Today's North American Nintendo Direct broadcast featured Rayman Legends — a game which should have been with Wii U owners by now, but we won't open up old wounds — especially when you consider that the Nintendo version of the game will feature the ability to dress up Rayman and Globox as Mario and Luigi respectively.
PlayStation 3 players will get an Assassin’s Creed IV costume, while Xbox 360 fans will have a Splinter Cell one.
If you ask us, Nintendo fans are getting the best deal out of this.
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This made me smile.
So so so AWSOME!!
i LOVE this. can't wait for this title. this and Sonic Lost Worlds are absolute must haves... Day 1.... for me.
Awesome! I would totally use these costumes!
What, Playstation or Xbox don't have their own unique mascot to make a costume from?
I will pick this up someday but not right away. The price of Ubisoft games drop like a rock within a few months after release. .
Ok, Ubisoft. I will get the Wii U version then. That strategy also worked for Tekken Tag 2.
And while you are at it, how about dressing Barbara as Peach and Teensies as Toads?
I applaud Ubisoft for adding the special feature exclusive for the Wii U version. The game looks great and the use of the gamepad in this game looks really fun!
I remember choosing the GameCube version of Soul Calibur 2 because you could play as Link (vs Heihachi or Spawn on the PS2 and XBox), so stuff like this should encourage a few people to buy the Wii U version.
You woulda thought they'd have included Peach and Toad/Yoshi costumes for the other characters, but there you go. Hopefully a day1 update can fix that
Update: Ooh ooh ooh, and have the evil dragon thing in a bowser costume!!! How cool would that be?
It's all water under the bridge, Ubisoft!
not enough to make up for us waiting this long and making it multi platform, sorry ubi.
@hydeks
oh please.. stop the crying already
@sinalefa Same here, for the Tekken thing. If a Wii U version of a 'multiplat' honours Nintendo, it's a must for my collection's sake alone. If the game seems fun to me, and is good -or in both these cases and Sonis AASRT's case BEST- on Wii U, it's day one.
After watching the video I'm quite interested in this, plus Blacklist and Watchdogs to come... nice little lineup from Ubisoft
I know I'm biased but I prefer the Nintendo costumes and i've already forgiven Ubisoft. It's pointless holding a grudge, so Wii U version it is.
Well I know my new main character!
Those are some sweet costumes
Yay!
As with the GC version of SoulCalibur II and last year's Tekken on Wii U, this is a hook to make us buy the game on the Nintendo console. And it totally works for me. I want more of this from 3rd parties. Apologies accepted, Ubisoft.
I could get this game probably way cheaper for PC, but now I want to play it on Wii U.
Wow, Thx Ubi!
Everyone is talking about how this reminds them of Link in the GameCube version of Soul Caliber II, and the Mario costumes in Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition...
...and I'm here just thinking of the Mario and Zelda characters that were exclusive to the Wii U version of Scribblenauts Unlimited.
HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPE.
Awesome.
Well.. I have to get it now... This solidifies the Wii U as the definitive version.
Rayio ftw
@OdnetninAges Alas, I can't say I remember Mario and Zelda characters in Scribblenauts Unlimited, as the game was never released in Europe. Not yet, at least. Don't know what went wrong with Warner Bros. to mess it up like this in this day and age.
It will be dirt cheap before long. (Reason being Ubisoft stuff is junk). Just get the Donkey Kong Country Wii U it will be tons better.
Origins was garbage this will be more of the same. (I am sure they paid off many people to get the reviews they did I cannot think of any other reason).
Next they will announce that this is DLC that costs £5 per costume.
Ha, that's neat! I actually kind of favor the idea of Splinter Cell costumes, but I would definitely use these. Only thing is, by the time this releases, I'm going to have (and already do have) too many other games I'm playing on my Wii U and 3DS. I don't hold a grudge against Ubisoft, but if they had released it on schedule when I didn't have as many games to play, I would have had a much greater desire for this.
If somehow this game sells better on the Wii U than on other consoles, I think Yves will have to give us February Wii U owners a thank you and an apology.
Still not buying. I'll wait for the bargain bin: that is, if I even dare to wait for the game. W101, here I come!!
Oh, Ubisoft. You're seeking forgiveness. Which you might well get at this point!
@AlexSora89 I'm not cross with Ubisoft. They delayed it and made it multi-platform, but they run a business and it was the sensible thing to do given the small install base of Wii U. But they remain one of the few 3rd parties supportive of the console, and will still gives us all their major games in the coming months, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV, Splinter Cell, etc. They actually try to push the envelope with the GamePad. They did not call Wii U "crap" like others.
I hope their Wii U games sell well this holiday season, and by next year they keep delivering the goods to us. They might even reconsider a ZombiU sequel if sales improve. And if Beyond Good & Evil 2 is really coming, I'd like a version on Wii U.
i did lol at this when watching the n-direct, the game is looking very nice.
@Shambo
I loved Sonic Racing Transformed. The way two can play without splitting the screen is great.
The funny thing with these costumes is that Luigi is the fat one this time
Ubisoft is reeeeeally trying to convince people they're not trying to screw over Nintendo fans, aren't they?
super mario legends?
Rayman for Smash Bros!
@The-Chosen-one
oh please.. stop the defending people who (censored) you in the (censored) for no good reason already
@sinalefa Just finished SAASRT World tour (until the credits rolled at least) entirely in 'co-op' with my girlfriend now, it truely is the best version with dual screen, local 5 players, and the single player use of gamepad and off-tv.
Still, that keeps Luigi as the secondary character... Although -after that viking girl- I'd pick Globox over Rayman any time. He's hilarious!
@Samurai_Goroh I hope, wish, hell I'd even pray your wishful thinking comes true. BG&E2, Zombiu2 (with a different title preferably), Red Steel 3,...
Currently looking forward to Splinter Cell and Rayman soon and Watch Dogs later, all preordered. I'm not sailing out with AC4 yet though. Windwaker will get me seasick once more, first. Then I'll see about AC4.
@Shambo
I managed to unlock AGES, then it was beyond hard for me. The variety of the events was very enjoyable.
I think that here you can select any character in single player, so Globox can take the spotlight. It is the year of Luigi after all!
This is awesome! It almost makes up for the delay.
That was expected as MS and Sony lack popular first party IPs for costumes.
Ah, Ubisoft throws us Nintendo faithful another freakin' bone.
@sinalefa In the demo and the challenges you could, and if I remember correctly, in Origins as well, so probably in this one too.
@Senario They claim to have continued adding extra stuff instead of just porting it, so it's a good thing after all.
True, Ubisoft shouldn't have done what they did, but Ancel's team used the time better than intended.
The real jerk in this picture was Microsoft, with their 'first, simultaneous or not at all' multiplatform release policy. But then again... Imagine the game being released on Wii U and then ported anyway, while still adding extra's. We'd have gotten the early version of an otherwise much larger, more polished game. That'd be quite a bit more annoying.
You think the PS3 could get a sack boy costume (or some other mascot) while xbox got a Master chief costume, well it's nice of Nintendo to lend their most famous costume again (Tekken tag tournament 2 having a bunch of Nintendo costumes)
@unrandomsam Naah.
@unrandomsam IMHO origins was better and more original than any recent platformer I have played. And legends looks to be better.Why the hate for UbiSoft anyway? They are the only ones actually supporting the Wii u this year.
Barbara deserves better than a Peach costume guys, she has far more personality.
Rayman is officially dead to me now. They ruined him in Origins, and now the character is just dead.
Lol: Globox is fat, so he should be Mario instead of Luigi!
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