Nintendo outlines Holiday lineup and price changes

If you’re a fan of Nintendo’s classic stable of characters and games, you should find plenty to like about the company’s Holiday lineup.

A few interesting items emerged from the GameStop managers show in Las Vegas today. Now, you already know all about the Nintendo 2DS from our earlier posting about the newest member of Nintendo’s portable family, but there’s plenty more worth talking about.

First up, the Wii U is getting cheaper. With a $50 USD drop to the home console’s Deluxe Set as of September 20th, the Wii U will clock in at a tidy $299.99 USD. That price point puts it well under both the Xbox One and the PS4, which are expected to hit retail shelves this November for $499 and $399 respectively. The console will also be getting a pack-in edition which will see the new Legend of Zelds: The Wind Waker HD included in the box. That special bundle pack will also be dropping on the 20th, but no price has been announced as of yet.

And the show wasn’t all hardware as Nintendo also outlined their Holiday gaming lineup. I have to say that, although I wasn’t originally all that wowed by the offerings, there’s a lot of mainstay Nintendo on this list- and that’s something that fans are always clamoring for more of.

Wii U

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD: Launches Sept. 20 (downloadable) and Oct. 4 (packaged) at a suggested retail price of $49.99.

Wii Party U: Launches Oct. 25 bundled with a Wii Remote Plus controller and stand at a suggested retail price of $49.99.

Super Mario 3D World: Launches Nov. 22 at a suggested retail price of $59.99.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze: Launches Dec. 6 at a suggested retail price of $49.99.

Wii Fit U: Launches this holiday season. Further details, including launch date, pricing and bundling information, will be revealed at a later date.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games™: Launches this holiday season. Further details, including launch date and pricing, will be revealed at a later date.

Third-party titles: Previously announced titles on the way from Nintendo’s publishing partners include: Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (Sept. 24) and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Fall) from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment; Skylanders SWAP Force (Oct. 13) and Call of Duty: Ghosts (Nov. 5) from Activision Publishing; Sonic Lost World (Oct. 22) from SEGA; and Rayman Legends (Sept. 3), Just Dance 2014 (Oct. 8), Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (Oct. 29) and Watch_Dogs (Nov. 19) from Ubisoft.

Nintendo 3DS

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: Launches Nov. 22 at a suggested retail price of $39.99.

Mario Party: Island Tour: Launches Nov. 22 at a suggested retail price of $39.99.

Third-party titles: Previously announced titles on the way from Nintendo’s publishing partners include: Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (Sept. 24); LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril (Fall) and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (Oct. 25) from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment; Skylanders SWAP Force (Oct. 13) from Activision Publishing; Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! (Nov. 19) from D3Publisher; and Sonic Lost World (Oct. 22) from SEGA.