Batman: Arkham City to make “fantastic use” of the Wii U controller
Mark Rein, who said a few extremely positive things about the Wii U, had the chance to play the Wii U build of Batman: Arkham City and is very impressed with the game, claiming that it makes “fantastic use” of the touchscreen controller. He didn’t say anything more specific than that, but it was confirmed that […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lots of Assassin’s Creed 3 info coming on March 23rd
The magazine Nintendo Gamer claims that it is among the first publications to see the Wii U build of Assassin’s Creed 3, and they’ve promised an in-depth exclusive feature on the game in their next issue, which will be hitting the newsstands on March 23. To hype it up, they’ve revealed the following blurb regarding the use […]
The Wii U controller “resonated” with Ubisoft
It’s no secret that Ubisoft love the Wii U. But while you might be quick to dismiss this as corporate excitement at getting another platform to pump heaps of shovelware out on, Ubisoft’s Hugues Ricour proves that the company truly sees potential in the new console. The new controller especially resonated with us – for […]
The Killer Freaks team didn’t see a Wii U controller until the day before E3
March 4th, 2012 in Interviews, News
Guillaume Brunier, a Ubisoft producer, shared that the team working on Killer Freaks From Outer Space did not even see the Wii U controller until the day before E3! The Killer Freaks team worked with the early Wii U dev kits before E3, but even we hadn’t seen the actual device until a day before […]
Wii U was originally planned to have analogue sticks
It seems to be the case that analogue sticks, similar to the ones on the GameCube, had been planned for the Wii U controller. A pre-E3 version of the controller shows analogue sticks raised from the controller’s surface. This differs from the version we know of now, which has sliding circle pads similar to those found on […]
Codemasters share some DiRT Wii U ideas
Codemasters still haven’t announced which DiRT game will be coming to the Wii U. It could be a port of DiRT 3, a previous game, or a new addition in the series. However, game designer Paul Coleman still had some ideas to share on how the Wii U could enhance the rally racing game franchise.
Pitchford on Aliens: Colonial Marines Wii U
Aliens: Colonial Marines is shaping up to be quite an interesting Wii U game and I was intrigued by the preliminary ideas that they had for utilising the Wii U’s controller. Their ideas also opened up the interesting topic for how sci-fi games could benefit from the Wii U’s controller. While speaking to Nintendo Gamer, Randy Pitchford of […]
