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The Wii U Speculation Thread VI: The Undiscovered Country

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Gahiggidy

My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Not sure if mentioned, but it also seems like Iwata will be guest tweeting on NoA's account starting tomorrow.

Maybe he will take my suggestion and use the Twitter to start randomly stating Wii U performance specs.


"Iwata: 777 Gigaflops #theflops"

"Iwata: 2 Gigs; 1.75 game - 0.25 O/S #DATtexture"
 

HylianTom

Banned
Just think, ladies and gents.. the dream of bathroom and porch gaming might be confirmed here in a little bit! We might find something out about the RANGE of the controller, perhaps?
 

Gahiggidy

My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
If we'll see a completely redesigned Wii U(very extensive changes) tonight, then it was hidden to third-parties, as they supplied the latest dev kits with drive integrated, like the luigi Wii dev kits, using the design we saw at E3 2011.

It's not impossible huh :) I covered the 3 scenarios. But the more likely is no redesign, or a very small one (maybe change of color, etc.).

Did your sources know what the 2011 Wii U looked like before last year's E3? Did they?
 

Bumhead

Banned
Purple for me.

Not sure we'll hear about colours today either way. The unit they'll show today will more than likely be white and any launch variation details will come when they tell us the price and dates in a couple of months time.
 

japtor

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When we get to T-10 hours to E3 everyone can watch this to fill the time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBEYInwe2Nk

and this is awesome, Nintendo is leak proof these days. The ninjas are worth every buck they get paid. I bet even the Ninjas habe informations about WiiU.
They're out Apple-ing Apple in secrecy.
IdeaMan is saying that since the latest dev kit looks like the original design but with special coloring, just like the final Wii dev kits, that chances are the deisn isn't gonna change.
Basically he's saying it'll either stay the same or it won't. I bet he's right.
 

Hiltz

Member
I do want it in BLACK

Sadly, it seems like we are doomed to only have white, at least at the launch release anyway.

Miyamoto Interview from Game Informer June 2011

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto explained, "We found over the years when we included a lot of different colors in our hardware is people would kind of point to that and use it to paint us as more kid-oriented."He notes that previous Nintendo systems, such as the Famicom and Super Famicom, were far more colorful. The GameCube famously launched in purple and black. Miyamoto noted that while his preference is to "make greater use of color in our hardware," Nintendo has found that minimizing the number of colors maximizes appeal to all age groups.Nintendo went with white for Wii and Wii U because they "found that rather than going all black - all white seems to have a broader appeal to people.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26860

I really don't see the harm in just sticking to two launch colors - white and black. Nintendo's done it with the DS and 3DS too. Well, 3DS now has a shit ton of colors to choose from now. I don't recall what the situation was like with the DS during the same time frame.
 

IdeaMan

My source is my ass!
It's a possibility that these latest "final form" dev kits they received are exactly like the E3 2011 units, but that the consoles for us we'll be in a different color, with small alterations. It's the scenarios 1 or 2 of my post. They are the most likely.

A complete overhaul, a redesign (redesign means a very different design, not small changes or different color), if it happens, means Nintendo kept this hidden to third-parties, and maybe they will supply them again other dev kits with this new form.
 

HylianTom

Banned
Black, purple, dark green.. I'd love any of those colors.

But I'll buy it regardless. It could be Turd Brown, and I'll still be there on Day 1 because it'll play new Nintendo games, haha..
 
I hate black

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IdeaMan

My source is my ass!
Last appetizer before the Nintendo direct

About the square button near power on the Wii U controller

You may remember this post (also in the leaked DRC picture thread) where i detailed some modifications that appeared on the updated Wii U "padlet".

4 - The small button near the power remains mysterious for third-parties. It seems it isn't a touchpad, an additional game input, or other exotic feature. It may be related to the asymmetrical setting of the system. Basically, it could allow an instant switch between the TV and the DRC. Grain of salt for this.

There are more evidences that indeed, this button is to switch directly between the TV and the Wii U controller. This will avoid the need to go to the interface, choose an option, etc, it will be instantly.

Now, will it work for every games, especially for titles built using two screens simultaneously (TV + controller) ? I hope we'll have some answers tonight :)

But this feature is already cool, imagine someone in a rush to not miss a tv show while you're playing, by just pressing a button, your game is on the DRC !
 

AGITΩ

Member
Sadly, it seems like we are doomed to only have white, at least at the launch release anyway.

Miyamoto Interview from Game Informer June 2011



http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26860

I really don't see harm in just sticking to two launch colors - white and black. Nintendo's done it with the DS and 3DS too. Well, 3DS now has a shit ton of colors to choose from now. I don't recall what the situation was like with the DS during the same time frame.

I really want to know where they did that study, unless they are basing it on Apple Products. Consoles are for the TVs, most TV sets are Black, it goes more inline with everything in the living room. Once Black Wii's came out, we were selling them like gangbusters, and when given with a choice between black or white, 90% of consumers at my store chose black. To the point that Nintendo pretty much has only been making Black Wii's here in the US since Last Holiday season.
 

Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Last appetizer before the Nintendo direct

About the square button near power on the Wii U controller

You may remember this post (also in the leaked DRC picture thread) where i detailed some modifications that appeared on the updated Wii U "padlet".



There are more evidences that indeed, this button is to switch directly between the TV and the Wii U controller. This will avoid the need to go to the interface, choose an option, etc, it will be instantly.

Now, will it work for every games, especially for titles built using two screens simultaneously (TV + controller) ? I hope we'll have some answers tonight :)

But this feature is already cool, imagine someone in a rush to not miss a tv show while you're playing, by just pressing a button, your game is on the DRC !

Yep, this makes the most sense. Probably my most-wanted feature of this entire system.
 

japtor

Member
AGITΩ;38462608 said:
I really want to know where they did that study, unless they are basing it on Apple Products. Consoles are for the TVs, most TV sets are Black, it goes more inline with everything in the living room. Once Black Wii's came out, we were selling them like gangbusters, and when given with a choice between black or white, 90% of consumers at my store chose black. To the point that Nintendo pretty much has only been making Black Wii's here in the US since Last Holiday season.
They'll save black for the PS4/720 launch :p
 

Anth0ny

Member
Last appetizer before the Nintendo direct

About the square button near power on the Wii U controller

You may remember this post (also in the leaked DRC picture thread) where i detailed some modifications that appeared on the updated Wii U "padlet".



There are more evidences that indeed, this button is to switch directly between the TV and the Wii U controller. This will avoid the need to go to the interface, choose an option, etc, it will be instantly.

Now, will it work for every games, especially for titles built using two screens simultaneously (TV + controller) ? I hope we'll have some answers tonight :)

But this feature is already cool, imagine someone in a rush to not miss a tv show while you're playing, by just pressing a button, your game is on the DRC !

YO I GUESSED THAT

that would be awesome
 

Zero148

Member
Last appetizer before the Nintendo direct

About the square button near power on the Wii U controller

You may remember this post (also in the leaked DRC picture thread) where i detailed some modifications that appeared on the updated Wii U "padlet".



There are more evidences that indeed, this button is to switch directly between the TV and the Wii U controller. This will avoid the need to go to the interface, choose an option, etc, it will be instantly.

Now, will it work for every games, especially for titles built using two screens simultaneously (TV + controller) ? I hope we'll have some answers tonight :)

But this feature is already cool, imagine someone in a rush to not miss a tv show while you're playing, by just pressing a button, your game is on the DRC !

what? I thought you said it was for the NFC.
 
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