A few details about Aliens: Colonial Marines on the Wii U

Aliens: Colonial Marines was one of the first games announced for the Wii U and Kotaku has shared a few details.

The entire game will be playable via controller’s touchscreen. So, if someone is watching the television, it doesn’t really matter. You’ll be able to continue slaughtering aliens. But, if you have access to the television there’s a bunch of other cool things you can do.

If you’re familiar with the Alien movies, you’ll be familiar with the motion tracker that allows the soldiers to detect enemies and allies. Your Wii U controller can become one of those. You can physically move the controller and your enemies and allies will pop up on the touchscreen as little blips based on the direction of the controller.

For example, if there’s an alien to your right, the motion tracker will only detect them if you point the controller to your right, which I think sounds pretty awesome, as long as it doesn’t break up the gameplay too much.

There’s also a fully interactive map you’ll be able to use and a mini-game that allows you to “hack” doors to open them via the touchscreen.

I didn’t think much of Aliens: Colonial Marines when I saw the game was announced for the Wii U, but these are some creative ideas that could actually be very neat.

Source: Wii U Blog by David Turnbull

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The Wii U is coming out in Spring or Summer, says SEGA

Alan Pritchard has confirmed that Sonic Generations will not be on the Wii U, explaining that “the timing just doesn’t work.” But at the same time, he’s narrowed down the release window, sharing that “the Wii U is coming out next spring/summer.”

Of course, details can change. And I’m pretty sure Nintendo is not certain when they plan to release the new hardware. All we know is that it’s coming out after April 2012. But one of the earliest rumors scheduled the hardware to be available in June 2012, so maybe it will turn out to be accurate?

Source: Wii U Blog by David Turnbull

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Video: First look at Killer Freaks in Outer Space on the Wii U

Killer Freaks from Outer Space is an exclusive first-person shooter for the Wii U that I imagine will be available at launch as it’s coming from Ubisoft. But it’s built completely for the new system and is tailor-made for the new controls. Plus, it’s one of the prettier things we’ve seen on the system when viewed in motion (there were screenshots, but I don’t think they do the game justice).

Anyway, the above video is from a developer roundtable during E3 and gives quite an extensive look at the game, directly from the people are working on it.

Source: Wii U Blog by David Turnbull

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The Greatest Prank in the World

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Source: Wii U Blog by David Turnbull

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