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

donny2112

Member
We both lose if there's nothing new that comes out from this investor's meeting.

It's the end of the FY. They have to give forecasts for the next FY, if nothing else. From that, we can probably at least deduce if there's a 3DS revision coming. The next day's presentation should also be discussing NSMB3D and possibly other large games planned for the FY.

It's not E3 for new news, but it'll have new stuff in it.
 
Hey guys, did you hear about this Nintendo Direct on 4/14?

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Redford

aka Cabbie
If they quietly release a revision at this point, that would be fine with me, even as an ambassador. Hopefully would come out in time for Paper Mario, would definitely pick one up.
 

HylianTom

Banned
That makes sense I guess.

And now for something completely different: I'm thinking about making another picture for the next thread and I thought about taking the following one, not only the fourth movie of a once glorious series degrading into...well...crap (and insanity), but also plenty of faces to put in. Any thoughts/ideas ?

*Citizens on Patrol pic*

Ahh yes. One of my favorites, especially since Bobcat Goldthwait and Tim Kazurinski are in it. Comedy gold!
 

Wolfie5

Member
I liked how the second thread ended with UE4 rumor and was hoping we would get something more with substance before the 4th thread. In which case I would have proposed:
"Wii U Speculation Engine 4.0: It´s on par"

Unfortunately nothing new about UE4 makes it useless...
 

HylianTom

Banned
With burntpork back and news hopefully starting to come in more in the run up to e3 we should get to OT 6

I tend to think that we've gotten through the hardest part of the "Low-Information Phase."

We'll soon finish-up the Low-Info Phase and begin enter into the High-Info Phase.. which will bring its own challenges and entertainments.
 

Terrell

Member
Please dont overhype koreans nintendo direct. Has nothing to do with us anyway <.<

I dunno, they could mention "oh, BTW, have you heard about our new system coming out? You're getting it this year, as well, more details as to when later."

Which would be pretty awesome to hear and would liven up discussion on release date again.
 
Well, we Europeans did your job this morning to get the thread filled. Now its up to you my fellow American and Canadian friends :) Take us to the fourth thread today and make us proud!
 

AzaK

Member
Random question of madness relating to this "hybrid" Wii U tech that's been speculated about. Is it possible there's an APU or some OpenCL capable shit in there as well? I'd imagine someone here would have mentioned it already if there was. Especially given all the Orbis talk etc.

Second, less random question: What benefit does adding some extra dedicated silicon for a particular job give us (Let's say, lighting)? I thought shaders were damned optimal and with latency hiding etc they're hitting about 1cycle anyway? I hope the only benefit isn't something like cost or heat and it's actually performance.
 

wsippel

Banned
Please dont overhype koreans nintendo direct. Has nothing to do with us anyway <.<
Maybe Nintendo can secure a few Korean games, DJ Max or something. Pentavision once hinted at a DJ Max game for DSi, but seemingly gave up on the project. Probably once they realized that DLC was a no go after all (which is something they thought they could do due to the DSi Shop and SD card slot).
 

ozfunghi

Member
Random question of madness relating to this "hybrid" Wii U tech that's been speculated about. Is it possible there's an APU or some OpenCL capable shit in there as well? I'd imagine someone here would have mentioned it already if there was. Especially given all the Orbis talk etc.

Second, less random question: What benefit does adding some extra dedicated silicon for a particular job give us (Let's say, lighting)? I thought shaders were damned optimal and with latency hiding etc they're hitting about 1cycle anyway? I hope the only benefit isn't something like cost or heat and it's actually performance.

From what i understand it's all of those. Also performance. The downside is that it's less (not) flexible.
 

cyberheater

PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
Bye bye thread. It's been a blast but I look forward to seeing a new thread in the morning...
 

NeoRausch

Member
So, last page... It was a wild ride young fellows!

my guts tell me that the next thread will have real infos (just like i tought about this one)

but with the investormeeting comming up and (probably) a new nintendo direct.
and e3 is getting as close as the moon in majoras mask!
 
So, last page... It was a wild ride young fellows!

my guts tell me that the next thread will have real infos (just like i tought about this one)

but with the investormeeting comming up and (probably) a new nintendo direct.
and e3 is getting as close as the moon in majoras mask!

Next page should be last.
 

HylianTom

Banned
So, last page... It was a wild ride young fellows!

my guts tell me that the next thread will hav ereal infos (justt like i tought about this one)

but with the investormeeting comming up and (probably) a new nintendo direct.
and e3 is getting as close as the moon in majoras mask!

We're getting close. It's the Majora's equivalent of the Second Day music - the tension in the notes is there, but not overwhelming quite yet.
 

axisofweevils

Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Is this the last page?
How do you know?

Sorry for n00b question.

I'll miss this thread. It's the first NeoGAF I started posting regularly in.....
 

AzaK

Member
From what i understand it's all of those. Also performance. The downside is that it's less (not) flexible.

As long as it includes performance that's fine by me. I understand the flexibility but maybe in the cases it's used (Assuming this is true of course) flexibility isn't needed?


And great thread guys, see you in #quatre.


Is this the last page?
How do you know?
Sorry for n00b question.
I'll miss this thread. It's the first NeoGAF I started posting in.....

It would depend on #posts per page of course. That said, we're only up to 19800, so 200 still to go which is at least next page I'd imagine.
 

Kandinsky

Member
So another WiiU speculation thread goes with absolutely no new info and just a bunch of Nighttrain wannabes desperate for attention, good job gais!
 
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