Adding to the discorse surrounding Nintendo's poor E3, Chandra Nair, Official Nintendo Magazine's Editor-in-Chief had this to say about his favorite part -
“It’s actually a moment I cant talk about, because my favourite bit of E3 was finding out about all the cool third party stuff that’s coming for the Wii U, which they decided not to talk about, which was awesome. So I just want to say yeah, there’s loads of third party stuff coming which I reckon we might see at Gamescom, or we might see at TGS, but its coming. That was my favourite bit because everyone was saying “No one’s bringing out anything for Wii U”, and I saw some cool things.”
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By far the largest criticism gamers have had of the WiiU is its lack of AAA software, especially from third parties. Nintendo has announced that it will be releasing information about 2013 WiiU software "this fall." For Japan, Nintendo confirmed in its investors meeting that new announcements will be made in September. TGS, held in September, would be ideal. Considering Nintendo rarely attends, however, expect them to hold their own individual show for the occasion.
Nintendo had been heavily criticized for not including blockbuster hits Call of Duty and Madden into its WiiU plans, criticisms that were partially silenced as new information was revealed. Both titles, Activision's new Black Ops II, and EA's Madden are in development for the Wii U. In fact, EA, despite only showing off Mass Effect 3 for the Wii U at E3, has restated its support for the Wii U. EA's Frank Gibeau announced that they have a "couple more" Wii U titles to announce. Adding even more confusion surrounding E3, GameTrailers' Shane Shatterfield, after proclaiming his confidence in Wii U software on Invisible Walls, later realized that a game he had known about for the Wii U for some time "was never announced" at E3. It is now clear that we do not know the extent of software that will be available for the Wii U come launch and well into 2013. Nintendo of America's President Reggie Fils-Aime told IGN that they are currently planning software for Wii U's second holiday season stating that "for that active gamer who's looking to buy something brand new on a regular basis, there's going to be a lot there."
The hard-hitting question, however, is whether or not these titles will be exclusive or not. Nintendo is well aware of the problems they face with third parties. Regarding this exact topic at Nintendo's 71st shareholder's meeting, Iwata had this to say: "We think it very important to make several hits from the third-party software publishers within the first year from the release of the platform, while offering Nintendo software seamlessly. In order to achieve this goal, we have shared information about the new hardware with the software publishers earlier than we did previously and built a cooperative structure, and we are developing several titles in collaboration with these publishers. I cannot talk in detail about the names of the titles, or with which publishers we are currently collaborating, because we have not announced this information yet, but what we are aiming for with the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U is, platforms which have much more software and a wider variety of software than the former Nintendo DS or Wii. Therefore, we are thinking of creating an environment where software from other companies will become hits. Please understand that Nintendo is prepared to invest in order to make this a reality."
We now know that Nintendo has partnered with Traveller's Tales and Platinum Games to make Lego City Stories and Project P-100. Perhaps Iwata will be willing to share with us information regarding more partnerships in September.
Begin speculation folks!
(how's that for my first topic?)
“It’s actually a moment I cant talk about, because my favourite bit of E3 was finding out about all the cool third party stuff that’s coming for the Wii U, which they decided not to talk about, which was awesome. So I just want to say yeah, there’s loads of third party stuff coming which I reckon we might see at Gamescom, or we might see at TGS, but its coming. That was my favourite bit because everyone was saying “No one’s bringing out anything for Wii U”, and I saw some cool things.”
link
By far the largest criticism gamers have had of the WiiU is its lack of AAA software, especially from third parties. Nintendo has announced that it will be releasing information about 2013 WiiU software "this fall." For Japan, Nintendo confirmed in its investors meeting that new announcements will be made in September. TGS, held in September, would be ideal. Considering Nintendo rarely attends, however, expect them to hold their own individual show for the occasion.
Nintendo had been heavily criticized for not including blockbuster hits Call of Duty and Madden into its WiiU plans, criticisms that were partially silenced as new information was revealed. Both titles, Activision's new Black Ops II, and EA's Madden are in development for the Wii U. In fact, EA, despite only showing off Mass Effect 3 for the Wii U at E3, has restated its support for the Wii U. EA's Frank Gibeau announced that they have a "couple more" Wii U titles to announce. Adding even more confusion surrounding E3, GameTrailers' Shane Shatterfield, after proclaiming his confidence in Wii U software on Invisible Walls, later realized that a game he had known about for the Wii U for some time "was never announced" at E3. It is now clear that we do not know the extent of software that will be available for the Wii U come launch and well into 2013. Nintendo of America's President Reggie Fils-Aime told IGN that they are currently planning software for Wii U's second holiday season stating that "for that active gamer who's looking to buy something brand new on a regular basis, there's going to be a lot there."
The hard-hitting question, however, is whether or not these titles will be exclusive or not. Nintendo is well aware of the problems they face with third parties. Regarding this exact topic at Nintendo's 71st shareholder's meeting, Iwata had this to say: "We think it very important to make several hits from the third-party software publishers within the first year from the release of the platform, while offering Nintendo software seamlessly. In order to achieve this goal, we have shared information about the new hardware with the software publishers earlier than we did previously and built a cooperative structure, and we are developing several titles in collaboration with these publishers. I cannot talk in detail about the names of the titles, or with which publishers we are currently collaborating, because we have not announced this information yet, but what we are aiming for with the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U is, platforms which have much more software and a wider variety of software than the former Nintendo DS or Wii. Therefore, we are thinking of creating an environment where software from other companies will become hits. Please understand that Nintendo is prepared to invest in order to make this a reality."
We now know that Nintendo has partnered with Traveller's Tales and Platinum Games to make Lego City Stories and Project P-100. Perhaps Iwata will be willing to share with us information regarding more partnerships in September.
Begin speculation folks!
(how's that for my first topic?)
