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[iconoclast]

I'm interested in playing Zelda SS. Too bad I have to buy a motion+ just for one game.

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good thing the game itself is free

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[Cerveza mas fina]

This is the funiest and most sad thing to see happen to a company. At least with the wii there was a glimmer of hope before it came out it would mean something for the hardcore. this is appaling.

[Shaka Khan]

This thread

Real talk: Assuming this thing is comfortable in the hands and will get a steady stream of multiplatform, I'm gonna be there day 1. Gimmicks aside, it's a better system technically, and it doesn't matter whether this thing is a stop-gap before "true next" or not, because I'm rich.

My biggest gripes are the name, lack of grips on the controller, and going with sliders over sticks.

[Human Snorenado]

Do we know any of the following?

-release date (even window?)
-price
-price of extra controllers
-confirmed games

Everything I've read so far has been really vague... I haven't had time to watch the presser (work all day) and don't want to wade through the thread or all of the internets to figure this shit out.

[Himu]

Only thing we know is that it's fall 2012

[Shaka Khan]

There are a few confirmed 1st party and 3rd party games. I highly doubt this thing is gonna be released before E3 2012, so people should look forward to those questions being answered by then. Among other things that Nintendo can (and will likely) fuck up are the OS and online implantation.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Tell me youre joking man

[iconoclast]

Releasing in the second half of 2012
no
no
Darksiders 2, Assassin's Creed: Something, Batman Arkham City, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razors Edge, Grand Theft Lego, Aliens Colonial Marines, New Super Mario Bros Mii, Tekken, Metro 2033 2


It's basically just a third HD console. It'll get all the third party games that come out for PS3 and 360.

[Shaka Khan]

Tell me youre joking man

I'm as serious as Kosma when he quit this place.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/07/nintendo-showing-off-prototype-wii-u-demos-at-e3-this-week/

Game Informer's seen the demos shown off on stage in person, and apparently it's about as nice as you'd imagine: Not quite as high quality as the other HD consoles, but definitely better than the standard Wii.

 

ROFL

Once the Xbox 3 and the PlayStation 4 come out, the WiiU will be as big of a desert as its predecessor, third party game wise.

[Brehvolution]

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/htwfy/new_nintendo_console_wii_u_fact_sheet/

   
The price point of the system will be competitive to the current prices of the PS3, 360 in terms of value
The games shown for Wii U at the show were actually PS3 and 360 versions but the Wii U will look the same or better

Called it on chat.

[ManaByte]

Do we know any of the following?

-release date (even window?)
-price
-price of extra controllers
-confirmed games

Everything I've read so far has been really vague... I haven't had time to watch the presser (work all day) and don't want to wade through the thread or all of the internets to figure this shit out.

-release date (even window?) -
-price -
-price of extra controllers -
-confirmed games - LEGO

[magus]

"hurr durr xenoblade would surely bomb so it makes sense for them to not bring it,you know what would not bomb? this!"

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[etiolate]

This is like the Pacman Vs e3.

No mulit-touch and can only handle one wii u controller per console are mistakes by Nintendo. Whatever idea they think is so great to trot it out three generations in a row, that idea would be a lot more if you could allow muliti-touch and mulitple screen-controllers. Right now, its just Pacman VS HD. It's limited and the idea has been around for 9 years and hasn't advanced at all.

[iconoclast]

  You think a party game featuring Nintendo mascots will bomb on the Wii

20 million seller easy

[Shaka Khan]

This is like the Pacman Vs e3.

No mulit-touch and can only handle one wii u controller per console are mistakes by Nintendo. Whatever idea they think is so great to trot it out three generations in a row, that idea would be a lot more if you could allow muliti-touch and mulitple screen-controllers. Right now, its just Pacman VS HD. It's limited and the idea has been around for 9 years and hasn't advanced at all.

Are you serious? this was confirmed? this just gives away the price of the thing.

[etiolate]

I am not sure if one-controller is confirmed. The no multi-touch is confirmed.

[magus]

You think a party game featuring Nintendo mascots will bomb on the Wii

20 million seller easy

it might have mario characters but it's mainly a monopoly like game with dragon quest character nobody cares about
this will only be bought by some gaf members who have to support anything that is even somewhat related to obscure rpg

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[Damian79]

Cuould retro be making a SSB game?  They said they are making a game which everyone wants.

[etiolate]

Well SSB4 is supposed to be WiiU and 3ds and Retro hasn't touched Nintendo's portables yet.

[Madrun Badrun]

I can't tell if Arvie is defending this or not.

Not really.  It will be a shitty console, no one will do anything cool with the controller and I'll only play nintendo games on it.  That said people seem to expect more than what they got this e3 and are over reacting on a console a year and a half away.

[etiolate]

I wasn't hyped for it. I thought everything sounded like ideas that nobody took advantage of before and that it was basically a Wii for dudebro ports. Devs are excited they might be able to tap into the separate Wii audience.

I'm just surprised they had no actual games to show when it is only a year away.

[cool breeze]

In the excitement following WiiU, I forgot to mention the Wii and 3DS line ups.  Only one new 3DS game; one more than than the Wii
 

This is like the Pacman Vs e3.

No mulit-touch and can only handle one wii u controller per console are mistakes by Nintendo. Whatever idea they think is so great to trot it out three generations in a row, that idea would be a lot more if you could allow muliti-touch and mulitple screen-controllers. Right now, its just Pacman VS HD. It's limited and the idea has been around for 9 years and hasn't advanced at all.

Are you serious? this was confirmed? this just gives away the price of the thing.

Not confirmed, but a lot of info seems to imply it.  Most obvious is how Nintendo hasn't sold it as "Utopian split screen!"  I mean, it literally presented 'turn your back to the TV while three others play with wii remotes!' as a control option.

Let's look on the bright side:

waggle is mostly dead 

(on a nintendo console...microsoft has it locked down)

[Bildi]

I think the console is OK and it's obvious Nintendo is going after hardcore gamers, but if you already own a 360 there wasn't anything at all in the third-party reel to entice.  And while I think the controller is an OK idea, the usage examples they showed were not very interesting at all.

Lol gaffers are impressed about the nature demo

The one with the bird?  I thought it was totally meh, and was relieved to know I'm not mad when I read an IGN article stating the same..  But I think they said there was another demo which looked good.

[Damian79]

The zelda demo.

[Sho Nuff]

I am not sure if one-controller is confirmed. The no multi-touch is confirmed.

Are you fucking serious

[Great Rumbler]

Lol gaffers are impressed about the nature demo

The one with the bird?  I thought it was totally meh, and was relieved to know I'm not mad when I read an IGN article stating the same..  But I think they said there was another demo which looked good.

But, duuuuuuuuuuuude, that nature demo was made by Epic!!!!

[ManaByte]

The bird demo looked like something out of Futuremark 10 years ago.

[Brehvolution]

The bird demo looked like something out of Futuremark 10 years ago.

Looks like the Killzone 2 CGI trailer. Something the hardware was supposed to achieve and didn't.

[Van Cruncheon]

finally we can play nintendo games at sane resolutions with detailed textures and special effects and evolved standard controls, this is a triumph unto itself

perhaps they have finally learned that innovation in gaming has nothing to do with the control mechanism and to quit chasing idiotic "immersion" fantasies that have nothing but novelty implementations*. innovation in gaming is a function for which hardware power (processing plus working memory) is the primary parameter

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*of course they haven't :'(

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[Van Cruncheon]

that said, wait until the NEXT e3 to behold how nintendo has failed you

[Phoenix Dark]

If you build it, Dudbros will cum

Sorry Nintendo, you're a few years late. This will probably sell well for awhile, and the ability to play Nintendo rehashes+quality third party ports will be a selling point for some folk. But what will this console look like a year after release, when we know more about the 360/PS3 successors. I have a feeling this will be another Gamecube-esque graveyard console

[cool breeze]

yeah, the concepts seem cool.  even this basic map on the controller screen is neat (ignoring the action game):

[youtube=560,345]GN7vwti5RyA[/youtube]

that stuff is neat.  iPad 2 is already doing similar things.  How nintendo is handling it is the problem. 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I think the biggest thing here is that Nintendo has finally embraced HD - not some 540p or some dumbass proprietary resolution format, Wii U supports 1080p with HDMI.  For a company that for several years tried to pretend that HD was just an unnecessary fad, this is a big step in the right direction.  Not to mention that a tablet-controller is one of the least gimmicky things from a company who has spent almost a decade putting gimmickry ahead of everything else.

[naff]

After reading more about it I'm not as negative as I was initially, controller sounds good, really ergonomic according to previews so that's a plus as initially I thought it looked really cumbersome. Though apparently it's range is the same or similar too the Wiimote which is kinda disappointing, but tbh I fully expected that. Have you played with it yet Sho Nuff? Is there anything to play on it on the show floor?

I just held the WiiU controller. Wow it's big. Traditional games on this are going to hurt your hands something awful.

hmmm

[recursivelyenumerable]

perhaps they have finally learned that innovation in gaming has nothing to do with the control mechanism and to quit chasing idiotic "immersion" fantasies that have nothing but novelty implementations*. innovation is a function for which hardware power (processing plus working memory) is the primary paramater

vista will always be the best windows 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

everyone at E3 says the controller is like one of those Phantasy Star Online GameCube or Final Fantasy XI PS2 controller/keyboard hybrid jobbies

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Yeah, I'm actually coming around to it myself.  As someone that completely skipped the Wii entirely, the Wii U looks like the Nintendo console that'll bring me back.  I'm still concerned about storage on this thing though and Nintendo's shitty online history doesn't give me a lot of confidence but at least they'll be getting 3rd party games that are actually of THIS generation.  Speaking of which, I don't know why the fuck that trailer of 3rd party games they were showing off was supposed to get us pumped up for ports of games that'll be a year old by the time system releases.  I mean it's cool that the system can handle it and all but is anyone really going to give a flying fuck about stuff like Darksiders 2 in the fall of 2012? 

[Damian79]

You can use one of the 4 usb slots for an external hard disk drive.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Will Darksiders 2 even come out for the Wii U?  It seems like there's always a huge list of launch or near launch titles for major consoles that never materialize.  I think a lot of these year old Wii U ports will fall into that category.

Having said that, I do think third parties will embrace the Wii U for at least a couple of years, just because of game budgets and the fact that it is a stopgap machine in reality.  It'll handle the current generation stuff and some of the earlier next generation titles.  Hell, if developers want to control game budgets, third parties may end up being a little more supportive of Wii U vs. Wii.  Given the touch screen, a lot of the latest iShit apps will probably make it to the system.

[Great Rumbler]

Will Darksiders 2 even come out for the Wii U?  It seems like there's always a huge list of launch or near launch titles for major consoles that never materialize.  I think a lot of these year old Wii U ports will fall into that category.

Well, Darksiders 2 is a 2012 title, probably sometime during the summer. So it's not a huge stretch or anything to imagine that it will launch on everything else at least within a few months of the WiiU launch.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Darksiders 2 was one of the few games they actually mentioned first hand so yeah I'm assuming that it'll show up on the thing.  Whether or not that's exciting to anyone.....well, I guess if you're going full ntard then everything is exciting.

[cool breeze]

the dev behind darksiders made the only real comment about the power, only saying it is more powerful than the PS3 and 360.

and one controller per system is kinda confirmed.  nintendo said it will try to do two, but no promises.

so, what are the chances that Nintendo will switch to a multi touch screen?

[Damian79]

Retro is working on Mario Kart 3ds and its 60fps.

    Retro 

[Madrun Badrun]

Retro is working on Mario Kart 3ds and its 60fps.

    Retro 

seems like a waste of tallent.

[cool breeze]

gamekyo has a bunch of videos (mostly good 3DS videos)

MGS3 is Peace Walker-ized.  Supposed it's a crap version.
[youtube=560,345]-vYmY3aFc34[/youtube]

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[youtube=560,345]EHdhC1ibaWc[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]tFu0poF10EE[/youtube]

[Great Rumbler]

Retro is working on Mario Kart 3ds and its 60fps.

    Retro 

[Damian79]

They are also making a WiiU game but that hasnt beeen revealed.

[pilonv1]

so one U controller and no multi touch? lol

[naff]

multitouch lol it's a game controller not a iPad

[pilonv1]

multitouch lol it's a game controller not a iPad

its 2011 not 2006

[Damian79]

Pikmin wiiu just got announced.

[pilonv1]

Engadget reporting that it does NOT upscale wii games.

r u srs?

[Great Rumbler]

Pikmin wiiu just got announced.

Coming winter 2013!!!!!

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lol

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[naff]

its 2011 not 2006

yeah, I just see multitouch as unnecessary, better core hardware for the console base is where the money should be focused imo. Also i imagine it's a resistive touchscreen for durability. Creating a capacitive multitouch screen that's durable costs a bit, this machine is all about cost cutting

[Great Rumbler]

Pikmin wiiu just got announced.

So did Pikmin wii 4 years ago, any screens or trailers?

No. Apparently Miyamoto wasn't even supposed to say anything about it, but did anyway.

[Damian79]

They were working on the wii game they said but they thought it it would be better on the WiiU.

[Great Rumbler]

So like he did in 2007? Is they the nintard reaction as crazy as I hope it is?

Probably.

At this point, does anyone [outside of the nintards who will go crazy over anything] actually that excited about Pikmin 3? I mean, maybe if this was 2007 and we all still thought the Wii had a lot of potential, but now? Really? The boat's sailed, gamers don't care about Nintendo anymore and it'll take more than Pikmin 3 maybe coming out sometime within the next decade to change that.

[Oblivion]

They should move SS to the Wii U as well. Looks kinda crappy at 480p.

[iconoclast]

I'll take Pikmin 3 over Mario 549 or Zelda 341 at least.