Three videos from E3 show off the laser tag-style gameplay plus a glimpse of Samus' ship being controlled with the tablet controller. Click to see all three.
The name makes me think shovelware garbage, but the content is anything but.
Most similar to the Wii Sports games, particularly in its implementation and polish, DualPenSports features a wholly unique control scheme that works surprisingly well. In the seven sports, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Skiing, Boxing, Archery, and Paragliding, all actions are broken down into simple touch screen swipes.
Slightly better view of the cutscene.
With the release of the eShop on the 3DS, Nintendo is switching things up.
Nintendo announced today that their weekly release updates to the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare services will no longer be done on Mondays, but instead on Thursdays. The update will now include 3DS Virtual Console games, 3D classics, and original downloadable titles for the Nintendo 3DS. According to Nintendo, this coming Thursday, June 16, will be the first update that includes this new eShop content.
An Ubisoft-styled shooter for Nintendo's new console.
Ubisoft announced their release next year of a Wii U game entitled "Killer Freaks From Outer Space". It's an alien apocalypse game set in 2012 (ha) in which you are planet Earth's primary defense against hordes of disgusting alien invaders. What's left of humanity has been garrisoned in the few remaining unspoiled major cities of the world.
The title was officially revealed during Nintendo's second roundtable by Ubisoft. The team behind Rabbids is in charge of its development.
The feature will be used extensively by Ghost Recon Online.
During Nintendo's second press conference, Ubisoft was in attendance and they confirmed some new details regarding their coming Wii U game, Ghost Recon Online. According to Yves Guillemot, Ghost Recon Online will feature extensive voice chat, meaning Wii U itself will support the feature. Seemingly the microphone on the Wii U controller will be used for this feature, but because all Wii accessories will work with Wii U, Wii Speak may also be compatible.
JD and Matt R were able to check out last night's roundtable, Jason R will be attending tonight's. Click through for his live updates from the meeting.
Last night we learned that Pikmin 3 has moved to Wii U, some details on Skyward Sword, and that Retro has a hand in Mario Kart 3DS. What does tonight hold? Only time will tell. Ubisoft is rumored to be in attendance, and will supposedly be spilling the beans on Assassin's Creed Wii U. Follow Jason's tweets as the news breaks and feel free to join the embedded chat!
