a warning: either it was the best Zelda ever made or there would be no more Zeldas He also said the same thing to the Star Fox developers. Either Star…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011
