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Mario Kart 8 now the fastest-selling Wii U game after 1.2 million copies sold over first weekend
In the kart race that is the 8th Generation Console War, Nintendo picked up a Blue Shell over the weekend in the form of Mario Kart 8. The latest addition to Nintendo’s popular racing franchise bowled over the competition and sold 1.2 million copies in its first three days of availability across North America, Europe, and Japan. That makes it the fastest-selling Wii U game ever and the seventh Nintendo-published title to sell more than a million copies.
“The early response to Mario Kart 8 demonstrates that the best days for Wii U are still ahead,” said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. “This year’s E3 is just days away, and it will be all about the future games for Nintendo platforms. This milestone is a great place to start!”
So I guess that ultra-creepy live-action commercial actually increased sales of Mario Kart 8. Mean Mario means business!
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Mario Kart 8
Little Orbit adapting Falling Skies into a strategy RPG
Fans of the TNT science fiction show Falling Skies will be happy to know that Little Orbit will soon be turning the show into a video game. The show will be made into a tactical strategy RPG, and will be released on the PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 as a digital download.
President of Little Orbit, Matt Scott, said “Our goal for Falling Skies is to recreate the humanistic elements from the television series so that players can grow with the characters as they play through intuitively designed strategies… We want to bring that same character driven storyline derived from the series to the game all while making it easy to navigate for every player.”
The game will allow players to see all of their favorite characters from the show, and will allow them to play in “a never-ending list of missions” in their fight against the aliens. There will be hundreds of unlockable skills and character upgrades, as well as dynamic enemy AI and map randomization.
The Falling Skies video game is scheduled to be out this Fall. Hit the jump to view the full press release. (more…)
Mercedes Japan is bringing the GLA to Mario Kart 8 in this creepy commercial
In an attempt to be cute, both Nintendo and Mercedes-Benz Japan have actually done more to haunt my dreams than It, True Detective, and that one episode of The X-Files with the inbred cannibal family combined. Well, that’s not totally true because each of those is pretty disturbing. But this is close.
Mercedes-Benz has bought the best product placement imaginable by brokering a deal with Nintendo to add its new car, the GLA, to Mario Kart 8 as free DLC within Japan later this Summer. It hasn’t been officially announced, but the GLA kart will most likely be available elsewhere, too.
In itself this isn’t the terrifying part. The stuff of nightmares is actually to be found in the commercial advertising the car’s placement in the game. At thirty seconds long, it starts out with Mario hopping into a GLA and inexplicably going through the first level of Super Mario Bros. (never mind that there are no cars in that game) and when he reaches the castle at the end, well, you kind of have to see it for yourself.
I apologize for making anyone else see this, but I think it’s kind of like the video in The Ring — if I don’t make someone else view it, I may die.
[Source: IGN]
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Mario Kart 8
Meet Sticks, the newest character addition to Sonic Boom
Sticks is a brand-new character for the Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off, Sonic Boom. As you can see from the video, she’s a wild animal, and it seems like she’s going to be a total badass. She’s best friends with Amy, and is appreciative of having a crew she can run with instead of being on her own.
Sonic Boom will be available for the Wii U and 3DS this Fall along with an accompanying television series, which will air on Cartoon Network.
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Tagged Sonic Boom
1001 Spikes will be released for 3DS, PC, PS4, Vita, and Wii U next week
1001 Spikes, another one of those insanely unforgivable platforming games, will be released on June 3 for 3DS, PC, PS4, Vita, and Wii U. Fans of similarly difficult Spelunky will be excited to be able to die in new and different ways!
That’s not all. Nicalis has announced that the PSN version will feature Cross-Buy, so that players will pay $14.99 to get both versions of the game. If you already own Nicalis’ Cave Story or NightSky on Steam or the 3DS, the company is offering a $5 loyalty discount as well.
1001 Spikes will have both single-player and multiplayer modes, and the multiplayer modes will include both co-op and versus. It’s also got unlockable guest characters, an awesome chiptune soundtrack, multiple possible endings, and plenty of levels to curse through.
1001 Spikes will be released for 3DS, PC, PS4, Vita, and Wii U on June 3. Hit the jump for the full press release. (more…)
Comcept closes out “Mighty May” with Mighty No. 9 gameplay trailer
Comcept has released a handful of trailers showcasing their progress on Mighty No. 9 since the completion of the Kickstarter campaign last Fall. But today’s new gameplay trailer, released to celebrate the end of “Mighty May,” is the most impressive yet. You might even say it is mega cool, man.
The trailer focuses on the icy locale that Mighty No. 2 calls home and the more industrial digs of Mighty No. 5. And unlike the previous “work-in-progress” trailers, this one features some beautiful backgrounds and gorgeous graphical effects, as well as a ton of enemies and environmental objects. Basically, it’s starting to look like a finished game.
According to Comcept, development on Mighty No. 9 will be completed over the course of the next 12 months and we should all be able to get our hands on it in Spring 2015. And I do mean all as Mighty No. 9 is in development for the 3DS, PC (Windows, Mac, Linux), PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Nintendo Download: Mario Kart 8 (Friday), Ittle Dew, Mega Man Xtreme 2, more
Vroom! Vroom! It’s Mario Kart 8 time as the latest entry in Nintendo long-running racing series will be available to download from the Wii U eShop beginning tomorrow. And don’t forget, every Wii U owner who purchases Mario Kart 8 will also be able to download one of the following games for free: New Super Mario Bros. U, Pikmin 3, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, or Wii Party U. Not a bad deal at all.
Also available to download from the Wii U eShop this week is Ittle Dew, an overhead adventure game that bears more than a passing resemblance to The Legend of Zelda. Joining Ittle Dew is Klonoa: Empire of Dream, a platformer originally released for the Game Boy Advance; Luv Me Buddies Wonderland, a minigame collection starring a bunch of cuddly puppies; and Gravity Badgers, a puzzle game that combines gravity-based physics puzzles and badgers. Hey… why not?
Mega Man Xtreme 2 is the only new game available on the 3DS eShop this week. The game, which was originally released for the Game Boy Color, was Mega Man’s second and final release for Nintendo’s first color handheld.
More information on all of these titles can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros. 4 will include GameCube controller support
Well, this is an interesting development. Nintendo has announced that they’re working on an adapter that will allow GameCube controllers to be used with the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. 4:
Get excited! The #WiiU version of #SmashBros. will be playable with GameCube controllers. pic.twitter.com/nmyj9QMsuU
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) May 29, 2014
Super Smash Bros. 4 will be available for the Wii U by the end of the year, but it’s currently unknown if the adapter will launch alongside it or at a later date. Hopefully, we’ll learn more about it during this year’s E3 Expo, which begins on June 9.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Super Smash Bros. For 3DS, Super Smash Bros. For Wii U