Super Mario 3D World Is New Non-Side-Scrolling Mario Game (WiiU). Cat Suit Power Up And 4-Player Simultaneous Play As Peach, Toad, Mario, Luigi (Ala Super Mario Bros. 2)

So out of leftfield! I love it! Cats! :D

Super Mario 3D World for WiiU has been announced via Nintendo’s E3 2013 Nintendo Direct presentation which showed off footage of the all-new non-side-scrolling Mario game.

This game expands on last year’s 3DS title “Super Mario 3D Land”. As the name suggests, it is not “Land” (like “Super Mario Land”) but “World” (Like Super Mario World), and thus is a step-up and giant expansion of what we saw on the 3DS, this time on the WiiU with console-lized HD graphics and cool new features.

The biggest feature of Super Mario 3D World is the addition of Peach, Toad and Luigi as completely separate playable characters all with their own separate abilities modeled after Super Mario Bros. 2! Not only that, but you can play as… wait for it…. CAT MARIO! The Cat Suit allows you to transform into Cat Mario, Cat Luigi, Cat Peach or Cat Toad with some really cool new abilities.

I love the way you can leap between platforms as a Cat!

The Cat Suit allows you to run very fast, quickly “pounce” and shoot downward towards platforms as you leap, catlike, from hill to hill, and best of all, the ability to climb walls! While the Cat Suit sounds completely ridiculous at first, once you see it in action you will cheer. It really makes the game look so much funner than it would without it and makes the platforming pop even more above and beyond standard Mario.

Get a much more in-depth view of the game with this Developer Interview.

Other than that, this game looks like Super Mario 3D Land, just not in stereoscopic 3D. The viewpoint is the same as in the 3DS game, and Shigeru Miyamoto emphasized that this game will have a greater focus on Pipes and Warp Pipes in this game, and you can actually see inside the pipe as your three other buddies go through them.

Remember these levels? Now with four players!

All in all, Super Mario 3D Land is a nice surprise, although not as huge of a leap for a new non-side-scrolling Mario game than say, the first time we saw Super Mario Galaxy. In that sense it is a bit disappointing, but once you see the game in action and realize that you get to play through it with four of your buddies on the couch in local multiplayer (will it support online multiplayer? We can only hope!), you will be hard pressed not to have a smile on your face. I know I sure did! Can’t wait to play it, and definitely more excited for this game than New Super Mario Bros. U.

It should be noted that this game and the new Donkey Kong are the titles Nintendo seems to work be working on first, and trying to get them out quickly to boost sales of the WiiU. Therefore, these games are based on previous games (Donkey Kong Country Returns and Super Mario 3D Land), which allows Nintendo to build and make them much quicker than if they had to build a completely new, and more innovative and unique game, in the vein of what we saw with Super Mario Galaxy. So take heart, a more innovative Mario game will definitely come soon enough, albeit probably not for another year or two.

 

Mario Kart 8 WiiU Announced. Features Hovercraft For Crazy F-Zero Style Tracks. Plus Carts, Bikes, Underwater and Hover Gliding

Awesome tracks in this new Mario Kart 8 for WiiU!

Mario Kart 8 has been announced for WiiU at Nintendo’s E3 2013 Nintendo Direct presentation!

(Be sure you watch the trailer in HD!)

This game looks absolutely phenomenal. It is seriously a huge step up from Mario Kart Wii for Wii and Mario Kart 7 for 3DS, taking elements from both of those games (such as the motorcyle bikes from Mario Kart Wii and the ability to hover or glide through the air and go underwater from Mario Kart 7) and then adding insane new tracks inspired by F-Zero with new hovercraft that the standard carts can change into at will.

Once in hovercraft mode, players will be able to drive along the walls and the ceiling, and the tracks now feature winding, crazy looks, tracks that go upside down and along walls, just like in the F-Zero series!

You have to see it in action to truly appreciate how awesome this game looks. I was not a big fan of Mario Kart 7 or Mario Kart Wii (which I didn’t even play), but this new game has my attention. Additionally the graphics look great, finally an high-definition, graphically impressive Mario Kart game!

All of the returning characters you know and love return including Toadette(!), Mario, Luigi, Toad, Bowser, Peach, Yoshi, Koopa Troopa, Wario, Donkey Kong, Waluigi, and Daisy. Surely more characters will be featured in the game, which always feature tons of Mario characters. I wonder if they’ll finally add NINTENDO characters to the game. I really want to see Link and Ganon driving carts!

 

Mega Man Joins Super Smash Bros. 4 WiiU, 3DS! Retro Awesome To the Max! New E3 2013 Trailer Videos (Nintendo Direct)

Bad freakin’ ass! Mega Man joins the Smash Bros. cast!

Mega Man is in Super Smash Bros. 4 WiiU/3DS, and you can see the Blue Bomber in action with this new E3 2013 Nintendo Direct gameplay reveal trailer which showed off the first official footage of the new Super Smash Bros. games in action!

The game looks really good, the graphics look great, and all of the classic characters you know and love are featured, including: Samus, Link, Donkey Kong, Mario, Luigi, Peach, Pikachu, Fox, etc.

Two new characters were revealed: Mega Man annnnnd…. Villager! The Villager is from Animal Crossing, and has awesome Animal Crossing inspired moves like Cutting Trees and hooking your opponents head with his net!

But Mega Man is the one who stole the show! He has the most badass classic Mega Man, retro gameplay look and has moves inspired by all of the original NES Mega Man 1 8bit bosses! I was also extremely impressed with the way they made Mega Man’s Buster Arm Cannon shoot completely differently from Samus’.

SO. AWESOME.

Officially entitled simply “Super Smash Bros.”, it will be released for WiiU and 3DS in 2014!

 

InFamous PS4 Game Is Awesome. Titled Second Son, Trailer Is Mighty Impressive

I love this part of the trailer!

InFamous: Second Son is definitely a killer-app for the PS4 and impressed many with this awesome gameplay trailer shown at Sony’s E3 2013 Press Conference.

The game features an open-world design but a very, very strong focus on story and character development. The new moves you can do in this game are phenomenal, and even though I’ve never played the previous two games, this game immediately shot to the top of my list. Fans will notice a lot of familiar moves as well as tons of new ones. This game just looks super tight.

Definitely a must-have game for the PS4.

 

Does PS4 Require Always Online Internet Connection? No. No Online Check For Single Player Either

PS4 does NOT require an always online Internet connection, nor does it require an online check! Want to play a single player game offline without ever getting online? You can do exactly that!

An absolute sucker-punch to Microsoft and their tough DRM policies that have gotten the house that Xbox built in hot water… Will all of this force Microsoft to reverse course? Let’s all hope so!

 

PS4. How To Share, Lend, Borrow, Rent Games On PlayStation 4. Instructional Video (Genius Sony Marketing In Action)

Used Games ftw!

How do you lend, borrow, share, trade or rent games on PS4? Is it complicated? Absolutely not… Behold!

One of the most genius marketing moves EVER! Bravo Sony! Bravo! Well played!

 

How Much Does PS4 Cost? $400. $100 Cheaper Than XboxOne

Wow. Megaton!

How much does the PS4 cost? $400. That’s the price for the PlayStation 4, making it a full $100 dollars cheaper than the $500 dollar XboxOne!

This is a HUGE blow to Microsoft, and could go very far in ensuring that PlayStation 4 will be the immediate favorite in the next-gen console war, at least out the starting gate.

Of course, which company has the better games is up to taste, I personally found the XboxOne’s lineup with TitanFall and Ryse to be much more impressive… but will that be enough for Microsoft? Time will tell!

 

PS4 Will Get Exclusive Sony Pictures TV Shows, Movies, And Content

PS4 will get exclusive Sony Pictures TV shows, movies and content in a huge new push to unite the PlayStation-brand with Sony’s other departments in movies, music and video.

This is Sony’s push to directly compete with Microsoft’s XboxOne and it’s focus on TV. However Sony is even more powerful in this department by the very fact that Breaking Bad, for example, was created by Sony Pictures!

In other words, they can provide exclusive TV shows or movies of the highest caliber, something Microsoft can’t boast… at least through in-house content.

Exactly how this will develop for the PS4 is up in the air, but this is a huge announcement by Sony either way from their E3 2013 Press Conference.

 

PlayStation 4 System Revealed

It’s official!

Here is the PS4 System itself!

 

Star Wars Battlefront Returns. XboxOne, PS4 Or PC? No Details Revealed (E3 2013 EA Press Conference)

Star Wars Battlefront next-gen announced.

Star Wars Battlefront returns! It’s back, but on XboxOne, PS4 or PC? We don’t know as details weren’t revealed, only the words “Star Wars Battlefront”, words that fans have been waiting and clamoring for, as they wait for their favorite online game to return.

No details on the game were revealed, nor anything else. But hey, it’s a great development.