Darksiders II joins Wii U launch lineup

Vigil Games has confirmed that Darksiders II has been added to the Wii U‘s launch title lineup, and will be going out “day one” with Nintendo‘s new box.

“That’s been very interesting to see what those guys are doing, and they’re making efforts to make sure we do use it in more than a slapdash way,” lead designer Hayden Dalton told Digital Spy.

“It’s basically the core game, but then with added abilities to do certain things that you can’t do on the other consoles.”

Things that you can’t do on other consoles, of course, means making use of the Wii U’s touchscreen controls.

“One of the things that we did, when we were originally going to show it off, was that you could equip stuff directly. So, for instance, I could be running along and I could click on another piece and I could put it on as I’m running through the game,” he said.

“That’s huge, it’s not breaking up the game in a way, I’m not going into a menu and assigning it, I’m literally just tapping as I’m playing.”

The Wii U doesn’t have a release date yet, but it’s expected some time towards the end of 2012.