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Japanese Nintendo Direct - live-stream/blog

by rawmeatcowboy
05 December 2012
GN Version 4.0
Check out the entire recorded presentation here



Live video by Ustream

This event will be 44 minutes long and will focus on the Wii U launch in Japan.





- LEGO City Undercover release date TBA in Japan
- FIFA 13 12/8, 7665 yen. Mass Effect 3 12/8, 6090 yen. MH3 12/8, 4800 yen.
- Ninja Gaiden 3 12/8, 7140 yen. Musou Orochi 2 Hyper 12/8, 7140 yen. #NSMBU 12/8, 5985 yen.
- Nintendo Land 12/8, 4935 yen. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Ed. 12/8, 6980 yen.
- Nintendo is starting their own dedicated NSMBU YT channel
- Game & Wario has 16 mini-games, all playable with GamePad only, by up to 5 players.


- one Game and Wario game: Pretend to be asleep while your mother is walking by the window or peeks in the door.


- Game and Wario is due out in Japan early 2013
- Pikmin 3 due out Spring 2013




- Rayman Legends will be published by Nintendo
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II hits Japan on Dec. 20th


- Dragon Quest X due out on Wii U in 2013
- DQX to be available on disk and as a download on the eShop. Title will also allow you to utilize saves via the cloud.


- Wii U Panorama View due out on eShop in 2013
- Google Maps to be viewable on GamePad in the same way as Panorama View. Google Maps on #WiiU will go up around the end of January, and will be free through the end of March