User blog:J. Severe/Wii U box art design confirmed; marketing material beginning to arrive at stores

Long blog title.

Anyway, these Wii U box art designs first appeared via Amazon.ca (i.e., the Canadian Amazon.com) listings for three Ubisoft titles for the system. Soon after it was discovered that Target.com has the same box art design for Assassins Creed III on their site. Ubisoft PR representative, Michael Beadl, later confided in GameTrailers.com that they were legit. Finally, Richard George of IGN tweeted that Nintendo confirmed that they real. Box arts for first-party titles were then said to be coming in due time.

The box arts revealed so far:











Anyone else get a GameCube vibe from these or just me?

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Some retail stores are also getting Wii U marketing equiptment. These particular photos were taken at a NeoGAF member's local GameStop:





Despite these being to pop up, we still have no idea when the Wii U is set to launch or what its price will be, since Nintendo loves to troll us. Some have speculated the system to arrive sometime in October. All is expected to be revealed in September at a Wii U-centric conference the company has confirmed to hold.

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