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Firest0rm · Jun 8, 2012

Posted this in the existing Nintendo E3 threads, but perhaps it deserves its own thread. Both Futureshop and Bestbuy in Canada are listing Splinter Cell Blacklist for the Wii U:

Futureshop page
BestBuy page

According to both pages the game is delivering to their warehouses 02/28/2013.

Linkhero1 · Jun 8, 2012

They're probably just copying that blockbuster list from earlier.

TheNamesPlissken · Jun 8, 2012

the other games listed for WiiU all have release dates listed as 12/31/13, so not sure if it means anything or if they just made an assumption.

Gamer @ Heart · Jun 8, 2012

This is far from official, sadly.

But we all kind of expect this dont we?

I think we will see alot of Q1 and spring games make the jump.

Zero148 · Jun 8, 2012

WiiU Launch in October confirmed, so february is not in the launch window and blacklist was not announced at E3

are retailer listings even good sources?

Firest0rm · Jun 8, 2012

Linkhero1 said:
They're probably just copying that blockbuster list from earlier.

Can you link me? I haven't seen it.

TheNamesPlissken said:
the other games listed for WiiU all have release dates listed as 12/31/13, so not sure if it means anything or if they just made an assumption.

That date is also listed for PS3/X360 games (including their versions of SC BL). It's just filler date.

Hero of Legend · Jun 8, 2012

Well Canada (well here in Quebec at least) seems to have a hard-on for Ubisoft, so maybe they have inside info?

gamergirly · Jun 8, 2012

But....I thought there weren't supposed to be any 3rd party games for the Wii U right???

Hero of Legend · Jun 8, 2012

Trine 2 is also on the site, wasn't this a download on 360 and PS3?

Zero148 · Jun 8, 2012

Hero of Legend said:
Trine 2 is also on the site, wasn't this a download on 360 and PS3?

so it is on WiiU

Linkhero1 · Jun 8, 2012

Firest0rm said:
Can you link me? I haven't seen it.

That date is also listed for PS3/X360 games (including their versions of SC BL). It's just filler date.

It doesn't say Blacklist, but it was on this list. It was proven to be bogus and put together I believe.

Firest0rm · Jun 8, 2012

Linkhero1 said:
It doesn't say Blacklist, but it was on this list. It was proven to be bogus and put together I believe.

When did the picture pop up? If it was before Sunday then I don't think this is fake given that it lists Zombie (ZombiU?)

antonz · Jun 8, 2012

Linkhero1 said:
It doesn't say Blacklist, but it was on this list. It was proven to be bogus and put together I believe.

It was claimed bogus by a manager but the fact a Manager knew about Zombiu months before its reveal is a little odd

Linkhero1 · Jun 8, 2012

Firest0rm said:
When did the picture pop up? If it was before Sunday then I don't think this is fake given that it lists Zombie (ZombiU?)

May 6, 2012.

I believe the guy who took snapshots of this said they put the list together.

antonz said:
It was claimed bogus by a manager but the fact a Manager knew about Zombiu months before its reveal is a little odd

I find it odd as well. I just realized Rayman Legends was on that list. When was Legends confirmed for the Wii U?

Metroid Hunter · Jun 8, 2012

Firest0rm said:
When did the picture pop up? If it was before Sunday then I don't think this is fake given that it lists Zombie (ZombiU?)

This was a WHILE back.

Jaded Alyx · Jun 8, 2012

Firest0rm said:
When did the picture pop up? If it was before Sunday then I don't think this is fake given that it lists Zombie (ZombiU?)

Yeh but...Shield Pose?

Brazil · Jun 8, 2012

Linkhero1 said:
May 6, 2012.

I believe the guy who took snapshots of this said they put the list together.

I find it odd as well. I just realized Rayman Legends was on that list. When was Legends confirmed for the Wii U?

April 27th.

donny2112 · Jun 8, 2012

Firest0rm said:
If it was before Sunday then I don't think this is fake given that it lists Zombie (ZombiU?)

Someone who helped put the list together for Blockbuster outright said it was just speculation.

That said, the BestBuy/Futureshop listing would be totally separate from anything Blockbuster was doing, so it could very well be true. Lack of many Wii U versions of third-party games at E3, so maybe they're just trickling in later.

It Begins.

/shangtsung

Firest0rm · Jun 8, 2012

How many of those games were announced prior to E3? The only game on that list that hasn't been shown at E3 as Wii U title is Splinter Cell. Who was the manager that said this was fake?

Linkhero1 · Jun 8, 2012

If Splinter Cell Blacklist does indeed come for the Wii U, it will probably be mid-late next year. This isn't good at all if Ubisoft is waiting to see how well Legends and ZombiU will do.

Brazil said:
April 27th.

I see. If it were confirmed after the list popped up then I would think it might have some merit to it. The Zombie game could have been a lucky guess. If RE6 ended up on the system, they could have claimed it was the Zombie game, though, there aren't many zombies in it.

bigtroyjon · Jun 8, 2012

Scott Moffit from Nintendo hinted that most 3rd party stuff will be coming to WiiU, so we'll probably see this game.

Interview

Q: You have some new games for hard-core gamers but I didn't see "Call of Duty" or "Battlefield" for the Wii U. Can you get the core gamer if you don't have those titles on there?

A: E3 for us is all about games. We're focusing on that first pillar of the three pillars of what E3 can offer. Over 20 games were unveiled. That's a pretty broad lineup. But I can assure you even more games will be coming during the launch period so if there's a favorite game that gamers like, I think there's a good chance it will be coming to the platform. .... I would expect that gamers will see an immense array of first- and third-party content at launch.

Jaded Alyx · Jun 8, 2012

bigtroyjon said:
Scott Moffit from Nintendo hinted that most 3rd party stuff will be coming to WiiU, so we'll probably see this game.

Interview

Really Scott Moffitt? Beyond Good & Evil 2 it is then.

Poyunch · Jun 8, 2012

My favorite game is Viewtiful Joe 3. Your move, Wii U.

Someone's probably just going to say P-100. >:[

TunaLover · Jun 8, 2012

bigtroyjon said:
Scott Moffit from Nintendo hinted that most 3rd party stuff will be coming to WiiU, so we'll probably see this game.

Interview

meh, they lied before, there's no reason to believe in them *sigh*

bigtroyjon · Jun 8, 2012

Jaded Alyx said:
Really Scott Moffitt? Beyond Good & Evil 2 it is then.

I've never heard of a marketing exec that would lie, so I would count on it.

v1oz · Jun 8, 2012

Zero148 said:
WiiU Launch in October confirmed, so february is not in the launch window and blacklist was not announced at E3

are retailer listings even good sources?

I think November 18-20 is the rumoured estimate.

soultron · Jun 8, 2012

Blacklist is coming out Spring 2013, according to Maxime Beland in the narrated E3 demo video.

Feb 28 seems too early.

Jaded Alyx · Jun 8, 2012

bigtroyjon said:
I've never heard of a marketing exec that would lie, so I would count on it.

Should I make a thread?

Gahiggidy · Jun 8, 2012

When has Scott Moffitt ever lied?

Firest0rm · Jun 8, 2012

Gahiggidy said:
When has Scott Moffitt ever lied?

When he said he'll speak for a few minutes about the 3DS and then proceeded to speak for over 10 minutes.

bgassassin · Jun 8, 2012

antonz said:
It was claimed bogus by a manager but the fact a Manager knew about Zombiu months before its reveal is a little odd

Linkhero1 said:
May 6, 2012.

I believe the guy who took snapshots of this said they put the list together.

I find it odd as well. I just realized Rayman Legends was on that list. When was Legends confirmed for the Wii U?

It's funny looking back because I think we were saying/thinking it had to be fake because of the Zombie game on the list.

antonz · Jun 8, 2012

bgassassin said:
It's funny looking back because I think we were saying/thinking it had to be fake because of the Zombie game on the list.

Indeed. everyone assumed Zombie was Resident Evil

Linkhero1 · Jun 8, 2012

bgassassin said:
It's funny looking back because I think we were saying/thinking it had to be fake because of the Zombie game on the list.

I remember haha. It was the first thing people looked at. I don't know what to think anymore

Brazil · Jun 8, 2012

Linkhero1 said:
I remember haha. It was the first thing people looked at. I don't know what to think anymore

Well, honestly, I'd be really surprised if the game didn't show up on Wii U considering the overwhelming support Ubisoft is giving it.

Also, the fact that the guy/team behind that list knew about "Zombie" might mean that they know what Ubisoft's up to.

So I choose to believe the list. It may not be 100% spot on (Shield Pose), but it's at least halfway there.

Linkhero1 · Jun 8, 2012

Brazil said:
Well, honestly, I'd be really surprised if the game didn't show up on Wii U considering the overwhelming support Ubisoft is giving it.

Ubisoft has not announced any titles for the Wii U after it's launch window except for Ghost Recon Online, so anything is possible. I'm just wondering why no Far Cry 3.

donny2112 · Jun 8, 2012

Linkhero1 said:
I'm just wondering why no Far Cry 3.

Because they put Far Cry Vengeance out at Wii's launch, and it's best not to go there again.

TheNamesPlissken · Jun 8, 2012

Bestbuy has "Skylanders Giants Starter Pack" listed for $74.99.

interesting?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/SKYLAND...218685703529&skuId=5710987&st=wii u&lp=3&cp=1

Linkhero1 · Jun 8, 2012

donny2112 said:
Because they put Far Cry Vengeance out at Wii's launch, and it's best not to go there again.

But..but this one is a real Far Cry game.

squicken · Jun 8, 2012

Linkhero1 said:
But..but this one is a real Far Cry game.

Could be that they don't want ports of already released games that don't take advantage of the tablet, and Ubi just doesn't have the time to do that with FC3?

Or the hardware can't handle it. We'll see

Linkhero1 · Jun 8, 2012

squicken said:
Could be that they don't want ports of already released games that don't take advantage of the tablet, and Ubi just doesn't have the time to do that with FC3?

Or the hardware can't handle it. We'll see

Then why announce the Pro Controller and say it's for multiplatform gaming? I don't get what Nintendo is trying to do.

AlphaTwo00 · Jun 8, 2012

Futureshop also lists Smash Brothers 3DS.

Just sayin'

Somnid · Jun 8, 2012

Kinda duh. Splinter Cell was on N-Gage and Ubisoft is Nintendo's biggest fan. But it's a 2013 game, not in the launch window so they weren't talking about it.

AlphaTwo00 said:
Futureshop also lists Smash Brothers 3DS.

Just sayin'

That's a real and annouced game

Linkhero1 · Jun 8, 2012

AlphaTwo00 said:
Futureshop also lists Smash Brothers 3DS.

Just sayin'

But that game is supposedly in development unless Nintendo is lying.

squicken · Jun 8, 2012

Linkhero1 said:
Then why announce the Pro Controller and say it's for multiplatform gaming? I don't get what Nintendo is trying to do.

That's a good point. It seems like FC3 would be the perfect game to show that games can be played on the system and that devs don't have to support the tablet.

I too, am confused by Nintendo's approach to E3. Microsoft had some weird restrictions on early 360 games. They wouldn't let Valve and id port HL2 and Doom3 as 360 launch games. Dumb decision of course since both of those games will end up on the platform, so maybe Nintendo has something similarly dumb that we can't figure out

walking fiend · Jun 8, 2012

I don't see why the idea of publishers putting their full support behind Wii U seems odd, even to me [which I confess to be obsessed with Nintendo]

how much is the cost of porting and publishing a game to a platform?

Zoramon089 · Jun 8, 2012

AlphaTwo00 said:
Futureshop also lists Smash Brothers 3DS.

Just sayin'

You do realize that's a real announced game, right?

AlphaTwo00 · Jun 8, 2012

Zoramon089 said:
You do realize that's a real announced game, right?

Yes, but they've got a release date and all.

All I'm saying is, take everything that's listed on a retailer site with giant heapings of salt.

Mpl90 · Jun 8, 2012

I remember also an article from a site stating it would have been a PS360U (eheheh) release, but then it has been removed. It's in the first thread opened about BlackList.

P.S. There's also Sports Connection on that screen, a game REALLY announced for Wii U.

DeaconKnowledge · Jun 8, 2012

Not all games are announced at E3.

Aostia · Jun 8, 2012

DeaconKnowledge said:
Not all games are announced at E3.

Problem: it was announced at E3. but not for Wii U.
I think this is the main problem up to now. after an entire year of speculations, Wii u is still hanged on speculations.

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