Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Wonderful 101 arrives on Wii U September 15 in NA, August 23 in EU]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/17/wonderful-101-arrives-on-wii-u-september-15/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/17/wonderful-101-arrives-on-wii-u-september-15/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/17/wonderful-101-arrives-on-wii-u-september-15/#comments Nintendo has revealed that Wonderful 101 will land on the Wii U on September 15 in North America and on August 23 in Europe. Coming from Platinum Games, Wonderful 101 sees players wielding ordinary citizens as weapons. It's as nutty as it sounds.

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Platinum Games' crowd-control action game, The Wonderful 101, is due in the first half of 2013. Here's a trailer of the super team protecting the city and having some fun on the side.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>nintendoPlatinum-Gamesproject-p-100the-wonderful-101wii-uWed, 23 Jan 2013 10:42:00 EST<![CDATA[Game & Wario, Wonderful 101 in first half of 2013]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/game-and-wario-wonderful-101-in-first-half-of-2013/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/game-and-wario-wonderful-101-in-first-half-of-2013/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/game-and-wario-wonderful-101-in-first-half-of-2013/#comments Game & Wario, Wonderful 101 in first half of 2013There are more Wii U games coming, sometime early this year. Along with a reconfirmed "first half of 2013" date for Wii Fit U, Nintendo put minigame collection Game & Wario and Platinum's crowd-control action game The Wonderful 101 in the same release window today.

Pikmin 3's release window became less specific. The last we heard, it was due sometime in the spring; now, it's also in the first half. That's functionally the same thing, we suppose.

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The Wonderful 101, a Pikmin-esque action game from Platinum Games for the Wii U, was just announced during Nintendo's European Wii U event. As it so happens, The Wonderful 101 is actually the official name of Project P-100, which was originally announced back at E3.

In the brief trailer shown, players were shown controlling a large group of superheroes via the WiiPad, which could then combine into larger creatures to wage war with a seemingly invading alien race. As it did back in June, the game had a distinctly Viewtiful Joe vibe to it and seemed quite lighthearted.

Update: The official trailer has been added above for your viewing pleasure.

Gallery: The Wonderful 101

JoystiqProject P-100 now 'The Wonderful 101' [Update: Now with trailer!] originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>nintendonintendo-directp-100platinum-gamesproject-p-100the-wonderful-101wii-uThu, 13 Sep 2012 10:39:00 EST<![CDATA[E3 2012's secret trend: crowd-control strategy]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/09/e3-2012s-secret-trend-crowd-control-strategy/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/09/e3-2012s-secret-trend-crowd-control-strategy/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/09/e3-2012s-secret-trend-crowd-control-strategy/#comments E3's secret trend crowdcontrol strategyA few trends have been identified at E3 this year, based on the trailers shown and games announced: shocking violence, scripted shooting, helicopters and bows. I noticed another one that has randomly bubbled up among Japanese companies: crowd-control strategy games.

Of course, the most noticeable exemplar of this sudden trend is Pikmin 3, but it's not the only game to show up this E3 that is about guiding a swarm of little critters around to fight big enemies and destroy obstacles. XSEED showed off Acquire's rhythm-based Orgarhythm, in which a strutting god is surrounded by element-based troops, and Konami brought the Vita sequel to Little King's Story.

Platinum Games sort of got into the act as well with its Wii U launch window game Project P-100, which is still about recruiting and controlling a bunch of random citizens; however, you have less individual control of them than in the other games, and instead you use their pure mass to form a weapon. It still totally counts for the purpose of an informal article, though.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3-2012project-p-100strategySat, 09 Jun 2012 10:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Using the power of the people in Wii U's 'Project P-100']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/using-the-power-of-the-people-in-wii-us-project-p-100/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/using-the-power-of-the-people-in-wii-us-project-p-100/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/06/using-the-power-of-the-people-in-wii-us-project-p-100/#comments P100Among the Wii U's minigame collection-heavy E3 lineup was a weird, weird surprise: an original action game by Platinum Games. Project P-100 isn't just an anomaly among Wii U games, it stands out among Platinum's lineup. It's very cartoony and cute, adjectives I won't see applied to Bayonetta or Anarchy Reigns anytime soon. The main character does bear a resemblance to Viewtiful Joe by pre-Platinum Clover Studio, but he's way too tiny on screen to really make the connection.

It also abandons the "character action" style most associated with the studio in favor of, well, more characters. Your superhero protagonist can recruit a coterie of random citizens (by drawing a circle around them with the right analog stick) sort of Pikmin-style. However, instead of simply directing them toward the giant robot enemies, you wield your crew as weapons. You can hit a button to do basic "team attacks" that essentially use them as a bludgeon.

Gallery: Project P-100 (E3 2012)

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