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Yoshi's Epic Yarn coming to Wii U
A new game from the developers of the sublime Kirby's Epic Yarn is coming to Wii U, but this time it's not Kirby that's made of string -- it's Yoshi. The unnamed game -- which I'm calling Yoshi's Epic Yarn of course -- is a sidescroller in a patchwork land, very much like the Kirby Wii title. Only a brief bit of footage was shown, so hopefully more details come soon. Yep ... cannot say I'm not happy with this. Very excited! Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
11:30 AM on 05.20.2013 Nintendo apes Kickstarter with Wario's CrowdfarterIt's safe to say that Nintendo is in a comfortable spot when it comes to first party development and funding. But Wario is not content with Nintendo's handling of the situation, and has launched his own "Crowdfarter" parody s...
10:30 AM on 05.20.2013 Nintendo Download Europe: Kirby and Donkey KongEuropeans have a lot to look forward to today, as Kirby's Dream Course (one of my favorite Kirby games) and Kirby Super Star (one of the best platformers of all time) headline the Wii U Virtual Console. If you own Kirby's Adv...
1:00 PM on 05.18.2013 NPD: Injustice and Dead Island lead sales in April[DC zombie sculpts by Casey Love Designs] The NPD Group released US sales data for April 2013 two days ago, but a complete lack of enthusiasm on the part of the Destructoid staff has delayed our posting it. Not our fault! Loo...
9:30 PM on 05.17.2013 New Sonic, EA Vs. Wii U, The Last Of Us & BatmanHere's today's formerly-live Destructoid Show, on which I wear a bad shirt again. Nintendo had one of their little Nintendo Direct press conference thingies this morning, and a bunch of news came out of that. They're also d...
6:30 PM on 05.17.2013 EA Sports dev says 'The Wii U is crap'We already knew that EA wasn't working on any Wii U games, but we weren't made privy to the exact reasons for that decision. Other than the puzzling report that EA's Frostbite 2 doesn't test well on the console (despite the f...
11:30 AM on 05.17.2013 New Game & Wario games demonstratedToday's Nintendo Direct showed off some new games from one of my most anticipated titles of the year: Game and Wario. One such game, titled Island, has players launching "Fronks" onto a spinning target in order to get as man...
11:00 AM on 05.17.2013 Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3DI remember where I was when Donkey Kong Country Returns was announced for the Wii. I was in the E3 press room during the Nintendo conference, and I shouted a few obscenities at the screen after the surprise trailer, garnering...
10:34 AM on 05.17.2013 Here's everything that happened at Nintendo Direct todayIt wasn't the biggest Nintendo Direct event today, but we did get some more info on a few games like New Super Luigi U and Pikmin 3, as well as release dates like Wonderful 101. The event ended up being mostly Wii U-centric, ...
10:03 AM on 05.17.2013 Nintendo to release demos for select E3 games at Best BuyIt appears as if Nintendo will be "bringing E3 to the public" in the words of Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. Nintendo will be bringing playable builds of their newly announced Wii U games to select Best Buy l...
9:46 AM on 05.17.2013 Pikmin 3 to feature Alph, Brittany, and Captain CharlieNintendo let loose a ton of new info on Pikmin 3 today, like the fact that the new cast consists of characters named Alph, Brittany, and Captain Charlie. These adorable creatures have crash landed on a planet while in search ...
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Donkey Kong Country Returns is one of the hardest games Nintendo has made in years. While the core game is extremely manageable, completing the game's fabled mirror mode, which forces you to best every level in the game backw...more
I remember where I was when Donkey Kong Country Returns was announced for the Wii. I was in the E3 press room during the Nintendo conference, and I shouted a few obscenities at the screen after the surprise trailer, garnering...more
Luigi is rockin' it hardcore! The upcoming New Super Mario Bros. U expansion, New Super Luigi U, is ready to drop on eShop on June 20 for $19.99. Not only that, there will be a special standalone disc, which doesn't require y...more View all Platform games |


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