In one of the company's regular Nintendo Direct webcasts, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced several new games for the Wii U console, including remakes and new entries from the Zelda and Mario franchises. The Wii U is also adding a new version of its Virtual Console classic game shop, and a smartphone app for its Miiverse social network. Perhaps more importantly, spring and summer system software updates promise improved performance, especially for the Wii U's slow menus and software launching.
New Wii U games announced Since the October 2012 debut of the Wii U, the system's launch window software library has seen only a handful of new entries, and even fewer big name games. Nintendo hopes to change that with the announcement of new games from the Zelda and Mario series. The 2003 Gamecube game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is being remade with HD graphics for the Wii U for a fall 2013 release, and a second, new Zelda game is also in the works.
Mario is already on the Wii U, thanks to the 2D, side-scrolling New Super Mario Bros. U game, but two more Mario games are planned, according to Iwata. These include a new 3D entry, in the style of Super Mario Bros. 3D, and a new Mario Kart racing... [Read more]
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