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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the company is considering mergers and acquisitions as an option for its strategy going forward, following a financial report that showed Wii U still floundering.
Pinch, punch, first new releases of the month! (Check your retailer's returns policy.) We'll see the launch of Fable Anniversary, Bravely Default, Jazzpunk, The LEGO Movie Videogame, Outlast on PS4, Dustforce on PlayThings, and oodles more.
A group of indie developers have gotten together to offer a cross-promotional sale on their Wii U games. If you own (or buy) Toki Tori 2, Mighty Switch Force, Runner 2, Spin the Bottle, or Giana Sisters, all of the others will be 60% off.
One more piece of Batman: Arkham Origins DLC is still to come, a little story campaign, but it won't be coming to Wii U. Warner Bros. has confirmed that it's cancelled the Wii U release, as there's not enough interest. You know, the real Batman would stick up for the underdog.
The Steel/Fighting-type Pokémon, Lucario, is bringing his unique aura back to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, making his triumphant return from 2006's Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Nintendo is planning an update for this summer that will give players a "Quick Start Menu" option for the Wii U, letting you select from five games as soon as you start up the console and bypass the Miiverse console startup screen.
Mario Kart 8 will be coming in May, Nintendo announced at its recent financial briefing.
Nintendo's Satoru Iwata says that DS games will be coming to the Wii U Virtual Console, as part of a company effort to "focus on enriching the value of the GamePad to give momentum to Wii U this year."
Nintendo's next big Wii U release doesn't bother to use the GamePad for anything.
"all of this technology, it might appear in future games--it might just not be on boats."
