Happy Nintendo day! Nintendo today revealed a list of games that will be available for Wii U this year, and provided first looks at key titles coming in 2014.
Now the shouting's done between Microsoft and Sony - with a little chorus on either side supplied by Ubisoft and EA - it's time to sink back and enjoy the relatively mellow charms of Nintendo's E3 slate.
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Some of the key Wii U game info announced today by Nintendo includes:
- Super Mario 3D World
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
- Mario Kart 8
- The Wonderful 101
- Bayonetta 2
- A brand-new title developed by MONOLITH SOFTWARE INC
- Wii Party U Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
- Wii Fit U
The following is news on the Nintendo 3DS titles:
- Pokémon X and Pokémon Y
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Additional games that were not mentioned in the Nintendo Direct but are playable at E3 include:
Wii U
- Pikmin 3
- New Super Luigi U
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Nintendo 3DS
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
- Yoshi’s New Island
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Nintendo’s third-party partners are also bringing their creations to Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
A selection of the games on the way for Nintendo systems include:
- Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Ubisoft Wii U Oct. 29
- Batman: Arkham Origins Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Wii U Oct. 25
- Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Nintendo 3DS Oct. 25
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution -Director’s Cut Square Enix, Inc. Wii U 2013
- Disney Infinity Disney Interactive Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS Aug. 18
- Disney’s Planes Disney Interactive Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS Aug. 6
- Just Dance 2014 Ubisoft Wii U, Wii Oct. 8
- Rayman Legends Ubisoft Wii U Sept. 3
- Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Wii U, Nintendo 3DS Fall 2013
- Shin Megami Tensei IV ATLUS (Index Digital Media, Inc.) Nintendo 3DS July 16
- Skylanders SWAP Force Activision Publishing Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS Oct. 13
- Sonic Lost World SEGA Wii U, Nintendo 3DS Holiday 2013
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist Ubisoft Wii U Aug. 20
- Watch_Dogs Ubisoft Wii U Nov. 19
Additionally, third parties are also bringing strong digital-only content to the Nintendo eShop on Wii U in 2013. Some of these titles include
- Ballpoint Universe (Arachnid Games),
- DuckTales: Remastered (Capcom),
- Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara (Capcom),
- Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails (Dakko Dakko),
- Coaster Crazy Deluxe (Frontier Developments),
- Spin the Bottle: Blimpies Party (KnapNok Games),
- A World of Keflings (NinjaBee),
- Oddworld: New ‘N’ Tasty (Oddworld Inhabitants),
- Mutant Mudds Deluxe (Renegade Kid),
- Cloudberry Kingdom (Ubisoft),
- Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games).
