Rejoice, Nintendo fans! today Nintendo during a preview event unveiled the launch details for their new home console, the Wii U. The Wii U will come in two flavors, the deluxe set and the basic set. The deluxe set comes with a black Wii U console with 32GB of internal storage with additional storage, the Wii U Gamepad, a Nintendoland game, a Wii U Gamepad Cradle, a Wii U Gamepad Stand, a console stand accessory, the sensor bar, the AC adapter for both the Wii U and its Gamepad and a high speed HDMI cable. The basic set cover with a white Wii U with 8GB of internal storage and includes the following: the Wii U Gamepad, a sensor bar, the AC adapter for both the console and the Gamepad and a high speed HDMI cable.
Wii U works with most Wii controllers and has backward compatibility with most Wii games!
Worried about price? fear not!
The Basic Set is going to cost $299.99 while the Deluxe Set will cost fans $349.99
Want other great news? Gamestop is taking preorders now! for those wanting to preorder the Wii U will need to make a $50 deposit. Here are the links: Deluxe Set Wii U, Basic Set Wii U.
Now for those wanting 2 Wii U Gamepad support, I have some bad news. According to Polygon a second Wii U Gamepad won’t be supported at launch and won’t be sold as a standalone controller for now according to Nintendo officials.
So now we’ve seen prices and what’s in the box, but let’s go to what we came for as gamers: What games will come for the Wii U?
Here’s a list of Wii U titles that are for the launch window of November 18-March 2013
505 Games
- Funky Barn (NA only)
2K Sports
- NBA2k13
Activision Publishing, Inc.
- 007 Legends
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Transformers Prime
- Wipeout 3
- Skylanders Giants
- Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013 (NA only)
- Rapala Pro Badd Fishing (NA only)
Capcom
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
D3Publisher
- Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game
- Ben 10: Omniverse
- Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade
Disney Interactive
- Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Electronic Arts
- Mass Effect 3
- Madden NFL 13
- FIFA Soccer 13
Frozenbyte
- Trine 2: Director’s Cut
Gaijin Games
- Bit.Trip Presents: Runner 2 Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Majesco Entertainment
- Zumba Fitness Core (NA only)
Maximum Games
- Jeff Tailfin (NA only)
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Tank! Tank! Tank!
Nintendo
- Nintendo Land
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- Ninja Gaiden III: Razor’s Edge
- Sing Party
- LEGO City Undercover
- Wii Fit U (NA only)
- Game & Wario
- Pikmin 3 (NA only)
- The Wonderful 101 (NA only)
SEGA
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Shin’en
- Nano Assault Neo
Tecmo Koei America Corporation
- Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
THQ
- Darksiders II
- Wheel of Fortune (NA only)
- Jeopardy! (NA only)
Two Tribes
- Toki Tori 2
Ubisoft
- Assassin’s Creed III
- Just Dance 4
- Marvel’s The Avengers: Battle for Earth
- Rabbids Land
- Sports Connection
- Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
- ZombiU
- Rayman Legends
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Scribblenauts Unlimited
- Game Party Champions
- Batman: Arkham City (Armored Edition)
Now, did you miss the preview event? fear not! here’s a video! quick! go grab some popcorn and enjoy the show!
Thanks NintendoEverything
