WiiU
 

Anybody heard anything about this?

Price? Release date? Games? Specs? Anything?

I thought it was a console, but it just looks like a controller to me. I honestly wouldn't waist your time with it. Your better off getting an Xbox or PS3. I'd save your money. As for the price, I didn't find any results. I'm estimating it will range between 100-300 bucks.

Its actually an entirely new system.
The controller is just a main focus, since it has its own touch screen.

This system will have more power than current generation systems, and will be able to play any new game coming out.
Which is why a lot of gaming companies have already signed on to produce things like, Assassins Creed and Arkham City on the WiiU.

So, HD games that other consoles have plus Nintendo first party games?
I say **** yes.


Also @op:
Release date will be later next year.
Full details at E3 2012.

I'm meh about it, will wait until more info is released.

Obviously the controller is a marketing point just as the 3D in the 3DS.

Nbd

There better be some kind of controller port to it. The Wii U's position of the controls makes me not want to play it at all. I hope its compatible with the Wii

Is this a surprise? Nintendo tried the whole "just give them power!" with the Gamecube and they got ****ed. Now they're too scared to go that route anymore and need to try to think outside the box to win people over. If more developers and players supported the Gamecube, Nintendo may have never gone down this road(or may have, Miyamoto is just that kind of person).

Unless they have a similar Wii Sports phenomenon to go with the new system it probably won't reach that same appeal that the Wii got.

If the price and software is just right however, I will probably buy one.

Find the demo video they showed at E3. The game prototypes and examples were pretty awesome, tbh.

Also, the live rendering demo they showed was really nice.

Super smash bros universe for WiiU and 3DS<3:love:

not looking forward to shelling out the cost for 4 of those expensive looking controllers to play smash bros..

Word is the WiiU will only support two controllers at a time. Dunno if this has changed since that announcement, though.

At e3 the only demos they showed had 1 big controller and 4 wiimotes.

So, I think thats going go be the setup....one big controller and the rest normal wiimotes.

However, Nintendo had said its completely up to developers. So I guess if some stupid game developer decides his game requires 4 big controllers, no ones gonna play. lol

that looks like an expensive controller...what happens when it breaks?

I hope the online is good, not all that 'friend code' crap.

They may be large, but they apparently are very light and comfortable to fit in your hand. Nintendo has openly stated as of the e3 release more than one controller was not possible for the wii u, but that is over a year and a half before the wiiU's release, so judging literally anything about the console from e3 is incredibly unreliable.

**** me running! that better not be true... if thats true, that would be the end of competitive gaming on the wii. ssbm was the jesus of nintendo gaming.

Not true.. Don't forget that you can transfer the WiiU to the TV system so it can be up to 4 players instead of 2. Also keep in mind that Smash Brothers Universe is coming out and i don't think thats gonna be only up to 2 players.

yeah but remember that when smash bros came out for wii, the public clamored for a more controller-like......controller. No-one plays smash bros with a wii mote and nunchchuck. No one that wants to win anyway.

Dusty's point stands.

But that doesn't change how Smash Brothers is always up to 4 players..
Thats just asking for a new controller

the controler has a screen because if someone is using or blocking the tv, use the controler. i dot like the concept because the controler looks too wide

Doesn't look very good... I like the Ninja Star thing and Take Aim, but the rest is crap. 'Stay Fit' with the new controller. It's big, and probably heavy. I'd only use it to draw and mess around with browsing.

Of course, depends how much it costs.

I don't know it still just seems necessary having a huge expensive controller with a screen on it and only allowing one of them per console..
if I wanna play a portable version of Mario I'll play with a DS.
Is there only like 1 tv in your house? Are the people in your household really not courteous enough to let you play on the tv?

Nintendo just trying to stay innovative..or relevant for that matter

OMFG! Its not a controller! Its an actual console itself!
It has its own library of games coming out!

No.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_U
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Yea... Thats definitely a controller..

Oh... And the Wii U Video Game Lineup?

Why, because it has a screen? All it does is stream video from the actual console. It's not a console itself, no more than a drawing tablet with a screen in it is a computer.

Ok... Please tell me how a controller can provide fully HD advanced graphics, a exclusive line up of titles like ninja gaiden 3 and darksiders 2 built specifically for it, and a disc system?

When do you ever see a controller with a disc system?

Edit: Nvm... Its a controller... Still surprised how they can pack all that information into it...
And since its a controller and not a console itself... I think its not gonna be worth 150-250 bucks

Wtf are you talking about?

The console is the WiiU. It just happens to come with a mega controller.

The games are not for the controller. The games are for the WiiU.
The screen on the controller just displays crap.

Also, what are you talking about when do you see a controller with a disc system?
Umm....every console since the ps1?

Nvm... I got confused with the controller and the system itself...

No, I'm saying that it won't matter in the long run because good games will be made anyways and the big features aren't important, but that won't detract from gameplay.

Good first party games can only take a console so far, they need third party developers to become interested in their console. Third party developers completely ditched the Gamecube, even though it was a perfectly viable console, and way ahead of the PS2. That was a huge loss to Nintendo. Now they come and add motion controls to the Wii and third party devs loved it, and most consumers loved it. They have their stats, and from a financial standpoint it would be stupid to try to go back to just giving people "more power."

thirdy party devs loved it compared to the Gamecube, Nintendo's overall third party support and success is still pretty weak

Maybe. But while people trash Wii for their shovelware, other consoles weren't immune to the same thing. PS2 had tons of shovelware crap too, and even the NES and SNES had it. Shovelware flocks to the best selling console, it's that simple. The difference is the Wii sold insanely well, and developers would rather cash in on that fact than put out a good game. Why make a good game when so many parents bought the Wii for their little kids that wouldn't appreciate them? In the end though, the Wii was doing much better in the third party support than the Gamecube did, though the games themselves suck.

It's already happening with the Kinect..huge success, third party games suck for now.

For those who intend to buy the Wii U, you're not gonna be happy with this...
http://www.screwattack.com/news/comm...-priced-france

wtf is Nintendo thinking?

they're the next Sega Dreamcast...

It's just a rumor, but if it is true(no reliable sources so who's to say?) then they might not do too swell. The only reason the Wii was as popular as it was was because of the pricing.

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If that's true, Nintendo needs to get off whatever they're smoking. Their systems are no where near advanced or as good as the PS3 and Xbox 360. No one is going to pay that much for that little system. At most I say they could charge $300.00, but not a penny more.

What? You do know it's more advanced than the 360 AND PS3, right? Or are you just talking out of your ass?

I can't imagine Nintendo pricing their system that expensive. It is just a rumor, and also the price in europe.

Whenever Nintendo prices their systems, its never the same in other regions.

From what I've seen it doesn't look at all advanced compared to them. Xbox and PS3 knocked Wii out of the competition when they released the Kinect and Motion Controller. What can this do that the other systems can't? Does it even have online gameplay or an account you can make?

Have you read up on it at all? Also, Kinect did alright, but it hardly offers anything spectacular. PS3 Move is lol.

I've watched clips of usage with it. I'm not interested in it too much so I didn't read much on it. Nintendo hasn't impressed me in the past with their systems. They're making a lot of different versions of the DS which is unneccessary. The Wii is ok. This just doesn't look eye catching to me.

They've had a few real-time renderings of what it's capable of(just so you know, pre-launch content often isn't pushing the graphical limits of what a system is capable of, and end-console games tend to put early-console games to shame as far as graphics go as developers figure out how to milk them for all they're worth).



(might want to change the resolution to HD if your connection will be able to).

The graphics are pretty good. Looks like PS3 graphics to me. I'm fine with the Xbox 360 graphics since it already looks realistic.

Those graphics are way beyond that of a PS3 if you're aware of what you're looking at...

They don't seem much different to me.

Then I don't think you're recognizing just how much of a difference there is in the textures and polygon count.