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Simultaneous NoE & NoA Nintendo Directs - 5th December (9AM PT, 5PM GMT)
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December 04, 2012, 12:30
 
NoE have announced a Nintendo Direct will air on the 5th December at 5pm GMT. In it Satoru Shibata will discuss Wii U and 3DS games for the remainder of 2012 and early 2013. The Nintendo Direct can be found at the link here

NoA have also announced a Nintendo Direct taking place at the same time 9AM PT. You will be able to catch the stream here.



Lets hope we get some new game announcements, Yoshi's land anyone?

Japan also had a Nintendo Direct. Video and details below, courtesy of GoNintendo.

- LEGO City Undercover release date TBA in Japan
- FIFA 13 12/8, 7665 yen. Mass Effect 3 12/8, 6090 yen. MH3 12/8, 4800 yen.
- Ninja Gaiden 3 12/8, 7140 yen. Musou Orochi 2 Hyper 12/8, 7140 yen. #NSMBU 12/8, 5985 yen.
- Nintendo Land 12/8, 4935 yen. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Ed. 12/8, 6980 yen.
- Nintendo is starting their own dedicated NSMBU YT channel
- Game & Wario has 16 mini-games, all playable with GamePad only, by up to 5 players.
- one Game and Wario game: Pretend to be asleep while your mother is walking by the window or peeks in the door.
- Game and Wario is due out in Japan early 2013
- Pikmin 3 due out Spring 2013
- Rayman Legends will be published by Nintendo
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II hits Japan on Dec. 20th
- Dragon Quest X due out on Wii U in 2013
- DQX to be available on disk and as a download on the eShop
- Wii U Panorama View due out on eShop in 2013
- Google Maps to be viewable on GamePad in the same way as Panorama View. Google Maps on #WiiU will go up around the end of January, and will be free through the end of March



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12/04/12, 12:30   Edited:  12/05/12, 16:10
 
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A WiiU update is live right now... and big. It seems to take just as long as the first one. Meh, no Nano Assault Neo for me tonight.

Edit: after 15 minutes, the download time has dropped from 1:58 to 00:26.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 05:03   Edited:  12/05/12, 05:12
My update took 15 minutes max, super fast.

Unfortunately, the Wii U has frozen up a couple of times on me while in the Wii U's Wii Mode's Wii Shop since the update.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 06:41
Updating now, thanks. Any word on what the update is about??

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 06:44
Japanese Direct aired earlier today. You can find it below.



Lego Iwata likes a carrot.



Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 16:08   Edited:  12/05/12, 16:08
@warerare

Thanks!

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 16:09
@Guillaume That's weird, isn't the whole point of the Wii U's Wii Mode that the system basically becomes a Wii? I would think it wouldn't affect Wii Mode at all.

I'm not expecting a ton from the Nintendo Direct. It sounds like the Japanese one was pretty uneventful. I still enjoy watching these though. I hope Bill Trinen looks at some fruit again.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 16:16
I've been avoiding a system transfer so far. A lot of my Wii data is Rock Band songs, and I hear that there have been some issues. I have enough inputs that I'll just keep both plugged in.

I have a pear prepared to hold, just in case it's fruit time.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 16:20
As it turns out, I'll be out for lunch while the NA direct airs, so I'll watch it this afternoon.

@warerare
Thanks for posting that Japanese Direct, any interesting news?

The fruit/veggie thing has to be hinting at Yoshi's Land.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 16:24
I have added the details in the original post but here they are anyway. Google Maps looks cool, Panorama view coming to eShop in 2013.


- LEGO City Undercover release date TBA in Japan
- FIFA 13 12/8, 7665 yen. Mass Effect 3 12/8, 6090 yen. MH3 12/8, 4800 yen.
- Ninja Gaiden 3 12/8, 7140 yen. Musou Orochi 2 Hyper 12/8, 7140 yen. #NSMBU 12/8, 5985 yen.
- Nintendo Land 12/8, 4935 yen. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Ed. 12/8, 6980 yen.
- Nintendo is starting their own dedicated NSMBU YT channel
- Game & Wario has 16 mini-games, all playable with GamePad only, by up to 5 players.
- one Game and Wario game: Pretend to be asleep while your mother is walking by the window or peeks in the door.
- Game and Wario is due out in Japan early 2013
- Pikmin 3 due out Spring 2013
- Rayman Legends will be published by Nintendo
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II hits Japan on Dec. 20th
- Dragon Quest X due out on Wii U in 2013
- DQX to be available on disk and as a download on the eShop
- Wii U Panorama View due out on eShop in 2013
- Google Maps to be viewable on GamePad in the same way as Panorama View. Google Maps on #WiiU will go up around the end of January, and will be free through the end of March

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 16:30
@VickiL

Harmonix is working on the issue. I think the issue lies with Rock Band 2 and Green Day Rock Band exports, but the RB3 songs themselves will work (they just need to be wiped from the SD card and redownloaded).

@warerare

Google Maps, huh? That's...actually kind of neat.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 17:10
@ludist210 I'm pretty sure my husband plays lots of the RB2 songs, but no longer has the RB2 disk, so I'll just wait until Harmonix has some more info. I believe in them!

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 18:03
I'm ready. Roll out the Direct!

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 18:59
I want Panorama view too! And the bird tech demo damnit!!

Seriously, what's with this fruit thing? And how come I've never actually seen them in any videos? Where are people actually seeing these? I've only seen them through pics on message boards....

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 19:03
Noooooo~! Pikmin 3 delayed to Q2 2013! My life is a lie!

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 19:11
Q2? *punches face*

Also, I'm walkin' on sunshine.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 19:16
That people-throwing game looks...weird. Basically Magnetica with humans?

Also, looks like they didn't fix the issue with the characters' feet clipping into the ground in Fire Emblem.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 19:31
Picross E2 is announced for January in Europe. Nintendo of America still refuses to acknowledge its existence.



Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 19:47
From GoNintendo.

North America

- 30 more Wii U games coming in the next few weeks
- LEGO City Undercover coming first part of 2013
- Chase is called back to LEGO City to take on the case of hunting down his arch enemy. Take on multiple disguises. Crack safes, rescue kittens and more. GamePad is an in-game police communicator. Receive police dispatches, progress updates, scan for hidden criminals and hidden items. Over 100 different vehicles in the game. Collect vehicle tokens to get instant access to vehicles at call-in points. These are created out of Super Bricks. These Super Bricks also build important locations. Visit the prison to see how Rex Fury escaped. Has a Morgan Freeman/Shawshank Redemption spoof as well. New physical place set, High-Speed Chase, to be made available. Comes with codes for special vehicles and missions in the game.
- Pikmin 3 is due out Q2 of 2013
- Game in Wario discussed, same content from the Japanese Nintendo Direct being shown. More footage to be shown on Nintendo's Facebook today.
- Wii Fit U's Fit Meter lets you track your physical activity outside of the Wii U game. Download the data into your game when you get back to your Wii U. Aerobic, strength training and more activities from Wii Fit Plus included. New activities including dance available in Wii Fit U.
- Another playable character coming to Ninja Gaiden III for free. Kasumi from the Dead or Alive series is coming.
- Wii U Panorama View will feature several videos of rare sights and situations. Views of downtown London or a tour of Kyoto. Available as a paid eShop download next Spring. Free preview demo will hit the eShop as well.
- Google Maps Street View hitting Wii U eShop in first quarter of next year.
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon has E. Gadd researching the ghosts of Evershade Valley. Friendly ghosts turn evil, and Luigi steps in to figure out what's going on. Poltergust 5000 can be equipped with a special strobe to help suck in ghosts. Ghosts have countless defenses. Due out Spring 2013.
- Brain Age: Concentration Training due out Feb. 10th. Deals with information overload/addiction that we get due to all our internet-connected devices. This makes it hard for us to focus. Brain Age: Concentration Training tests focus and concentration to combat this impact. Will improve your working memory. Difficulty scales dynamically. Compare your performance to others.
- Fire Emblem: Awakening due out Feb. 4th.
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 Coin Challenge Pack C and Platform Panic Pack available for download later today.
- Tokyo Crash Mobs discussed, but no specific date mentioned.
- HarmoKnight confirmed for North American release.

Europe

- LEGO City Undercover being published by Nintendo, due out early 2013
- Kasumi is going to become a playable character in Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge. Coming January 11
- Nintendo will be publishing Scribblenauts Unlimited in Europe, due out Feb. 8th
- SiNG Party due out Jan. 18th
- Zen Pinball 2 willl be coming to the Nintendo eShop on Wii U in December
- Pikmin 3 due out Q2 2013
- Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate due out on 3DS/Wii U in March, 3D video hitting eShop soon
- Panorama View coming on Spring 2013
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf due out Q2 2013
- Luigi's Mansion 2 due out March 2013
- Dr. Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training: Can You Stay Focused? features a mode called Devilish Calculations. There's another mode called Devilish Mice. Keep track of where mice run while cats chase them. Title due out on March 8th.
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate due out in March 2013.
- HarmoKnight also heading to the 3DS eShop in Europe. Due out March 2013.
- Picross e2 due out on 3DS eShop shortly. 150 new levels, new Micross mode. Solve a series of smaller puzzles that solver a larger picture-based puzzle. Due out in January.
- Tokyo Crash Mobs due out Jan. 17th
- Hydroventure Spin Cycle due out Dec. 13th
- Wario Land 3 due out on 3DS VC today
- Fire Emblem: Awakening due out April 2013

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 19:48   Edited:  12/05/12, 19:48
Wow. Nothing but bad news. Crappy bday present.

Fail to see how any of this is supposed to excite anyone. Pikmin delay (yet again), Lego Yawn, Paid Panorama view and not any time very soon, etc.

What a lame direct. Hope the next one is better.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 19:55   Edited:  12/05/12, 19:57
I'm surprised at no The Wonderful 101 mention. Is it still coming Q1 2013?

The 3DS announcements are nice though. Really happy to see HarmoKnight confirmed for North America and we now have a date for Fire Emblem: Awakening. The new Brain Training game I'm interested in and glad that they decided to shake it up with this entry.

Posted by 
 on: 12/05/12, 20:03
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