Bob Singh Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 It was a good surprise right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 it's an expected surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singh Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-02-wii-u-less-powerful-than-ps3-xbox-360-developers-say Guess what? Theres still these fools around that think PS3 is better than Wii U. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 lmao, i'm not even going to bother reading that, as the severely underclocked alpha version of the system at last years E3 was on par with them, and it's been increasing with each new version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singh Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Finally! News: Spector Refutes Epic Mickey 2 for Wii U RUMOR: The Wii U To Become The MMO Player’s Console of Choice? LucasArts working on Wii U project? Most important... Rumor: Wii U’s Total Bill of Materials Estimated at $180 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 http://wii.ign.com/a.../1222650p1.html Resident Evil 6: New Release Date, No Wii U Plans Play the game sooner than you thought. April 10, 2012 by Andrew Goldfarb During last week's Captivate conference in Rome, Capcom revealed that Resident Evil 6 will be headed to stores far earlier than we thought. While the game was previously announced with a release date of November 20th, Capcom has now confirmed that it will be released on October 2nd. The news comes alongside a slew of new multiplayer details and new gameplay footage revealed at the event, plus news on the rest of Capcom's upcoming slate of releases. In addition, we sat down with the game's producers, Yoshiaki Hirabayashi and Hiroyuki Kobayashi, as well as director Eiichiro Sasaki to inquire about Resident Evil 6's potential place on Wii U, which is set to launch before the end of the year. Given the timing of its release and other high-profile titles recently announced for the system, does Resident Evil 6 have a place on Nintendo's new platform? "Unfortunately, RE6 will not be available at this time on the Wii U," Kobayashi told us. "Right now we're concentrating on the PlayStation 3 version, 360 version and the PC version of the game." It's worth noting that Kobayashi specifically uses the words "at this time," which still leaves the possibility open for a Wii U announcement in the future. Since the system's unveiling at E3 2011, Nintendo has been keeping a lid on most of Wii U's launch details, though more info is expected to come at E3 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Finally! News: Spector Refutes Epic Mickey 2 for Wii U RUMOR: The Wii U To Become The MMO Player’s Console of Choice? LucasArts working on Wii U project? Most important... Rumor: Wii U’s Total Bill of Materials Estimated at $180 299.99 seems like the perfect price point, and the controller costing $50 is great news, meaning nintendo may offer it at cost initially and then over time economies of scale will make it profitable. though they will probably make it 60-80, seeing as you only need 1 extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtpasc Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I am really looking forward to playing Untitled Mario game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singh Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I am really looking forward to playing Untitled Mario game Super Smash Bros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nintendo to Show Mario, Pikmin for Wii U at E3 Miyamoto also working on smaller but important Wii U projects. UK, April 16, 2012 by Daniel Krupa IGN UK UPDATE 2 (4:00 P.M. PST): Nintendo has confirmed that both Pikmin and Mario will make appearances at E3 2012 on Wii U. Nintendo released the following statement regarding Pikmin: "In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Pikmin game will be shown at the E3 Expo in June. He believes that anyone who has played Pikmin games in the past will enjoy playing." Separately, Nintendo said the following about Mario: "In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii U system will be shown at this year's E3 Expo. This is based on the Mario experience that was demonstrated at last year's E3 Expo. We'll have more to announce about our plans for the E3 Expo at a later date." Original story follows: UPDATE (11:00 A.M. PST): Nintendo has confirmed to Eurogamer that it will indeed be announcing a brand new Super Mario Bros. game for Wii U at this year's E3 press conference. Keep it here on IGN for all the details as they emerge. ORIGNAL STORY (7:00 A.M. PST): Shigeru Miyamoto has implied that a new Mario game for Wii U will be revealed at this year's E3. The news comes from an interview Miyamoto gave to Spanish newspaper El Mundo (via GAF). The passage in question roughly translates as: "[Miyamoto] anticipates that at E3, the largest exhibition of video games, held in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo will launch a new Super Mario for this platform, which will combine the TV screen with the remote." (Google Translate) In the same interview, Miyamoto also said that he was currently focused on smaller but important projects for Wii U, Pikmin 3 and Luigi's Mansion 2 for 3DS. Miyamoto also revealed that he wants to do more with the idea behind Wii Music. He acknowledged the game's disappointing reception, saying, "It is always sad when something does not sell as well as expected." Still, he believes there's a good idea in there somewhere, and revealed that when something under performs, the developers at Nintendo "usually try to work the best idea or at least take it up and concretize it from a different angle for use in another title." http://wii.ign.com/articles/122/1223063p1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 and possibly related: Nintendo Registers 'Super Mario 4' Is this the 2D 3DS game? April 12, 2012 At its last investor's presentation in January, Nintendo announced it was working on a new 2D Mario adventure game. Outside of a release date prior to April 2013, no further details were given by company president Satoru Iwata. However just days ago, Nintendo registered a domain for 'supermario4.com'. The publisher isn't attempting to hide this registry. A quick search shows that Nintendo of America controls the domain, and typing in the address will actually redirect to Nintendo's website. It's important to keep in mind that the registry doesn't directly indicate the presence of a product - companies tie up URLs all the time - but it could mean something. Of course, while our immediate suspicions point towards this being the 2D 3DS game, it could be something else entirely - a Wii U launch title, perhaps? Here's hoping we see Mario finally move to the number four. It took Street Fighter long enough to make it to three...http://ds.ign.com/articles/122/1222890p1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singh Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Wii U Confirmed To Receive DirectX 11 Racer, Project CARS Nicalis Says Wii U Is Nintendo's Most Powerful Console Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 of course the wii u is nintendo's most powerful console, that's not the concern, it's whether or not it matches/how much it exceeds MS and Sony's current gen. if it's running direct X 11, it's a better console than any existing console, that much is a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Change Coming to Super Smash Bros. Wii U, 3DS Franchise creator Masahiro Sakurai gives us his early thoughts as he returns to Nintendo's blockbuster series. April 25, 2012 by Richard George Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series has grown astronomically since it first debuted over a decade ago. Now considered one of the publisher's flagship franchises, the manic fighting series has more than quadrupled its playable roster, introduced characters from third party companies, featured a stage editor and even a robust, story-driven single-player campaign. Its latest installment,Super Smash Bros. Brawl is figuratively bursting at the seams with content. What, then, could franchise creator Masahiro Sakurai possibly do with the Wii U and 3DS versions? I'm really just getting started on this so it's going to take time."As you noted, there is a certain dead end we come to if we just expand the volume of the game," Sakurai told me in a recent e-mail interview, clearly recognizing that simply adding more characters, items and stages wouldn't be enough. The Smash Bros. franchise, though repeatedly earning high praise from critics over its three entries, has effectively followed the same formula since its inception, evolving its style of play without shaking things up too much. So if merely expanding the idea isn't the only thing on Sakurai's mind... what is? "I intend to change direction a little as we go," Sakurai said, indicating his desire to possbily find a new mechanic or idea to drive two new entries in the series. "The key to that's going to be its dual support for 3DS/Wii U." Sakurai, as well as Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata, had previously acknowledged his interest in linking the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game, which were announced simultaneously at E3 2011. "I'm really just getting started on this so it's going to take time, but I'll come up with something that uses that link as the game's central axis, so I hope you're looking forward to it." Sakurai's remarks came in the midst of a larger conversation about Kid Icarus Uprising, which was recently released for theNintendo 3DS. The developer, who is also the Director of the Board for Project Sora, a subsidiary developer of Nintendo, mentioned he is now concentrating his efforts on the next two installments of Smash Bros. With development just getting started, it seems as though fans of the series will still have to wait some time before watching Mario and Link battle it out. http://wii.ign.com/articles/122/1223770p1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Rayman Legends Trailer Rayman Legends concept trailer shows off all sorts of stuff we haven't seen. UK, April 27, 2012 by Keza MacDonald IGN UK Update 4:33pm (BST): Ubisoft has released the following statement: "An internal video showing images of Rayman Origins' sequel has leaked over the Internet. This video was intended as a purely internal demonstrative video, and in NO way represents the final game, the final console or their features. This video was destined for internal production teams who often create game prototypes with work in progress development kits. Ubisoft confirms the development of Rayman Legends handled by Michel Ancel and his team in Montpellier." Original story follows: A leaked trailer for Rayman Legends on Wii U shows details of the console's functionality, including touch control, graphics and near-field communication capabilities. The trailer, which originally went up on YouTube, has since been pulled - luckily, we grabbed a copy, which you can see below. As well as confirming the game's existence, it also shows off some really cool Wii U features. The first half of the trailer shows of gameplay footage which indicates (superficially at least) that the Wii U is at least up to the graphical standards of PS3 and 360, and demonstrates players using a combination of tablets and Wii remotes to control the game in different ways, using a combination of touch and button control. The second half of the trailer, though, shows that the Wii U can react to objects places on the tablet screen - rather like how Activision's Skylanders figures interact with the game. It shows a player placing a plastic heart on the tablet screen, which translates into an in-game power-up, and magicking a Rabbid into the game with another figurine. At the end, most excitingly, it teases an Ezio figurine. These are things that Nintendo presumably won't want us to know before E3, when we'll be given a full introduction to the new console. UPDATE: A note on the wired controllers: Wii U dev kits are currently wired to their tablets, as evidenced at E3 last year, but this will not be the case with the final product. http://wii.ign.com/articles/122/1223893p1.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_efOu9-Y7g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singh Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2012/04/27/nintendo-steals-a-page-from-activision-wii-u-will-be-like-skylanders-on-steroids/ http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=16934 http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/wii-u-3ds-comparability-on-creator-s-wishlist-for-next-smash-bros/095163 http://www.mobilenapps.com/articles/1873/20120427/nintendo-wii-u-tipped-android-os-now.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singh Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 http://wiiudaily.com/2012/04/nintendo-expects-wii-u-sales-to-hit-5-million-by-march-2013/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singh Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Wii U/3DS Get Simultaneous Physical/Digital Releases ^Look at the last line. "Iwata added that the Wii U's own price will not be announced at the E3 trade show in June." WHAT??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Wii U/3DS Get Simultaneous Physical/Digital Releases ^Look at the last line. "Iwata added that the Wii U's own price will not be announced at the E3 trade show in June." WHAT??? just like last time the price point and the official date will be announced just a couple months before launch. it's a way of drawing out the attention/hype between E3 (where hype will be at an all time high) and launch date (where hype is at a fever pitch). in between those two points is a lull of nothingness as they hunker down to make sure everything is good to go. odds are fairly good it will be august when it's announced (price and launch date) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Nintendo’s Iwata Pledges ‘Unprecedented’ 3DS, Wii U Games By Daniel Feit | May 1, 2012 | 12:27 pm Nintendo president Satoru Iwata spoke confidently about the future of the 3DS and Wii U in explaining last week’s digital distribution announcement during the Q&A portion of last week’s investors briefing in Tokyo. “[W]e have not designed [Nintendo 3DS and Wii U] to be mere improved versions of their predecessors,” Iwata said. “We have designed them so that they can realize what has been impossible.” Since the launch of Nintendo 3DS last year, Nintendo has put more of an emphasis on developing traditional games for hard-core players and less on Brain Age-style games for casual players. Iwata said that this was a deliberate strategy. “[R]egrettably, what we prioritized in order to reach out to the new audience [on Wii and DS] was a bit too far from what we prioritized for those who play games as their hobby. Consequently, we presume some people felt that the Wii was not a game system for them or they were not willing to play with the Wii even though some compelling games had been released,” he said. “Once consumers have a notion that ‘this system is not for us,’ we have learned that it is extremely difficult to change their perceptions later,” Iwata said. “Therefore, in promoting the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U, we have announced that we would like ‘width’ and ‘depth’ to coexist. With the Nintendo DS and the Wii, the approach of ‘width’ was well accepted by many people; however, what we did in terms of ‘depth’ was not satisfactory for some consumers. This time, we would like consumers to be satisfied in both aspects. In order to do so, we started to work on the ‘depth’ aspect first, and the current and existing software you can see for the Nintendo 3DS is based on that idea.” If Wii U and 3DS appear to be just enhanced iterations of Nintendo’s previous machines, “because the company is yet to provide what it has done for the Nintendo DS with the Brain Age series or for the Wii with Wii Sports and Wii Fit,” Iwata said, it is only because Nintendo has not yet introduced software that truly makes them stand out. He asked for patience, saying that just as “not so many people were able to comprehend the potential” of the killer apps for Wii and DS prior to their release dates, “it is not easy for us to convince many people by explaining what kind of new experiences we are developing now.” Iwata was also wary that if he explained projects under development too early, “it is possible that products with similar concepts could be launched before Nintendo itself can finalize and launch the products.” Iwata faced many questions about Nintendo’s plan to offer downloadable games both on its own eShop store as well as on shelves at regular game retailers. He denied that digital games have less value than physical ones, because “being able to store a number of software titles in a hardware system” is an advantage consumers might prefer.http://www.wired.com...-3ds-and-wii-u/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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