AceBandage
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Wii U Speculation Thread of Brains Beware: Wii U Re-Unveiling At E3 2012
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bgassassin
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I was just going on old Pachter's US$25 for the controller comment he made a while ago as it's the only thing I have to go on wrt the pad pricing. Probably more fool me to think he might know
Pachter? Oh well this thing must cost about $75 to make.
IGN did a look back on the Wii U from the leak till now. Not much, but it's something.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1214597p1.html
AceBandage
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Ah, IGN. I'll never forget that time you thought console ports to PC would magically look 10x better simply due to the hardware they run on. Good times, good times...
bgassassin
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^ LOL.
It's pretty much a consolidation of their articles about Wii U going all the way back to when we first started hearing things. I did find it interesting that one of the articles said "revamped version of AMD's R700 GPU architecture". Makes me wonder exactly what the revamp meant. But I get the feeling Nintendo hasn't even told devs what that means.
It's pretty much a consolidation of their articles about Wii U going all the way back to when we first started hearing things. I did find it interesting that one of the articles said "revamped version of AMD's R700 GPU architecture". Makes me wonder exactly what the revamp meant. But I get the feeling Nintendo hasn't even told devs what that means.
Laughing at stupid posts like "bom is between $340 and $370" is trolling? Only sadder than that is people actually believe this info and are constantly shocked it´s not true.
Who said this was hard fact?
I mean, we ARE in a SPECULATION thread, you know, like the thread title says.
bgassassin
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What's even funnier about his post is that I'm not the original one to propose it.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/21/project-cafe-the-tech-behind-nintendos-next-console
It's been awhile...but once again this thread delivers. Speculation - HO!!!
luckyman, you're still a turd burglar
AceBandage
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AceBandage
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Why are we hating on a Nintendo troll? Just consider what he's saying, it will help you cope with any disappointment, and anything Nintendo delivers above and beyond expectations will be a huge surprise
But... we already have BurntPork for that.
lordfroakie
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You guys sure love going back and forth between topics
Hey it takes more than one person to break up a circle jerk
lolBtw as an aside, I really do love the tablet controller. If it was MS announcing this and Nintendo was just sticking to their waggle wand, I would be excited for MS.
AceBandage
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I wasn't too excited for the tablet controller, until Ubisoft of all companies demoed Killer Freaks.
Then I saw the light.
My dream of an FPS/RTS online MMO can finally be realized!
<3
Then I saw the light.
My dream of an FPS/RTS online MMO can finally be realized!
<3
I gotta say though $350-$400 BOM is pretty ridiculous. Iwata did say this thing wouldn't be cheap, but that just seems out of their range. I'd expect it to be hovering right around or under $300, hence iwata stating they're not sure whether or not they'll sell at a loss.
I definitely don't think it'll be priced at $250 MSRP. All signs point to that being as big of a pipe dream as a $400 console.
I definitely don't think it'll be priced at $250 MSRP. All signs point to that being as big of a pipe dream as a $400 console.
bgassassin
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You guys sure love going back and forth between topics
Oh yeah. We try to rotate them and we've knocked out almost six months since the thread started.
lordfroakie
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bgassassin
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Just letting you guys know I made an addition to the OP. I figured it was time.
AceBandage
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Just letting you guys know I made an addition to the OP. I figured it was time.
Count down timers with more than 100 days make me sad.
bgassassin
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Count down timers with more than 100 days make me sad.
Look at it this way. We're less than half way there.
AceBandage
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bgassassin
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LOL. I was going to make an edit saying that includes leap year.
Just letting you guys know I made an addition to the OP. I figured it was time.
C'mon, man!
Way too soon!
Why not make a "your hopes for E3 2012" while your at it?!
bgassassin
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We can discuss that too. What are everyone's hopes for E3?
As of right now I hope they give maybe 30 minutes to 3DS at the press conference and the rest of the time to Wii U.
As of right now I hope they give maybe 30 minutes to 3DS at the press conference and the rest of the time to Wii U.
AceBandage
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All I want is to see what Retro is making.
Everything else is gravy.
Everything else is gravy.
AceBandage
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SSBU trailer revealing playable Cecil from FF4.
Kid Icarus isn't done yet, and Sakurai said work on a new Smash Bros. (heck, 2) wouldn't start until it's finished.
It comes out Q1 2012, they won't have anything ready for E3.
Grampa Simpson
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You guys sure love going back and forth between topics
What do you mean "you guys"? Are you trying to say something?
AceBandage
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bgassassin
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I do expect some kind of SSB reveal. After all didn't they do a quick tease in the Kid Icarus trailer or something awhile back?
LOL. You can have it. I've had my 15 minutes of GAF fame.
What worthwhile games are going to be out on 3DS around that time? I can see the intro being centered around that.
LOL. You can have it. I've had my 15 minutes of GAF fame.
What worthwhile games are going to be out on 3DS around that time? I can see the intro being centered around that.
Nintendo usually has a 90 minute press conference, right?
First 15 minutes - Some kind of BS intro, talking about momentum, mostly about 3DS, talk about sales
16-30 minutes - Upcoming 3DS games, some surprises. Maybe 3DS zelda
31-45 minutes - Demo of a 3DS game or features that while neat, few people really care about. Perhaps reveal 3DS 2.0
46-60 minutes - Somehow find a way to talk about sales again. There will be charts
61-75 minutes - Re-unveil the Wii U, have a trailer montage, some surprises here and there. Probably have a 3rd party rep come up on stage (ubisoft? EA?) to talk about how they're "100% on board this time! Promise!"
76-85 minutes - Demo the pack in game that'll have widespread appeal but is very uninteresting to watch
86-90 minutes - One big surprise no one was expecting
Post conference interview:
Geoff asks Reggie about online, launch lineup, price, multiple Upad controllers, etc.
Reggie starts every goddamn response with "You know, it's great..." and then proceeds to deflect and avoid every single question.
First 15 minutes - Some kind of BS intro, talking about momentum, mostly about 3DS, talk about sales
16-30 minutes - Upcoming 3DS games, some surprises. Maybe 3DS zelda
31-45 minutes - Demo of a 3DS game or features that while neat, few people really care about. Perhaps reveal 3DS 2.0
46-60 minutes - Somehow find a way to talk about sales again. There will be charts
61-75 minutes - Re-unveil the Wii U, have a trailer montage, some surprises here and there. Probably have a 3rd party rep come up on stage (ubisoft? EA?) to talk about how they're "100% on board this time! Promise!"
76-85 minutes - Demo the pack in game that'll have widespread appeal but is very uninteresting to watch
86-90 minutes - One big surprise no one was expecting
Post conference interview:
Geoff asks Reggie about online, launch lineup, price, multiple Upad controllers, etc.
Reggie starts every goddamn response with "You know, it's great..." and then proceeds to deflect and avoid every single question.
Gamer @ Heart
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There will be MUCH MUCH more Wii U demoing than that. Its not just games, but features to. If they save their online reveal for then aswell, it could go even longer.
I can see all of this happening. LOL
I'd like to add that when the Wii U is re-unveiled there will be at least one thing about it that is completely different from the device originally shown at last year's E3. My guess is the actual console. It'll have a new, slightly larger (to fit better parts), more distinctive look. Probably black.
It's my pessimist's prediction.
OH! And the pack-in demo will look 100% visually identical to Wii Sports, just rendered at a higher resolution. Because it'll have such unimpressive graphics, GAF will explode with "weaker than 360" and "nintendo is a joke/has lost their minds" posts despite having just seen a montage of impressive looking games.
How long do you figure it takes to make a game? What was the timeline of DKCR's first unveiling with respect to when development started? We know Retro had been working on MK7 up until recently.
Grampa Simpson
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I really fucking hope that they're all over Mario Kart 8. Would make me very happy.
Metroid Prime 3 came out in 2007. DKCR came out in 2010. They did half the courses of MK7. I'm not too sure we'll hear something from Retro at E3, unless it's a sequel to DKCR or if the game comes out in 2013.
StreetsAhead
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This will almost certainly happen.
Realistically, what 1st party games can we expect to see for Wii U though?
Pikmin 3, Wii Sports/Fit/Play and New Super Mario Bros. Mii only? Something from Tokyo EAD 1 (quiet since SMG1)?
Maybe previews/pre-rendered trailers of 3D Mario, Smash Bros., Retro/Monolith games?
Most of the internal studios appear to be working on 3DS games, or just came off them/will have by e3.
Are your last couple of posts trying to tell us something about yourself?
Pikmin 3 will be launch/launch window, I'm sure.
The console will come with a pre-installed (yes, pre-installed) mini-game collection in the kind of Wii Sports that will demonstrate what the controller can do. (It will also have multiplayer games that will use the Wii Remote.)
That's all I got, really.
The console will come with a pre-installed (yes, pre-installed) mini-game collection in the kind of Wii Sports that will demonstrate what the controller can do. (It will also have multiplayer games that will use the Wii Remote.)
That's all I got, really.
I can see all this happening, though nintendo usually have like 70 min of pressconference if I recall correctly. They always reserve 2 hours, but it usually ends up much shorter than that.
Oh, Reggie will also say, "We have checked all the boxes".
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