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Iwata gets Down in Wii Sports Club – Online play, New Training Modes, Miiverse & more Revealed

Nintendo has uploaded a brand new video showing off all the new controls for Wii Sports Club on the Wii U. The game now supports Wii motion plus for lob shots, topspin, backspin, forehand, backhands, and more. Check out the video past the link.

Wii Sports Club launches in November for the Wii U.

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PopRocks3593871d ago

Well, at least it has more content and modes. Nice to know I'm getting some thing for $9.99 I'm going to have to spend. If this was just a straight HD port of the original without anything new in it I don't think I'd be okay with spending that much.

Theyellowflash303871d ago

True, and that's why I was upset with all the people bashing the price. Its more than just a port. There are new modes, Wii mote plus integration, Online gameplay, Miiverse.

Its far more than a simple port.

PopRocks3593871d ago

While I understand why that would annoy you (I mean, it annoyed me too) the thing is Nintendo never detailed all of this information when they first announced it. For all we knew, this was literally an HD rerelease with online multiplayer.

Obviously that's not the case, so NOW the price ought to feel more justified.

Theyellowflash303871d ago

Here's the thing, since when does Nintendo reveal all the details when they announce a game?

That was what I was trying to tell people. There is still more to come, probably in a Nintendo direct or Iwata Asks. And I just called a Nintendrone or doing damage control.

PopRocks3593871d ago

Welcome to N4G, as they say. Remember the whole Unreal Engine 4/Wii U fiasco? I actually lost a bubble because everyone INSISTED that Unreal Engine 4 was not going to run on Wii U.

Lo and behold the next day it was announced and nobody even attempted to save face. That's how stupid some people in this community can be.

lilbroRx3871d ago

Online modes? This suddenly caught my interest.

AJBACK2FRAG3871d ago

I really like the Miiverse message system. I hope alot more Wii U games utilize this! Really really psyched to get my hand's on this baby!!!!! Yeah!!!

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos15d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H915d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX14d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H914d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro14d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos13d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger8815d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk7714d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos14d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris14d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno31d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.