Mark Rein praises the Wii U (very) highly, will be “shocked” if it doesn’t do well
Mark Rein of Epic Games, a company well known for the Unreal Engine and a seemingly low opinion of Nintendo’s consoles in the past, offered up some seriously high praise of the Wii U at GDC. Notably, this comes right on the heels of the rumour that Nintendo tweaked the Wii U’s specs to make […]
Two Tribes tease Wii U-exclusive features in Toki Tori 2
Two Tribes have been hard at work on Toki Tori 2, and it’s one of the Wii U games we’ve been hearing the most news recently. In an interview at GDC, they were asked if they had any specific plans for the Wii U version of the game in addition to the level editor we […]
Rayman creator is “excited” for the Wii U
Michel Ancel, the creator of Rayman, was asked to share his opinion on the Wii U in a recent interview with the publication Glitch. In particular, he seems to be a big fan of the controller’s near-field communication technology and touchscreen. I’m excited about the Wii U! They have some great new features with touchpad […]
Two Ninja Gaiden 3 trailers and a TV commercial (in Japanese)
Tecmo Koei and Team Ninja have given us three more videos of Ninja Gaiden 3, one of which is a TV commercial. All three of them are in Japanese, so unless you speak the ninja tongue, you won’t understand much more dialogue than I did. But there’s still lots of bloody sword action to behold. […]
Ten minutes of Ninja Gaiden 3 footage
Team Ninja have released yet another piece of Ninja Gaiden 3 media. This time, it’s a ten-minute gameplay video of the game’s London stage. You can watch it after the break.
Super Mario 3D Land director shares his favourite Wii U feature
Koichi Hayashida, the director of Super Mario 3D Land, spoke about the development of the game at GDC 2012. But although most of the interview was about Mario’s stereoscopic outing, Hayashida was also more than happy to share what he looks forward to the most in the Wii U as a developer: I certainly think […]
Nintendo beefed up the Wii U to run Unreal Engine 4?
Today’s most interesting Wii U rumour is that Nintendo have tweaked the console’s specs to make it capable of running Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4, which will likely see increasing use by developers in the coming years. The rumour originates from NeoGAF user BlackNMild2k1, who claims that the information comes from a friend of a […]
Toki Tori 2 is “definitely” coming to Wii U, will come “really quickly after launch”
If Toki Tori 2 wasn’t confirmed for the Wii U before, it is “definitely” confirmed for the platform now, in the words of Two Tribes’s creative director Collin van Ginkel. And while the launch date of the Wii U itself is still unknown to the public, Two Tribes are telling us Toki Tori 2 will either […]
Toki Tori 2 teaser trailer + screenshots
Two Tribes have released a short teaser trailer as well as a few high-quality screenshots of Toki Tori 2, following up on the GDC gameplay demo from the other day. You can watch the trailer and check out the screenshots after the break.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter is coming to the Wii U
Austrian publication derStandard.at learned at GDC that Medal of Honor: Warfighter is coming to the Wii U. I don’t think this should come as too great a surprise, knowing that the Wii U is specifically designed to make ports from the Xbox 360 very easy, but it’s great to have confirmation. The news was accompanied by a […]
