It's all coming from inside the system. The rendering of the screen, and sending the ni-fi signal to the controller, as well as accepting input via bluetooth.
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[Rumor] Support of 2 controllers on Wii U already available or on its way
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It's all coming from inside the system. The rendering of the screen, and sending the ni-fi signal to the controller, as well as accepting input via bluetooth.
I like local multiplayer more, personally. I think a lot of people share this. Not even considering lag and connection failures of online play, I think overall its just a nicer experience to play together in the same room and having fun. That said, I do like some aspects of online play like having this big screen all for yourself without your opponent seeing what you are seeing. I think Nintendo just fixed that problem for local multiplayer. And its great to be able to have some of the advantages that online play offers in local multiplayer.
There is really nothing to complain about here. Everything points to the Wii U having a good online experience, and a very good local multiplayer experience as well.
a Master Ninja
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This is smart because:
1.) Lots of kids will own the WiiU
2.) Kids are jerks that don't know how to share
1.) Lots of kids will own the WiiU
2.) Kids are jerks that don't know how to share
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
So... The OP is the source or did I miss a link somewhere? Where did you see these dev kits?
Edit: ok, so he's not a dev and didn't actually see it and is going by what some devs said. Shame/weird that if they're willing to divulge such information they also couldn't tell him anything about its specs...
So I guess it may as well be bs, intentional or not, but there's a 50% chance it'll be done anyway and he's not 100% confirming it.
Edit: ok, so he's not a dev and didn't actually see it and is going by what some devs said. Shame/weird that if they're willing to divulge such information they also couldn't tell him anything about its specs...
So I guess it may as well be bs, intentional or not, but there's a 50% chance it'll be done anyway and he's not 100% confirming it.
Are you using GAF with google translate? Anyway. No, it's not the controllers that render the game view on them. More than one controller shouldn't tax it that much more than regular split screen does in multiplayer games as they're not exactly HD screens, though they're extra on top of the full TV resolution rather than just that divided. Still, the problem seemed to be the video streaming feature and if it could handle more than one controller's screen iirc rather than anything to do with rendering.
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He states who he is in the OP. You are free to believe or not believe him.
You think this will dynamically adjust the cost of the system?
Okay. What if it did? That's Nintendo's problem.
Agent Unknown
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My thoughts exactly on this long awaited thread. I'm tired of having to decipher what may be speculation and previous quoted info or what parts I'm apparently supposed to assume are actual pieces of hard info. That said, this is good news if true, thanks IdeaMan. Just hope you can take the possibility of real criticism now that you're outside of the spec threads.
This is from the most sharing adult on this board!
a Master Ninja has given away more gaming stuff than most gamers ever own. Thanks dude!
iceatcs
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Ah thanks for classify.
Maybe they want it as low number controller pads per system. Otherwise it would be expensive to buy multi ni-fi chips if they want it to handle more than 2.
And of course it will cost too much for the system resource.
schwabdizzle
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I am wondering how much an extra controller is going to cost? Does anyone else wonder the same thing. It has to be at least $99
$69. Max.
For the last sentence, why not ? Or a TV show while you play against your friend on the DRC's.
Bleh. neither of those sound like a good replacement for gamecube controller compatibility
YourMaster
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True, with no TV output of course.
CriterionDog
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My body is always ready.
Jaded Alyx
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The Hermit
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yeah, 2 Wii U Tablets!
Cheesecakebobby
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God I hope something interesting can be done with 2 pads that can't already be done with 2 3DSes or 2 Vitas.
Ask all the folks who whined about this for the last year.
How about, not nearly enough people own a 3DS or Vita to make it a viable business proposition to support games that use two 3DS/Vita's?
Cheesecakebobby
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Eh?
I just mean, speculating about how this could let us - wait for it - play 2-player games without a TV doesn't sound very exciting considering that would basically be the same as each having a handheld. 2 controllers plus a TV is where it gets interesting because that is pretty much a brand new way of playing.
If they put a camera and IR array on the back of each I can think of a lot of cool two player games with each player facing each other (and not the TV). Has anything been revealed about the back of the new controllers? Analog triggers, camera, sensor bar? I'd love to see some Johnny Lee type head tracking.
Cheesecakebobby
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That would be awesome but as far as I am aware no leaks have suggested there are any sensors on the back of the controller. I'm not sure why there isn't an out-facing camera, considering even in single player games it could add a lot to augmented reality.
test_account
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Two controllers was my guess for Nintendo's E3 surprise It was pretty much the first complaint people had after the WiiU was unveiled, so i'd make sense that Nintendo would adress this.
It was pretty much the first complaint people had after the WiiU was unveiled, so i'd make sense that Nintendo would adress this.Soulscribe
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This console genuinely confuses me.
Jaded Alyx
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What's confusing about it?
fluffydelusions
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Do you mean all the rumors and (mis)information behind this console?
hardcastlemccormick
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That was a really big OP and it barely said anything.
I still don't understand why Ideaman's posts are given any credibility.
I still don't understand why Ideaman's posts are given any credibility.
Dreamwriter
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Think of Magic: The Gathering - a card game where each player holds a bunch of cards privately, and then lays them on the table. Sure, it could technically be done just on a handheld, but this is more like playing the real thing, where you are looking in your physical hands to see your cards, and out on the table (TV screen) to see what's going on.
You aren't going to find much in this that couldn't be done with two Nintendo DS's, because the Wii-U is basically a console version of the DS.
Having not followed the status of this since E3, I personally found the OP quite informative. I'll agree that there was a decent amount of fluff, but I appreciate the effort that went into making the post.
An augmented reality pong, the padlets are the surface each players control, and you have to strafe in your living room to catch the virtual ball ! YAY !
Thanks, yeah, it was to introduce the context, what we knew about the 2 DRC support status, the history of the implementation of this feature, its non availability for developers, then the real data, followed by some assumptions mixed with info. There's a lot of scenarios covered, to push people to consider that this support may not be activated at E3, that certainly third-parties projects aren't including a 2 DRC multiplayer mode, etc. I guess pressed by the time people could skip directly to part 3
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I don't think you can look at 2 pad controllers with lag-free streaming ability as a given, though. If these were typical game controllers, absolutely. But this is a much different animal.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
2 controller support megaton!
I like that. And the TV screen could display, in plus of the virtual table, some animations, like Leviathan Vs Polar Kraken Vs Jokulmorder !
Dreamwriter
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It's not a given, though, because of the huge technical challenges behind it. Namely, the amount of wireless bandwidth needed to send and render two complete screens in under 1/60th of a second. I don't know of anything else that does that - iPad to Apple TV has quite a bit of lag sending 1080p, for example, and the wireless HDMI devices do too (but since both video and audio are lagged the same, it's not an issue there).
boiled goose
good with gravy
A necessary feature. Wii sold only because of local multi. One pad only is gimping most important and differentiatirng feature of its predecessor
bgassassin
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Analog triggers were supposedly added sometime last year.
This feature would be excellent for sports games. I remember playing NFL 2K on the Dreamcast with friends, but using the VMU to select my plays so we couldn't peek at which play the other was selecting. Madden could do the same type of thing on the Wii U. Also, while the game is going on you can look down and see stats and other info.
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