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Nintendo Isn’t Making Luigi’s Mansion 2 Internally
The newly revealed Luigi’s Mansion 2 won’t be developed internally by Nintendo, but by Canada’s Next Level Games, the studio behind the Wii version of Punch-Out!. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto is supervising the project, however.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011 -
Mario Kart 3DS is Being Worked On by Metroid Prime’s Developers
More from the Nintendo Q&A: it seems Mario Kart 3DS is being developed not solely by Nintendo, but as a collaboration between Nintendo and Retro, the team behind the Metroid Prime series. It’ll also run at 60fps.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011 -
Kirby Wii is Exactly the Sort of Game I Want to Play on a Nintendo Console
Vibrant, colorful, and full of joy, Kirby Wii is exactly the sort of game experience I crave when I power on Nintendo’s soon-to-be last generation system. An alien ship has crash landed in the realm of Pop Star, and Kirby must travel the lands gathering pieces of the broken craft to help stranded aliens get…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2011 -
LIVE At Nintendo’s E3 2011 Mystery Developer Q&A
As Nintendo is wont to do at E3, the company is holding a post-press conference question and answer session with Nintendo brass and developers. While these Q&A panels typically reveal all-new details, this one is shrouded in even more mystery. Nintendo will surely talk about the new Wii U, new Wii U games and who’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2011 -
Kid Icarus: Uprising Looks at the Size of that Squadron
It’s been a long time since the world’s seen a brand new Kid Icarus game, but this year, Kid Icarus: Uprising is going to change that. Developed by Project Sora, Kid Icarus: Uprising is sorry to keep you waiting.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011 -
Wii U Discs Will Be 25GB In Size
In a wide-ranging interview with Kotaku regarding the new Wii U console, one of Nintendo’s chief game designers, Katsuya Eguchi, confirmed that the system’s proprietary disc format will hold 25 Gigabytes of data. That squares with our own reporting from before E3 and puts Nintendo in a good place to run games that fill up…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2011 -
Nintendo Looking into Games that Support Two Wii U Controllers
Nintendo’s Wii U controller is such an extraordinary device that we’ve been hearing some skepticism from readers that the company would expect gamers to have more than one of them. After all, the thing looks expensive. It’s got a screen, and a mic, and a camera, and lots of buttons. Is Nintendo going to expect…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2011 -
8 Minutes of Our Hands-On Video Shows What It’s Like to Play Wii U
Stephen Totilo takes you on a whirlwind tour of Nintendo’s latest play for the living room, the touchscreen-and-motion-control Wii U. (But you’d watch 8 minutes of Totilo just to take a swim in those dreamy blue eyes, wouldn’t you?)
By Joel Johnson Published June 7, 2011 -
Professor Layton’s Fourth Game is Coming to America
Professor Layton and the Last Specter, a DS game out in Japan since 2009, is finally coming to the West, Nintendo revealed during its E3 press conference earlier this morning. It’s coming to the US this Fall.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011 -
Nintendo Wii U Hands On: An Entirely Different Way to See Things
It looks like the product of a fevered fanboy wetdream. A 6.2-inch touchscreen, surrounded by dual analog sticks and oodles of buttons. Like the portable hardcore gamers wish Nintendo made. But it’s the most incredible controller ever. I’m completely immersed in my own tiny world with the Wii U controller, staring into the screen, moving…
By Matt buchanan Published June 7, 2011 -
Now You Can Download the E3 2011 Legend of Zelda Medley
Want a copy of the stirring Zelda tribute performed earlier today at Nintendo’s E3 2011 presser for your very own? Music masters FireGS and ZREO have remastered the medley and put it online for your downloading pleasure. Rejoice!
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2011 -
Resident Evil: Revelations is a Frightening, Delightful Experience
This is Resident Evil as I remember it: Eerie, tense, long moments of exploration punctuated by brief, startling encounters. Resident Evil: Revelations, due out next year on Nintendoʼs 3DS, is a brand new title with roots firmly planted in the early days of Resident Evil, back when the game was unequivocally about surviving the horrors…
By Brian Crecente Published June 7, 2011 -
Paper Mario Is As 2D As The 3DS Could Possibly Be
Paper Mario, you have been a delight on every Nintendo system you have ever appeared on. Don’t go changing that with the 3DS version! Not that there’s any reason to doubt the series, given what’s on show in the above E3 trailer.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011 -
You Are the Hero In Super Mario Bros. Mii
If this looks familiar, that’s because Super Mario Bros. Mii is basically Super Mario Bros. Wii. Only for the Wii U, and instead of controlling lesser Mushroom Kingdom stars, your Mii can pull on some overalls and get to work. Remember, although Nintendo is releasing media for this and has playable demos, it remains just…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011 -
What’s Under the Wii U’s Hood? IBM Spills a Few Chips
While Nintendo normally doesn’t like to talk numbers when touting a new system’s capabilities, the companies providing those capabilities have no such qualms. Like IBM, who today issued a press release boasting some of the Wii U’s hardware specifications, including the fact the microprocessor serving as “the heart” of the console is a custom 45nm…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011 -
Mario Kart 3DS Adds Miis, Flying and…Oh yeah, 3D
If you thought for a second that Nintendo wasn’t going to bring Mario Kart to 3DS, than I guess today is your lucky day. For most of us however, the game’s biggest surprise is the addition of flying and undersea racing. Nintendo has also added Mii support and the standard array of 3DS features; Spot…
By Mike Epstein Published June 7, 2011 -
Animal Crossing 3DS is a Link to the Past
Are you ready for a radical departure from the Animal Crossing formula for the game’s foray on the Nintendo 3DS? That’s just not going to happen, but here’s a guy dressed as Link. Animal Crossing; Animal Crossing never changes. Those were the words famously spoken by actor Ron Pearlman in my head the last time…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2011
