Super Mario Run Created With Unity

Nintendo is using Unity to make its upcoming mobile game, Super Mario Run.

The company behind the multiplatform game engine shared the news in a post on Twitter, saying, "We are thrilled that the legendary creators Nintendo America are bringing Mario to mobile for the first time, and it's made with Unity."

In addition to Super Mario Run, another Nintendo-related mobile game (though not Nintendo made) was created using Unity: Pokemon Go.

Nintendo CEO Tatsumi Kimishima has high expectations for Super Mario Run, with plans to make the touch-based mobile title as popular as Niantic Labs' aforementioned creature-collecting phenomenon.

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How Frank Miller Would Do a Batman Movie

Filmmaker and comics writer Frank Miller, who penned Batman: Year One and The Dark Knight Returns, has opened up about his preferred direction for the Caped Crusader on the big screen.

Speaking with Variety, Miller discussed how he would tackle a Batman movie.

"My dream would be to make it much smaller," he said. "To lose the toys and to focus more on the mission, and to use the city a great deal more.

"Because he’s got a loving relationship with the city he’s protecting," Miller elaborated. "And unlike Superman, his connection to crime is intimate; it has been ever since his parents were murdered. And he defeats criminals with his hands. So it would be a different take. But it will never be in my hands, because it would not be a good place to make toys from."

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Mass Effect Andromeda Trailer Teases Game’s Time Period

EA has released a new teaser trailer for Mass Effect Andromeda, teasing the information about the game set to come on N7 Day later this week. But the trailer also points to just how far into the future the latest Mass Effect adventure takes place.

The latest teaser, asking fans to join the Andromeda Initiative, takes a last glimpse at Earth as a course is chartered for "a future beyond the Milky Way." Check out the teaser below:

The trailer's voiceover, while describing the journey that is about to be embarked upon notes that the next adventure will be in "a future that begins 600 years from where we stand." As Eurogamer notes, that line could suggest the time difference between Andromeda and the original Mass Effect trilogy.

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The Flash’s Danielle Panabaker Talks Killer Frost

On The Flash last year, we finally met Caitlin Snow's comic book alter ego, Killer Frost, via a trip to Earth-2 - a world where Caitlin wasn't just superpowered, she was evil. But now, in Season 3, thanks to Barry changing the timeline, Earth-1's Caitlin is beginning to transform as well.

Suffice to say, all of this is keeping Danielle Panabaker busy, who told IGN, "I'm excited for this season of Flash because Caitlin is really struggling with something internally. It's going to be nice to see how that resolves itself."

Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow in The Flash. Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow in The Flash.

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Nintendo Reportedly Ending Wii U Production This Week

Nintendo will reportedly cease production of Wii U consoles later this week.

According to Eurogamer, several sources have told the outlet that Wii U production will end this Friday, November 4. The company's Japanese production line will reportedly shut down for good, after the deadline for final orders ended yesterday.

Back in April, Nintendo CEO Tatsumi Kimishima said Wii U production could be halted by March 2018.

As of September 30, the total number of Wii Us shipped by Nintendo was just over 13 million units. Earlier this year, Kimishima revealed that one of the company's internal sales projections for Wii U was close to 100 million units worldwide.

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