[shinobi602]

There's a new issue of Nintendo Gamer that has a whole preview section for Black Ops II with "Preview Wii U" on the top.

Not sure if I can link the site as it contains a scanned image of the page. Mag error? Unintentional spilling of the beans? It'd be a pretty big mistake if it's just an error.

[Forever]

Truly shocking.

[Ein Bear]

Now this is a reasonably big deal.

It's strange, Nintendo never mentioned this, and Sony pretty much ignored CoD Vita... do Microsoft have some sort of exclusive on showing Call of Duty off at events or something?

[schuelma]

Who is this Nintendo Gamer and why should I believe this is anything other than another crappy magazine fuck up?

[fabricated backlash]

In other news, Activision likes money.

[LiquidMetal14]

Now this is a reasonably big deal. It's strange, Nintendo never mentioned this, and Sony pretty much ignored CoD Vita... do Microsoft have some sort of exclusive on showing Call of Duty off at events or something?

When it comes to declasified, I highly doubt it.

[ponpo]

I wonder what the "hardcore controller" will be like for these games (triggers etc)

[Khold]

If true, not surprised, Treyarch's been good supporting the Wii. Nice to hear Activision is not completely gonna ignore the system...

[Kenka]

Rage/despair/overreacting incoming

[Somnid]

Now this is a reasonably big deal. It's strange, Nintendo never mentioned this, and Sony pretty much ignored CoD Vita... do Microsoft have some sort of exclusive on showing Call of Duty off at events or something?

Very possible.

Any word on date? I'm expecting this in like March.

[BD1]

Now this is a reasonably big deal. It's strange, Nintendo never mentioned this, and Sony pretty much ignored CoD Vita... do Microsoft have some sort of exclusive on showing Call of Duty off at events or something?

Seemed that way, but who really knows.

Eric Hirshberg's extremely awkward "no comment" pivot during his interview on GTTV made it seem, to me at least, that there was some underlying reason they weren't talking about CoD on Anyang other than Xbox. If Microsoft paid for exclusivity during E3, the CEO can't be on national tv talking about other platforms. But who knows.

[Ushojax]

Why did anybody think this wouldn't happen? The last few CoDs have all been on the Wii, for goodness sake.

[Keyser Soze]

I pretty much do not trust any mag nowadays with throwaway comments like this - even GamesTM and Edge

GamesTM promised Audiosurf to PSN/XBLA a few years ago

[Monty Mole]

I'd actually be more surprised if it didn't come out on Wii U.

[Mpl90]

If true, not surprised, Treyarch's been good supporting the Wii. Nice to hear Activision is not completely gonna ignore the system...

We already know Skylanders is coming ( confirmed by Activision themselves, despite without a PR ), and 007 too ( Shiggy doing what ninja don't want you to do: leaking ).

[shinobi602]

I pretty much do not trust any mag nowadays with throwaway comments like this - even GamesTM and Edge GamesTM promised Audiosurf to PSN/XBLA a few years ago

It's not just a comment, it's a whole page.

[Rush2thestart]

If true, this pretty much proves Nintendo were withholding Wii U launch window info. I swear, Nintendo can be such idiots sometimes.

[GlamFM]

[marc^o^]

Very possible. Any word on date? I'm expecting this in like March.

The article says November.

[FoneBone]

A few (supposedly) "in the know" folks hereabouts have claimed that the Wii U version has already been demoed to the press... I'm inclined to believe them.

[Khold]

We already know Skylanders is coming ( confirmed by Activision themselves, despite without a PR ), and 007 too ( Shiggy doing what ninja don't want you to do: leaking ).

Thanks for the info, good to know

[Mpl90]

If true, this pretty much proves Nintendo were withholding Wii U launch window info. I swear, Nintendo can be such idiots sometimes.

Nintendo Directs and Fall Conference for the win, reaching the core audience immediatly and with no big spending: it's what they're doing now. NSMB2 has been announced on a freaking Nintendo Direct, just to say.

[Wario64]

SHOCKING NEWS

[cw_sasuke]

I'd actually be more surprised if it didn't come out on Wii U.

Yes - releasing downgrades on Wii and then stop releasing CoD games when Nintendo has a system out that can handle the HD version.

[Ushojax]

If true, this pretty much proves Nintendo were withholding Wii U launch window info. I swear, Nintendo can be such idiots sometimes.

It's pretty clear the Microsoft had some kind of agreement with both Activision and EA Sports at this E3. Their main titles were never going to skip the Wii U.

[Plinko]

I'm more interested to see EA's offerings, but this is pretty big for Nintendo.

The problem, though, is that people already have their established 360/PS3 tags/clans/etc for CoD.

I can't imagine why anyone would buy this unless it is drastically better than the other versions.

[ThankeeSai]

If it does come to Wii U (which lets face it, is pretty likely), I'd be keen to try out the new Strike Force game mode using the UPad.

Didn't bother with MW3 this time around and may well skip Black Ops II on the 360 and pick it up for Wii U instead.

[Somnid]

The article says November.

Launch title eh? Well here's to hoping whatever team they put on it gives it love.

[venne]

Nintendo better campaign hard for cross platform play.

[marc^o^]

If that is true, missing 3rd party games will be greenlighted in the next few weeks.

[FoneBone]

I'm more interested to see EA's offerings, but this is pretty big for Nintendo.

No, it's not. Come on.

[Plinko]

No, it's not. Come on.

Note the key words: FOR NINTENDO. They've finally got a system that can get a better version of a huge game. That's big for them. It won't last long because PS4/Nextbox are coming out in the years to come, but for now it's good for them.

[Jacobi]

Exciting and exclusive feature:
There's gonna be a map on the gamepad!

[chickdigger802]

Nintendo better campaign hard for cross platform play.

that is technically impossible.


Curious if that arm computer thing they show in the trailers will appear on the wii screen.

[Sophia]

No, it's not. Come on.

Just because you may seemingly have something against Nintendo, doesn't mean it's not a big deal. Call of Duty is huge to the general public, no matter what system it's on.

If this really is true, it's one of the titles I'm buying with the Wii U myself.

that is technically impossible.

Not quite technically impossible, but it may as well be realistically impossible. =P

[Backfoggen]

30 fps?

[explodet]

I wonder what the "hardcore controller" will be like for these games (triggers etc)

Google "Wii U Pro Controller".

It's pretty much shaped like a 360 controller, with the sticks/dpad/buttons switched around, and different triggers.

[cacildo]

Im sick of military shooters, i dont care.

But

Yeah, it is unfortunally some kind of a big deal for the WiiU to finally have third party support

(now the 3rd parties only need to make good games)

[electroplankton]

Is there a way to have some confirmation of this pretty big news?

[Sho_Nuff82]

30 fps?

Why would it be?

Why wouldn't Nintendo announce this at E3?

Why wouldn't Activision announce this at E3?

[venne]

Just because you may seemingly have something against Nintendo, doesn't mean it's not a big deal. Call of Duty is huge to the general public, no matter what system it's on. If this really is true, it's one of the titles I'm buying with the Wii U myself. Not quite technically impossible, but it may as well be realistically impossible. =P

Call of Duty has established player bases on the PC, PS3, and Xbox.

I doubt many will migrate away just to play it on the Wii U.

This might be a big deal for the Nintendo exclusive gamer, but I doubt it moves the needle for those that already play COD on other platforms.

[Aostia]

If true, not surprised, Treyarch's been good supporting the Wii. Nice to hear Activision is not completely gonna ignore the system...

Skylander: check!
Call of duty: check!
Now we just need an esclusive 007 title (Skyfall?) and we can consider Activision on board.

Man, what an awful conf they set at E3...

[Khold]

It's not that the Wii U getting Black Ops 2 is that big a deal..it's that if it didn't it would have been a huge deal (ie, "Nintendo can't even get a game published onto any system with buttons?").

So it's more the prevention of that that is news, here. I can't word it well.

[schuelma]

Is there a way to have some confirmation of this pretty big news?

No. I'm looking at the scan. It appears legit, but it doesn't really say anything other than discussing the story. No interview with the developers, no talk of Wii U specific features.

I'm still skeptical, unless someone can point me to proof that this is a reputable magazine.

[cacildo]

The exciting and exclusive feature should be "Local multiplayer: one player on tv, the other one on the game pad"

But unfortunally it will be....

Exciting and exclusive feature: There's gonna be a map on the gamepad!

[GQman2121]

The comparisons to the PS360 version will be glorious. Many lives will be lost......

[marc^o^]

No. I'm looking at the scan. It appears legit, but it doesn't really say anything other than discussing the story. No interview with the developers, no talk of Wii U specific features. I'm still skeptical, unless someone can point me to proof that this is a reputable magazine.

Either they had an exclusive information, or they speculated prior to E3 it would launch on Wii U. I agree we should be cautious about it.

[Father_Brain]

Note the key words: FOR NINTENDO. They've finally got a system that can get a better version of a huge game. That's big for them. It won't last long because PS4/Nextbox are coming out in the years to come, but for now it's good for them.

It won't matter unless Nintendo has an actual strategy for convincing a certain percentage of the current PS3/360 core/dudebro/enthusiast/whatever audience that Wii U is an upgrade from those platforms.

It's (charitably) a few months too soon to say for sure, but the E3 showing - no launch-window exclusives aimed at that audience other than ZombiU, very few additional timely multiplatform announcements, further disconfirmation of multiplatform titles like LoS2 that ought to be coming - was not encouraging.

Anyway, BOII is almost certainly coming, but NGamer isn't really a credible source.

[Mojojo]

I think it's a first, a console that get more and more confusing (launch games, features etc..) the nearer we get to launch : /
Nintendo better have a stellar marketing campaign and nintendo directs to convince casual and fans alike..

[Effect]

Call of Duty has established player bases on the PC, PS3, and Xbox. I doubt many will migrate away just to play it on the Wii U. This might be a big deal for the Nintendo exclusive gamer, but I doubt it moves the needle for those that already play COD on other platforms.

Call of Duty has an established player base on the Wii as well. Let's not purposefully ignore this please. Then there are those that did migrate to the PS3/360/PC versions because of the lack of DLC and a good way to patch the Wii games. Those problems being solved it's not crazy to think the Wii U version would have a higher sales then Wii versions in the end and people would migrate over. Especially if they are getting a Wii U system anyway.