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Wii U News

Today, Nintendo offered up a few interesting nuggets while also confirming some launch dates.

Super Mario 3D World will be release November 22 in North America.

Sonic will be making a return in Super Smash Bros. which is scheduled to launch for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in 2014.

Pikmin 3 will be getting a free software update today which includes a new Mission Mode stage. Other new Mission Mode stages are now available for the game as paid downloadable content. Additional downloadable stages will become available for purchase in the future. The game update also improves the global ranking feature, allowing players the ability to see the world’s highest scores at any time.

Nintendo also announced new Mario and Luigi-themed Wii Remote Plus controllers which will launch on November 1 in North America for $39.99 each.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games launches exclusively for Wii U on November 15 and for the first time in the Mario & Sonic series, players from around the world can take the action online and compete with others through four events: Ski Cross, Snowboard Cross and Short Track Speed Skating, in addition to Winter Sports Champion Race, which combines Skiing, Ice Skating, Bobsleigh and Snowboard into a single event.

Every time players win a medal in online game play, they will win points for their home country. The points can be viewed through persistent online rankings. The game will be available as standalone software in the Nintendo eShop and in stores for a suggested retail price of $49.99, or bundled with a Wii Remote Plus controller – required for some events – for $59.99.

House Party mode was announced for Wii Party U which focuses on the GamePad controller and couples its use with the Wii Remote controllers in various social ways. In Water Runners, for example, players scoop water from a stream displayed on the GamePad and must carry the water to a pitcher displayed on the TV. The game launches October 25 and the game includes a Wii Remote Plus controller and the new Horizontal Stand for the Wii U GamePad, which allows players to use the GamePad in a more “balanced and comfortable fashion” with GamePad-exclusive Tabletop games such as Tabletop Baseball.

Third-Party releases Wii U in October include: Just Dance 2014 out October 8; Skylanders SWAP Force out October 13; LEGO Marvel Super Heroes out October 22, Batman: Arkham Origins out October 25; Sonic Lost World out October 29 and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is out on October 29.

A Wii U System Update is now available for download and provides the ability to output audio and video to the GamePad in Wii Mode, a more streamlined experience when adding Friends and other improvements.

Nintendo 3DS News

A new Kirby title is coming to 3DS in 2014 you can watch the teaser below.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds will allow users to purchase some the essential items early via a shop run by a new character named Ravio. At the store, players rent or buy items before they head off to their next dungeon adventure, meaning players will have more freedom to explore dungeons in the order they want.

The game launches in stores and the eShop on November 22 for $39.99.

Bravely Default: For the Sequel will launch in the first quarter of 2014, and will feature an updated UI system and new content not included in the original Japanese release.

Zelda fans can scan the QR code in the Nintendo Direct presentations to grab a shirt to wear in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It’s the shirt featuring the lobster that Link wears at the beginning of the game. Players will need to visit the Able Sisters shop in their towns and ask to use the sewing machine. Then they can scan the QR Code with their Nintendo 3DS systems to get the in-game shirt.

A previous Nintendo Direct announced 3DS owners who have enabled the StreetPass feature and visit Nintendo Zone locations would receive StreetPass data from the previous visitor. Later this month, owners will receive data from the last six visitors.

Throughout 2013, Nintendo is offering free exclusive content to 3DS owners at Nintendo Zone locations, including: Fedora Chair furniture for Animal Crossing: New Leaf owners through October 14. A Sushi Platter will become available starting on October 15.

Additional content for Mario Kart 7, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Super Mario 3D Land, as well as special Gold Pants Mii character distributions, will become available later this year.

October third-party releases on 3DS are: Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl today; Skylanders SWAP Force on October 13; LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Universe in Peril come October 22; Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate on October 25; and Sonic Lost World on October 29.

A demo of eShop exclusive Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies is available today, and the game releases on October 24

Sources:
http://www.vg247.com/2013/10/01/nin...e-in-a-couple-of-hours-get-all-the-news-here/
 
Super Mario 3D World and Zelda are launching on November 22nd. If I were Nintendo I probably would have went with a different day. The release of the games will go largely unnoticed.
 
Wow, no wonder I never got around to getting the Nintendo consoles. I read whole post and there was not a single thing that I was interested in. I guess I'll just borrow a wii to finish off zelda and skip the wiiu for the time being until something peaks my interest.
 
I wish this game would come as early as May :( The wait is killer!
 
Woohoo, come on Nintendo go for a two hitter, after the Mario Kart Sales drop down a bit ram it home with Smash Bros :).

All things cheersquad aside, I would like to see some more info about Hyrule Warriors and maybe a new title they would announce. The latter is mostly hoping to find the golden egg laying goose, but the former shouldn't be a daft hope now should it? I really hope we can have a 4 player splitscreen/online multiplayer for Hyrule Warriors, coop with some form of bothering each other scoring points would be so much fun in that :).
 
I watched the direct event on my Wii U. Nintendo is killing it right now. Both versions look awesome.
 
I watched the direct event on my Wii U. Nintendo is killing it right now. Both versions look awesome.

Think they have it backwards though, Wii U needs all the help it can get, if they could have released the Wii U version in the summer a few months after Mario Kart that would have been awesome.
 
That was pretty funny. Good way to start a thread. :laugh:

6 weeks to E3? Dang, it's closer than I thought.
 
Skipping the conference again this year? Nail, meet coffin.
 
Is that all they're doing, just the Smash Bros. thing? I figured that was just a sidelight. They're skipping the show? That's no good.
 
Skipping the conference again this year? Nail, meet coffin.

Yeah I'm sure all the casuals who havent bought a Wii U were looking forward to another lame E3 conference. I just want to see the games, doubt a press conference is going to help Nintendo and tbe Wii U.
 
Announce Mario Kart 64:HD, Star Fox, Metroid, Mother and a new F-Zero for Wii U and watch system sales ascend.

Not going to happen though.
 
sounds kik it'll be another Wes E3 for Nintendo. Last years was pathetic. There biggest news was Mega Man in Smash Bros.
was hoping they'd get their act together & bring out the big guns. They need lots of announcements this year. Microsoft & Sony are going to walk all over them again it seems.
 
This is two years in a row now. They seem to be attempting a disconnect of sorts. This is a future third party developer folks.