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LittleBigPlanet for Vita Continues Sackboy’s Leaping, Rolling Adventures
We first heard about LittleBigPlanetfor PlayStation Vita at last year’s E3. This year’s E3 brings us a new trailer, showing off Sackboy’s adventures in portability. The game promises to use the Vita’s tilt, touch, camera, and more, to keep up the adorable platformer and its level creator.
By Kate Cox Published June 5, 2012 -
Hands-On With The Wii U, Nintendo’s Risky New Revolution
The Wii U does not give the immediately-wonderful first impression that the world-famous Wii did. But after having played some of the games Nintendo has made for its next console, I’m certain the Wii U has great potential. This is a familiar spot for Nintendo to be in: quirky new console, skeptical reporter, and a…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012 -
Collect Battle Stickers In the New Paper Mario On the 3DS
Coming to the 3DS is Paper Mario: Sticker Star Stickers found around Mario’s world can help the 2D protagonist navigate the 3D world for surprise items, or fend off enemies. You can expect the game this holiday season.
By Tina Amini Published June 5, 2012 -
Man, Lego City Undercover Looks Pretty Hilarious
The Lego games of the last few years have been little kid-friendly comic masterpieces of silent slapstick. And the Wii U will be getting its own slice of the break-and-build experience when Lego City Undercover comes to it later this year.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Wii Fit U Adds A New Peripheral
At Nintendo’s press conference today, Reggie Fils-Aime unveiled the new Wii Fit U that uses both the GamePad and the console to track your exercises, calories and all. The trailer portrayed a woman on the balancing scale jumping up and down while the GamePad in front of her showed the virtual trampoline. In line with…
By Tina Amini Published June 5, 2012 -
Nintendo Brings Karaoke Lyrics to the Masses with Sing
They’re saying that they want the Wii U to bring people together so it kind of makes sense that Nintendo’s brining an all-new karaoke style experience to the system with Sing. It’s being made by FreeStyle Games, who tuned out the DJ Hero games for Activision a few years back. Expect to hear more about…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Scribblenauts Unlimited coming to Wii U
Scribblenauts will be coming to the Wii U in HD, giving players an insight into Maxwell’s story. Players can use the Wii U touchpad to design and edit creations to add to the world, like the auto mutt shown, going above and beyond the previous Scribblenauts games’ word entry capabilities. Scribblenauts Unlimited will also add…
By Kate Cox Published June 5, 2012 -
Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition is Coming to Wii U
Batman: Arkham City is getting a special version, optimized for the Wii U controller, Warner Bros. said on stage at Nintendo’s E3 news conference today. The game’s “Armored Edition” will let players use the Wii U pad to activate features of Batman’s armor and weaponry. The audience was shown how to guide the remote control…
By Owen Good Published June 5, 2012 -
Hallelujah! New Super Mario Bros. U Coming to Wii U
You won’t have to wait for Nintendo’s most famous character to show up on its next home console. Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that a new Mario title New Super Mario Bros. U will be a showcase title on the Wii U. Gameplay will offer multiplayer options with both Wii remotes and the gamepad…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Nintendo’s Wii U Will Support Two GamePads
Nintendo’s new console can support two of its screen-controllers, or GamePads, Nintendo announced during it’s E3 2012 press conference this morning. Nintendo has been coy about whether the Wii U can support two controllers since last E3 when the company first showed its upcoming 2012 machine. Last year, Nintendo designer Katsuya Eguchi told us that…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012 -
Pikmin 3 Confirmed as Wii U Title
The crazy-cute strategy series that’s been missing in action since the days of the Gamecube will finally return on Nintendo’s next home console. Gameplay video of Pikmin 3 was shown off during Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference this morning, including snippets of various multiplayer modes. Kotaku will have more on Pikmin 3 this week.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Sleeping Dogs Could be One of Those Summer Surprises
The open-world action game Sleeping Dogs was one of the surprise hits of a recent pre-E3 tour of major upcoming video games by a gaggle of video game reporters. What was once a game left for dead, abandoned by Call of Duty publisher Activision is once again without the True Crime name it had at…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012 -
We’re Liveblogging Nintendo’s E3 Press Conference Right Here
The pre-E3 keynotes from the industry’s major players concludes this morning in Los Angeles with Nintendo, expected to give a full reveal of its upcoming Wii U console. Kotaku will have Stephen Totilo, Kirk Hamilton and Chris Person tweeting live from the scene. You can follow Here now, we’ve got our own Evan Narcisse, Mike…
By Owen Good Published June 5, 2012 -
Black Wii U Gamepad Makes an Appearance on Nintendo’s E3 Stage
The darker variant to Nintendo’s new home console controller was spotted before Nintendo’s E3 press conference this morning. Is it too much to hope that it might be available at launch? Maybe we’ll find out later this morning.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Disney Epic Mickey 2 Will Paint Your Screen This November
Disney Interactive today announced the official release date for Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. You can expect to paint and erase all sorts of things on November 18, 2012. You can watch co-op action in the trailer above, where second players can control Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
By Tina Amini Published June 5, 2012 -
NBA Live 13 Bounces Back With Its First Five Screenshots
My exclusive first look at NBA Live 13 was illustrated by a screen that was a deliberately chosen tease. EA Sports wanted to show a little leg on Friday before giving you the full monty at E3. The publisher just released a batch of five screens showing off the player modeling in the game, but…
By Owen Good Published June 5, 2012
