Nintendo has selected the YouTube Channel Hey Ash, Whatcha’ Playin? as the winner of its Wii U Video Challenge. HAWP’s video, The Wind Waker, was chosen as the top selection from a field of content creators who created video projects inspired by the Super Mario 3D World and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD games for Wii U.
Hey Ash, Whatcha’ Playin? was one of 30 of YouTube’s top content creators, identified for their talent and passion for gaming, who were given one week to produce videos for the challenge. The submissions were fun, humorous and touching, and collectively have been viewed more than 1.5 million times. To view the collection of 30 Nintendo-themed video submissions, click here.
The team from HAWP now gets the chance to collaborate with YouTube powerhouse Freddie Wong to produce an original short film inspired by the upcoming Wii U game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. The new video will premiere in the Nintendo Chalet featuring Wii Fit U at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 16 in Park City, Utah.
The Nintendo Chalet featuring Wii Fit U at the Sundance Film Festival will offer invitees the opportunity to take shelter from the cold weather and play a variety of fun Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games in a warm, welcoming environment. Games featured in the lounge include Wii Fit U for Wii U and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds for Nintendo 3DS.
And they don’t tell me…
I’ll like to “click here” but can’t
Nintendo seems to be doing everything they can to make Tropical Freeze as big as Super Mario 3D World was.
Well considering DKCR sold rather well in both the Wii and 3DS I would say it can…
Why shouldn’t they? First, it’s an excellent game. One of the best ones I played at E3 this year. It’s a very well-made platformer, and these kinds of games used to be the most successful back in the day.
Second, are you forgetting Mario’s roots? It’s BECAUSE of Donkey Kong that the video game industry picked up, Nintendo did well, and that Mario became so successful.
Not to mention Donkey Kong is just as recognizable as Mario amongst gamers and non-gamers alike. Plus it was one of Miyamoto’s first games and along with DK Jr. were the hottest thing before Mario Bros. even came out. It also featured things like story cutscenes that weren’t common back in the day. And there have been quite a lot of games in the series across many platforms, all which have enjoyed high success.
And really, shouldn’t every title be given a chance to be as successful as the next? Is DK or any game never allowed to be as good as a Mario game? Why make any game other than Mario in that case?
I never said they shouldn’t, I thought it was a great idea.
http://youtu.be/SeIJmciN8mo
don’t remind me…that fucking announcement is still stuck in my head.
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