As titans like Microsoft and Sony brought forth new waves of games for their next-generation consoles coming later this year, Nintendo brought on an E3 2013 presentation with franchise continuations for the console they’d already had on the market for months: Wii U. Showing up via live video feed from Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto, President
Microsoft’s got the Xbox One, Sony’s got the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo? Nintendo’s got Megaman. In its pre-E3 broadcast, the console maker has announced that a new version of party favorite Super Smash Bros. will be arriving on the Wii U and 3DS at some point next year. The company has taken the chance to freshen up the smashing lineup, adding the Villager from Animal Crossing and adding Megaman from, er, Megaman to the roster. If you’d like to see the announcement trailer for yourself, head on past the break and scrub forward to the 34 minute mark where it’s now available in its standalone glory.
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Gallery: Super Smash Brothers Nintendo 2014
At Nintendo’s E3 presentation that’s not actually happening at E3, we’ve heard the next installment of the Mario Kart series is coming to the Wii U sometime in spring 2014. Mario Kart 8 doesn’t stray too far from what fans expect of the casual racer, but there is one new twist. Courses now have 3D aspects to them, allowing you to “defy gravity, racing up vertical walls and upside down.” Features like air gliding, underwater racing and the option to ride motorcycles have been included from previous games, but apart from that, it’s standard red-shelling carnage. We didn’t hear much about online multiplayer, but we’re told it “will have deep integration with Miiverse.” Head past the break for the E3 trailer.
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Gallery: Mario Kart 8 Nintendo Direct trailer
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This week the folks at Nintendo have revealed the first Mario Kart game for the Wii U, bringing on a new collection of abilities for a new generation as well as pushing together a set of the best hits from past iterations. This game will be known as Mario Kart 8, and will be released
Nintendo’s making its E3 announcements digitally this year, so if you’re looking to hear more on the Wii U, 3DS and all those presumably incoming games, we’d advise you gaze into the embedded video stream right after the break. We’ll be reporting all the notable news as it develops and it all kicks off in a few minutes now!
Update: And here’s what Nintendo had to show. We’ve embedded the full presentation after the break.
Super Mario 3D World announced for Wii U, coming this December
The Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker HD launches in October, boasts faster sailing
Mario Kart 8 launching on Wii U in spring 2014
Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS coming in 2014, brings Megaman along for the ride
Having announced its Android-based Project M.O.J.O. gaming console, Mad Catz is now turning to peripherals: it just unveiled a couple of universal headsets, a PC gaming keyboard and two other PC and Mac headsets. Kicking things off, the TRITTON Kunai Universal and F.R.E.Q. 4D stereo headsets (coming summer and fall 2013, respectively) follow the earlier GameSmart initiative by working with gaming consoles like the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U along with PCs, Macs and handheld devices. PC gamers get the S.T.R.I.K.E 3 gaming keyboard with mechanical keys, adjustable backlighting and programmable macro keys sometime in the fall.
For PC and Mac users, the TRITTON Pro+ headset (based on the console version) brings 5.1 surround sound via a built-in decoder, while the TRITTON Kunai for PC and Mac offers an inline remote and breakaway cable for use with handheld devices. The latter two models will arrive this summer, but there’s no word yet on pricing for any of the bunch. Head after the jump for the PR and galleries.
Gallery: Mad Catz Freq 4D Gaming Headset
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