Wii U

Its official Deus Ex: Human Revolution Directors Cut for Wii U

  After yesterdays premature Amazon listing, Square-Enix officially confirmed today that Deux Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut is coming to the Wii U. In addition a Eurogamer interview published today with Deus Ex executive game director Jean-Francois Dugas and game designer Emile Pedneault shed some light on some new features we can expect for the Directors Cut edition. These should addre...

Nintendo looking for a piece of the Skylanders pie, Pokemon to be the first NFC enabled game on Wii U

Know that Little rectangle on the bottom of your Wii U Gamepad? Well it actually has a function, it enables NFC on the console. What’s NFC you ask? Well just think the Skylanders portal of power where you place an object with an embedded with a wireless chip near another with the same technology and, boom. Magic happens. Nintendo will soon use this tech in the downloadable Pokémon Rumble U a...

Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Ages Confirmed For eShop

Zelda fans rejoice!  Eiji Aonuma has announced, via his Wii U account, that Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Zelda: Oracle of Seasons will arrive on the eShop this summer. Currently, there is not a scheduled date.  However, the Summer release time frame gives plenty of opportunities to play through the original Zelda, and forward, while you wait. This may be the year of Luigi, but I have a feeling Link (...

New Square Enix Title for Wii U

Square Enix plans on attending PAX East with the intent to showcase various videogame titles.  It has recently been revealed that this will include a previously unannounced title for Wii U.  The company is being quiet on any official details at this point, so the rumor mill is working overtime to speculate as to what this game could be.  The most likely candidate appears to be a port of Deus Ex: H...

Miyamoto Interviewed By Polygon

Today Polygon’s interview with the great Shirgeru Miyamoto went up. Although obviously on a tight PR leash, the interview makes an interesting watch or read nonetheless. Miyamoto goes over what he wants to be achieved by the imminent Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, and why Nintendo have decided 2013 should be the ‘Year of Luigi’. Amongst the other topics discussed are Nintendo&...

Shigeru Miyamoto is working on 3D Pikmin animation

Shigeru Miyamoto has announced he is working on a series of animated 3D shorts based on the GameCube debuting series; Pikmin. Nintendo gave a taste of what to expect to the media, showing a clip of main protagonist captain Olimar blending Pikmin into a large smoothie, but is then comically revealed to be just (PikPik?) carrots. In an interview about the new project, Miyamoto said “When Olima...

eShop: Spin The Bottle Teaser Trailer

When I first watched the trailer for Spin The Bottle, I was both confused and intrigued.  The game appears to make no sense whatsoever, however it does serve a purpose. The traditional Spin The Bottle is usually found at middle/high school parties where awkward teenagers gather and some experience their first kiss.  Although this game has a similar concept, it is really meant to liven up a party, ...

Meat Boy A Possibility In Next Super Smash Bros?

Details for the next Super Smash Bros. title for the Wii U and 3DS are few and far between. Other than the fact that Namco Bandai will be pulling the heavy lifting in developing both versions and that the roster could be significantly smaller, Nintendo has stated recently that E3 2013 will offer the first look into the next iteration of the popular fighting franchise. In the meantime, the creators...

Updated Wii U User Interface Coming This Summer

  Miyamoto stated, in an interview with Time that we will see an improved Wii U user interface this summer. “Even during the testing phase, it’s difficult to ascertain what facets of those interactions between the applications are resulting in inconveniences for the consumer until you have an opportunity for many people and lots of consumers to try these features out.” Miyamoto told Time. “Wh...

Wii U Error Strikes Japan

Japanese gamers have been running into a rather annoying error, Error Code 105-3102, when attempting to access the Wii U eShop, as well as updating the Wii U firmware. So far the error has not been reported stateside, or in Europe.  Nintendo is aware of the issue and has narrowed the cause down to a program within the Wii U itself, which can be fixed with a patch. Sadly, this error has appeared at...

Lets be the first to talk next gen

  Game consoles have been group by generations for quite some time, however there seems to be some confusion of whether the Wii U is a ‘next gen’ system. As of writing it is not. The Wii U is the current generation. To clarify Wii, PS3 and 360 are last generation. The Playstation 4 and next Xbox will join the Wii U in this current generation. Nintendo console generations usually last either 5...

Review: Zen Pinball 2

Zen Studios has already delivered pinball joy to the Nintendo 3DS with Zen Pinball 3D and now they grace the Nintendo Wii U with fine-tuned pinball goodness. The first thing to mention about Zen Pinball 2 is it breaks the mould, at least for console in terms of content distribution. The game is essentially a pinball platform where after a free download you can trial various tables. If you don’t wa...