Here are the four 1080p screenshots that Nintendo has released from the teaser trailer they showed during their Digital Event today. Remember to right-click the thumbnails and choose “Open Link in New Tab” to see the shots at their absolute full resolution.
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Legend of Zelda Wii U 1080p Screenshots
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014Nintendo E3 2014 Digital Event Summary
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014NEW ZELDA!!!! After you’ve watched the above trailer a few times, come back and let me tell you a tale of all of the wonderful things Nintendo shared with us today. After a run-up of quite a few legitimate leaks: Mario Maker, Miyamoto’s little very unfinished projects for Wii U including a Star Fox demo thing, and Zelda/Midna being playable characters in Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo was still able to surprise and delight at almost every turn. My highlights from their Digital Event today were naturally the NEW ZELDA, their half-decent Skylanders clone called “amiibo”, seeing that Yoshi’s Wooly World is essentially the Yoshi’s New Island we were really hoping for, the surprisingly intriguing competitive 3rd-person shooter Splatoon, and of course the completely unexpected tongue-in-cheek stop-motion animation vignettes supplied by Robot Chicken.
Check after the page jump for Nintendo’s official PR line on everything they’ve shown so far today including pricing and release dates/windows for a lot of games that previously didn’t have them. The $99.99 US (hopefully also CDN, but not officially yet) bundle of a GCN controller, the Wii U GCN controller adapter, and Smash Bros. Wii U special edition bundle was definitely my favourite of the bunch.
Smash Bros. Instagram Contest Losing Video
Monday, June 2nd, 2014We tried our hand at getting a free ride to E3 this year courtesy of Nintendo, but didn’t manage to with the Smash Bros. Invitational contest. You can check out the video we submitted above and the contest’s actual winner here and decide which one you like better for yourself. We know which one we like better.
Mario Kart 8 (Wii U) Review
Thursday, May 29th, 2014
Developer: Nintendo EAD
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Kart Racing
Players: 1-4 locally, 1-2 per system online, up to 12 per lobby online
Console: Wii U
Hours Played: 13 hours and 38 minutes
Progress: Placed first in all 50cc and 100cc cups (unlocking all characters), earned more than 1200 points in online multiplayer
The Wii U is unarguably in need of a killer app to drive sales and really get the ball rolling on the current generation of Nintendo home systems. Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD, and even a brand new Super Mario 3D World, while excellent games in their own rights, all failed at accomplishing this task one-by-one in recent months. Even the two most recent entries in the Mario Kart series were fairly disappointing in many respects, with broken battle modes that skewed greatly toward the unskilled and rather tepid graphics. So, with the weight of past missteps and a dire need to move systems looming over its head, is Mario Kart 8 the light at the end of the tunnel that will push the Wii U out of its slump and into the hearts and living rooms of the world? Read on to find out wherefore kart thou Mario.
Official Wii U GCN Controller Adapter Announced
Thursday, May 29th, 2014
Even though we reviewed an excellent Wii remote GCN controller adapter not to long ago, Nintendo has gone and made them largely useless by announcing that they will make a GameCube controller adapter and limited edition Smash Bros. branded GCN controller available so that we can continue to play Smash Bros. as it was meant to be played.
No details yet on its price or release, but we’ll keep you posted on any other information Nintendo releases about it. You can see the video they made to announce it here.
Smash-Fest @ Best Buy Canada Locations
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Best Buy has released a list of the Canadian Best Buy locations where lucky gamers will be able to play the new Wii U Smash Bros. well before it comes out. You can check out the list of dates, times, and locations below or go to the announcement page here for more information.
June 11:
| Province | City | Store Name | Address | Time |
| QC | Quebec | Quebec City | 5401 Boulevard des Galaries | 4-9pm |
| NS | Halifax | Halifax | 11 Washmill Lake Drive | 4-9pm |
| ON | Mississauga | Mississauga | 1-6075 Mavis Rd | 4-9pm |
| AB | Edmonton | Edmonton South | 9931-19th Ave NW | 4-9pm |
| ON | Scarborough | Scarborough | 480 Progress Ave | 4-9pm |
| AB | Calgary | Deerfoot Meadows | 300-8180 11th st SE | 4-9pm |
| MB | Winnipeg | Winnipeg | 10-1580 Regent Ave W | 4-9pm |
| AB | Edmonton | Edmonton North | 13924-137th Ave NW | 4-9pm |
| BC | Vancouver | Cambie | 2220 Cambie St | 4-9pm |
| ON | Barrie | Barrie | 100 Mapleview Dr | 4-9pm |
| ON | Brampton | Brampton | 451-25 Peel Centre Dr | 4-9pm |
| BC | Surrey | Surrey | 2153-10153 King George Hwy | 4-9pm |
| QC | Montreal | Marche Central | 8871 De L’Acadie Blvd | 4-9pm |
| ON | Kingston | Kingston | 770 Gardiners Rd | 4-9pm |
| QC | Anjou | Anjou | 7200 Blvd des Roseries | 4-9pm |
| QC | Lasalle | Lasalle | 7077 Boul Newman | 4-9pm |
| QC | Pointe-Claire | Pointe-Claire | 6815 Trans-Canada Hwy | 4-9pm |
| SK | Saskatoon | Saskatoon | 20A-3310 8th St E | 4-9pm |
| ON | Kanata | Kanata | 745 Kanata Ave | 4-9pm |
| ON | Toronto | Bay and Dundas | 65 Dundas St W | 4-9pm |
| ON | London | London | 1080 Wellington Rd | 4-9pm |
| BC | Burnaby | Metrotown | 4805 Kingsway | 4-9pm |
June 14:
| Province | City | Store Name | Address | Time |
| QC | Quebec | Quebec City | 5401 Boulevard des Galaries | 12-5PM |
| NS | Halifax | Halifax | 11 Washmill Lake Drive | 12-5PM |
| ON | Mississauga | Mississauga | 1-6075 Mavis Rd | 12-5PM |
| AB | Edmonton | Edmonton South | 9931-19th Ave NW | 12-5PM |
| ON | Scarborough | Scarborough | 480 Progress Ave | 12-5PM |
| AB | Calgary | Deerfoot Meadows | 300-8180 11th st SE | 12-5PM |
| MB | Winnipeg | Winnipeg | 10-1580 Regent Ave W | 12-5PM |
| AB | Edmonton | Edmonton North | 13924-137th Ave NW | 12-5PM |
| BC | Vancouver | Cambie | 2220 Cambie St | 12-5PM |
| ON | Barrie | Barrie | 100 Mapleview Dr | 12-5PM |
| ON | Brampton | Brampton | 451-25 Peel Centre Dr | 12-5PM |
| BC | Surrey | Surrey | 2153-10153 King George Hwy | 12-5PM |
| QC | Montreal | Marche Central | 8871 De L’Acadie Blvd | 12-5PM |
| ON | Kingston | Kingston | 770 Gardiners Rd | 12-5PM |
| QC | Anjou | Anjou | 7200 Blvd des Roseries | 12-5PM |
| QC | Lasalle | Lasalle | 7077 Boul Newman | 12-5PM |
| QC | Pointe-Claire | Pointe-Claire | 6815 Trans-Canada Hwy | 12-5PM |
| SK | Saskatoon | Saskatoon | 20A-3310 8th St E | 12-5PM |
| ON | Kanata | Kanata | 745 Kanata Ave | 12-5PM |
| ON | Toronto | Bay and Dundas | 65 Dundas St W | 12-5PM |
| ON | London | London | 1080 Wellington Rd | 12-5PM |
| BC | Burnaby | Metrotown | 4805 Kingsway | 12-5PM |
Game Usagi Plays Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014Nintendo sent us a review copy of Mario Kart 8, so we’re hard at work play checking out everything the game has to offer. Check out the video above or on our YouTube channel to see some Mii gameplay on the new Thwomp Ruins course. We’ll have a full review up for the game soon, so watch this space.