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Kirby and the Rainbow Curse adds Amiibo support, arrives Feb. 2015
Nintendo has announced an official title for Kirby's next adventure: Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. During a Nintendo Direct event today, Nintendo's Bill Trinen revealed the game will feature four-player multiplayer. Like in the single-player, player one will indirectly control Kirby's progress by way of the Wii U gamepad's touch screen, while three additional players take control of Waddle Dee. In the mode Waddle Dee can help collect and explore items in the world, as well as grab and throw Kirby. Trinen also revealed the Kirby and the Rainbow Curse will be compatible with Amiibo, Nintendo-themed figures that unlock content in-game when placed on top of the Wii U gamepad. No details on how Amiibo will affect the game were revealed. During a Europe-specific stream, Nintendo of Europe announced the game will carry the title Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush in its regions. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse – which was originally titled Kirby's Rainbow Curse – is set to arrive on Wii U in February 2015.
Code Name: STEAM launches in spring 2015
Code Name: STEAM launches on 2DS and 3DS in spring 2015, Nintendo announced today during its Direct livestream. Code Name: STEAM is a new, tactical IP from the Fire Emblem studio that puts players in charge of a four-person team. You'll have to take down enemies in turn-based battles and manage your steam consumption. Also, it stars Abraham Lincoln. See a picture of Abe in-game below.
Pokemon brawl: Charizard, Greninja join Super Smash Bros. roster
Super Smash Bros. will include the Pokemon Charizard and Greninja when it launches on 3DS this summer and on Wii U in the winter. Nintendo saved the announcement as an after-Direct snack, showing off Charizard and Greninja in a video following Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai's sign-off. Super Smash Bros. includes the Masterball, a shiny new form of a Pokeball with rare Pokemon inside. Nintendo also revealed a list of non-playable Pokemon that can be summoned during battle in today's Nintendo Direct: Meowth, Electrode, Evee, Staryu, Metagross, Fennekin, Meloetta, Gogoat, Entei, Deoxys, Palkia, Kyurem, Victini, Keldeo, Xerneas. Yeah, we read that like the Pokemon Rap, too.
