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Nintendo Direct (Feb 14): Who needs E3?

post #1 of 20
2/14/13 at 6:41am
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Anyone watching this? Another crushing display of awesome from Ninty

Mario & Luigi 4

Fire Emblem releasing in April (EU gets a Fire Emblem 3DS XL edition)

Some new Wii U DLC (Luigi U, Ninja Gaiden),

Animal Crossing on June 9

Grand Theft Lego for 3DS (no, not the real title. It's Lego City Undercover)

DKCR 3D (Japan only for now)

New Mario & DK on 3DS eshop

Buy a 3DS and Luigi's mansion by April , get 5 free games

Some limited info on the Wii U eshop

ZombieU bundle for $389




I'll add some more later. 3DS is getting a TON of content
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post #2 of 20
2/14/13 at 6:53am
Watched it. Playing with Wii Street U now. Finally got a release date on Animal Crossing!

I missed some if it so I'll watch it again at lunch. Looked good though.
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post #3 of 20
2/14/13 at 6:58am
80 new NSMBU levels for Luigi is insane, curious as to how much it will cost.

Hope the 3dsXL Fire Emblem package makes its way over to NA....
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post #4 of 20
2/14/13 at 7:15am
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3DS:
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon launches March 24

Animal Crossing: New Leaf hits June 9

City Undercover: The Chase Begins drops April 21

Style Savvy gets new Animal Crossing clothes DLC

Demo coming for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate: We: Love Colons:

HARMO KNIGHT (3DS eshop) launches March 28

Kersploosh coming to the 3DS eshop (apparently not the long-awaited public restroom simulator, that name false advertising)

New Mario and Donkey Kong "Minis on the Move" (no date)

Mario & Luigi 4 full title is "Mario & Luigi: Dream Team"

Mario Golf: World Tour for 3DS (no date)

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D is NoA as well

Dillon's Rolling Western 2: The Last Ranger launces April 11

Fire Emblem gets 2 new downloadable maps

Harvest Moon and Legend of the River King (GBC) are coming to 3DS eshop

Some stuff on 3DS eshop goes on sale

Buy a 3DS XL by 4/20 and get ONE (not all five) of these games for free:
  • Super Mario 3D Land
  • Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
  • Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone
  • Star Fox 64 3D
  • Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive



Wii U

Wii Street U (google street view app) available now as a free download

Turning Over a New Leaf: Animal Crossing launches 'summer'

Need for Speed Most Wanted U March 19

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct March 26

Injustice: Gods Among Us April 16

Zelda Miiverse Community announced (meh)

A new Bit.Trip game coming for Wii U

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on U and 3DS March 19

Disney Infinity due this summer

Zen Pinball 2 added new tables as DLC

Toki Tori 2 still hitting this summer, confirmed to have off-TV play
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post #5 of 20
2/14/13 at 7:22am
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Originally Posted by dragonyeuw View Post

80 new NSMBU levels for Luigi is insane, curious as to how much it will cost.

Hope the 3dsXL Fire Emblem package makes its way over to NA....

No kidding, it's suddenly Luigi time... after, what, 30 years he's due

Iwata alluded to this as the "Year of Luigi", BTW.
Quote:
"Luigi first appeared in Mario Bros. on July 14th, 1983, the very day before the Famicom was released on the 15th. This year, 2013, is Luigi's 30th anniversary, making this the Year of Luigi"

reminds me of the Zelda anniversary love, the Mario collection, Kirby... and Metroid?




Is it sad I was jealous of the Goron figure (and the Hyrule Historia siting on his desk)?


Edited by voodoozen - 2/14/13 at 7:50am
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post #6 of 20
2/14/13 at 8:04am
Is there any word on an Animal Crossing release for the WiiU?
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post #7 of 20
2/14/13 at 8:17am
I didn't hear an Animal Crossing summer release for the Wii U. Just the June release for the 3DS. Was a Wii U release mentioned?
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post #8 of 20
2/14/13 at 8:32am
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Originally Posted by dragonyeuw View Post

80 new NSMBU levels for Luigi is insane, curious as to how much it will cost.
Me too!
And I believe Lego City: Undercover for the Wii U comes out around March 18th.
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post #9 of 20
2/14/13 at 8:43am
June? Boooooo, release Animal Crossing faster, jerks.
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post #10 of 20
2/14/13 at 8:44am
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Originally Posted by Kysersose View Post

Me too!
And I believe Lego City: Undercover for the Wii U comes out around March 18th.

I haven't paid much attention to that one, I'm a bit burnt out on those Lego games unless this one offers something extra....
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post #11 of 20
2/14/13 at 8:48am
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Originally Posted by ThisOneKidMongo View Post

June? Boooooo, release Animal Crossing faster, jerks.
Agreed. Although I'll be happy if it comes to the Wii U as well. But the 3DS version should be good to go already.

Although they did mention they were adding some sort of online content for North America.
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post #12 of 20
2/14/13 at 8:50am
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I haven't paid much attention to that one, I'm a bit burnt out on those Lego games unless this one offers something extra....
I never really got into them and this one looks very GTA/open concept. Should be fun.
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post #13 of 20
2/14/13 at 10:37am
There's a lot of interesting 3DS content, but I honestly barely play my 3DS, even some of my more highly anticipated games on it. I just don't carry it with me on a daily basis any more, and there's other games I play when I'm at home instead.
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post #14 of 20
2/14/13 at 10:46am
As a fan of the show, I'm looking forward to this on the Wii U in March.

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post #15 of 20
2/14/13 at 10:50am
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Originally Posted by Kysersose View Post

I never really got into them and this one looks very GTA/open concept. Should be fun.

Maybe I'll check it out when the price drops. My backlog man....my backlog....and how do i deal with it? By buying another system! biggrin.gif
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post #16 of 20
2/14/13 at 10:58am
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Originally Posted by dragonyeuw View Post

Maybe I'll check it out when the price drops. My backlog man....my backlog....and how do i deal with it? By buying another system! biggrin.gif
I hear you! smile.gif

Like most people, I'm always wanting them to put out more games. But here I am still finishing up a few current games and there are plenty more coming out just around the corner.
And I still haven't even played Batman: Arkham City Armoured Edition yet! Everyone tells me that's a great one.

So little time...
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post #17 of 20
2/14/13 at 11:39am
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And I still haven't even played Batman: Arkham City Armoured Edition yet! Everyone tells me that's a great one.

That's on my to buy list. I already have the 360 version, but I'm a huge Batman nut and have no problem double-dipping for the gamepad features and all DLC content. I've heard mixed messages about the framerate on the Wii U version, some saying it's a major issue and others saying it's not that bad.

But yeah, as far as the quality of the game itself, Batman AC IMHO is one of the best games I've played in years( along with its predecessor Asylum). I rarely replay games but this is worth multiple play-throughs, and even once you've finished the main campaign you can freely zip about the city beating up thugs and exploring. Don't know where that game falls in your backlog, but I'd recommend moving it to the front of the line. Can't miss experience IMO.....
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post #18 of 20
2/14/13 at 12:26pm
I'll definitely have to pick it up soon.

Thx
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post #19 of 20
2/14/13 at 3:38pm
The Batman gamepad features are kind of... terrible. Maybe if you played the game before it'd make more sense.

The map doesn't cover levels, which is odd. So if you're standing above a door, it looks the same as standing in front of it. They sorted this out way back in Link to the Past, and Assassins Creed did it passably.

I haven't figured out what the Sonar feature is supposed to do.

Instead of choosing items with the gamepad (like Zelda 3DS) you choose which D-pad slot they go into, and still you have to remember which arrow it is. Mostly it appears to be used for character profiles.

Not sure why they didn't just slap detective mode on the bottom screen.
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post #20 of 20
2/15/13 at 7:28pm
The frame rate on batman is definitely noticeable, however it doesn't ever seem to play into any specific gameplay issues.. it's really odd.. the game is fantastic though.. easily one of the best launch Wii U games next to zombi U and nsmb U. Lego City for a "lego" game seems borderline radically different because it's not tied to a movie or some other franchise.. there is a really good preview write up on ign.com and they said they were constantly surprised and really loving the game.. it's a definite buy and Monster Hunters UNITE! Also Need for Speed evidently is really fleshed out, using PC assets for the textures, better lighting etc.. it seems they really went the extra mile on this one.. I might have a look at this also.. Finally a solid month for Wii U after the post launch drought.. which is expected, it seems to happen on almost all platforms.

There is a $20 off on amazon when you pre-order both mon hun wii u and 3ds ver..
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