Nintendo has uploaded two new gameplay trailers for Mario Kart 7 which show off a host of loveable characters as well as some familiar locations. Don’t forget Mario Kart 7 is out December 2nd in Europe and December 4th in the United States. Has anyone got this pre-ordered?
Nintendo has announced that it’s giving Pokémon fans another chance to claim Victini as their own from December 3rd – 31st. This will be a level 50 Victini with Fusion Flare and Fusion Bolt, which are Reshiram and Zekrom’s signature moves.
Victini also comes with V-Create, a powerful Fire-type move, and Searing Shot, which is another fire move. The Victini will come holding a Fire Gem, which is a consumable item that can power up one of his Fire-type moves one time. Victini is downloadable via Wi-Fi.
Square Enix’s Ryutaro Ichimura has told Famitsu that he has finally ‘graduated’ from the Dragon Quest team and is busy working on a number of titles including a possible next generation RPG. Depending on the timing, they may release the game for next generation consoles which could include Wii U which comes out sometime after April 2012.
Famitsu has shown off some pieces of concept art which include buildings that appear to be out of middle ages Europe, and middle ages European style characters. Although the game may appear Westernised the developers are trying to make the game appeal to everyone. What sort of RPG would you like from Square Enix on Wii U?
Nintendo Europe has put up a listing for Luigi’s Mansion 2 which includes plenty of details regarding what players should expect from the game. The interesting thing about it is that they’ve listed the game as a one to two players but they don’t provide any more specific details other than that. Would would you like to see from a two player Luigi’s Mansion?
Youtube user Inutile87 has posted an unboxing video of the super-cool Blue Wii which was recently released. The console was launched to coincide with Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games and is available to purchase now.
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Vigil, the development team behind Darksiders 2 have stated that the Wii U is easy to develop for. The team say that the ease of development on Wii U is similar to that of the Xbox 360 which is renowned as being a simple console to develop for. Great news for those developers looking to bring their projects to Wii U.
“From a pure programmer point of view, it’s definitely a lot easier than, say, the PS3 was. It’s probably on par with 360 as far as ease of API, simplicity of how you interact with the hardware.”
“[On Wii U] we were literally finding things and telling Nintendo about them. ‘Hey how does this work?’ ‘Well, I don’t know.’ So we were finding the solutions ourselves sometimes. It was kind of like a new frontier.”
Popular online gaming publication Destructoid has decided to award Mario Kart 7 an extremely disappointing five out of ten. Jim Sterling who reviewed that game states that the series needs a severe shake-up and labels the game lethargic and mundane. Thankfully other publications don’t share Jim’s borderline trolling opinions.
Mario Kart 7 is as derivative as a game can get, and while we pour scorn on so many other games for rehashing themselves, something tells me this will get a free pass from many critics and gamers. That strikes me as ironic since Mario Kart 7 is the one game I’d hold up as the least deserving of any kind of leniency. It being an unadventurous and predictable retread, however, is only half of Mario Kart 7‘s problem. The other half is the fact that it’s a lethargic and mundane game, easily outpaced by games that could be considered knock-offs of the formula Nintendo itself perfected.
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Nintendo has announced that the 3DS firmware update that was supposed to be released sometime this month has actually been delayed. The firmware update which brings video recording to the Nintendo 3DS along with a few additional extras is now scheduled to be released on December 8th. Here’s some of the features you can expect to see in the update:
Hideo Kojima has told press in Japan that the forthcoming Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D isn’t just a simple port but is a complete remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 that takes full advantage of the Nintendo 3DS hardware. Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D comes out on March 8th in Japan.
Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed that the Wii had its best Black Friday ever as Nintendo saw sales surpass 500,000 units just during the day, and pre-Black Friday openings at some stores. Who said the Wii is dead?
