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Nine Third Party Wii U Games Listed For North American Release In 2015

Game Informer:
Following yesterday’s financial report, Nintendo has provided supplemental information about its upcoming releases. Among the data are lists of upcoming first- and third-party games for its home and handheld consoles.

There are no significant changes to the first-party lineup. Star Fox, The Legend of Zelda, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Mario Maker are on track for sometime in 2015. Devil’s Third is also re-confirmed for an appearance (finally) this year.

Two as yet un-named titles, Project Giant Robot and Project Guard are slated for this year, too. The former of those is planned for the first half of the calendar year.

Unfortunately, there’s no news on Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem. The title is still listed as “TBD.”

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RmanX10003373d ago

I really hope we see SMTxFE at E3 or in a Direct. I know it was mentioned to still be in development last year but I dont want this to become Nintendo's Duke Nukem Forever or FFvs13.

Summons753373d ago

Heck, I would be satisfied if they said they weren't ready to show off the gameplay but gave us an idea of what they concept will be with some concept art. I can understand not wanting to show it off too early (especially with the way some gamers react to differences from reveal to release) but give a little tease. I'm more curious if this will play like an SMT game or like a FE game.

The 10th Rider3373d ago (Edited 3373d ago )

“For a long time, I wanted to create a FE on ours times, on the real world. Imagine a Pegasus that comes from the sky and lands on the Building 109 of Shibuya, Tokyo. I always though that would be incredible. At the same time, I know it’s hard because of how FE is. I visited many companies to express these ideas. When I went to Atlus, I was told that Shin Megami Tensei together with Fire Emblem is what I wanted. So, I soon said that to Intelligent Systems and started this very special collaboration. Oops! I shouldn’t say that the game takes place in the real world. We haven’t announced it, right?” - Hitoshi Yamagami

Set in the modern world.

To me, at least, this also implies it'll play like a Fire Emblem game.

EDIT: And as far as not hearing about it...I believe I saw it somewhere mentioned that the trailer was basically announcing that it exists? Development had just started, from what I understood.

theizzzeee3373d ago

I am hopeful for more. Why? Only one reason
Because Sony and Microsoft want to phase out last gen games this year, but third parties don't want to lose all of the income lost. So there is some chance it will happen.

jholden32493373d ago

Eh, if t ain't exclusive I don't really have any interest in 3rd party games for Wii U. Multiplats are dime a dozen and can be purchased for either of the other 2 consoles, both of which I also own.

ricochetmg3373d ago

That is why they will die.

marloc_x3372d ago

You may want to wipe that up..

Canary3372d ago

I know, right? With a lot of good games and backwards compatibility, it resembles last generation a lot more than the current generation. And thank god for that.

DivineAssault 3373d ago

hope they all turn out well.. Ive invested A LOT of money into my wii u & 3DS.. Im sure a handful at the very least will end up being fantastic

phantomexe3373d ago

Xenoblade makes me want a WiiU.

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With Chronicles Done, It's Time to Make Xenoblade X: Definitive Edition

With Chronicles finished, it's time to return to the mechs and mysteries of Mira

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jznrpg311d ago (Edited 311d ago )

Yea. I own it but don’t want to pull out the Wii U

Zeldafan64311d ago

I never unplugged my Wii U. Still play it almost daily but a definitive edition of X would be appreciated.

jznrpg311d ago (Edited 311d ago )

It’s one of the systems I have the least games for . Though there are some really good games on it. I have systems from Atari’s , Nintendo’s, Segas , TurboGrafx 16 , PS’s etc etc so I put a few in my game storage room. I do pull it out from time to time and I have a new one in a box but won’t open that .
But I’d really like to have a Chronicles X but not on Switch whatever the next console is preferably so they can add more quality to it .

Zeldafan64310d ago

Lucky, you didn't need to explain that.

Zeldafan64311d ago (Edited 311d ago )

Playing X at 1080/60 would be great so waiting for the Switch successor would be ideal but it wouldn't be smart to make it a launch game. It would suck waiting til 2025 to get X definitive edition but I think that's what will happen.

I know people say Wii U has no games but I've got over 100 games for it.

luckytrouble311d ago

I mean, when people say a system has "no games" they aren't saying the system literally had no games released on it. They're more commenting on the state of games that make the system worth owning. For many the Wii U never had a game that made the system worth owning, or if it did, it has a Switch port or successor at this point anyways so they were effectively proven correct to have never purchased a Wii U in the first place.

Yes, depending on the individual the Wii U remains worth owning for the handful of games still locked to it, but for many they'd rather just wait to see what else gets ported in the future at this point. There is exceptionally little you can only play on a Wii U these days though, especially with the eShop dead so anything that may have existed only on it is no longer of consequence to non-Wii U owners.

chaos999311d ago

They said it cost too much time to remap controls unfortunately

luckytrouble311d ago

In all fairness, that's probably a reason they're passing on a few of the still Wii U locked games. Starfox Zero, among the reasons you may not want to port it, would need its entire control scheme reworked from the ground up. Chronicles X may not be as extreme of a case (I don't know, I've never played or watched gameplay), but often unless a game is going to sell really well, it can be hard to convince a company to do more than the basic expected remaster work. Heck, a lot of people figure the only reason we got Galaxy 1 in the 3D All Stars collection for example is because they had already done the work for the Nvidia Shield port for China, which subsequently is likely the major reason they didn't include Galaxy 2. They simply did not want to remap the game controls. It may sound silly since it sounds so simple just by the words, but you have to figure more goes into it than you're probably thinking if it's that much of a sticking point.

DefaultComment311d ago

Yes, I agree. We definitely need to retake Xenoblade Chronicles X which btw it left us on a cliffhanger suggesting there wiull be a XCX2 .... and im up for it.

isarai311d ago (Edited 311d ago )

I put so many hours into X, just please ad a music volume setting was going crazy walking around base and hearing

"UH UH... YEAH!.. YEAH!...YEAHYEAHYEEEEAAAAH!..U H UH!"

FinalFantasyFanatic311d ago

I can't believe they haven't done it yet, it's the Xenoblade game I'm most excited for, I would buy it in a heart beat.

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Operation Rainfall: 10 Years On

It has been 10 years since Xenoblade arrived in the US, we look back at how the game almost never showed up if not for a group of dedicated fans.

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ZeekQuattro749d ago

I wish The Last Story would make a comeback.I played it years before I got around to Xenoblade. Mainly because of the scalping going on because of Xeno's limited run. It took me a few tries to get into it but once I did I couldn't put it down. A Wii hidden gem for sure.

pietro1212748d ago

As much as I love Xenoblade, Last Story was the better game IMO. I wish Nintendo would remaster or simply port the game onto the Switch.

porkChop749d ago

Xenoblade went on to be a really successful franchise too.

pietro1212749d ago

I wish the Last Story get a Switch remaster or remake. That game deserves a second chance

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The 3DS and Wii U eShop is shutting down in 2023 - download these games before they’re gone

Nintendo will be shutting down the eShop for the 3DS and Wii U completely in 2023. Makes sure to check out these games before they do.

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MadLad791d ago (Edited 791d ago )

If they're not important enough to be held on their own official storefront then they're not important enough to give your money to Nintendo.

Buy these, physically, used or simply emulate them.

This article comes off as nothing more than advertising games that Nintendo, themselves, don't care to offer you... buy now!

ocelot07790d ago

Wait hang on where all the outrage? I swear when Sony tried to do this with PS3 last year. There was outrage from all corners of the gaming universe.

Why does no one care Nintendo is doing it?

MadLad790d ago (Edited 790d ago )

There has been.
A lot of it.

Simply type in "3DS" in Google and tell me what you see.

ocelot07790d ago

Oh I have a fair few websites reporting on it. But where is the outcry on here? I remember their was 2-3 approved top voted articles when Sony announced they where closing the PS3 store. All slating them and not caring about customers.

I should of worded it better. Where is all the outrage on n4g?

MadLad790d ago (Edited 790d ago )

N4G is a fanboy site, mainly frequented by only Sony.
Microsoft is their direct competition, so you'll typically only see articles that are made to rile up those fanbases.

Nintendo does it's own thing, so they're rarely brought up, aside from their fans. The most you get is the same typical two or three posters claiming Nintendo is only for infants.

If you come to N4G for educated discourse and reasonable discussion, this isn't the place. Sad as it is.

pietro1212790d ago

It's lame that it is shutting down. Now I feel rushed buying all the rpgs I missed out on the system.

XxINFERNUSxX790d ago

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XxINFERNUSxX790d ago

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