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Nintendo Direct WiiU Games Blowout

By on January 23, 2013
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Today’s Nintendo Direct has revealed a whole host of new games for WiiU from Nintendo and the developers they are collaborating with.

Here is the run down of the important news straight from Iwata-San.

MiiVerse Improvements:

  • Users can create communities for their favourite titles.
  • There is now more than one official community for each title.
  • Improved usability.
  • Smartphone compatibility. This will initially be browser based, though a smartphone app is in the works.

Iwata-San presented some new footage from the Wonderful101 which is looking better and better each time new footage is released.

Smash Bros. is in development and although there is currently no footage to show, Iwata-San promised that all will be revealed at E3 this year.

Speaking of E3, Iwata-San also revealed that the team behind the Mario Galaxy series and Super Mario 3D Land are working on a new Mario title for WiiU and this, along with a brand new Mario Kart game for WiiU, will be playable at E3.

There is also a new party game in development from the team that created Wii Party that will be released this summer.The accompanying video demonstrated some interesting uses for the WiiU gamepad and Wii remotes.

Yoshi is also going to make his return in his first lead role since Yoshi’s Story in 1998 on N64 with the team behind Kirby’s Epic Yarn at the helm.

In a more interesting segment of the feed, Iwata-San revealed that Nintendo are changing the approach they take for game development by collaborating with a host of other developers when creating new titles for WiiU. The first title is a collaboration between Nintendo and Atlus that combines the Fire Emblem with the Shin Megami Tensai series.

Xenoblade Chronicles developer, Monolith Soft, also got in on the act with a gameplay video of their new title that looks stunning. Here’s hoping it lives up the quality of Xenoblade.

This is all good stuff, I’m sure you will agree. But for all the information given and footage shown, Nintendo truly pulled one out of the bag. The Legend of Zelda producer Anouma-San revealed that a brand new Zelda title is in the works for WiiU and although he didn’t give a time frame on when we hear or see anything from the game he promised that the new title will rethink the conventions of Zelda and give players another truly unique Zelda experience. Sounds good right? Well Anouma-San went one better revealing that a HD remake of the truly stunning The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker from Nintendo Gamecube. The HD remake of Wind Waker will be off-screen capable, MiiVerse compatible and released this Autumn.

Nintendo have kicked off the year in style and it looks like WiiU owners have a lot to look forward to. Although, Iwata-San has confirmed that there will be very few new WiiU games until March, but it looks like its going to be a year for Nintendo and WiiU.

Are you as excited as we are for these games? Leave your comments below.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/djeffkay Francois Kitching

    Whilst I’m glad Nintendo have come out and actually announced something, I’m a bit shocked that they have nothing new around the corner. When you think about it, an announcement of Zelda and Mario wasn’t even needed. Were there any of us who didn’t know that these titles were in the works? I also think that it’s about time they linked purchases from the eshop as it is unfair asking gamers who already own VC titles on other Nintendo machines to pay for them yet again.

    • http://totalrevue.com/ Russell Fernandez

      Interesting. Were there anything outside of the Mario and Zelda titles? They need to start diversifying their library with third party titles exclusives even like the 3DS. Having Monster Hunter on the 3DS and Ultimate on the Wii U is good news though they need more – probably holding back for E3 to offset the limelight on what people are anticipating.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djeffkay Francois Kitching

    As if any of us weren’t already aware of the fact that a new Mario and Zelda title were in the works! Windwaker HD will be great though, that is undeniable… With regards the eShop announcement, I think it is high time that Nintendo linked up accounts and purchases from other devices such as the Wii and 3DS so that consumers aren’t forced to pay yet again for VC software they have already purchased multiple times.

    They should also hurry up and release something new. The “launch window” is fast approaching it’s end and yet there is no Pikmin or Rayman. NSMBU and ZombiU have wornn out their time in my consoles disk drive and I have nothing else to do than return to my XBox.

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