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Wii U Hands On: Game & Wario

When it has come to systems like Nintendo DS and Wii, WarioWare was always there to help demonstrate what makes these systems unique.  Although Wario and pals missed the opportunity on Nintendo 3DS, they are back on Wii U in a new game tentatively called Game & Wario.  From the looks of it, there will be no microgames to found in this new game starring the WarioWare characters.  From what I was told, Game & Wario will feature ten minigames, four of which were...

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Wii U Hands On: ZombiU

Upon its release this Fall, the Wii U will have plenty of games to satisfy the urges of any gamer.  Ubisoft has plenty of ground covered, including a first person shooter called ZombiU.  I got my hands on ZombiU’s single player mode while at the Wii U Experience event in New York City.  Here are my thoughts on the ten or so minutes I survived. The premise behind ZombiU is that you play as a survivor of a terrible plague that has hit the city of London.  Your goal...

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NBA 2K13 Cover Athletes Revealed

NBA 2K, The basketball series that started with Allen Iverson as its cover athlete has been as all over the place with their cover athletes has switched their direction again. After a 2 year stint with Shaq,  1 year stops by Chris Paul, KG and Kobe 2k had seemed to find a home with Michael Jordan providing his likeness for the cover of a hoops game for the first time that i can recall since 1988. Now they’re moving in yet another direction putting 3 of the NBA best...

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3 Huge Ubisoft Release dates

Ubisoft had a great E3 this year, taking home more than 100 awards and showing some of the most intriguing content at the show. Now they’re giving us the release dates for 3 of the years biggest titles!  

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A Message from Sakurai and Bandai Namco Regarding Super Smash Bros.

As it was revealed in all three Nintendo Direct broadcasts this evening, the next Super Smash Bros. game is going to be a collaboration between Nintendo, Project Sora, and Bandai Namco.  All of these teams will be working hard to bring the next Super Smash Bros. game to Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.  The famous Smash Bros. game director Masahiro Sakurai and Bandai Namco’s Masaya Kobayashi have provided some interesting words to fans eagerly awaiting the games.  These are...

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Avengers: Battle for Earth Coming To Kinect & Wii U

Following the smash hit Avengers movie Ubisoft is releasing Battle for Earth this holiday for both Kinect and Wii U. Players will be put in the shoes of over 20 of their favorite Marvel characters as they take on The Skrulls in a multitude of game modes including  Co-op, Campaign, Arcade, Challenges, Versus and Tournament. Playing through the Secret Invasion storyline players will be able to utilize the revolutionary controls of both systems to unleash Super Attacks...

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Killer Freaks Turn into Zombies in ZombiU for Wii U

Last year, an interesting Wii U exclusive was debuted by Ubisoft: Killer Freaks from Outer Space.  This game was supposed to be about killing freaks from outer space and using the Wii U GamePad in interesting ways.  As Ubisoft Montpelier, famous for games such as Rayman Origins and From Dust worked on the game, they decided to take a very different direction with it.  This resulted in the creation of the Wii U launch title ZombiU. ZombiU is a first person survival horror...

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Hey, I Just Met You, And This is Crazy, But Here’s a Wii U, so Play Me Maybe?

While Reggie’s body is certainly still ready, that’s not to say his vocal chords aren’t as well. Nintendo has just shown off the 3rd person singalong game “Sing” with an extremely cheesy trailer set to the song “Hey, I Just Met You.” U-Sing uses the Wii-U’s gamepad to give the lyrics to one person as well as on screen so everybody can join in on the just meeting of men and exchanging of phone numbers.

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Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition Coming to Wii U

Reggie has taken stage at Nintendo’s E3 conference to announce a new lineup of Wii U games, one of which was Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition, with new features like the B.A.T. Mode with new fighting styles and moves, an armored Bat suit for our favorite superhero, and a ton of new challenge areas in game. Players can use the Wii U gamepad to explore unthought of gameplay and face unprecedented challenges.

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Rayman Making A Legendary Return on Wii U

After a bit of a leak weeks ago, Ubisoft took to the LA Theater and officially announced Rayman Legends during their E3 2012 press conference.  Rayman Legends for Wii U is the sequel to Rayman Origins.  The game will take advantage of the Wii U GamePad for touch and tilt based gameplay experiences.  The game can be played on your TV or exclusively on the GamePad.  The game takes place in a medieval themed environment and marks the return of Rayman, Globox, and the...