Yoshi’s Land WiiU Gameplay Trailer Video And Screenshots

Real-World materials used in the graphics. So. Awesome.

Yoshi’s Land gameplay screenshots and trailer video are shown below of an all-new Yoshi platformer in development for the Wii U. The Yoshi’s Land title was leaked before hand, but we aren’t sure of the exact title.

As you can see this game looks absolutely gorgeous with a very cool, unique art-style that drips with pure awesomeness.

Yoshi’s Land Wii U Screenshots

Such an awesome art-style!

 

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 WiiU Sequel X Announced. Action RPG On Epic Scale

Epic bosses in what looks like a Wii U exclusive Xenoblade Chronicles 2!

Xenoblade 2 Wii U Sequel “X”? That’s what it looks like as Monolith Soft showed off an all-new epic action RPG Wii U title called simply “X” at the Nintendo Wii U Direct conference today.

Although an official name wasn’t revealed, the game looks strinkingly similar to Xenoblade Chronicles and given that the trailer ends with simply the letter “X”… well it doesn’t take a genius to put two-and-two together. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Wii U is coming!

The game looks as epic as you’d imagine. Huge enemies to fight, giant weapons, a powerful musical score, amazing high-definition graphics and much more. Additionally, the same team that created Xenoblade Chronicles including director Tetsuya Takahashi and composer Hiroyuki Sawano are returning to this title.

It looks like the game may include online multiplayer… we’ll see, but the game looks incredible.

 

All-New Zelda Wii U Adventure Will Re-Define Series Conventions For All-New Gameplay

Zelda Wii U has officially been announced and is in-development now! Unlike Zelda: Wind Waker HD, this all-new Zelda game will completely redefine genre conventions and established gameplay that the Zelda series has kept ever since Ocarina of Time launched in 1998!

Exactly what will change about the game has not been revealed, but it seems that EVERYTHING will be rethought. It sounds like Zelda Wii U will no longer be a single-player adventure but will have four-player co-op, and the way you have to tackle dungeons in a particular order will also be changed.

This is exciting stuff, and Nintendo said they did not have time to change conventions when developing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, even though they thought about it…. This new Zelda game will be shown in PLAYABLE form at E3 2013! HELL YEAH!

 

Yoshi Epic Yarn Yoshi’s Island Platformer Wii U In Development And Looks Stunning

OMG YOSHI! Looks absolutely gorgeous!

Yoshi’s Island Wii U? Yoshi’s Epic Yarn? A brand-new Yoshi Wii U has been announced! And boy does it look absolutely drop-dead GORGEOUS!

Absolutely no details on the game were announced, but it is coming from the same developers who created Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, Yoshi’s Story and Kirby’s Epic Yarn, and is the first new Yoshi game starring the green dino on his own since the N64’s Yoshi’s Story in 1998! Although Yoshi’s Island DS also was a Yoshi game…

The game looks like Yoshi’s Epic Yarn! And looks like it will be just as epicly awesome! Cannot WAIT!

 

Zelda: Wind Waker HD Remake WiiU In Development! All-New Zelda Wii U Also Coming

The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD Remake for Wii U! Gorgeous!

The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD Remake Wii U is in development and it looks absolutely GORGEOUS! An all-new Zelda Wii U Project is also in development!

This will be the entire Wii U Zelda: Wind Waker game running in high-resolution on the Wii U, in order to hold fans over until an all-new Zelda game gets baked into the oven!

Absolutely gorgeous Zelda: Wind Waker HD screenshot! Incredible high-definition graphics!

This Wind Waker HD Remake will not only include incredible graphics, but will also include all-new features such as integration with MiiVerse, beefed up gameplay (or “tuned up”, not exactly sure what that will mean, but I imagine it will have new GamePad-style integration with the Tingle Tuner, picture-taking, etc.) and the ability to play the game entirely on the Wii U GamePad if you so choose.

Here is the official list of Zelda: Wind Waker HD Remake Wii U features:
* Upgraded HD Graphics
* Tuned-Up Overall Gameplay Experience
* Play Zelda: Wind Waker HD Off-TV on the Wii U GamePad
* Miiverse-compatible

New features will be integrated into Zelda: Wind Waker HD Remake For Wii U.

 

Smash Bros. Wii U, 3DS, Mario Wii U, Mario Kart Wii U To Be Shown Playable At E3 2013

Super Smash Bros. Wii U, Mario Kart U and an all-new Wii U polygonal 3D Mario game are in development for Wii U! AWEOSME!

 

Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem WiiU Game In Development! Epic Crossover!

Shin Megami Tensei Cross Fire Emblem? HOLY MOTHER!

Shin Megami vs Fire Emblem? EPIC! Shin Megami Tensei Cross Fire Emblem (Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem) is the full title and has been officially announced.

You heard right! Atlus, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems are joining forces to bring the world the FIRST EVER Nintendo full-blown crossover! Nintendo has never done a legit crossover before with a third-party series like this. So this is totally a killer-app of the highest proportion.

Much more information coming soon, in particular at E3 2013. This news came completely out of left field, so this is a huge development and will go a long way towards satisfying hardcore Nintendo fans and fans of hardcore RPGs at the same time. Hopefully it will be in the RPG or Strategy RPG/Tactical RPG genre, but that remains to be seen.

 

Pikmin 3 Photo Taking Feature Announced. Pictures Taken From Pikmin Ground Level Using GamePad

Take photos from Pikmin’s viewpoint, ground-level with the GamePad. Awesome!

In Pikmin 3 you can use the GamePad to take photographs of the environment, enemies, Pikmin, etc. using your GamePad! This will add a very cool Pokemon Snap style feature to the game, and allow you to get interesting visuals that you couldn’t see otherwise.

Previously it was impossible to zoom into the playfield, much less look at the giant enemies and beautiful environments from ground-level, so this is a very exciting new feature!

 

WiiU Focused Nintendo Direct Video – Watch Now Live

Satoru Iwata talking about MiiVerse on WiiU Nintendo Direct.

Nintendo is doing a WiiU focused Nintendo Direct conference video that’s expected to bring some news for Nintendo’s next-generation console.

Watch WiiU Nintendo Direct live right now!

 

Song of the Day – Carry Me Down (Demon Hunter Month. Lyrics Included + Acoustic Piano) From Storm the Gates of Hell (2007)

Carry Me Down by Demon Hunter is a song from their fourth full-length album, 2007’s Storm the Gates of Hell.

Carry Me Down is an absolutely amazing song. This is a ballad done about as well as you can do it, and a true testament to Demon Hunter’s extensive musical range, metal bands are not supposed to be able to create slow music that is this good and powerful. A song that celebrates both life and death, in both sad but triumphant manners, Carry Me Down is a song that many Demon Hunter fans have chosen to walk down the aisle too, and likewise, have said they’d like to have it played at their funerals. If you haven’t heard the song, you’re in for a treat.

Lyrics:

If you see me losing ground
Don’t be afraid to lie
I know the pain inside my heart
Can’t break the fear inside of yours
And if you see me losing faith in what it means to die
Don’t let me leave before I know what lies beyond the stained-glass doors

Save sorrow for the souls in doubt
Bleed every care out

Will you carry me down the aisle that final day,
With your tears and bones shaking from the weight?
When you lower me down beneath that sky of grey,
Let the rain fall down and wash away your pain.

For every word we never spoke,
We have a tear to cry
For every silence’s like a wall between a better you and I.
So if you see me losing sight of all the death and life
Find the peace in every time I fail to see the death in mine

Let all the fear inside you drown
Tear out the blade that let you down
Save sorrow for the souls in doubt
Bleed every care out

Will you carry me down the aisle that final day,
With your tears and bones shaking from the weight?
When you lower me down beneath that sky of grey,
Let the rain fall down and wash away your pain.

All the blood is rushing out
I’m better off without
The walls are closing in
Sing for me again

Will you carry me down the aisle that final day,
With your tears and bones shaking from the weight?
When you lower me down beneath that sky of grey,
Let the rain fall down and wash away your pain.

—–

Arguably even better than the original version is the beautiful Carry Me Down Piano Version by Demon Hunter, featured on the soundtrack to Demon Hunter’s documentary film 45 Days.

As an added treat, here is the official Music Video for Demon Hunter’s Carry Me Down.

About Demon Hunter Month
January 2013 is dedicated to the Christian metal band Demon Hunter, arguably my favorite band; and will feature songs from their entire catalog featured daily throughout the month, one a day. Whether you like metal, believe in God or not, check these songs out as you may be pleasantly surprised and hopefully you will discover some new-to-your-ears music to enjoy. Demon Hunter’s sound is extremely diverse, not all songs feature screams and growls, some are slow, sung ballads; others are heartfelt, all are deep with powerful lyrics that will make you think and ponder, as the sound takes you away.

Previous Demon Hunter Month Songs
January 1st 2013: A Broken Upper Hand
January 2nd 2013: God Forsaken
January 3rd 2013: The Wind
January 4th 2013: Ribcage
January 5th 2013: Incision
January 6th 2013: I Have Seen Where It Grows
January 7th 2013: Beheaded
January 8th 2013: Desire the Pain
January 9th 2013: Annihilate the Corrupt
January 10th 2013: Dust & Smoke
January 11th 2013: I Am You
January 12th 2013: Deteriorate
January 13th 2013: We Don’t Care
January 14th 2013: Fiction Kingdom
January 15th 2013: Relentless Intolerance
January 16th 2013: Feel As Though You Could
January 17th 2013: Shallow Water
January 18th 2013: My Throat Is An Open Grave
January 19th 2013: I Play Dead
January 20th 2013: The Tide Began To Rise
January 21st 2013: Thorns
January 22nd 2013: My Heartstrings Come Undone
January 23rd 2013: Carry Me Down
January 24th 2013: Driving Nails
January 25th 2013: I Am A Stone
January 26th 2013: Blood In the Tears
January 27th 2013: Dead Flowers
January 28th 2013: LifeWar
January 29th 2013: Storm the Gates of Hell + Lead Us Home
January 30th 2013: The Flame That Guides Us Home + Not i
January 31st 2013: The Latest & the Last + Grand Finale

Becoming the Archetype Month
February 1st 2013: March of the Dead, Into Oblivion, Epoch Of War, Mountain of Souls, Resonant Frequency of Flesh, Magnetic Sky, Ocean Walker

Music Album Reviews
9. Between Here & Lost By Love And Death (helmed by Brian “Head” Welch Former Korn Lead Guitarist) [Posted: January 25 2013]
8. I AM By Becoming the Archetype (Posted: September 14th 2012)
7. Find Your Worth Come Home By To Speak of Wolves (Posted: May 25, 2012)
6. Celestial Progression (Remix Album) By Becoming the Archetype (Posted: May 21, 2012)
5 Return to Life By War of Ages (Posted: April 28, 2012)
4. Thousand Foot Krutch – The End Is Where We Begin (Posted: April 20, 2012)
3. KJ-52 – Dangerous (Posted: April 16, 2012)
2. Manafest – Fighter (Posted: April 15, 2012)
1. Demon Hunter – True Defiance (Posted: April 10, 2012)

Videogame Reviews:
5. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (N64) [Posted: January 31 2013]
4. Resident Evil: Code Veronica Review (Dreamcast) [Posted: October 5 2012]
3. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PS1, GameCube) [Posted: September 18th 2012]
2. Resident Evil 2 (GameCube) [Posted: September 3rd 2012]
1. Resident Evil Remake (GameCube) [Posted: August 14 2012]

Gilmore Girls Reviews
4. Gilmore Girls Season One Episode 4 – The Deer Hunters
3. Gilmore Girls Season One Episode 3 – Kill Me Now
2. Gilmore Girls Season One Episode 2 – The Lorelais’ First Day At Chilton Review
1. Gilmore Girls Season One Episode 1 – Pilot Review

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WatchMePlay Zelda: Majora’s Mask Let’s Play Videos
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