Date archives for May, 2012

May 1st, 2012
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Iwata Won’t Promise “Overwhelmingly Rich” Wii U Launch Line-Up

Has "several proposals"

The 3DS had a lacklustre line-up of games. You know it, we know it and Nintendo knows it. The real question is how the company will avoid a similar situation with Wii U when it launches later this year. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told investors that it has plans in place but that it pledges to create "evergreen" titles to help the machine sell long after launch.

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Download Your Wii U Games Overnight

10GB? No problem

Wii U will launch with a digital store offering downloads of retail games, but with the Wii U disc holding up to 25GB you could probably learn a sport to an Olympic standard in the time it'll take to download Pikmin 3. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata knows this, so Wii U will let you download games overnight.

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GameStop Won’t Be Selling Spirit Camera Second-Hand

Frightening

Hoping to grab a cheap pre-owned copy of Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir from GameStop? Sorry, your luck is out — the chain won't be trading in Nintendo's augmented reality experience.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Confirmed, Out 13th November

Surprise!

Activision's just confirmed Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for PS3 will hit worldwide on 13th November.

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Nintendo Readying Third Party Retail Downloads Too

Nothing to announce yet

We know the majority of Nintendo games will be released digitally once the retail download service kicks off in August, but Nintendo's confirmed it's preparing a service for third parties to release their packaged games digitally too.

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The List of Skyrim Kinect Voice Commands is Here

English and Dragon supported

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim gets Kinect voice command support today, and we have a list of supported commands.

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May’s Club Nintendo Rewards Are Up Now

It's a new month and that means new rewards for Club Nintendo members in North America. Here's what you can spend your coins on before 31st May.

WiiWare

Snowpack Park (Nintendo, 150 coins) — A game full of penguins, read our Snowpack Park review.

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April 30th, 2012
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505 Games Rescues miCoach from Kinect Limbo

Back on track

Adidas training tool miCoach has been picked up by publisher 505 Games for a release later this year.

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transforms to PS3 & Vita

Get ready to race

IGN's lifted the lid on SEGA's next character crossover, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

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Nintendo Download: 3rd May 2012 (Europe)

Virtual Console Arcade returns

In an unexpected (to say the least) twist, SEGA is bringing back Virtual Console Arcade this week with a truly classic racer. Elsewhere there's brand new DSiWare and a Game Boy Color game on 3DS too. Here's what's up this week.

Wii Virtual Console

Super Hang-On (Virtual Console Arcade, SEGA, 900pts) — The legendary racer reaches VC Arcade in Europe over 18 months after it hit Japan, but better late than never, eh? We'll have a full review soon.

3DS Virtual Console

Game & Watch Gallery 2 (Game Boy Color, Nintendo, £3.60/€4) — Another set of LCD games from the black and white era, we'll bring you a review of this compilation very soon.

DSiWare

Cat Frenzy (Teyon, 200pts) — The official description says "nothing makes a puzzle game better than cute and furry kittens." We'll see how true that is in — you guessed it — our upcoming review.

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