El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron was most definitely one of the strangest, most beautiful games on display at last month’s E3 in Los Angeles. El Shaddai is a third-person action title developed by character designer Takeyasu Sawaki for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and is scheduled to release in a few weeks.

Destructoid recently attended a preview even for the game, and Shane Bettenhausen of Ignition Entertainment hinted at the possibility of a El Shaddai spin-off title arriving on Wii U. “I think first we’ll probably do more of spin-offs.” Shane tells Destructoid. “Whether that’s DLC, I think it might be cool to port this to Wii U or Vita maybe.”

Given the pedigree of Takeyasu Sawaki who has worked on the Okami and Devil May Cry franchises, this would be great news for Nintendo fans looking towards the future of Wii U. Bettenhausen states that originally the El Shaddai lead character was female and hints that if a spin-off where to happen, she may make an appearence.

The more developers on board with Wii U the better, I say. Would you like to see this game make its way to a Nintendo console near you?

From the developers who worked on the Final Fantasy DS ports, comes a game that has been in the works since the Super Nintendo era. Produced by the team responsible for the Fatal Frame series. Nostalgia is a game that is supposed to drag up those nostalgic feelings of playing an old school Super Nintendo RPG games, and while Nostalgia is based on an alternate 19th-century Earth. Adventuring is a serious profession in this world. Those who can use magic exist in the world and those without magic hunt relics of previous civilizations for power. Airships rule the skies as well as sky pirates and dragons.

Today I headed to New York City to check out the Muramasa launch event at the Nintendo World Store. There was tons of little events going on inside the store all related to Murasmasa such as getting your picture taken with a boss, and getting your name written in kanji. You could also pick up the game with a special limited edition gift which sold out two hours into the event.

Overall it was a huge event and where everyone was having a good time I managed to snoop a shot of the new Nintendo DSi colors.  So Come inside to check it out!
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This Saturday at noon at the Nintendo World Store in New York City, the Nintendo World Store will be transformed into feudal Japan for a pre-release launch of Muramasa. Along with the release of Muramasa 3 days early, the first 100 customers to buy Muramasa will receive limited edition t-shirts, tattoos, collectible postcards and a scroll with original artwork from the game. Along with receiving 10% off the game at purchase. For more info hit the jump. (more…)

When I had my trip to E3 this year, I spent a lot of time looking at various games for the Wii and the DS. And out of all of the  the Wii games I played I had the best time with Muramasa and the Demon Blade. The game plays smooth and looks fantastic in motion, especially during intense quick battles with ninjas and various enemies you fight. (more…)