There were a bunch of announcments made with regards to the Nintendo Wii U on Thursday’s Nintendo Direct, including release dates for several titles and a bunch of new trailers for the games.
Among the news includes the addition of new playable racers for Mario Kart 8. For the first time ever in any Mario Kart game, all of Bowser’s seven Koopalings will be playable characters, who made their first appearance in Super Mario Bros. 3. Players can get behind the wheel with Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy and Wendy. The game launches in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on May 30th.
It seems that Nintendo will never be at an end announcing new playable fighters in their upcoming Super Smash Bros., though it seems that this character will be exclusive to the Wii U version of the game. Little Mac, the hero of the Punch-Out!! boxing games, will make his first appearance as a playable character in Super Smash Bros.. No release date announcement this time though as the game is still set to launch in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in 2014.
Virtual Console fans will soon get their hands on some classic Game Boy Advance games very soon as the portable classics will start making their way to the Wii U Virtual Console in April! The first few games to hit the service will include Metroid Fusion, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3. Additional games will follow every month. Can’t say I’m not excited about this one, although I have two of those three games in my physical collection already. Good ol’ Game Boy Advance. Bring on the Golden Sun games!
Nintendo also showed off new trailers for Bayonetta 2from Platinum Games, which showed off some new game features. Also new game-play footage was shown for an in-development title from MONOLITH SOFT INC. The game’s battle system is based on Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii.
NES Remix 2, the second installment of the mashup of classic Nintendo games, was also announced. The game features challenges from later NES games like Super Mario Bros. 3, Kirby’s Adventure and Metroid. Just like NES Remix, the sequel includes stages from the original games with new challenges, as well as modified stages that introduce new elements. The game is scheduled to be available April 25th for $14.99. As an added bonus there is an unlocable free bonus game.
Super Luigi Bros. is a full game based on a challenge from the first NES Remix. It contains all the levels from the original Super Mario Bros. game, only now it stars Luigi and requires players to navigate familiar levels by running to the left! The game even incorporates Luigi’s signature high jump.
The final Wii U game featured was Child of Light. In this RPG from Ubisoft, players take on the role of young Princess Aurora, who is on a quest to retrieve three sources of light from the evil queen. She must fight monsters and solve puzzles to progress. She is assisted by her firefly companion Igniculous, who can heal party members during battles and write messages in light to interact with other players. The game is scheduled to launch April 30th for $14.99.
What do you think? Does this get you excited?
