While other publishers and developers fall over themselves to find excuses not to produce software for the Wii U, Namco Bandai is making a little bit of effort — although we're not entirely sure that Barbie Life and Monster High: 13 Wishes are the kind of games that dedicated Nintendo fans are waiting for.
Both titles are coming to all current Nintendo systems — Wii U, Wii, 3DS and even the DS.
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Namco Bandai has also confirmed that Young Justice: Legacy is hitting UK Wii U consoles on September 13th.
It's nice to see one publisher support Nintendo so fully, but are these the kind of games that will turn around the Wii U's fortunes? Let us know your opinion by leaving a comment below.
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"Today has finally come." Bet there were a few chuckles in the NamcoBandai PR office before they wrote that!
OMGOSH! Take my money! EEEEEKKKK!
Nice to see the Wii U finally getting some exclusives....
My Barbie is ready
Barbiegurl will be a happy gamer (^_^)
... Is the only reaction adequate for this situation.
Man, I hate slow weeks. Stupid E3 blackhole...
Oh. I forgot. Yeaaah!! Let the shovelware parade start!!
:__(
cough.. cough.. shovelware.. cough!
Good, I needed some games to play for the Wii U.
Well there's ONE third party developer. Namco is winning out hearts, EA!
They have this generation in the bag with Monster High 13 Wishes. GOTY!
/sarcasm
I guess the rumors of these titles being announced at E3 as Xbox One exclusives goes out the window.
Here comes the shovelware invasion that got the Wii so much hate.
I may get Young Justice sometime. I liked the series!
it's not shovelware. it's aimed at young kids who play these kind of games. My daughter loves Barbie and Monster High so I'll probably get these for her.
Who needs Dark Souls 2 when we've got Barbie?!!
...I ask again. Why no article for the two One Piece games recently announced? One of them is a PSP port and the other has a teaser trailer! >:c
My question is, who are the 28 people who care enough about Barbie Life to retweet it?
Well you haven't made it as a console until you start getting shovelware dumped into you
I'll tell you what would sell a console, its ponies! Someone make a my little pony game and the bronies will go crazy over it.
@jpfan1989
As long as its good.... I'll buy whichever console that has a good MLP game
@jpfan1989
As long as its good.... I'll buy whichever console that has a good MLP game
@SilentHunter382 Hahaha
@Happy_Mask You beat me to it... (Ken for assist trophy though!).
@BlackSpy lol i second that xD
Seriously?? In a word, NO.
I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world!
Hhaha, bring on Barbie girl!
I have the Monster High DS game called Monster High: Ghoul Spirit. I think it's the worst DS game I have every tried, the graphics are foggy and the game feels like it was put together in less than two hours. It's awful, everything in that game makes you sad, even if you like Monster High. I paid about 50 EUR for that trash. So if they are going to release more games that s**k just as much, I don't think they should be allowed to. Seriously, I know kids that spent their savings on the DS game and got really disappointed. Parents and kids are the ones that buy these games and they don't find out that they wasted their money before it's too late. So make the game at least close to decent or f*** off!
And the shovels come out of the shed.
If only I had a shovel GIF for this.
My daughter will be happy, as well as with Lego Friends. I will obviously make sure I get them with a 7 day money back no questions asked guarantee against bad games.
This is a job for... Shovel Knight!
I hope it makes full use of the touch pad and supports off TV play.
No one wants to play BARBIE!
@X-Factor the comment above you would greatly disagree.
@X-Factor Yeah people would....My little cousin would play that
@b23cdq: Lmfao!
"although we're not entirely sure that Barbie Life and Monster High: 13 Wishes are the kind of games that dedicated Nintendo fans are waiting for." Then you CLEARLY don't know dedicated Nintendo fans. Since that Barbie game on NES, the hardcore Barbie/Monster High/Nintendo fanbase have been craving a game to do their FAVORITE THING justice and, with Namco Bandai on the wheel, (a company devoted to quality #StarTrekTheGame) it's a near guarantee that these will be the new Wii U blockbusters! BARBIE/MONSTER HIGH/NINTENDO FANS UNITE!
Ooh, I'm so excited... Uh, so who's gonna get animal crossing?
...meh...goes back to Monster Hunter
as long as they bring the next naruto and dragon ball z to the Wii U as well
So they don't give us Tales nor do they put their best efforts in their 3DS games....yet they give us this?
Tells you a lot about how Bamco thinks about their Nintendo-based fans.
Even with what people say about Capcom, I think they're far superior to these guys when it comes to Ninty.
Is this the same Namco that makes cool games like Tekken and Soul Calibur or am I thinking of another company named Namco?
Not coming to my Wii U, my kids have taste!!
I guess my days of putting off getting a Wii U are over.
@Barbiegurl777
Looks like you got your wish, congratulations.
Unless Barbie is in a bikini, driving a sports car with a M16A1 in her hand, I'll pass on this.
Personal opinion: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
But on a not un-related note, It will get more people playing Nintendo 3DS, and drawing in a new crowd, which is good for Nintendo. Never the less, these are games which I have no intention of adding 2 my library.
@Rawk_Hawk LOL IKR!
Ugh. Hate these developers placing s*** on Nintendo consoles. This made me hate Namco Bandai even more.
@Rawk_Hawk That's the same Namco .____.
Really want to protest against shovelware now.
The only Barbie game I've seen was for NES, and it was in an AVGN review. It had the weirdest story ever, and was strangely one of the hardest games I've ever seen...
@NocturnalYoshi Exactly! There are a lot of Barbie fans in the world, so this is a good thing.
Also pretty sure the comments would look pretty different if Hasbro made a new Pony game!
Namco: "Namco will be developing Super Smash Bros 4 for the Wii U."
Homer: "That's good!"
Namco: "But we'll also bring Barbie Life."
Homer: "That's bad..."
Namco: "And we also got Young Justice Legacy."
Homer: "That's good!"
Namco: "As well as Monster High."
Homer: "That's bad..."
@triggers: That should've ended like...
Namco: "As well as Monster High."
Homer: "Uuhhhh"
Namco: "That's bad."
Homer: "Can I go now?"
lol
I'm honestly surprised that people are upset by this. I mean yeah, these games obviously aren't for the hardcore Nintendo fans that make up most of this site's population, but companies have to make this stuff in order to make more cash, which they can put towards making games with their core IP, and is something game companies have been doing forever.
They're not doing this out of some sort of "disrespect" towards Nintendo fans. You people are getting more & more ridiculous with all these "anti-Nintendo" conspiricies floating around.
I can't breathe.
I hope they are good games and a lot of people get enjoyment out of them.
And the more people who find games they'll enjoy on a Nintendo system the better. I see nothing wrong with appealing to people of all different ages, backgrounds, and interests.
Wow. I'm actually very surprised. Who knows maybe it's actually a good game. I would hope so for the people who will buy it on name alone.
FINALLY!
At first I thought that was Princess Peach... or Zelda.... I thought "Eeew...". I'm glad it's a game unrelated :{[
Pfff, who needs Mario Kart, or a 3D Mario, or Zelda, or Yarn Yoshi, or Smash Bros. when you can have BARBIE?!?!?! #sarcasm
Oh, WOW! Namdai... seriously? You're actually proud of bringing these niche games to us instead of focusing on the good stuff you have?
Man... they're really begging for disrespect at times.
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