Who is in charge at Nintendo???

[shmokes]

Check out this new video spot showcasing the Wii U's online capabilities. It couldn't possibly be less appealing.

http://www.viddler.com/v/7d40ebdc?secret=78568394

[Mysterioii]

Bleah.   

[lordnacho]

Painful and I feel like I'm being made fun of  

[ark_ader]

There you go Jake.  You can work in the Nintendoh PR department.

I can just see you making the next Wii infomercial.

Here is the link

ganbatte kudasai !

[drventure]

Ewwww.

It's almost like they're intentionally telling you not to buy the U, because it's +really+ not cool.

[shmokes]

Painful and I feel like I'm being made fun of  

I know, right? Is that really how Nintendo characterizes gamers?

By the way, for anyone who doesn't know what Ark is talking about, or to whom he's talking, my real name is Jake. It's information easily obtainable by simply clicking the link in my signature and looking at my About page, but somehow he's decided that I steadfastly protect my online anonymity and I will consider the dissemination of that information to be an affront. Or maybe he thinks I will be offended by someone calling me by . . . the name I go by every day. I don't know. On the other hand, I don't know a single person who has interacted with him and doesn't suspect him of minor mental retardation. So you just kind of roll with it . . .

[Drnick]

That was, Ummm how do I put it, Oh yes,  Odd.    If It was meant as a parody then yes, If not then Oh dear.

[Hoopz]

Did anyone watch the longer, "press" release video?  Its like Steve Jobs was reincarnated!

/sarcasm

I skipped ahead quite a bit to see the hardware because the presentation was so terribly awful.  It was as bad as I've ever seen.

[lilshawn]

but you know damn well microsoft and playstaion will follow suit with a similar/same controller right??

[RoyalScam]

OK, so I wasn't impressed with the commercial either, but I couldn't help but want that Diabolik artwork. Not even a Diabolik fan, only know of it from MST3K. Am I that far gone?

help,
Scam

[ark_ader]

By the way, for anyone who doesn't know what Ark is talking about, or to whom he's talking, my real name is Jake. It's information easily obtainable by simply clicking the link in my signature and looking at my About page, but somehow he's decided that I steadfastly protect my online anonymity and I will consider the dissemination of that information to be an affront. Or maybe he thinks I will be offended by someone calling me by . . . the name I go by every day. I don't know. On the other hand, I don't know a single person who has interacted with him and doesn't suspect him of minor mental retardation. So you just kind of roll with it . . .

I find it comical you think that way Jake.  Being an armchair Perry Mason and all.  But I guess it still takes you 45 minutes to solve the case.

but you know damn well microsoft and playstaion will follow suit with a similar/same controller right??

Actually I am looking forward to that new controller.  I hope it is BT, so I can use it with my tablet. 

How long before someone hacks it and puts MAC OSX on it?  Its supposed to be a PPC.

[lilshawn]

By the way, for anyone who doesn't know what Ark is talking about, or to whom he's talking, my real name is Jake. It's information easily obtainable by simply clicking the link in my signature and looking at my About page, but somehow he's decided that I steadfastly protect my online anonymity and I will consider the dissemination of that information to be an affront. Or maybe he thinks I will be offended by someone calling me by . . . the name I go by every day. I don't know. On the other hand, I don't know a single person who has interacted with him and doesn't suspect him of minor mental retardation. So you just kind of roll with it . . .

I find it comical you think that way Jake.  Being an armchair Perry Mason and all.  But I guess it still takes you 45 minutes to solve the case.

but you know damn well microsoft and playstaion will follow suit with a similar/same controller right??

Actually I am looking forward to that new controller.  I hope it is BT, so I can use it with my tablet. 

How long before someone hacks it and puts MAC OSX on it?  Its supposed to be a PPC.

45 mins? 

[hypernova]

Unlike in Lost, when Nintendo's airplane hits the ground, they should be able to figure out exactly what happened immediately, because good God, that was awful.

I've been a big N console buyer for years, and even I'm questioning this one.

[SNAAKE]

this "U" controller looks hilariously bad and uncomfortable. I will probably never touch it..

[amendonz]

nintendo trying to get a cut of dat angry birds paypuh.   

[Subconscious]

This Ubisoft demo of Rayman Legends shows the Wii U controller in action

[Mysterioii]

That doesn't look like fun to me.

[Malenko]

That doesn't look like fun to me.

I'm with Chad on this one.

[SNAAKE]

Wii U framerate drops to 30fps if using a second GamePad

[shmokes]

I don't see how this can be anything but a disaster for Nintendo. This thing appears to be roughly equivalent to the Xbox 360 in horsepower. Why would someone pay . . . I'm guessing . . . $300-$350 for this thing when you can get a 360 and play the same games for $99 + a Live subscription? For the extra touch screen features the Wii U version of the game will have? I seriously doubt it. Everyone already has an iPhone/Android, and probably an iPad too. I don't think Nintendo's gonna be able to generate a helluva lot of enthusiasm for this console.

[Well Fed Games]

I love Nintendo and am glad I got a Wii, even though it doesn't get as much play as the 360. But what I really want is to play first party Nintendo stuff on other people's hardware. So, I like the way things are going.

[ark_ader]

Nintendoh target audience is little kids, grandparents (elderly) and the collector.

Nintendoh is working with off the shelf parts, probably a lucrative deal with IBM, and Netflix.

I got a Wii for the old dear, so she could watch Netflix and play Scrabble.  Wii units are pensioner friendly (if they can hold it still long enough) and can interact with technology. 

I can see myself picking up one of these units for her to watch Netflix on.  I just hope it isn't difficult to operate.

Hard core gamers will be Xbox 360 and some PS3 and PC.  No new technology for those platforms this year.  Thank God.

There is a consumer divide and if you are a Nintendoh fanboi, I cannot understand what the problem is.  You will buy it.

It will sell, we will hack it, run Donkey Kong on it, and all the Game Cube titles and Wii games in our collection.  Will it track you and report home I wonder?

Nintendoh's advertising approach is not unique, and what the average kid considers communication and behaviour today, the actor in the said video is not so far fetched as it seems.

[lilshawn]

I had a WiiU back in the day...

[DaveMMR]

I did watch the Rayman demo and it actually looked kind of interesting. Then again, I don't get excited at all over the glut of FPS games that get trotted out for the 360/PS3. I like "different", and that little rhythm action part at the end was pretty neat.

That being said, I agree that Nintendo needs to work on marketing. I really think they gave up on the normal gamers and are targeting children and weirdos (like the guy in that promo video). I'm not too sure about how online play will work but from what I've seen so far, I'll be embarrassed to use it.

Let's be honest though, Nintendo seems to have always been the lame ass at the party for as long as I can remember - their "safe" marketing doesn't surprise me (surely they don't want to be like Sony shooting itself in the foot numerous times). But maybe they need to go a little bolder to shake that reputation of theirs. (Though one can argue that their reputation had no trouble paying the bills until fairly recently. "Ain't broke, don't fix" I suppose...)

I'm still taking the "wait-and-see" on this one but it looks like more of the same so far with little innovation. Though, I may end up buying one eventually if only to replace the Wii and it's dying disc drive (what can I say, the girlfriend likes it.)

[SNAAKE]

this wii u is just a add on for the wii?

why not just make a new console already..you know..preferably with HD output

[lilshawn]

this wii u is just a add on for the wii?

why not just make a new console already..you know..preferably with HD output

uhhh... i don't even know what to say to this. how bout you google up the wii-u and come back...we won't blame you for not.

TL:DG - The Wii-U is supposed to be Nintendos next generation console. But it hasn't been shown to do anything better than the current wii. (other than the touch pad.)

[SNAAKE]

oh.....

but this ipad thingy still looks dumb. at least its gonna have hd output. I will be haxing it when its out lol..

[DaveMMR]

Cracked's John Cheese pretty much is saying the same thing:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-we-know-nintendo-has-lost-its-mind/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=new+article&wa_ibsrc=fanpage

[lilshawn]

Modern Gears of Duty 14?

maybe they will go back to using the quake3 engine again...you know, for that retro throwback style.

[Yourname942]

I'm still worried that the Wii U online gameplay is going to be lacking. Did they mention anything about a headset and such? or is it limited to text bubbles?

[SithMaster]

I'm still worried that the Wii U online gameplay is going to be lacking. Did they mention anything about a headset and such? or is it limited to text bubbles?

If wii accessories work with the wiiu then you could probably use the headset that was released with CoD Black Ops.

[Howard_Casto]

ZombiU and ACIII... that's all I need.  In terms of third party support.

On my 360 I pretty much play ubisoft titles exclusively at this point. 

Granted Nintendo's presentation was awful, but the videos they showed afterwards were pretty impressive.  They don't have thier killer, 1st party title yet (pikmin doesn't count) but other than that, they are on the right track.

The WiiU will eliminate the need for my aging, huge, 360. 

The Wii is aging and I would still like to play firsty party Nintendo titles. 

There's much less of an investment this time around too.  I mean yeah, the "hardcore" controller is nice, but the tablet controller has the same buttons so it isn't required.  All your wii stuff is going to work on the Wii U and from what I understand the Wii U charges the tablet, so I won't have to go out and buy chargers, wiimotes, nunchucks, sensor bars, ect this go around.... it's all in the box. 

And people keep shouting "when the ps4 comes out, when the 720 comes out! ect..."  Well yeah sure, I'll bet in 3 years the WiiU will look dated, but it's going to be a MINIMUM of 2 years before those consoles are released.  They weren't officially announced at this E3, so that's a year right there.  Assuming they announce it at next years E3... well they like to generate a buzz on these things, so it's still going to be the summer/fall of the next year.  So like I said, it's a minimum of a 2 year wait for those consoles and in that time the only company trying something new and having the capability to make a better looking game is nintendo.  Even if it's this gen all over again and the other two blow nintendo out of the water (doubtful... gaming consoles are probably going to hit a glass ceiling soon.) it seems more than worth it to buy the Wii U in the meantime.

Think of it this way:  Back in the day we paid 200 bucks for a console... more if you count the cost of one game and an extra controller... in 4-5 years the thing was dead in terms of support and if we wanted new games, we had to buy a new console.  Given the 2 year minimum, you are going to get 4-5 years out of the Wii U. 

I honestly don't know why people are complaining as much as they are...... sounds like the same complaints prior to the Wii launch actually, and we know how that turned out.

[shmokes]

sounds like the same complaints prior to the Wii launch actually, and we know how that turned out.

If by that you mean millions of consoles gathering dust, with a super low attach rate, leading to Nintendo's first corporate loss in the company's entire history. 

Seriously, I think you're misremembering the Wii launch and the hype period before it. There wasn't much complaining about its lack of horsepower. Nintendo was a media darling. Nobody had been that excited for a console launch in ever. There were lines of campers at Gamestop and every department store for weeks (months?) whenever a new shipment was coming in.

The buzz around the Wii U is virtually the opposite of what the Wii generated. It has met with almost universal disapproval from the public and press. The day the Wii U was revealed Nintendo's stock plummeted. People aren't excited for it, and Nintendo really needs to turn that around or they're gonna be in trouble. When we were leading up to the original Wii's release people felt like it wasn't as powerful as the 360, but that it was still more powerful than the current-gen consoles (I sort of question that now). But nobody really cared because Nintendo was ushering in this exciting new control scheme. The Wii U appears to be no more powerful than the PS3 or 360, which is actually worse than the perception people had of the original Wii. Moreover, the new control scheme isn't exciting, or at least it's not exciting many people.

If Nintendo can't get the public excited about the new control scheme, and I'm skeptical that they can, I don't see how this thing can possibly be competitive against the equally powerful, but dramatically less expensive PS3 and 360 which both have very mature, compelling game libraries. BTW, I'm putting my money on the PS4 at Christmas 2013. Maybe the next Xbox, too, but I'm more confident about the PS4. I wouldn't be surprised to be wrong about that one, but I think it'll happen. Sony's gonna really want to beat Microsoft to market this time after what happened with the PS3/360.

[Malenko]

The WiiU will eliminate the need for my aging, huge, 360. 

Im with you on the ubisoft thing, I love me some creed. However, isnt the WiiU tablet controller the same size as a xbox360 slim? 

[shmokes]

That part doesn't concern me much. Everyone who's used it says it's extremely light and comfortable.

[Malenko]

doesnt concern me either, I let my GF talk me into getting her a Wii she never used so that's not gonna happen again with the WiiU

[lilshawn]

everyone remember this little tidbit of information when talking about performance...

even though the WiiU may not have the biggest engine or the most horsepower, it's really the platform optimised code of the games that is what's going to make the difference between being a last place race or a front runner.

Maybe they ARE going to sacrifice power and speed for their new gadget, but Nintendo has been trying new things...you have to give them that.

[shmokes]

I don't get the last half of that. Why again, but in better words, are we smug if we pre-order and it turns out to be a dud?

[lilshawn]

"I could have told you that weeks ago, and I didn't have to read blogs to find out when the Wal-Mart guy that keeps them in the back is trading them off for handies".

nice 

[ark_ader]

C'mon, who amongst us wasn't willing to jerk a dude off behind Wal-Mart to get our hands on a Wii in 2005?

Sounds like your neck of the woods is really remote.

I got a wii on pre-order when they came out.  Played with it for an hour, thought it was crap, and got five times what I paid for it on ebay the following day.

So in answer to your question....no.

[shmokes]

C'mon, who amongst us wasn't willing to jerk a dude off behind Wal-Mart to get our hands on a Wii in 2005?

Sounds like your neck of the woods is really remote.

I got a wii on pre-order when they came out.  Played with it for an hour, thought it was crap, and got five times what I paid for it on ebay the following day.

So in answer to your question....no.

No you didn't.

[lilshawn]

i don't know what any of you are talking about. I walked into a london drugs the day after release day and walked out with one. they still had a half dozen of them.

same with the PS3 and that as on release day. granted i got the last one there...but still. and I hadn't even planed on buying at all, i just happened to be walking by and thought hey that PS3 was released today, lets see if there is a mob inside. nope.

related but not related...when one of those twilight books was released the walmart by my place was packed full of people camping out to get it cause they where releasing it at midnight. walked down to the other side of the mall to the BOOKstore who was doing a midnight release dealy too...nothing.  retards.


guess you all need to rethink where you "campout" for your products.

[lilshawn]

i don't know what any of you are talking about. I walked into a london drugs the day after release day and walked out with one. they still had a half dozen of them.

Oh, man, your anecdotal contradictory experience totally means that everyone else was lying when they said they were sold out everywhere.

 

not at all. I don't live in a small town by any means...I'm guessing there is just more places here to get things. I mean hell, we got 10 walmarts within the city limits. I guess a capital city with a million people...

[hypernova]

I waited the four months until it became available.  I'd called a few places each weekend.  I'm never willing to pay above cost for a console or games.

[SithMaster]

Some of you people actually believe the media in regards to artificial console shortages?  It was all part of Nintendo's plan to get a wii into every house in America for some sinister purpose.  That or the media exaggerated the fact that stores ran out of stock because everyone is too stupid to try a different store.  The gamestop I preordered my 360 at didn't have enough to cover all preorders so I would have had to wait two months.  I guess the 360 was sold out everywhere too then.

It will be interesting to see how many shovelware clones are made that mimic the Luigi Mansion minigame.  Actually now that I think about it Descent (boardgame) would work pretty well with the wiiu.  One player is the evil bad setting traps and controlling monsters to prevent the heroes from committing theft.  Or maybe silent scope will finally make sense for a console game for anyone who is interested in silent scope.  Even better will be when the next CoD game on the wiiu requires the tablet for the heartbeat sensor.

At some point they will release that one game I'd like to play and I'll get one only to hate them for not publishing three games unless the entire internet sends them a strongly worded letter.

[Mysterioii]

C'mon, who amongst us wasn't willing to jerk a dude off behind Wal-Mart to get our hands on a Wii in 2005?

You got a Wii?  ---by the flying spaghetti monster's hairy nether regions!---.





(That's a joke, I swear...)

[northerngames]

Who is in charge at Nintendo???

Mario...Duh!!