To set the stage for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Microsoft and Sony
on Monday showed off their new hardware and games at large-scale news
conferences in basketball arenas near USC. Nintendo, in contrast, is
relying on the names of some of its most trusted brands, unveiling
details Tuesday morning on a 3D Mario title for the Wii U, an HD Zelda
remake and the eighth edition of its venerable “Mario Kart” series.
In lieu of a large-scale press event, Nintendo presented its wares Tuesday with an episode of Nintendo Direct, its online-direct-to fans news conference. The 40-minute live-stream initially seemed unable to meet demand and was fraught with glitches for much of the first half.
But here are the highlights: “Super Mario 3D World” will be released by the end of this year; “Mario Kart 8″ is coming in spring 2014; a previously unannounced “Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze” is due in November, and the Wii U remake of GameCube title “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker” is due in October.
It’s been relatively quiet on the Wii U front in 2013, as a number of titles teased before the system’s late 2012 launch, including the superhero-themed “The Wonderful 101″ and a return visit to the world of “Pikmin,” have still not hit retail shelves. Anticipation was high that Nintendo would trot out most of its biggest brands at E3 to regain momentum, but Tuesday’s announcement didn’t come without more product delays.
Still on the horizon is “Wii Fit U” and “Wii Party U.” Both were initially targeted for summer and are now postponed at least until the winter to add new features, said Nintendo President Satoru Iwata.
“After the Wii U launch, we couldn’t release games as smoothly as we had planned,” Iwata said, who then apologized to fans with a bow.
SOURCE : http://herocomplex.latimes.com/games/e3-2013-nintendo-details-new-zelda-3d-mario-games/#/0
In lieu of a large-scale press event, Nintendo presented its wares Tuesday with an episode of Nintendo Direct, its online-direct-to fans news conference. The 40-minute live-stream initially seemed unable to meet demand and was fraught with glitches for much of the first half.
But here are the highlights: “Super Mario 3D World” will be released by the end of this year; “Mario Kart 8″ is coming in spring 2014; a previously unannounced “Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze” is due in November, and the Wii U remake of GameCube title “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker” is due in October.
It’s been relatively quiet on the Wii U front in 2013, as a number of titles teased before the system’s late 2012 launch, including the superhero-themed “The Wonderful 101″ and a return visit to the world of “Pikmin,” have still not hit retail shelves. Anticipation was high that Nintendo would trot out most of its biggest brands at E3 to regain momentum, but Tuesday’s announcement didn’t come without more product delays.
Still on the horizon is “Wii Fit U” and “Wii Party U.” Both were initially targeted for summer and are now postponed at least until the winter to add new features, said Nintendo President Satoru Iwata.
“After the Wii U launch, we couldn’t release games as smoothly as we had planned,” Iwata said, who then apologized to fans with a bow.
SOURCE : http://herocomplex.latimes.com/games/e3-2013-nintendo-details-new-zelda-3d-mario-games/#/0
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