[IdeaMan]

Multitouch perhaps? Somebody had once said that for resistive screens it's a matter of software rather than hardware. I could see Nintendo adding that in just to "check the box" since pinch to zoom is pretty established at this point, and Nintendo mean to advertise the Wii U as a lifestyle device as well as a gaming machine.

Still no multi-touch nor haptic nor 3D on the DRC at the end of march, for big third-parties.

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

My spec predictions: GPUZ COREZ RAMZ CASHHHHHHHH there you go.

Wii U processors to be designed by Ubisoft confirmed.

[Log4Girlz]

If porting game X from the HD twins, Wii U just has to be able to double the resolution and frame rate for it to pique my interest. Otherwise it'll go from day 1 to well, I'll wait a few months. Nintendo games will look glorious no matter the hardware.

[AzaK]

Maybe the change is something along the lines of analog triggers, or clicky pads just to "tick the box"?

If porting game X from the HD twins, Wii U just has to be able to double the resolution and frame rate for it to pique my interest. Otherwise it'll go from day 1 to well, I'll wait a few months. Nintendo games will look glorious no matter the hardware.

I think you'll be shit out of luck then. That would require a pretty hefty jump to go from 720 to 1080 and double the framerate all the while having the controller have to display something.



Ideaman, do you have any info on Subscreen lag? Is there some/none/don't know? I realise that gyros seem to have inherent lag but I'm meaning the screen. If you have the same scene showing on main screen and Subscreen are they in perfect sync? This is one of my biggest concerns.

[nickcv]

damn, i didn't have time to read this thread over the last week and now i found out BP is back...

now we can even speculate about BP getting banned or not because of whatever happens during E3 :P

anyhow when was supposed to be the nintendo investors meeting?

[Fourth Storm]

Maybe the screen itself clicks. :O haha

[Log4Girlz]

Maybe the change is something along the lines of analog triggers, or clicky pads just to "tick the box"? I think you'll be shit out of luck then. That would require a pretty hefty jump to go from 720 to 1080 and double the framerate all the while having the controller have to display something. Ideaman, do you have any info on Subscreen lag? Is there some/none/don't know?

About 5x power jump from 360...pretty much what IGN was saying not too long ago. I don't believe it.

[-Pyromaniac-]

Huh? no HARDCOREEZZZZZ no sale! :3

nintendo can't afford the hardcorezzz, what do you think this is.

[Plinko]

Ideaman, do you have any info on Subscreen lag? Is there some/none/don't know? I realise that gyros seem to have inherent lag but I'm meaning the screen. If you have the same scene showing on main screen and Subscreen are they in perfect sync? This is one of my biggest concerns.

I'm pretty certain that Nintendo and users at E3 all confirmed absolutely zero noticeable lag.

[Plinko]

The other stuff is super specific, but since I don't dabble in game announcement speculation (going in blank is so much more fun), I can only say good stuff there. Also, Retro's making an action adventure/StarTropics. :P [/wishful thinking]

I know there are like 3 of us on the board that want this more than anything.

[nickcv]

I'm pretty certain that Nintendo and users at E3 all confirmed absolutely zero noticeable lag.

i do remember the same but are we sure that UPad was actually streaming wireless?
i mean, we do know there was actually a cable: was it there just for battery and security reasons?

[IdeaMan]

Maybe the change is something along the lines of analog triggers, or clicky pads just to "tick the box"? I think you'll be shit out of luck then. That would require a pretty hefty jump to go from 720 to 1080 and double the framerate all the while having the controller have to display something. Ideaman, do you have any info on Subscreen lag? Is there some/none/don't know? I realise that gyros seem to have inherent lag but I'm meaning the screen. If you have the same scene showing on main screen and Subscreen are they in perfect sync? This is one of my biggest concerns.

No apparent lag for this case for my sources projects, but it could be different for other titles. The video streaming tech seems to be rather efficient. It's more about the resources draw of the padlet when rendering a complex 3D scene (usually another view of the main screen) that there is an hindrance for these developers, in a v4 dev kit/all the other parameters that i explained context.

[BurntPork]

I'm going to post this so that my guess seems less pessimistic.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...&postcount=924

[BY2K]

Again, please, do not quote.

[snowdog1971]

The newest iPad did not exist at the time of the quote, likely. Don't read much into it.

Yup, it was before Apple started using Retina displays, so it would have been the iPad 2 I think. We're talking about June last year.

[Sadist]

That's bad man :lol

[HylianTom]

I know there are like 3 of us on the board that want this more than anything.

Tears of joy. The show would be officially "good" for me. *sigh*

Yup, it was before Apple started using Retina displays, so it would have been the iPad 2 I think. We're talking about June last year.

The iPod touch 4th gen was using Retina at the time, but not the iPad 2.

[AceBandage]

Again, please, do not quote. [IMG]http://i.minus.com/iQ8N0ylHGQBgR.gif

XD

[IdeaMan]

Again, please, do not quote.

Your gifs are killing my internetz at loading, but they are awesome :D

[fernoca]

Hahaha..good one.

[BurntPork]

Your gifs are killing my internetz at loading, but they are awesome :D

You need a new computer. lol. How much RAM does your computer have? and what is the ratio of your PC's RAM to Wii U's RAM?

I try to compress them as much as I can, really.

It has no effect on my laptop at all... while I have 20 tabs and a stream open, along with Skype.

[BY2K]

I try to compress them as much as I can, really.

[ViewtifulJC]

I try to compress them as much as I can, really.

No kidding!

But seriously, amazing

[Lord Ghirahim]

That's a 22MB gif.
Yes.

[bgassassin]

Again, please, do not quote. http://i.minus.com/iQ8N0ylHGQBgR.gif

XD

Are you using Imageready or whatever Photoshop calls it now?

[BY2K]

Sony Vegas to edit the source video/add the subtitles and Ulead Gif Animator to create the actual gif.

[GhostTrick]

I'm going to post this so that my guess seems less pessimistic. http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...&postcount=924

They're just totally insane.
Seriously, I rather trust 01.net, who's been right with PSVita specs, right with 3DS Circle Pad Pro.
Why go from an HD4850 (or something like this) to an HD6450 ?
Insane.

[bgassassin]

Sony Vegas to edit the source video/add the subtitles and Ulead Gif Animator to create the actual gif.

That's what caused me to not like Ulead GA. I was always ending up with huge gifs.

[BurntPork]

That's a 22MB gif. Yes.

Really? It took almost no time to load, and my peak is only 1.8MB/s. And I'm watch a stream...

[ClovingWestbrook]

Sorry, but that's just how I am. You're going to be grilled by me. Any problems with that?

Utterly fantastic bro. So missed your presence here.

[Anth0ny]

Again, please, do not quote. [IMG]http://i.minus.com/iQ8N0ylHGQBgR.gif[/ IMG]

So good.

[Jorok Goldblade]

My spec predictions: GPUZ COREZ RAMZ CASHHHHHHHH there you go.

You forgot

PIKMINZ

[AceBandage]

ZinZ?

[UncleSporky]

Sony Vegas to edit the source video/add the subtitles and Ulead Gif Animator to create the actual gif.

Oh my god Ulead.

I've been using some ancient free shareware version since the 90s. Still mirrored at various places around the net.

Not good enough to do what you do but yeah, the mention of that program. :)

[ShockingAlberto]

Sony Vegas to edit the source video/add the subtitles and Ulead Gif Animator to create the actual gif.

...

!

I never thought about this

[BY2K]

... ! I never thought about this

What, using Vegas? I thought it would be a way easier way to add subtitles to a video and edit out the useless parts.

[IdeaMan]

You need a new computer. lol. How much RAM does your computer have? [spoiler] and what is the ratio of your PC's RAM to Wii U's RAM?[/spoiler

XD

[axisofweevils]

Uh oh.... Looks like we have another Anti-Wii U thread...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=469794

[axisofweevils]

XD

XD card storage for Wii U confirmed! :D

[HylianTom]

You forgot PIKMINZ

I remember that there was a peniswatt-to-Pikmin conversion rate around here somewhere.. hmm..

[adg1034]

Just to address something, we learned about motion controls and IR pointing the day Iwata showed the controller off at TGS 2005:

Revolution guarantees this. The main source of input is nothing short of unexpected and untraditional. It is essentially a wireless, square remote that works something like a computer mouse would in 3D space. Imagine sticking your hand into a virtual box and having your TV understand how it's moving in there. Now you're getting the idea.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651275p1.html

More at the link.

[Fourth Storm]

Utterly fantastic bro. So missed your presence here.

Place me firmly in the skeptics camp as well. Surely, there is something Ideaman can do to get himself verified by the mods.

You worked for a magazine, you say, correct Ideaman? How bout showing a scan of one of your articles to one of the mods along w/ some ID? Anything that links you to the industry. I'm amazed that some posters here have accepted your walls of text as a substitute for actual verification. Your posts also seem out of character for a presumably 40-something professional journalist (whooping it up because your post is the first one a page? Really?). You somehow talk the doubters down, which I'll give to you. It's been a good show, but enough is enough. Drop the mask and there might still be some salvation. We Nintendo fanboys are a forgiving lot. Case in point, we welcome back Silicon Knights with open arms. ;)

[BY2K]

Didn't Ideaman already got himself verified by the mods?

[BurntPork]

XD

Do I convert this to decimal or what?

Have you heard anything about the controller taking on a more... "controller-like" form factor?

Didn't Ideaman already got himself verified by the mods?

No. He can't be verified. How cam he be verified as a former journalist?

[HylianTom]

Didn't Ideaman already got himself verified by the mods?

From what I recall, he had a private chat with one of the verified insiders (I forget who) who then vouched for him publicly in here. At that point, I was less skeptical.

I don't think it matters anymore, he's not making outrageous claims. If he gets verified or was already, no one is going to be like "OMG IT'S ALL TRUE, HE'S LEGIT". If he doesn't get verified or hasn't already, no one is going to be devastated either.

Pretty much. If anything, he's spurred some pretty good conversations.

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Didn't Ideaman already got himself verified by the mods?

I don't think it matters anymore, he's not making outrageous claims.

If he gets verified or was already, no one is going to be like "OMG IT'S ALL TRUE, HE'S LEGIT".

If he doesn't get verified or hasn't already, no one is going to be devastated either.

[Fourth Storm]

Didn't Ideaman already got himself verified by the mods?

If so, I'll completely recant my statement. These threads move fast, but I've kept up pretty well over the months. Last I heard, he "verified" some of his info w/ lherre. That just doesn't work for me on a few different levels.

[UncleSporky]

Wish somebody would keep a log of all hints dropped by these probably-insiders. Too big of a thread to dig through.

[BurntPork]

Place me firmly in the skeptics camp as well. Surely, there're something Ideaman can do to get himself verified by the mods.

The specs posted in that link would make Wii U overall ~50% as powerful as current-gen. Guy is totally nuts to be that pessimistic.

[BY2K]

The specs posted in that link would make Wii U overall ~50% as powerful as current-gen. Guy is totally nuts to be that pessimistic.

On which side are you on?