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Wii U Thread - Now in HD!
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IceDoesntHelp
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wait wut? hows that less than great news? that would be wonderful news.
Unless an embargo is given at the event, there has been no word on one from Nintendo regarding it. Highly unlikely an embargo will be in place as live-blogs are planned.
Smiles and Cries
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imagine that being the lesser news and life will be great from now on
too bad THQ was too busy going broke during the Window to get this ready doubt we'll see it
GiantEnemyGoomba
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They've decided to keep us in the dark until the November Conference.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I would straight up cry if there were embargoes. Embargoes and NDAs hurt the most out of anything. ;_;
Exterminieren
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This week is going to be... interesting on GAF.
Silent_Ocarina
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I'm not worried about the lack of a live stream. I'd be concerned if there are no live blogs, though.
Could you please refrain from your attempts to get me hyped. My fragile mind cannot handle it.
Yup. 3 days 12 hours 35 minutes remaining.
You remember wrong. All the things mentioned were discussed at the September 2006 press event.
Or they're just not doing it because (since NO ONE remembers that far back) Nintendo did the same thing in 2006.
snowdog1971
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It really isn't a big deal tbh. We're looking at a 600-800GFLOPS GPU in the U, a 1GFLOP GPU in the 720 and a 1.8GFLOP GPU in the PS4. As long as the U's GPU has a 2012 feature set (and common sense would say it does) it won't be a problem. Going by what we know of the PS4 and 720 so far all 3 consoles are going to be in the same sort of ballpark in terms of power, as they were last gen.
10am Eastern
Spieler Eins
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If there's no stream, the information will probably be officially revealed right afterwards. Doesn't that gameinformer WiiU thing also start soon?
I mean, they didn't do a good job in making this thing look exciting until now, but eventually they have to finally tell people when it is coming out, regardless of how much it apparently hurts them to show us anything related to it currently :lol What's worse is that there's still no further details for Iwatas showing that should happen ...whenever, while there's complete silence from NoE who haven't even revealed the 3DS dates for the rest of the year.
I mean, they didn't do a good job in making this thing look exciting until now, but eventually they have to finally tell people when it is coming out, regardless of how much it apparently hurts them to show us anything related to it currently :lol What's worse is that there's still no further details for Iwatas showing that should happen ...whenever, while there's complete silence from NoE who haven't even revealed the 3DS dates for the rest of the year.
XtremeXpider
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IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
FacelessSamurai
..but cry so much I wish I had some
I still wonder why people are arguing over what the Wii U can push as far as specs go. I mean, having owned pretty much every Nintendo system ever (except the virtual boy) I am indeed planning on getting a Wii U even if it's only to play First party titles and the few exclusive 3rd party titles, but people need to stop being delusional. Even if developers aren't using 100% of the hardware right now, just look at the current ports we are getting as well as Nintendo's own titles and compare them to 360/PS3 titles and you'll see there isn't any difference. Maybe in the future once we are getting PS4/720 ports to Wii U and developers have gotten better with the hardware we'll be getting something better, but it won't be that much better than what we are currently getting this generation.
I mean, I get we're on an online forum and people just keep on talking about whatever they can find and speculate since we don't have all the details yet, but if the 250-300$ price point is true, then it's easy to see that this is a low cost/low power console meant to attract people using new play controls (touch screen controller and motion) and the low cost means more people will most likely get it or at least buy it as their 2nd console. I mean, just like with the Wii, Nintendo is in it to make a profit, most likely from day 1.
And if this does support UE4, it'll be like iPad supports UE3: it runs on it but it obviously doesn't look as good as on other more powerful systems.
I mean, I get we're on an online forum and people just keep on talking about whatever they can find and speculate since we don't have all the details yet, but if the 250-300$ price point is true, then it's easy to see that this is a low cost/low power console meant to attract people using new play controls (touch screen controller and motion) and the low cost means more people will most likely get it or at least buy it as their 2nd console. I mean, just like with the Wii, Nintendo is in it to make a profit, most likely from day 1.
And if this does support UE4, it'll be like iPad supports UE3: it runs on it but it obviously doesn't look as good as on other more powerful systems.
Something to consider....
Here is a video of the 2006 press event from London:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvnULQaN97M
The first 20 minutes were literally spent justifying their decision to reach the expanded audience. A LOT of time was spent doing that. They then spent a good 10-15 minutes playing tennis with pro tennis players to justify that, yes, the game plays as good as can be approximated by a remote controller (for those who forget, this was a big deal at the time). This time, Nintendo doesn't have quite as much of a hard sell in these regards, so more time can be given to things that are actually worth discussing.
Here is a video of the 2006 press event from London:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvnULQaN97M
The first 20 minutes were literally spent justifying their decision to reach the expanded audience. A LOT of time was spent doing that. They then spent a good 10-15 minutes playing tennis with pro tennis players to justify that, yes, the game plays as good as can be approximated by a remote controller (for those who forget, this was a big deal at the time). This time, Nintendo doesn't have quite as much of a hard sell in these regards, so more time can be given to things that are actually worth discussing.
It wouldn't make any sense for Nintendo to announce some big Wii U conference and then tell the press not to talk about it. That would defeat the entire point of a conference. I'd be surprised of there isn't some kind of stream / page devoted to it on Nintendo's website. Even if no stream, I'm sure we'll get some worthwhile info.
CaptNfantasy
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Hey man can you maybe wait until some games start coming out before getting so upset? You think Wii ports, karaoke, and old ps360 games are all we will see? Come on dude...
I hope this is right; I made a time zone checker for the event on the 13th.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo...U+Event+September+13th&iso=20120913T10&p1=179
10pm for me sounds good
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo...U+Event+September+13th&iso=20120913T10&p1=179
10pm for me sounds good
brochiller
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An embargo would do nothing for the release date/price point. They would definitely leak out. It could be an embargo on game videos on screens though.
friskykillface
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:'( smh i want live streams and lol in the year 2012 that they would try to have a press embargo, any info will leak out from the presstwitter twitter twitter is made for that
I hope this is right; I made a time zone checker for the event on the 13th.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo...U+Event+September+13th&iso=20120913T10&p1=179
10pm for me sounds good
Thanks! It's 4pm here in mainland Europe, so I can follow the liveblogs (or watch the stream if there's finally something) without any problem
Spieler Eins
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Well, at some point I just get sick of waiting. I will get the console because it will receive the 1st party support I've wanted sooner or later, but if they are already starting next gen in such a lacklustre way I'm not put into the most positive mood towards it for now.
bgassassin
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I think we (most) all do.
No. Just because the usage is optional doesn't mean an extreme like that of leaving out the controller.
To the former, you should have read my other post for context. To the latter yes, but that starts a whole different debate for me.
Yeah, but you have an nVidia GPU.
I'll be in class. I knew I would, though.
Couldn't we then consider it to be ~7750, since it's slightly better than a 4850, but has all the modern bells and whistles?
Your Nvidia GPU calculates FLOPs differently.
That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for posting it. Now I have a close idea of what to wait from Nintendo's conference
.8:00 a.m. - Monterrey, MX. Nice. Shall I wait eager.
Dreamwriter
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The lack of any live streaming could just mean Nintendo wants to edit the video of the event to be perfect before they release it - they've done that before, and Apple *always* does it. They know the press will be live-blogging it as well as posting news stories and whatnot, so the live-stream isn't really all that important to Nintendo.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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seems like its gonna be live streamed somewhere... seen this on gn. fight me if old
edit: wait is this a stream? or are they doing the confrence at the store?
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Live blogging it is then.
DAREALGUMMY
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As long as news can be released LIVE, I'll be happy. NDAs or Embargoes would be INSANE.
That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for posting it. Now I have a close idea of what to wait from Nintendo's conference
Hopefully, this won't give you any idea of what to expect. It was SUPER-BORING. This is a press event in the worst way and has nothing in the way of entertainment value. Unless something changes in the way the presentation is done compared to 2006, I wouldn't want to see a live stream of it.
Shadowlink
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New games?
I hope this is right; I made a time zone checker for the event on the 13th.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo...U+Event+September+13th&iso=20120913T10&p1=179
10pm for me sounds good
Thanks Vook, thats perfect timing for me too
Likely just confirming the release schedule of what's already been announced. But you never know, you really don't.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Who knows its not specific. Could be couldnt be.
No embargoes.
And if it is like 2006, everything will run in that morning's USA today (in addition to details from Japan the night before).
alfredofroylan
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I don't know if this bit of info was posted but a mexican retail store (Gamers retail) is doing a contest to win 30 WiiUs, the contest is made along with FIFA 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yTpXMPYrPQ&feature=plcp
So ... FIFA 13 launch title I guess.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yTpXMPYrPQ&feature=plcp
So ... FIFA 13 launch title I guess.
That news about an invite to NintendoWorld for streaming has me considering going on Thursday. Bro's 3DS + free day = Good times. Might also get surprised with a demo reel like Wii's.
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