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Most Recent: Wii U
Nintendo Download: Teslagrad, KickBeat, Adventure Island, more
We interrupt your latest game of Destiny to deliver an update on this week’s Nintendo Download, which is a little light on the Destiny.
Instead, Wii U owners will have to content themselves with Teslagrad, a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer with hand-drawn environments; KickBeat: Special Edition, a rhythm game that combines music and kung fu (available September 16); and Adventure Island, the NES classic that introduced the world to Master Higgins.
Over on the 3DS side of the shop, players will be able to download The Keep, a dungeon crawler with real-time combat; Top Model 3D, a game that asks players to step into the (ridiculously expensive) shows of a famous model; and Hideaways: Foggy Valley, a hidden object game.
More details on all of these new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Wii U version of Watch Dogs will launch on November 18
Ubisoft has announced that Watch Dogs will finally make its debut on the Wii U on November 18. The Wii U version of Watch Dogs was originally scheduled to be released in May, but Ubisoft delayed the Wii U launch to more heavily focus on the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One editions of the game. The Wii U version is in development at Ubisoft Bucharest and will include an interactive map and Off-TV Play available exclusively through the Wii U GamePad.
Last month, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said that Watch Dogs was the last “mature game” the company planned to release for the Wii U.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Watch Dogs
Nintendo Download: Nobunaga’s Ambition, Cubemen 2, more
Welcome to another update for Nintendo’s eShop. This week, the store becomes home to a few NES oddities, warring cubes, and dessert-based superheroes…
- Nobunaga’s Ambition, the dense strategy game originally released for the NES, is now available to download on the Wii U.
- Cubemen 2, a 3D strategy game for the Wii U starring… wait for it… Cubemen.
- Ice Cream Surfer, a Super NES-styled side-scroller for the Wii U starring the titular superhero in his battle against EVIL BROCCOLI.
- Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight, Capcom’s weird Street Fighter spinoff is now available to download on the 3DS.
- Tappingo 2, a tapping puzzle game for the 3DS.
More information on all of these games can be found after the break. (more…)
Mighty No. 9’s PAX Prime 2014 trailer is mega colorful
PAX Prime came to an end on Monday, but we’re still sorting through all the news to emerge from the expo and the latest Might No. 9 trailer is too good to pass up. Once again, Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune mesmerized a PAX crowd with new details of his beautiful platformer, including a look at several of the boss battles. It’s colorful, it’s polished, and it’s embedded above.
Mighty No. 9 will be available for the 3DS, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One in Spring 2015.
Gone Home leads Nintendo’s upcoming slate of Wii U and 3DS eShop releases
Fullbright’s award-winning Gone Home will be coming home to the Wii U (via the Wii U eShop) this Fall. That’s rather fitting as a stash of Super NES games play a small part in the game’s plot. Gone Home is just one of more than three dozen games that Nintendo plans to add to the eShop through the end of the year and into early 2015.
Other highlights include the announcement that Slightly Mad’s Project CARS will be available exclusively through the Wii U eShop sometime in 2015 and that Renegade Kid has three 3DS games planned for this Fall: Treasurenauts, Xeodrifter, and Moon Chronicles: Episode 2.
Nintendo’s complete eShop release calendar for the next six months (or so) can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged Gone Home, Moon Chronicles, Project CARS
Bayonetta 2 will be released on October 24
Woo hoo witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo hoo witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye
Nintendo unleashed a flurry of announcements this morning, so let’s get started with one of the biggest… Bayonetta 2 will be released for the Wii U on October 24.
Saying “the witch is back,” Nintendo also wants to remind everyone that the original Bayonetta will also be included with Platinum’s sequel.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2
Bringing Ubisoft’s U Back to the Wii U
Ubisoft has been sending out mixed signals regarding Nintendo’s beleaguered home console over the last few months. Despite a renewed momentum in sales thanks to the likes of Mario Kart 8 and the release of Hyrule Warriors in Japan, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot announced that Watch Dogs would be the last mature game published on the Wii U. Guillemot pointed to the fact that the Wii U accounted for a mere three percent of the company’s sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. The Xbox One doubled the Wii U’s total with 6%, and the PS4 tripled it with 9%. Impressive, considering they were both launched half-way through this period. The original Wii chipped in for 11%. (more…)
Nintendo Download: Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright, Azure Striker Gunvolt, SteamWorld Dig, more
If you’re a fan of retro games, then I recommend taking a gander at this week’s Nintendo eShop update… you might just find something you like.
Wii U owners will be able to download Mega Man X3, the final Mega Man game released for the Super NES. SteamWorld Dig, Image & Form’s critically-acclaimed 3DS platformer, is also available for the Wii U today. Finally, The Fall, a moody platformer that the developer has compared to Super Metroid, was released earlier this week.
Over on the 3DS, players will get the chance to download Azure Striker Gunvolt, a Super NES-inspired game created by Keiji Inafune and Inti Creates. And for a limited time, players who purchase Azure Striker Gunvolt will also receive Mighty Gunvolt, an NES-inspired platformer, for free. Also available this week is Thorium Wars: Attack of the Skyfighter, a space shooter, and Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, a puzzle/crime-filled crossover of epic proportions.
You can find more information on all of these games after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, News, Wii U
Tagged Azure Striker Gunvolt, Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, SteamWorld Dig