WiiU News

Previously, we told you that Shantae: Half-Genie Hero would be coming out on December 20th for digital platforms. Now its been announced that the game will be coming to retail stores this month too. We have the details below. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero will be coming to retail stores on December 27th! At retail, the game will be known as  the”Risky Beats Edition.” The game will come with a CD containing 30 songs from its soundtrack. Here is the launch trailer…

I’m currently playing and reviewing Thomas Hopper’s Octocopter. You can check out my preview of that game here. Octocopter is currently on the Wii U eshop. And soon, Hopper will have another game on the eshop. Today, he announced that his next game, Radiantflux: Hyperfractal, would be coming to the Wii U this month! Radiantflux: Hyperfractal, Thomas Hopper’s next game, will be coming to the Wii U eshop on December 22nd. The game features a 90s style “computer” system, hacking,…

Yesterday, Nintendo of America told everyone on twitter that Super Mario Run (for mobile) would be shown on Fallon. What they didn’t tell everyone is that they’d also show the Nintendo Switch and Legend of Zelda: Breath of Wild on that system. We have the footage of Super Mario Run and the Switch/Zelda below, plus my reaction to the surprise Switch demo. Nintendo surprised everyone by showing off the Nintendo Switch and showing live gameplay on Breath of the Wild…

Wayforward’s Shantae is a action/adventure/platformer that has appeared on the 3DS, Wii U, and other platforms too. I have reviewed and played a few of these games and they are always good. The newest Shantae game, Half-Genie Hero, will be coming out this month! Shantae: Half-Genie Hero will be coming out on December 20th! According to the Kickstarter page for the game, it will be released for PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PSVita for that game for sure. They…

Thomas Hopper is an indie developer for the Wii U (and other systems). He created a really good puzzle adventure game called Factotum for the Wii U. I liked it a lot. I thought his second game was a mixed bag, but still considered him to be an excellent developer for the Wii U. And now Thomas has another game for the system: Octocopter: Super Sub Squid Escape. He gave me a review copy of the game and I’ve been…

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be coming out in March next year. That doesn’t mean Nintendo can’t endlessly tease the game though! During The Game Awards last night, a new trailer was shown for the game. We have the trailer and my thoughts on it below. The new Breath of the Wild trailer is amazing! We’ve seen so much footage of the new Zelda game so far. I’m sure there are some people who think there is…

The Game Awards happens every year. Originally, the program aired on Spike TV, but now it just airs online. Last years Game Awards wasn’t too good, but this years program might be a little more special. Check out what we know about the Game Awards below! The Game Awards will air tonight (12/1) at 5:30 PT. You’ll be able to find it here, also youtube should have it too. I didn’t care for last years awards. There wasn’t too many…

Stardew Valley, a farming sim in the vain of Harvest Moon, was supposed to come out next month on the Wii U. Yesterday, the developer announced that they canceled the game for the system. They will be moving the game to the Nintendo Switch. We have the announcement and my thoughts on it below. Stardew Valley was a game that Nintendo promoted awhile back in a big Wii U Indie video. The game looked very much like a retro Harvest…

Over the holiday season, there was a little something called Black Friday. But even before Black Friday started, Nintendo had some cyber deals on the Wii U and 3DS eshops. My dad got Steamworld Heist, meanwhile, I downloaded Lego Batman 3 (it was only $9.99!). I had played the first Lego Batman and the second one too. I liked both those games, but I was not prepared for what I found with Lego Batman 3! I have played a lot…

Awhile back, we heard that Nintendo and Universal would be coming together to create a Nintendo theme park area in Universal Studios. Today we got a few more details about their plan to bring Nintendo to the real world. Nintendo and Universal announced today some of their plans for the upcoming Nintendo theme park areas in Universal Studios. While the plans sound a little bit vague at the moment, it still sounds like Nintendo and Universal have something really special…