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Square Enix are looking into the Wii U

A numbered Final Fantasy title hasn’t been on a Nintendo console since Final Fantasy VI. These days they grace Sony and Microsoft platforms, but it could be that Final Fantasy is finally coming home. According to Now Gamer, Square Enix producer Yoshinori Kitase admits that they have been looking into the Wii U as a […]

How ‘Aliens’ will utilise the Wii U’s controller

Gearbox Software, the team developing Aliens: Colonial Marines recently spoke to Kotaku about how the Wii U version of the game would take full advantage of what the console’s controller can do. Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Software talked about three ways that the Aliens’ game would be using the Wii U’s new controller. First of […]

Metal Gear Solid on Wii U? Possibly.

Eurogamer has been chatting to Kojima Productions about the possibility of Metal Gear Solid on the Wii U. Creative producer, Yoshikazu Matsuhana told the gaming site that they had been aware of Nintendo’s new console way before it was shown at E3 and that Nintendo had approached them with it. With the impending release of […]

Ubisoft developing exclusive first-person shooter for the Wii U

Ubisoft recently revealed that they were developing two new IP’s for the Nintendo Wii U and now the first details about one of them are coming out. The game is called Killer Freaks From Outer Space and is an exclusive first-person shooter for the Wii U. Killer Freaks From Outer Space is set in London […]

Wii U drops GameCube backwards compatibility

That’s it, to put it bluntly. Reggie confirmed just a couple of hours ago that the Wii U won’t play any GameCube games. Nintendo’s reason for this is unknown, but my bet is that they want to move on and leave the GameCube in the past. Before you ask, the new console doesn’t have any […]

Wii U controller won’t be sold separately?

Ever since Nintendo demonstrated the Wii U controller in a multiplayer game questions have been surrounding it. The demonstration only showed local multiplayer with one person using the controller while the other players used Wii controllers. This seemed to suggest that only one person in a multiplayer game would be using the Wii U’s new controller. […]

Reggie: Wii U’s online capabilities to be revealed in the next few days

One of the features not talked about at E3 (which also happens to be the feature I’m dying to know about) is the Wii U’s online capabilities. The Wii wasn’t exactly world renowned for its online features so it will be interesting to find out how they have improved on this. CEO of Nintendo, Iwata, […]

Darksiders 2 Wii U to be better than Xbox and PS3 versions?

David Adams, the general manager of Vigil games, the developer behind Darksiders recently expressed his opinion about bringing Darksiders 2 to the Wii U. And it’s his opinion that the Wii U version could be better than the Xbox and PS3 versions. While speaking to Game Informer he shared his thoughts about Darksiders and Nintendo. […]

Miyamoto hints at Pikmin 3

How we have yearned for Pikmin 3 to appear and now it seems our wishes have come true. It had been rumoured that Pikmin 3 would be making its way to the Wii U but now we seem to have a quote from Miyamoto which almost guarantees that the game will be coming sometime in […]

New Super Mario Bros Mii to be first Wii U game?

One of the tech demos displayed at E3 to show off the new Wii U was a demo showing off New Super Mario Bros Mii. It seems to play pretty similar to New Super Mario Bros on the Wii but the key difference is that Miis are playable characters in the game. The four player action revolves […]