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Upcoming Wii U and Nintendo 3DS Games
REDMOND, Wash., April 1, in the year of our Lord 2015 –
With so much information, it would
be easy to dismiss the latest Nintendo Direct presentation as an
elaborate April Fool’s Day
prank. But the latest Nintendo Direct is definitely no joke. The
next development of
amiibo? It’s happening! Lucas from Mother 3 in Super Smash Bros.
for Wii U and Nintendo
3DS? He’s joining the battle! The debut of a 200cc speed class
in Mario Kart 8? Yup! A new
line of Yoshi amiibo figures made of actual yarn? Oh yeah. A
home-designing Animal Crossing
game? Launching this year! Splatoon launching on May 29 and more
details about Mario Maker,
Yoshi’s Woolly World and the new game in the Fire Emblem series?
It’s all accurate!
Highlights revealed in the video include:
amiibo
amiibo Cards: A totally new form of amiibo is coming this fall!
The first set of amiibo
cards will be based on Animal Crossing characters and will be
compatible with the Animal
Crossing: Happy Home Designer game. An NFC reader/writer
peripheral for Nintendo 3DS,
Nintendo 3DS XL and Nintendo 2DS – which offers the
functionality for scanning amiibo
currently included in the New Nintendo 3DS XL system – will also
launch the same day as the
new Animal Crossing game.
The Next Waves of Super Smash Bros. Series amiibo: On May 29, a
new set of amiibo in
the Super Smash Bros. series will launch, featuring Charizard,
PAC-MAN, Wario, Jigglypuff,
Greninja, Robin, Lucina and Ness. July brings Dark Pit and
Palutena. And in September, Zero
Suit Samus, Ganondorf, Olimar, Dr. Mario and Bowser Jr. will
join the amiibo family.
Play Classic Nintendo Games Using amiibo: With amiibo tap:
Nintendo’s Greatest Bits,
Wii U users can download the free application from the Nintendo
eShop and tap any amiibo to
unlock game-play highlights from select NES and Super NES games.
Yarn Yoshi amiibo: A new set of Yoshi amiibo figures made of
actual yarn will launch
later this fall along with the Yoshi’s Woolly World game.
Tapping one of these yarn amiibo
to the Wii U GamePad controller while playing Yoshi’s Woolly
World will make another Yoshi
appear in the game to assist the player. The Yarn Yoshi amiibo
will be available in three
colors: green, pink and light blue.
Splatoon amiibo: Launching simultaneously with Splatoon on May
29 are Inkling Girl,
Inkling Boy and Inkling Squid amiibo figures. By tapping one of
these amiibo to the
GamePad, players can receive special missions to unlock weapons
and gear.
More Mii Racing Suits!: On April 23, a new free downloadable
software update to Mario
Kart 8 will add support for nine more amiibo figures, including
Mega Man, Sonic and PAC-
MAN. Players can tap these amiibo to outfit their Mii characters
in Mii Racing Suits themed
to those amiibo characters.
Wii U
Mario Maker: The Mario Maker game launches exclusively for the
Wii U console in
September and easily lets users create their own Mario levels
and share them online with
people all over the world! Various activities related to the
30th anniversary of the Super
Mario Bros. game are also planned throughout the year.
Splatoon: In addition to previously detailed single-player and
online “Turf War” modes,
action shooter Splatoon will feature a highly competitive
“Ranked Battle” mode, which ranks
and matches players based on their wins in 4-on-4 multiplayer
matches. The super-fun and
super-colorful game will also feature a “Battle Dojo.” In this
mode, players can enjoy
local 1-on-1 battles with friends. One player plays on the
GamePad controller, while the
other plays on the TV using a separate controller, competing to
see who can pop the most
balloons. Splatoon will launch exclusively for Wii U on May 29.
200cc? 200cc!: Yes, that’s right: For the first time in the
Mario Kart series, a 200cc
racing class is coming to Mario Kart 8. Even faster than 150cc,
the new high-speed class
will work on all tracks in the game and makes braking an
important driving skill. The new
200cc class will be offered as a free downloadable update on
April 23 alongside the new
paid DLC Pack 2 featuring three new characters, four new
vehicles and eight new tracks.
Nintendo 64 and Nintendo DS Games Hit the Virtual Console
Service: Starting today,
classic Nintendo 64 and Nintendo DS games are coming to the
Virtual Console on Wii U. Today
brings Yoshi’s Island DS for Nintendo DS and Super Mario 64 for
Nintendo 64. While playing
Nintendo DS games, the TV and GamePad combination will provide
various options for dual-
screen layouts, while all Nintendo 64 games that supported the
Rumble Pack will continue
rumbling away on Wii U controllers. Upcoming Virtual Console
releases include WarioWare:
Touched! for Nintendo DS on April 9 and Donkey Kong 64 for
Nintendo 64 on April 16.
Yoshi’s Woolly World: The lovingly crafted new Wii U game
launches this fall and
overflows with numerous challenges and hidden secrets. In
addition to the challenging
Classic Mode, Yoshi’s Woolly World adds “Mellow Mode,” an
additional mode that lets players
of all skill levels play as “Winged Yoshi.”
Nintendo 3DS
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer: This new game in the
Animal Crossing series
focuses on the decorating and home-designing aspects of the
Animal Crossing games. Animals
will ask players to design houses for them, and it’s up to
designers-in-the-making to meet
the animals’ requests by furnishing and decorating their homes.
By tapping a new Animal
Crossing series amiibo card to the New Nintendo 3DS XL system or
NFC reader/writer
accessory, players can design a room for that specific character
on the card and scan
additional character cards to invite those characters to visit.
Animal Crossing: Happy Home
Designer will launch this fall.
BOXBOY!: From the platforming masters at HAL Laboratory, Inc.,
creators of the Kirby
series, comes BOXBOY! The black-and-white charmer tasks players
with creating, casting and
hooking blocks to navigate more than 150 challenging stages.
BOXBOY! launches exclusively
in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS tomorrow, April 2.
A New Fire Emblem Game: For the first time in the series, the
main playable character
is not only a customizable avatar, but also the main hero or
heroine of the game. Players
must choose to take one of two major paths, resulting in two
different experiences: the
“Hoshido” side for a more traditional experience, or the “Nohr”
side, which makes the story
more complex and the difficulty level more challenging. The new
Fire Emblem game will
launch for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems in 2016.
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition:
Players get two
gigantic, unique puzzle/RPG adventures when Puzzle & Dragons Z +
Puzzle & Dragons Super
Mario Bros. Edition launches on May 22. For players who can’t
wait until May 22 to play, a
free demo for Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition will be
available in the Nintendo
eShop on Nintendo 3DS on April 30.
Pokémon Rumble World: The latest action-packed adventure in the
Pokémon Rumble series
is free to download (with paid content) and features more than
700 Pokémon, all the way
from the original Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue games to the
recent Pokémon Omega Ruby and
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire games. Square off against tons of these
Toy Pokémon when Pokémon
Rumble World launches exclusively in the Nintendo eShop on
Nintendo 3DS on April 8.
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.: An upcoming software update to Code Name:
S.T.E.A.M. will add a
fast-forward feature to drastically speed up enemy turns. In
addition, a new online Public
Tournament in honor of playable character Tom Sawyer called
“Hijinks” launches today and
runs until April 5.
New StreetPass Games: On April 16, two new StreetPass Mii Plaza
games launch for $4.99
each, or $7.99 if purchased together. In Ultimate Angler,
players visit the “StreetPass
Islands” to try to catch more than 150 types of fish and
legendary monsters with bait
received from Mii characters via StreetPass. In Battleground Z,
players receive items based
on the hobbies of their Mii Plaza StreetPass characters to
defeat a horde of zombies. A new
paid service will also launch alongside these new games called
“StreetPass Mii Plaza
Premium,” adding features like “StreetPass Birthdays” and a new
Mii character VIP Room for
$4.99.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
New (DLC) Challengers Approaching!: As previously announced,
Mewtwo will join the
roster of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS as a
downloadable character on April
28. For $4.99, players receive Mewtwo for both versions of the
game. Club Nintendo members
who have purchased and registered both versions of the game will
receive a free download
code for Mewtwo on April 15. In addition, fan-favorite character
Lucas from Mother 3 is
joining the all-star Super Smash Bros. cast in June. After a
game update on April 15, Super
Smash Bros. players can also purchase more costumes for their
Mii fighters, including ones
inspired by Mega Man X and Proto Man from Capcom’s Mega Man
series.
Choose Your Own Super Smash Bros. Fighter: Starting today, Super
Smash Bros. fans can
visit http://www.smashbros.com to participate in a “Smash Bros.
Fighter Ballot.” Fans can
use this ballot to vote for which character they would like to
see added to Super Smash
Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U as a playable character.
Indies
Adventures of Pip from Tic Toc Games: When this pixel puzzle
platformer launches this
May in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U, players can use the GamePad
exclusively to access
inventory and quickly travel through the game’s world.
Mutant Mudds Super Challenge from Renegade Kid: People who
purchase the Nintendo 3DS
version of this beloved muddy platforming sequel will receive
the Wii U version for free
(and vice versa!). Anyone that owns the original Mutant Mudds
game will also receive a
loyalty discount when buying Mutant Mudds Super Challenge. The
game launches exclusively in
the Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS this June.
Don’t Starve: Giant Edition from Klei Entertainment: This
acclaimed survival indie will
launch this May with exclusive Wii U GamePad functionality and a
special promotion – anyone
that purchases the Wii U game will receive a free download code
for the game that he or she
can give to a friend!
Octodad: Dadliest Catch from Young Horses, Inc.: Experience
Octodad’s wobbly journey
with family and friends in co-op mode, with two to four players
controlling different
tentacles. Octodad: Dadliest Catch flops his way into the
Nintendo eShop on Wii U this
summer.