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Wii U Speculation Thread The Third: Casting Dreams in The Castle of Miyamoto

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BurntPork

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ElFly said:
That's only done if it's a "good" number, like 7.

Maybe for their tenth console, the Nintendo X.
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Then Apple sues them and somehow wins. lol

Nintendo has no issues dealing with trademark issues. I really doubt that they'll change the name.

Also, you guys have made around 40k posts in the past three months without me. That's just sad.
 
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Aostia

El Capitan Todd
capslock said:
Just came with an awesome tag for Wii U:

Wii(ll) U Believe?

Yeah? Whatever, fuck you!
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Great!

I have a question for Gaf:

How should be read the absolute silence from third party developers on Wii U version of PS360 multiplatform titles?

I mean: we got absolute silence from last E3, where some important multiplatform titles were announced (Batman, Dirt, Darksiders etc...), then only Assassins Creed 3 was announced.

But, for example, no RE6 or Lost Planet3 and so on.

What do you think about this situation? Apart the hardware-power foolishness, it's obvious that Wii U can easily handle PS360 multiplatform releases, so: why isn't Capcom announcing also a Wii U version?

Is AC3 just a Ubi "bastard" exception? And everything else is ninja-silenced by Nintendo's NDA?

Or: will Wii U have NO support at all, neither from THIS generation of third party titles?
 
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ColdBlooder

Banned
BurntPork said:
Then Apple sues them and somehow wins. lol

Nintendo has no issues dealing with trademark issues. I really doubt that they'll change the name.

Also, you guys have made around 40k posts in the past three months without me. That's just sad.
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Smells like HAM in here :D

Sry, dont take it personally... But your nick asked for it ;)
 
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JosephManderley

Member
Taker666 said:
You're joking of course..but..

..a new R.O.B. would be quite interesting if they were to use the Wii U controller.

Just supply a robotic body with a couple of flailing arms and stick the Wii U controller on as its head. The screen displays an animated face, voice comes out of speakers, voice recognition with the mic, use the camera to recognise faces/certain gestures/movement. The console can stream various movement patterns to the body via the wifi in the controller.

R.O.B. could also be used as an ornate charging cradle to store your controller ...and be linked to the he internet so he can update you on the latest gaming news, demos, downloads etc.

A constantly updated, internet enabled, talking robot with an animated face and some virtual pet style functionality... would be pretty appealing to the mass market.
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You've taken my joke and actually come up with quite an interesting idea!
 
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BurntPork

Banned
Log4Girlz said:
He has been summoned.
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DaSorcerer7 said:
Welcome back Porky
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Yeah yeah. This is the only "hi" post I'm making, so hi.

Aostia said:
Great!

I have a question for Gaf:

How should be read the absolute silence from third party developers on Wii U version of PS360 multiplatform titles?

I mean: we got absolute silence from last E3, where some important multiplatform titles were announced (Batman, Dirt, Darksiders etc...), then only Assassins Creed 3 was announced.

But, for example, no RE6 or Lost Planet3 and so on.

What do you think about this situation? Apart the hardware-power foolishness, it's obvious that Wii U can easily handle PS360 multiplatform releases, so: why isn't Capcom announcing also a Wii U version?

Is AC3 just a Ubi "bastard" exception? And everything else is ninja-silenced by Nintendo's NDA?

Or: will Wii U have NO support at all, neither from THIS generation of third party titles?
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Nintendo let them announce Red Steel early, so it might be the exception. Epic Mickey 2, Bioshock Infinite, and Tomb Raider are the only ones I'd say are definitely not coming to Wii U.

User Tron said:
@BurntPork: What happened?
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I did stuff over a few weeks that I didn't even know I was doing.

ColdBlooder said:
Smells like HAM in here :D

Sry, dont take it personally... But your nick asked for it ;)
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I still don't know what HAM means. :(
 
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MDX

Member
JosephManderley said:
I've just had a vision of the top secret megaton that will blow us all away at E3!


Ladies and Gentlemen I give you..

Wii R.O.B. U
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FDR2.png

Thanks for the chuckle
 
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BurntPork

Banned
Oh god. I just realized that some idiot is going to look at that Patcher thread and say that Wii U costs less to make than 360, "proving" once and for all that it's weaker. D:
 
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HylianTom

Banned
Aostia said:
Great!

I have a question for Gaf:

How should be read the absolute silence from third party developers on Wii U version of PS360 multiplatform titles?

I mean: we got absolute silence from last E3, where some important multiplatform titles were announced (Batman, Dirt, Darksiders etc...), then only Assassins Creed 3 was announced.

But, for example, no RE6 or Lost Planet3 and so on.

What do you think about this situation? Apart the hardware-power foolishness, it's obvious that Wii U can easily handle PS360 multiplatform releases, so: why isn't Capcom announcing also a Wii U version?

Is AC3 just a Ubi "bastard" exception? And everything else is ninja-silenced by Nintendo's NDA?

Or: will Wii U have NO support at all, neither from THIS generation of third party titles?
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I don't quite know what to make of it, given the NDA, but given my natural distrust of third parties, I wouldn't be one bit surprised if a large portion of those games don't make it to the U.

My hope is that, as you say, the ninja-silence is broken and we have a flood of titles to be pleasantly surprised with come E3.
 
Zenaku

Zenaku

Member
Taker666 said:
Nah..change the name to Wii R

Wii R the world
Wii R family
Wii R legion
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That's the same name I was hoping for before it was announced as U; I was rather happy to be only a few letters out.

My own tagline would be:

"Are you ready?
WiiR"

With the "R" being fashioned out of the second "i" and the number "2".
 
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axisofweevils

Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
DefectiveReject said:
Don't see why they don't just call it Wii2
Makes it more obviously a successor to the Wii in name terms.
Or do as they have with Mario Kart, drop all previous naming conventions and throw in the version in its history.
Nintendo Entertainment System 6
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Wii 2 would be good, because it also points to the 2 screens thing.

But..... There's always "the Wii 2 is 2 gens behind the PS4" problem.

There's a reason why the second Xbox wasn't called the Xbox 2...

I suppose calling it the "Wii 4 U" would get round that problem.
 
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Thunder Monkey

Banned
There's really only two options for this 3rd party situation.

Either everything but stuff announced last year is NDA'd, or there's nothing coming.

E3 will tell us. Until then we speculate.

Welcome back Porky!
 
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Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Thunder Monkey said:
There's really only two options for this 3rd party situation.

Either everything but stuff announced last year is NDA'd, or there's nothing coming.

E3 will tell us. Until then we speculate.

Welcome back Porky!
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I can't possibly believe there's nothing coming from 3rd parties. That would insanely bad news.
 
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Sadist

Member
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/122/...+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

In addition, we sat down with the game's producers, Yoshiaki Hirabayashi and Hiroyuki Kobayashi, as well as director Eiichiro Sasaki to inquire about Resident Evil 6's potential place on Wii U, which is set to launch before the end of the year. Given the timing of its release and other high-profile titles recently announced for the system, does Resident Evil 6 have a place on Nintendo's new platform?

"Unfortunately, RE6 will not be available at this time on the Wii U," Kobayashi told us. "Right now we're concentrating on the PlayStation 3 version, 360 version and the PC version of the game."

It's worth noting that Kobayashi specifically uses the words "at this time," which still leaves the possibility open for a Wii U announcement in the future. Since the system's unveiling at E3 2011, Nintendo has been keeping a lid on most of Wii U's launch details, though more info is expected to come at E3 2012.
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Brainiac 8

Member
Darksiders II was officially announced. In fact one of the last couple Nintendo Powers had a big interview with one of the Darksiders devs that talked about how they plan on using the tablet and that sort of thing.
 
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Thunder Monkey

Banned
Plinko said:
I can't possibly believe there's nothing coming from 3rd parties. That would insanely bad news.
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Yes it would.

But you have to entertain the thought. Just so the doubt is there. I take the position that the system is the bare minimum of expectations. Weaker than a 360, 3rd party situation nearly as bad as the Wii.

I hope I'm shocked at E3. But I always have it in the back of my mind "Nintendo's most successful home console ever was around a generation weaker than it's competing consoles, and lacked quality support from 3rd parties to a startling degree."

This is a very strange company.
 
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BurntPork

Banned
Sadist said:
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/122/...+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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That was the one sure thing to me. If they can't even get that, I don't expect good third-party support for Wii U.

That should have been easy for Nintendo. Sorry, but now I'm not buying the NDA thing.

Exterminieren said:
BurntPork returns?

I'm so fucking happy. I'm not even joking, it's been crap without you, Burny.

Glad to have you back.

Like the avatar, BTW. :D
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Thanks lol

Speaking of which, do I get a hype train ticket?
 
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jump_button

Banned
Thunder Monkey said:
Yes it would.

But you have to entertain the thought. Just so the doubt is there. I take the position that the system is the bare minimum of expectations. Weaker than a 360, 3rd party situation nearly as bad as the Wii.

I hope I'm shocked at E3. But I always have it in the back of my mind "Nintendo's most successful home console ever was around a generation weaker than it's competing consoles, and lacked quality support from 3rd parties to a startling degree."

This is a very strange company.
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To 3rd party Big N are the competition so any relationship with them is strange
 
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lordfroakie

Member
You guys act like Wiiu support is dead. Why would Capcom announce a wiiu game this early, when they can save it for E3? Let's not forget action- wiiu title was listed on E3 website.
 
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Exterminieren

Banned
"Unfortunately, RE6 will not be available at this time on the Wii U,"

Well, that makes sense. In terms of reveals, Nintendo aren't allowing any third party to publicise Wii U ports, and Wii U will be out after RE6's launch.

That's a non-denial.

These straws, look how I clutch at them...
 
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