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Tuesday11th Sep 2012
News Nintendo Land's Balloon Trip Breeze Drifts Into View
New trailer shows off yet another Nintendo Land attraction
Nintendo is slowly but surely drip-feeding us news regarding the mini-games in its forthcoming compilation Nintendo Land, with the latest reveal being Balloon Trip Breeze. Based on the NES title Balloon Fight - which received a sequel on the Game Boy called Balloon Kid - Balloon Trip Breeze...
Saturday8th Sep 2012
Rumour Nintendo Land May Not be Bundled With Wii U
Displayed for pre-order by Australian retailer
With just five days until Nintendo's expected to lift the lid on Wii U launch plans, some retailers are starting to accept deposits for the system and advertise its arrival later in the year. Specific details are missing, of course, but one major store in Australia — JB Hi-Fi — is listing Nintendo...
Friday7th Sep 2012
News Metroid Blast Joins Nintendo Land Roster
Samus old story
New screens have broken cover online which show a new game in the forthcoming Wii U title Nintendo Land. Metroid Blast is - as you might expect from the name - set in the universe made so famous by the heroic exploits of Samus Aran. It appears to feature co-operative gameplay, with players taking out large-scale enemies. Nintendo...
Wednesday6th Jun 2012
E3 2012 Nintendo Land is More Expansive Than You Thought
Not another Wii Play
Nintendo Land is intended as a Wii U equivalent of Wii Sports, but so far it looks more like a new Wii Play. Not so, says Nintendo. Each of the attractions will be deeper than the games found in Wii Play, with multiple stages, modes and adjusting difficulty levels. Wii U hardware producer Katsuya Eguchi took to the stage at...
News Nintendo Nabs Domains for Nintendo Land Minigames
Crash course
Nintendo's registered domains for some of the minigames we'll see in Nintendo Land as well as a domain for September Wii release Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition. Here's what the domain Bokoblins at Nintendo have been registering this week:...
E3 2012 F-Zero is Coming to Wii U
...As part of Nintendo Land
Nintendo has heard all the pleas for a new F-Zero game and finally done something about it. Well, sort of. It's going to be one of the attractions in Nintendo Land. It was announced at last night's developer discussion that the futuristic racer will make an appearance as one of the 12 mini games in Nintendo's virtual...
Tuesday5th Jun 2012
E3 2012 Iwata Asks Eguchi About Wii U
The ideals of Wii U
Satoru Iwata has conducted another of his famous Iwata Asks interviews. The lucky guy on the receiving end of the questions this time is one Katsuya Eguchi, the general software producer of Wii U. Eguchi is perhaps best known as the creator of Animal Crossing and the producer of Wii Sports. During the 18 minute chat, Eguchi...
E3 2012 Nintendo Land's Zelda Game Has Us in Stitches
Link's never looked cuter
Nintendo Land combines several key Nintendo franchises — Zelda, Animal Crossing and more — into a theme park-style minigame compilation. Each title has its own new graphical style, and the super-cutesy hand-stitched Zelda game certainly tickles our fancy. The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest game features archery and...
