Good old Big W comes good again with the lowest price on a new release. This time it’s Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D for 3DS, and once again Nintendo takes money off us for the (pretty much) exact same game they released on Wii a few years ago. Well played, Nintendo. Now watch it sell millions.
I just discovered something while playing around with Wii U’s (very good) Internet Browser. We all know you can open and close curtains on the TV that hide what your looking at on the gamepad, by pressing X. But I found a few other cute little things Nintendo has thrown in…
- Press and hold X and you’ll hear a drumroll. Release X and the curtains will open with a dramatic “ta-daa!”, accompanied by some pretty sparkles across the screen
- The curtains change colour every time you open and close them
- Leave the curtains closed for twenty seconds and your Mii will pop up. A few seconds later he’ll challenge you to a game of rock, paper, scissors.
- Then he’ll start singing opera, then almost fall asleep
- Next he’ll perform a magic trick, then start juggling
This is probably old news but I just came across it. I like the Internet Browser on Wii U, it’s easy to use and Youtube runs really smoothly. Better than through the Youtube app, I’d say.
A while ago I told some people that if the new Xbox and Playstation controllers didn’t have a screens built into them I would buy them a drink. I was certain Sony and Microsoft would copy the Wii U gamepad in some way. So now both new controllers have been revealed and I was wrong, I’ll have to make good. I know no one cares. But I’m telling you anyway. God that Xbox One controller is sexy, though.
I lost a bit of respect for my beloved Nintendo today when I heard the story about them taking legal action against Youtubers who are “profiting” from videos featuring Nintendo gameplay footage. I won’t pretend I’m an expert on intellectual property law, but really Nintendo… These people love your games and are, in the end, only promoting them long after their use by date. Is Mario 3D Land past it’s use by date? No, it will continue to sell steadily because it’s a great game. Why doesn’t Nintendo pick on IGN for using footage of Mario Sunshine while reminiscing?
There’s some sports games that are skipping Wii U in 13/14. Madden 14 is one of them. No one in Australia cares. WWE 2k14 is also not coming. No one in Australia cares about that either. FIFA 14 isn’t coming either. Some people I’m sure are caring about that. I know my room mates would be if they were Wii U owners. They’ll just buy the 360 version. Wii U must have such a tiny install base that developers are just shunning it. I don’t give a crap about any of these games, but surely Wii U isn’t performing worse than PS3 was in the early days, and there was still FIFA titles every year for the system. It must be down to demographic then. But have a look at Miiverse and Wii U’s loading screen right now. Monster Hunter 3 and Injustice, as well as the Resident Evil Revelations demo are among the most popular. Maybe these non hardcore players don’t like sports games. Thanks to digiplanet.com for the pic.
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A Wii U edition of Mario Kart is in production at Nintendo. While we don’t even have a title or a single screen shot yet, one thing’s for sure- we’ll see it in action at E3 this year. As a massive fan of the series I thought I’d take a look at what I want from the next instalment.
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It always happens to us. And while I’m not complaining there’s nothing to play on the system, I just don’t see why there’s a plethora of games or the eShop and at retail that we either aren’t getting or still waiting for. With Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge having been released on the eShop just this week in Oz, there’s a slew of other games we’re still waiting for dowwwwn unda.
Finally we didn’t have to wait for something. The 621 mb demo puts you on an abandoned ship as Jill Valentine, teamed up with some guy I don’t recognise and searching for Chris Redfield. The graphics seem ok although there’s quite a few blurry textures. Jill’s model is really nice. Adjusting the camera so much in those tight hallways is pretty nauseating I find… but at least it looks and plays more like Resident Evil than 5 or 6 did, and that’s a good thing.
A Saturday. I love a good mini game collection, and while I was hoping for a true next instalment of the WarioWare series, we’ll be getting Game & Wario. It’s a first party game for Wii U, and while it’s not the one I am really hanging for (that’s Pikmin 3) I am kind of a bit more excited for Game & Wario after reading about some of what’s on offer. Here’s the one that has me excited, from Nintendo Australia’s website:
“In FRUIT, up to five players play together in different roles: one player becomes a dastardly fruit thief, using the GamePad to work in secret as the others play agents and watch the TV screen, using their powers of observation to find the thief in a crowd and spot when the fruits disappear… At the end of the game, each of the agents pass around the GamePad to point out who they think is the thief; but only the most eagle-eyed may win as the line-up of would-be fruit thieves look rather similar!”
I hope this turns out to be as fun as it sounds, and with 11 other “mini games” to look forward to, I hope the title delivers the kind of fun experience Nintendo Land did all the way back in November last year. Especially considering “Luigi’s Ghost Mansion” has been played to absolute death in my house. You can read the rest of Nintendo’s Game & Wario blurb here.
Target are offering a Wii U bundle that includes the premium black console with NintendoLand and a choice of Just Dance 4 or Zombi U. All for $429. Not bad, and Target says the total value is $498.95. That’s a slight exaggeration considering Zombi U is still selling for around $60 and Just Dance 4 for around $50. But still, it’s good to see some bundles happening. Now if only Nintendo could get some marketing happening in Aus.
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I’ve been a Nintendo fan all my life. For me, the Nintendo 64 represented fun with my friends and memories of being young and carefree. The Gamecube on the other hand, represented a darker, lonelier time in my life and when I looked back at the games I played and what they meant for me at the time, I realised the escape of gaming really helped me get through. It’s not all doom and gloom, though. Here I rank every game I ever owned on my absolute favourite console ever, Nintendo Gamecube. Accompanied by some cool videos from Youtube.
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Every Nintendo fan has their favourite first party franchises. For me there hasn’t been a better first party line up than Gamecube’s. F-Zero GX, Wind Waker, Mario Sunshine, Waverace Blue Storm, Starfox Adventures, Starfox Assault WarioWare, Inc., Mario Party 4, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Pikmin, Pikmin 2, and Battalion Wars. What a Nintendo line up. Heaps of major franchises skipped Wii, and that’s left me dreaming of an amazing first party line up for Wii U. Here’s my ultimate line up.
There’s no article. I just wanted to say that. And the internet was again up in arms over nothing.
Continue reading »While Wii U owners are basically taking comfort in knowing what’s “coming soon” for the machine, some people (mostly non Wii U owners, I suspect) have been complaining that there’s nothing to play. I say that’s rubbish. There’s heaps to play on the machine, definitely more than I have the time to get through. Here I’ll silence the whiners and outline the best the machine has to offer right now.
