Jaded Alyx
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That contradicts what Riccitiello and others have said though.CoffeeJanitor said:
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Wii U Information Thread
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Chittagong
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New pic of device scale.
Jaded Alyx
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Nah, old pic. Few days old at least.Chittagong said:
Lonewolf_92
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Looks like you don't have to be in the same room as the console:
It'll have a range that it works within, then?
Yes. A certain range. Also, it is possible for you to be in a separate room from the living room where the console of the Wii U will be located. However, dependent upon the thickness, for example, of the wall, we cannot tell if you will be able to smoothly play on that.
Read more: http://techland.time.com/2011/06/09...satoru-iwata-talks-about-wii-u/#ixzz1OmUhzARv
It'll have a range that it works within, then?
Yes. A certain range. Also, it is possible for you to be in a separate room from the living room where the console of the Wii U will be located. However, dependent upon the thickness, for example, of the wall, we cannot tell if you will be able to smoothly play on that.
Read more: http://techland.time.com/2011/06/09...satoru-iwata-talks-about-wii-u/#ixzz1OmUhzARv
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/06/08/wii-u-ditching-friend-codes-for-unified-gamertag-friends-list/
Blunt was on hand at E3, demonstrating "Ghost Recon Online" for the Wii U. The game is definitely focused on the multiplayer experience, so I asked him why he thought the Wii U would be a good fit, since Nintendo consoles traditionally aren't very online capable.
There's a few things on that. The first is the ability for individuals to make accounts. Rather than a machine having an account, each individual user has an account."
So I asked him, "Equivilent to a gamertag on Xbox Live?" "Yeah, exactly," he said.
He continued, saying that friend codes are no longer required for adding friends:
"Also the ability to easily find friends. Rather than using friend codes, which we've had in the past, we're able to connect players in a much easier way, which allows us to have a community that's playing together in the game."
Sorry if old
EDIT: Old, bleh. In any case, I think this is a good sign that at least third parties will have the choice to not use friend codes.
Blunt was on hand at E3, demonstrating "Ghost Recon Online" for the Wii U. The game is definitely focused on the multiplayer experience, so I asked him why he thought the Wii U would be a good fit, since Nintendo consoles traditionally aren't very online capable.
There's a few things on that. The first is the ability for individuals to make accounts. Rather than a machine having an account, each individual user has an account."
So I asked him, "Equivilent to a gamertag on Xbox Live?" "Yeah, exactly," he said.
He continued, saying that friend codes are no longer required for adding friends:
"Also the ability to easily find friends. Rather than using friend codes, which we've had in the past, we're able to connect players in a much easier way, which allows us to have a community that's playing together in the game."
Sorry if old
EDIT: Old, bleh. In any case, I think this is a good sign that at least third parties will have the choice to not use friend codes.
The Dutch Slayer
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@Formless
Great.... I'll just give you my Gosh Recon account name and than I give you my call of duty account name and than I just give you my killzone account name and than I give ........
Great.... I'll just give you my Gosh Recon account name and than I give you my call of duty account name and than I just give you my killzone account name and than I give ........
The Dutch Slayer said:
It will hopefully be unified like it is with 3DS, although I wouldn't put anything past Nintendo at this stage. It will be a damn shame if it isn't, because the controller offers a great platform for always on connectivity. Instead of having to have your Wii U on it would be feasible that your controller screen would just come on whenever someone wanted to play a game with you and you could accept or deny.
Today is the last day of E3 is it not? I'm wondering if we are essentially done with new info on Wii U. 
I can't wait for whatever conference they hold next to showcase actual games for the system...particularly games Nintendo plan to launch with. I'm kind of expecting (hoping) we'll get something sooner than next E3.
I can't wait for whatever conference they hold next to showcase actual games for the system...particularly games Nintendo plan to launch with. I'm kind of expecting (hoping) we'll get something sooner than next E3.Their fall conference would be your best bet. But Nintendo will focus on 3DS and a bit of Wii this year and make 2012 the year of Wii U so to speak.KrawlMan said:Today is the last day of E3 is it not? I'm wondering if we are essentially done with new info on Wii U.
Father_Brain
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CoffeeJanitor said:
I'll repeat what I posted in the MTV LOL thread:
Father_Brain said:
badcrumble
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Let's hope so (for Wind Waker if for nothing else).Krowley said:
GregLombardi
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I'm very confused. Did Nintendo ever actually reveal anything about their online for Wii U? Or did I miss it?
DXB-KNIGHT
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Controllers comparisons:
JoshuaJSlone
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That's got to be off. Maybe I'm off by some tenths, but isn't Vita screen supposed to be 5" and Wii U's 6.2"? That would be about 24% longer. But going by the diagonals in that picture, Wii U's is something like 47% larger.
EDIT: Actually, since it's got a centimeter scale built in... yeah, PSV's screen looks to be 5", but the Wii U screen is shown as something like 7.3".
REEDIT: I think you used the Wii U's screen diagonal as its screen length.
REREEDIT: Well, not YOU, but that site.
EDIT: Actually, since it's got a centimeter scale built in... yeah, PSV's screen looks to be 5", but the Wii U screen is shown as something like 7.3".
REEDIT: I think you used the Wii U's screen diagonal as its screen length.
REREEDIT: Well, not YOU, but that site.
CoffeeJanitor
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Like? The Ghost Recon guys seemed to be talking about their own in game online system, which has been done on the Wii before with MH Tri, COD, EA Games, etc.Jaded Alyx said:
That quote above would support that this seems to be the case
Smiles and Cries
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JoshuaJSlone said:
Yeah I was thinking the same as soon as I saw it that its off somehow
Father_Brain
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CoffeeJanitor said:
Skepticism about Wii U's online is certainly justified, and I'm holding onto it for now, but the actual context and wording of the Ubisoft quote don't immediately appear to justify that conclusion.
CoffeeJanitor
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Yeah, we'll see. As much as I'd like to say that I won't get the system if Nintendo messes up in that area....It has Pikmin 3. Damn you NintendoFather_Brain said:
Hero of Legend
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Forgive me if posted, but it seems that Ubisoft confirms that Wii U will have an account-based online system:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/117/1174844p1.html
I'm surprised this isn't a hot topic, unless it's been debunked, or something.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/117/1174844p1.html
I'm surprised this isn't a hot topic, unless it's been debunked, or something.
badcrumble said:
There is not much on GC that I would miss, but
Wind Waker
Super Mario Sunshine
Wario World
Mario Golf / 1080 / wave Race
Four Swords
Luigi Mansion (already remade on 3DS)
FZERO
will appear one day or another
I will miss the Kongo controller (Donkey Konga and DKJB)
Is Nintendo having another round table discussion?
Reggie said we would know more about online in a couple days. This was a couple days ago! Isn't today the last day of E3? Weird how Nintendo is being so vague about online, especially when they don't have the best track record when it comes to online in general.
Reggie said we would know more about online in a couple days. This was a couple days ago! Isn't today the last day of E3? Weird how Nintendo is being so vague about online, especially when they don't have the best track record when it comes to online in general.
CoffeeJanitor
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We'll see. I'd like to hear directly from Nintendo on thatHero of Legend said:
Buggy Loop
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So i assume there's no leaks of the tokyo street demo yet?
TheBanditKing
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Thoraxes said:
Where did you get this information? I understand the licensing fees but Blu-ray is still a more viable format then the ancient DVD. 25gb is interesting but games like MGS4 (and FFXIII i believe) used a 50gb disc (albeit for the FMV) but still in a few years 25gbs will likely be less then what most devs want. Coming out with new hardware that has less your (5 year old) competition is a little lame, not to mention I really love that blu-rays have that protective layer to them.
Buggy Loop said:
Another poster earlier said the tokyo street demo was using data from a 3d camera to create a panoramic view, so it was actually just video, which is why it looked so good. I'm not sure who the poster was or why he knows this, but it was posted somewhere on the board in one of the graphics threads.
TheBanditKing said:
they can almost certainly make dual layered versions of these discs as well, which would be 50 GB, when they feel it's necessary.
Others on the boards have speculated that it's basically a blu-ray disc, just without the licensing fee, and would probably be able to play blu-ray discs if someone hacked the console. That's how wii works. Technically, wii discs are considered proprietary discs, but in reality, they're just DVDs.
Fantastical
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I think that was just Reggie trying to make Geoff shut up.Mrbob said:
It's not "weird" either. The console is a long way away. We didn't hear about 3DS online until a few months before it came out.
If this thing isn't out by next E3 (and it's not supposed to right?) then I think that's when we'll hear about it.
It's still very early, and the only reason that Nintendo revealed it is to say "DON'T WORRY! WE HAVE A NEW CONSOLE COMING!" while the Wii is tanking.
herzogzwei1989
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I've been away from GAF for almost a day, catching up on sleep. I'm just trying to catch up on any news. Do we know anything new about the CPU, GPU or RAM yet?
herzogzwei1989
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antonz said:
Cool, thanks. Very interesting.
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Deleted member 8095
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Wait, Nintendo holds an event in the fall right? GTA games are also generally announced around that time aren't they? GTAV will be announced for WiiU in the fall.
Thanos2001
Neo Member
hatchx brings up the biggest question I've had.
Nintendo says a lot about bringing a second screen to gaming, but makes no comment about a third for two player games. The baseball demo seemed very telling to me. They showed a player using the controller to pitch and field, but that's only one side of the game. Does the batter get his own window or is he forced to use a wiimote or classic controller?
If it can't handle 3 screens, how is football going to work?
I've got a shiny dollar bet with two peeps that this thing only works with one uber controller. Have there been any facts to say yea or nay?
Nintendo says a lot about bringing a second screen to gaming, but makes no comment about a third for two player games. The baseball demo seemed very telling to me. They showed a player using the controller to pitch and field, but that's only one side of the game. Does the batter get his own window or is he forced to use a wiimote or classic controller?
If it can't handle 3 screens, how is football going to work?
I've got a shiny dollar bet with two peeps that this thing only works with one uber controller. Have there been any facts to say yea or nay?
nVidiot_Whore
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Thanos2001 said:
All Nintendo PR and fact sheets use singular verbiage to describe "a new controller" being paired with the system. They then specifically say "up to four Wii-motes." So it's basically one controller at this point.
But, it's been rumored that Nintendo is looking into getting it to work with 2 controllers.
Of course, they've also said the controller wouldn't be sold separately.
Basically, sounds like all plans were for one controller.. but perhaps based on feedback Nintendo is re-thinking that.
It's likely a cost issue, but we don't really know the details of the tech, and what type of hardware is dedicated to the controller on the console unit side. They might need to double that hardware to support 2 controllers.. then of course there's the marketing and sales issue of what to charge for this giant controller. What is their cost, etc. And considering different video can be sent to the screen than the TV, the performance cost of having to do that for more than one controller.
DXB-KNIGHT
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Nintendo Network E3 Recap contains Wii U impressions.