December 18, 2013 | Broken Joysticks

Rosalina Joins Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart 8

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

Rosalina, who was introduced in the wildly enjoyable Super Mario Galaxy games for Wii, will be a playable character, accompanied by her starry friend, Luma when Super Smash Bros. launches on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in 2014. Not only that but she will also be playable in Mario Kart 8.

I am personally thrilled at the addition and am glad that Nintendo keeps revealling new playable characters for Super Smash Bros. There can never be enough characters to battle it out with and I am also hoping that there are plans to release even more as DLC after the games release. I don’t care if they are paid or free add on characters. The more the better!

New playable characters in Mario Kart 8 include Rosalina as well as various “Baby” Nintendo characters, like Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach and Baby Daisy. New course settings shown in a new gameplay video include an airport, the desert and high in the clouds, and vehicles including UFOs, four-wheel ATV buggies, standard karts as well as bikes.

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Move Over Mario, Dr. Luigi is in the Office

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

Nintendo is continuing The Year of Luigi with another title featuring everyone’s favourite brother. Nintendo is following up the WiiWare title Dr. Mario with a new game in the Wii U eShop in Dr. Luigi.

Much like in the previous game, players will be challenged to line up color-coded pills to destroy viruses. Unlike in the previous game where you were given small two-tone pills, the capsules in Dr. Luigi are, of course, L-shaped. In the last game during multiplayer when you chained a combo by clearing pills you would send “junk” into your opponents screen. This time the game will actually randomize your opponents next capsule at the last second, forcing them to make some last minute changes.

The game will come with a Dr. Mario mode, Wii U GamePad compatibility and online play. Dr. Luigi launches exclusively in the Nintendo Wii U eShop on December 31st for $14.99.

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NES Gets Remixed

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

What do you get when you put Link in the middle of the original Donkey Kong? What if you take a level of the original Super Mario Bros. and play it in shadows? Or how about flipping the level so that you run to the left? That’s the idea behind NES Remix, a new downloadable title on the Wii U eShop which takes sixteen classic NES games and gives you a whole new experience.

Select parts from 16 classic NES games have been remixed with new challenges. Get Mario to the goal pole while the level blinks out. Defeat an enemy within a certain time limit. Play a level of Excitebike and knock over a specific number of rivals. It’s amazing how something so small and seeminly simple in concept can be such an exciting idea.

NES Remix also includes Miiverse compatibility, so players can share their level times and collect 8-bit stamps. NES Remix is now available in the Nintendo Wii U eShop for $14.99.

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More Details for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

Not too long ago Nintendo announced that Cranky Kong would join Diddy and Dixie as playable companion characters for Donkey Kong in the Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Many seemed to be somewhat underwhelmed when that was the only news that Nintendo let slip at the VGX Awards, but when is the news of a new playable character not great news for an established franchise? Potential new characters for Super Smash Bros. are always top of mind for many people so this news was good news.

Cranky Kong has been around as a background character since the beginning and now that he is getting into the fray he brings with his own set of special moves that allow him to bounce off enemies and obstacles using his cane. Not only that but a new feature in the game allows players, who collect 100 bananas in a stage, to execute a new move called the KONG-Pow, which turns all enemies on the screen into items.

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Bravely Default Demo Coming January 2nd

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

Bravely Default is arguably the most anticipated Nintendo 3DS title in quite a while. The game was released more than a year ago in Japan by Square Enix and since them fans of RPGs and Square Enix have been clamoring for a Western release. So when Nintendo announced a while ago that the game was coming out in North Amwerica it’s safe to say that people were thrilled.

Today Nintendo announced that not only will the game finally launch in North America in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on February 7th, but an exclusive demo will be released in the eShop on January 2nd. BUT the demo won’t just be a demo, but will be an exclusive story with hours of content not included in the main game in which Tiz and his allies work towards the restoration of Norentae village. You can also receive item packs which can be transferred to the full version of the game when it’s released along with up to twenty StreetPass tags and any friends registered in the demo.

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New Yoshi’s New Island Trailer

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

It was confirmed today that Takashi Tezuka, the creative director of the original Yoshi’s Island for Super NES, will be producing the upcoming Yoshi’s New Island game for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is set to launch in the spring and Nintendo showed off a brief new gameplay trailer for the game today during the Nintendo Direct.

Take a look at the new gameplay trailer below.

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Kirby: Triple Deluxe Boasts Two new Game Modes

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

The newest Kirby game, which was previously announced in another Nintendo Direct, has been given a new name and several new features have been revealed.

The game, now called Kirby: Triple Deluxe, will still be a traditional side-scrolling platformer. Players will now be able to send the round pink hero to and from the background and foreground, much like recent eShop game Mutant Mudds did. Kirby will also use a new Hypernova ability, which powers up his inhale ability and enables him to suck up everything in his path. In total the game will have more than 20 different copy abilities, four of which are brand new ones created for this game.

In addition to the regular game there will be two exciting new game modes included. Kirby Fighters is perhaps the most exciting of the revelations as this new mode lets up to four players battle it out, playing as Kirby in one of 10 copy abilities from he game. The game looks like it plays something like Super Smash Bros. Very exciting stuff.

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New Chibi-Robo Game Coming in January

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

Chibi-Robo, a fantastically odd little game for the Nintendo GameCube, is making a comeback with a sequel coming this January. Chibi-Robo! Photo Finder will bring “everyone’s favorite helpful 4-inch-tall robot” back in a brand new game which will be available exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.

In the new game Chibi-Robo has been tasked with helping a new museum get off the ground. Players will be given silhouettes of needed objects, then use the Nintendo 3DS camera to find matching objects, known as NostalJunk, in the real world. Basically you find items in the real world that match the silouette in the game and snap a photo of it with the 3DS camera. Then the item is taken into the game to be added to the museum.

I’ll give Nintendo one thing. They sure do know how to make innovative ideas to make use of their hardware. This is definitely a creative and inventive idea!

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Nintendo Unveils Hyrule Warriors

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

Nintendo made a surprise announcement this morning at their Nintendo Direct with the unveiling of a brand new adventure which combines The Legend of Zelda and the style of Tecmo Koei’s Dynasty Warrior franchise. The new action game, which Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed is not considered the next Zelda game, is being developed by Tecmo Koei and is slated for a 2014 release on the Wii U.

The game is tentatively titled Hyrule Warriors, though that name could change as the game is still in development.

Take a look at a teaser trailer for the new game below.

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