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Nintendo updates Spring 2014 plans

New character for Super Smash Bros. Cast and Mario Kart 8 launch date

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Nintendo has provided a few announcements for its Wii U home console as part of the first Nintendo Direct of 2014.

In Mario Kart 8, all of Bowser’s seven Koopalings are playable characters. Players with a taste for being bad can get ready to challenge gravity on the race track with Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy and Wendy. The game was also given a launch date of May 30, 2014.

Little Mac, the hero of the Punch-Out!! boxing games, will make his first appearance as a playable character in the upcoming Super Smash Bros game. The fighting title is expected this year

The second installment of the mashup of classic Nintendo games was announced as NES Remix 2. It features challenges from later NES games like Super Mario Bros. 3, Kirby’s Adventure and Metroid. The game is scheduled to be available April 25 for $14.99.

From third party publishers, Child of Light was confirmed for the Wii U. The game is scheduled to launch April 30 for $14.99.

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