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Why is There a Tower Defense Game Based on the Movie Old School?You know what we need? A tower defense game based on a 2003 Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell movie about 30-something men partying at college. Someone had that thought, and now we have an Android and iOS game.


A game developed by Big Blue Bubble no less, the developer behind the wonderful My Singing Monsters and Burn the Rope. They make good games. Could this be a good game?


Progressing through increasing levels of difficulty, each player is challenged to protect their frat house and beer from Party Crashers and the nefarious Dean by strategically placing pledges and generating resources.


The official announcement makes it sound... interesting, but I'm not betting a dollar on a game based on a wacky comedy from ten years ago.


If you want to, go ahead. It's on Google Play and iOS right now.


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Nestled in all the bombshells of this morning's Nintendo Direct was a nice looking new trailer for Platinum Games' strategy/action title The Wonderful 101—formerly Project P-100.


This Pikmin meets Viewtiful Joe meets Kaiju game still looks fun, and the trailer highlights some of the GamePad integration, including sections of the game played exclusively on it (whenever your avatar goes inside perhaps?). A supposed launch window title for Wii U, The Wonderful 101 is still without a release date.


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Shown off at the Nintendo Direct this morning, here's a look at Bayonetta 2, which will be out for Wii U at some point in the future.


This Wii U exclusive is a sequel to Bayonetta, an action game developed by Platinum Games that was released on Xbox 360 and PS3 back in 2010.


Platinum sure has a nice office, don't ya think?


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Nintendo's top man told viewers about upcoming firmware updates, Miiverse smartphone integration and new games for the company's Yoshi and Zelda series. And bombs about new titles from the Xenoblade team and a Shin Megami Tensei/Fire Emblem crossover were dropped, too. If you missed any of the above, you can watch the whole thing in glorious Iwata-vision right now.


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Monolith Soft showed off its latest game today in a short trailer. The game footage showed a protagonist running across a field, slaying monsters, and flying around in a jet pack.


The trailer also showed what looked like a motorcycle. A very cool motorcycle. And it seems like there will be lots of monsters, giving the trailer a decidedly Monster Hunter vibe.


At the end of the trailer, however, a large X in red splashed on the screen.


Kunihiko Tanaka is the game's character designer, Tetsuya Takahashi is the executive director, while Hiroyuki Sawano is doing the music. Takahashi is the creative force behind Xenogears, the Xenosaga games, and more recently, Xenoblade.



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You'll be able to play The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker on your Wii U this fall. No, the Wii U isn't suddenly getting backwards compatibility to support the GameCube. Nintendo's remaking the game.


Yep, Nintendo is remaking the cartoonish GameCube Zelda game and giving it the full Wii U treatment, complete with new graphics and Off-TV Play (meaning you can play the new Wind Waker on your GamePad controller, with the TV off). The remake will be out this fall.


Nintendo announced the news along with the promise of another Zelda game, which they say won't be ready to announce for a while.


Miss the rest of this morning's Nintendo Direct bonanza? The Mario makers detailed the Wii U's Virtual Console, showed off the new game from the creators of Xenoblade and even teased at a crazy Fire Emblem-Shin Megami Tensei crossover. You can find all of our Nintendo Direct coverage right here.


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Holy crap! Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei are crossing over in this new Wii U game, announced at the Nintendo Direct today.


We don't have any details on the surprising crossover: all we know is that it's a collaboration between Atlus and Nintendo's developer Intelligent Systems.


You might recognize Atlus's Shin Megami Tensei as the series comprising some of their most popular games, like Persona 3 and Persona 4. It's interesting and unusual to see Nintendo blending that with its Fire Emblem strategy-RPG series.


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Just look at that adorable twine Yoshi. This new Yoshi game, made by the folks who made Kirby's Epic Yarn was announced for Wii U this morning.


We really enjoyed Kirby's Epic Yarn, a Wii game starring a knitted version of the obese pink furball that came out back in 2010.


We don't have many more details on the new game, other than the short teaser that you can see above. But it sure is cute.


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New Wii U Mario And Mario Kart Games Will Be Revealed At E3


Nintendo today promised that new 3D Mario and Mario Kart games are coming to Wii U.


That shouldn't surprise you: Mario and Mario Kart are staples of any Nintendo hardware platform. But the new 3D Mario is coming from Nintendo's A-Team, the developers responsible for classics like Galaxy and Super Mario 3D Land for 3DS, so that's pretty exciting.


Even more exciting: they'll both be revealed—and playable—at the E3 convention this June.


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The Wii U's Miiverse Comes To Smartphones This SpringSmartphones will be able to access the Miiverse—the Wii U's social network—sometime this spring, Nintendo announced this morning, with a dedicated app for smart devices to follow sometime later. In short, it sounds Miiverse will have a mobile-optimized website soon.


Miiverse is the hub where Wii U players connect with others, sharing comments, thoughts, images and drawings in communities segmented by game (or app). The smartphone support is one of a few upgrades Miiverse is getting this spring, including the ability to set up user-created communities within certain games. Wii Fit U was given as an example.


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