Last week, a leaked photo from a GameStop listing revealed several Wii U launch titles, along with many other wintertime releases. There are no dates on the listing, only descriptions like "HOLIDAY" and "LAUNCH WINDOW." Several games are listed as working titles.
These are the games, grouped by publisher. Please note: not all will be available at launch.
2K Sports
NBA 2K13
D3Publisher
Ben 10: Omniverse
Family Party: 30 Great Games
Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game
Electronic Arts
Mass Effect 3
Maximum Games
Jett Tailfin
Namco Bandai Games
Tank! Tank! Tank!
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Nintendo
LEGO City: Undercover
New Super Mario Bros. U
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Nintendo Land
SiNG
Wii U Panorama View
Game & Wario
Pikmin 3
Project P-100
Wii Fit U
SEGA
Aliens: Colonial Marines
THQ
Darksiders II
Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed III
Just Dance 4
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth
Rabbids Land
Sports Connection
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
ZombiU
Rayman Legends
Warner Bros. Interactive
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
In other Wii U news, box art for three upcoming Wii U games appeared on Amazon.ca. The images may simply be placeholders, like the outrageous $100 price tag for Wii U games at GameStop, but maybe not. The potential Wii U box art features a blue half-circle with golden trim on the top of the case. Games with online capability bear an orange and white "Nintendo Network" icon in the top right.
The box art is not unlike box art for Gamecube titles: similar half circle, similar two-color palette with trim.
I think the Wii U art looks good: bright, clean, simple, clearly different from its competitors. It seems to borrow more from Apple than from Microsoft or Sony. But what do YOU think?
Couldn't agree more that Nintendo is moving more toward the Apple product merchandising playbook- classic colors, sleek look. It may still hurt them with the hard-core gamers who are looking for the edgy flash in their box art and console design, but I think it appears to a broader audience overall. I'm excited for Nintendo and pulling for them!
ReplyDeleteThe box art is what's gonna kill the system. It's 99% of the reason why I'll buy a game. If Nintendo wants to win the console war, they need to make all of their box art holographic, 3D, scratch n sniff, pop-up, or just design them so that somehow when you open the game box it hands you a fully-cooked cheeseburger.
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