Mass Effect 3 and Trine 2 confirmed for Wii U

Showing off some of the big fancy 'hardcore' games coming to the Wii U, Nintendo revealed during E3 that both Mass Effect 3 and Trine 2 are coming to the console too.

Alice O'Connor

June 5, 2012 9:40 AM

Showing off some of the big fancy 'hardcore' games coming to the Wii U, Nintendo revealed during E3 that both Mass Effect 3 and Trine 2 are coming to the console too.

Trine 2 will be in shiny Director's Cut format, though what exactly is different has yet to be revealed.

Also in the showreel were Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Tank! Tank! Tank! and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, though most of these were revealed at E3 last year.

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June 5, 2012 9:40 AM

Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 and Trine 2 confirmed for Wii U.

Showing off some of the big fancy 'hardcore' games coming to the Wii U, Nintendo revealed during E3 that both Mass Effect 3 and Trine 2 are coming to the console too.
- Dagger Man
  
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  June 5, 2012 10:27 AM
  
  what? why mass effect 3???
  - [deleted] 355768971
    
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    June 5, 2012 10:52 AM
    
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    - Mmmmmoo
      
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      June 5, 2012 11:11 AM
      
      Oh snap!
    - geedeck
      
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      June 5, 2012 12:56 PM
      
      hahahahahaha
    - HamChowder
      
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      June 5, 2012 2:12 PM
      
      Daaaaaamn
    - dirge23
      
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      June 6, 2012 10:47 AM
      
      reciprocal burn
- Narrator2012
  
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  June 5, 2012 11:17 AM
  
  Haha, it's big news when Nintendo shows off how its next-gen console will eventually, in the future (whenever the WiiU comes out), start to catch up with a few current-gen games.
  - DougL
    
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    June 5, 2012 12:36 PM
    
    Wii U is not next-gen. Wii U is current-gen. Nintendo will have two consoles within this current generation and likely replace the Wii U by the time games are no longer made for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
    - Zek
      
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      June 5, 2012 12:42 PM
      
      If the Wii belongs to this generation then by the same logic the Wii U is next-gen.
      - Entity
        
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        June 5, 2012 1:23 PM
        
        I view Wii U as trying to fix mistakes like the woefully underpowered current Wii they released alongside significantly more powerful systems like the 360 and PS triple.
    - Shadowdane
      
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      June 5, 2012 1:13 PM
      
      WiiU is more like Current-Gen ½
    - Wikidd
      
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      June 5, 2012 2:03 PM
      
      The Nintendo console after Wii U will be out in 2017. Nintendo machines are designed with a 5yr lifecycle in mind.
      
      They'll print money with Wii U imo.
      - deathofrats
        
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        June 5, 2012 2:10 PM
        
        I don't see how. People were actually pretty excited about the Wii when it launched, despite the woohah over the name. Reaction to this has been lukewarm at best.
        
        HockeyJohnston
        
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        June 5, 2012 2:18 PM
        
        I have a completely different memory of the pre-launch attitudes towards the Wii. It wasn't until it became a 'hard to get Christmas item' that anyone thought it was going to make an impact. There was a whole lot of 'Nintendo's dead' around 05 from the enthusiast crowd.
        
        Zek
        
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        June 5, 2012 2:47 PM
        
        The Wii made a huge splash at the E3 before its launch and there was a ton of hype from that point on. Certainly there were still a lot of nerds on the internet proclaiming its imminent failure, but that's hardly anything new.
      - one random winner
        
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        June 5, 2012 2:10 PM
        
        Yeah, another upgrade to the Wii Fit machine.
      - theWhite
        
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        June 5, 2012 2:21 PM
        
        i think a lot of people got burned on the wii, gamers i mean, not the "casual" audience.
      - K1Bond007
        
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        June 5, 2012 3:15 PM
        
        I bet midway through the cycle they'll release a new tablet that allows it to function as a typical mobile tablet (e.g., iPad).
        
        Honestly, if Nintendo were to have made that out of the box with a pretty impressive portable Wii Store (i.e., app store) then it would have been a huge system seller. I bet Microsoft does this - not include a tablet, but allow 3rd party manufactured Windows 8 tablets to sync to the next Xbox and have similar functionality.
    - Mmmmmoo
      
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      June 5, 2012 2:16 PM
      
      Wii U is next gen for Nintendo. Although based on what we know of the specs, it seems more like a catch-up console despite it being more powerful than the current Xbox and PS3.