Wii U Trailers: ZombiU, Scribblenauts Unlimited, LEGO City: Undercover and Project P-100

If it's not officially Nintendo day at E3 2012, it might as well be. After the company's Press Conference this morning, the Wii U is practically all anyone can talk about -- and there is a lot to talk about. The system's tech specs have finally been made (kinda) public, and fans and haters alike have finally had a chance to see what real, live Wii U games look like.

Predictably, new installments of beloved Nintendo franchises -- in this case, New Super Mario Bros. U and Pikmin 3 -- are getting the most attention, but that's not the end of the story. Wii U has an impressively broad lineup of games, and we've got a group of trailers to show them off in style! Feast your eyes on the debut trailers for ZombiUScribblenauts Unlimited, LEGO City: Undercover and Project P-100.

ZombiU began life as Killer Freaks From Outer Space, an alleged Wii U launch title announced at E3 2011. A lot can change in a year -- space is out, and zombies are all the way in. Developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, ZombiU could be some real competition for Aliens: Colonial Marines, at least where fans of M-rated games are concerned. The crowd at Nintendo's Press Conference seemed to love this -- could we be looking at the next Resident Evil? Check out ZombiU below.

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Some ideas just make sense, and playing Scribblenauts on the Wii U GamePad is one of them. Apparently, the developers at 5th Cell think so too, and now there's Scribblenauts Unlimited to prove the merits of the notion. It's certainly the nicest-looking iteration of Scribblenauts yet, and multiplayer is sure to open up the experience in a whole new way -- plus, for the first time, players will be able to create wholly original objects. Get out those thesauruses, and get ready for the Scribblenauts Unlimited trailer below.

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LEGO City: Undercover is a LEGO game of a different stripe. Unlike LEGO: Lord of the Rings and LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Undercover isn't based on any other property -- it's all original LEGO. As undercover detective Chase McCain -- which strikes me as a fantastic name for a LEGO hero -- players hit the streets of LEGO City to take down villain Rex Fury. Simply put, this looks like a LEGO version of Grand Theft Auto, and it's exclusive to Wii U -- though a handheld version is in development for 3DS. Frankly, I think the portable game will have trouble stacking up, and after you check out the LEGO City: Undercover trailer below, you might just agree.

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Hideki Kamiya is the director of Bayonetta. His company, Platinum Games, is hard at work on both  the chop-tastic Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and the smash-tacular Anarchy Reigns (in which the lovely Bayonetta appears). Do you sense any themes developing here? Blood? Violence? Sex? Well, prepare yourselves,  because the next Kamiya-directed, Platinum-developed title is... a Nintendo-published, kid-friendly, Pikmin-esqe game called (for now) Project P-100. Oh, there's still some combat, but Mad World (yep, another Platinum game) this is not. It may not have gotten the spotlight at Nintendo's Press Conference, but Project P-100 just might end up as one of the most original games in the Wii U's launch library. Check out the trailer below.

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Ranters, what do you think of this batch of Wii U titles? Are any of these day one purchases for you? Let us know in the comments below.

Project P-100 will launch alongside the Wii U this Fall.

ZombiU, Scribblenauts Unlimited and LEGO City: Undercover are all due by the end of 2012 for the Wii U.

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