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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 confirmed for Wii U

Discomurf

Member
Release Date: Nov 18, 2012

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II ON WII U

  • HD Experience: The title features the most advanced textures, lighting and shadowing systems in series history, all of which are on full display on Wii U.
  • Second-Screen Gameplay: Utilizing Wii U’s second-screen experience with the Wii U GamePads™, Call of Duty: Black Ops II players can join the action in a full Call of Duty experience from the second-screen. Plus, with the state of the art Wii Touchscreen, gamers can view multiplayer maps, call in score streaks and choose loadouts.
  • Expanded Functionality: Players have the option of using Wii U’s split-screen functionality to use both the GamePad™ and the Wii U Pro controller. Wii U also supports up to four controllers, including the Nintendo Wii Remote™ and Nunchuck.
  • Controller Choices: Use the GamePad touch screen to customize controls in real-time, or switch at any time to use another controller of your choice, including:
  • o Wii Remote o Classic Controller Pro o Game Pad o WiiU Pro Controller

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II MULTIPLAYER

  • All-New Create-A-Class: Create-a-class has been re-imagined, introducing players to a new “pick-10” allocation system, allowing an unprecedented number of combinations of create-a-class content. Players no longer have to take content from each category; instead, trade items from one category for extra items in another – any combination of 10 items makes almost anything possible.
  • New Score Streaks: Score Streaks reward players for helping their team win the game: capturing flags, defending your teammate with an assault shield, getting kills and assists are all examples of actions that help your team win and thus give you score. Each action has a different value and can influence the theater of operations.
  • eSports on Wii U via League Play: Competition is fun at any level, which is why Treyarch has introduced League Play, offering skill-based matchmaking and seasonal ladders. Play a small number of matches to get your skill rating, and from there, you’ll be placed into a division with players of similar skill. Keep winning and you’ll move up in rank – steady progress will move you up the ladder and into upper divisions. Skill-based matchmaking ensures that you are challenged but not out-gunned. League play is for everyone. Additionally, CODcasting is part of the mix, allowing fans to commentate their favorite games.
  • Upgraded Weapons, Attachments and Equipment: Near-future warfare means upgrades in technology that soldiers will use in the field. Additionally, weapon perks are now built into the attachments.
  • More Multiplayer: Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Wii U includes Challenges, Core & Party Game Modes, Custom Games, Combat Training, Theater Enhancements, Emblem Editor and Prestiging.

Source
 
They NEEEEED to support 2 players online in the same room, one on gamepad one on TV. I'd play online with my brother constantly, and probably swap now and then.
 

Roo

Member
Release Date: Nov 18, 2012

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II ON WII U

  • HD Experience: The title features the most advanced textures, lighting and shadowing systems in series history, all of which are on full display on Wii U.
  • Second-Screen Gameplay: Utilizing Wii U’s second-screen experience with the Wii U GamePads™, Call of Duty: Black Ops II players can join the action in a full Call of Duty experience from the second-screen. Plus, with the state of the art Wii Touchscreen, gamers can view multiplayer maps, call in score streaks and choose loadouts.
  • Expanded Functionality: Players have the option of using Wii U’s split-screen functionality to use both the GamePad™ and the Wii U Pro controller. Wii U also supports up to four controllers, including the Nintendo Wii Remote™ and Nunchuck.
  • Controller Choices: Use the GamePad touch screen to customize controls in real-time, or switch at any time to use another controller of your choice, including:
    [*]o Wii Remote o Classic Controller Pro o Game Pad o WiiU Pro Controller


THANK GOD!!!!!

EDIT: ohh :(
 

Lonely1

Unconfirmed Member
We sure it is being developed by Treyarch? I asked Lamia about motion controls when I was at Treyarch for a BOII MP press tour and he was basically uneducated about the whole motion controls thing.

Perhaps he was just bluffing.

How is close is he to the team that ported all the games to Wii?
 

Chaplain

Member
Second-Screen Gameplay: Utilizing Wii U’s second-screen experience with the Wii U GamePads™, Call of Duty: Black Ops II players can join the action in a full Call of Duty experience from the second-screen.

Does this mean two player co-op in the single player campaign?
 
But will Nintendo Network just as good as Xbox Live & PSN...

We know nothing about that.

PSN isn't exactly a high bar to aim for imo...

account system, accomplishments, always available social aspects (probably better than PS3's version of PSN in this regard), media services...

the kind of things I expect it might not have at launch are cloud saves, and 360 style 'party' features... but it will have 'communities', which could actually be better in some cases. I think Sony and Microsoft are a lot better than Nintendo at making user interfaces for system menus and things like that, so I'm anxious to see how they've woven their online system into the system menu. The 'friend card' menu on the 3DS is, frankly, horrible. I've got a feeling they might still be tweaking this, which is why we haven't seen it yet.

If they've got the communication and friending tools right this time, all they'll need to do is build an active and engaged userbase that keeps online games like COD ticking.
 

marc^o^

Nintendo's Pro Bono PR Firm
Release Date: Nov 18, 2012

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II ON WII U

  • HD Experience: The title features the most advanced textures, lighting and shadowing systems in series history, all of which are on full display on Wii U.
  • Second-Screen Gameplay: Utilizing Wii U’s second-screen experience with the Wii U GamePads™, Call of Duty: Black Ops II players can join the action in a full Call of Duty experience from the second-screen. Plus, with the state of the art Wii Touchscreen, gamers can view multiplayer maps, call in score streaks and choose loadouts.
  • Expanded Functionality: Players have the option of using Wii U’s split-screen functionality to use both the GamePad™ and the Wii U Pro controller. Wii U also supports up to four controllers, including the Nintendo Wii Remote™ and Nunchuck.
  • Controller Choices: Use the GamePad touch screen to customize controls in real-time, or switch at any time to use another controller of your choice, including:
  • o Wii Remote o Classic Controller Pro o Game Pad o WiiU Pro Controller

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II MULTIPLAYER

  • All-New Create-A-Class: Create-a-class has been re-imagined, introducing players to a new “pick-10” allocation system, allowing an unprecedented number of combinations of create-a-class content. Players no longer have to take content from each category; instead, trade items from one category for extra items in another – any combination of 10 items makes almost anything possible.
  • New Score Streaks: Score Streaks reward players for helping their team win the game: capturing flags, defending your teammate with an assault shield, getting kills and assists are all examples of actions that help your team win and thus give you score. Each action has a different value and can influence the theater of operations.
  • eSports on Wii U via League Play: Competition is fun at any level, which is why Treyarch has introduced League Play, offering skill-based matchmaking and seasonal ladders. Play a small number of matches to get your skill rating, and from there, you’ll be placed into a division with players of similar skill. Keep winning and you’ll move up in rank – steady progress will move you up the ladder and into upper divisions. Skill-based matchmaking ensures that you are challenged but not out-gunned. League play is for everyone. Additionally, CODcasting is part of the mix, allowing fans to commentate their favorite games.
  • Upgraded Weapons, Attachments and Equipment: Near-future warfare means upgrades in technology that soldiers will use in the field. Additionally, weapon perks are now built into the attachments.
  • More Multiplayer: Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Wii U includes Challenges, Core & Party Game Modes, Custom Games, Combat Training, Theater Enhancements, Emblem Editor and Prestiging.

Source
Looks like it's gonna be the best version. Do we know if the LAN feature can be used online, not just one vs one?
 
Release Date: Nov 18, 2012

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II ON WII U

  • HD Experience: The title features the most advanced textures, lighting and shadowing systems in series history, all of which are on full display on Wii U.
  • Second-Screen Gameplay: Utilizing Wii U’s second-screen experience with the Wii U GamePads™, Call of Duty: Black Ops II players can join the action in a full Call of Duty experience from the second-screen. Plus, with the state of the art Wii Touchscreen, gamers can view multiplayer maps, call in score streaks and choose loadouts.
  • Expanded Functionality: Players have the option of using Wii U’s split-screen functionality to use both the GamePad™ and the Wii U Pro controller. Wii U also supports up to four controllers, including the Nintendo Wii Remote™ and Nunchuck.
  • Controller Choices: Use the GamePad touch screen to customize controls in real-time, or switch at any time to use another controller of your choice, including:
  • o Wii Remote o Classic Controller Pro o Game Pad o WiiU Pro Controller

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II MULTIPLAYER

  • All-New Create-A-Class: Create-a-class has been re-imagined, introducing players to a new “pick-10” allocation system, allowing an unprecedented number of combinations of create-a-class content. Players no longer have to take content from each category; instead, trade items from one category for extra items in another – any combination of 10 items makes almost anything possible.
  • New Score Streaks: Score Streaks reward players for helping their team win the game: capturing flags, defending your teammate with an assault shield, getting kills and assists are all examples of actions that help your team win and thus give you score. Each action has a different value and can influence the theater of operations.
  • eSports on Wii U via League Play: Competition is fun at any level, which is why Treyarch has introduced League Play, offering skill-based matchmaking and seasonal ladders. Play a small number of matches to get your skill rating, and from there, you’ll be placed into a division with players of similar skill. Keep winning and you’ll move up in rank – steady progress will move you up the ladder and into upper divisions. Skill-based matchmaking ensures that you are challenged but not out-gunned. League play is for everyone. Additionally, CODcasting is part of the mix, allowing fans to commentate their favorite games.
  • Upgraded Weapons, Attachments and Equipment: Near-future warfare means upgrades in technology that soldiers will use in the field. Additionally, weapon perks are now built into the attachments.
  • More Multiplayer: Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Wii U includes Challenges, Core & Party Game Modes, Custom Games, Combat Training, Theater Enhancements, Emblem Editor and Prestiging.

Source
See, this is what i like. Will buy on Wii-U
 

majik13

Member
They NEEEEED to support 2 players online in the same room, one on gamepad one on TV. I'd play online with my brother constantly, and probably swap now and then.

this would be cool, but if this isnt listed in the features and splitscreen online isnt in the other versions, I wouldn't expect it.
 

cacildo

Member
I dont like call of duty, but i got to admit they just ~get~ the wii U

- Local Multiplayer with one player on the tv, the other one on the gamepad

SO OBVIOUS but the first big game to really annouce it. Some people had doubts if the wiiU could pull it off. Seems like it can

- You can play solo using only the game pad and turn off the tv, or leave it to your wife

Another selling point of the WiiU that the most part of its game library is missing,


Its just sad the first game that got it right is... call of duty

They NEEEEED to support 2 players online in the same room, one on gamepad one on TV. I'd play online with my brother constantly, and probably swap now and then.

Oh yeah, 2 players, one in the tv, other one in the pad, both online? That would be amazing, an obvious idea! But im not betting on this one. Its too much for a dumb company like activision
 

Eideka

Banned
Good performance and graphics are exclusive to Xbox 360!!! .... PS3 player here :(

What.

Both the PS3 and the 360 version will run at the same resolution IIRC. There should be no differences between the two.

It will supposedly look better on Wii U, I wonder if it supports DX11 as the PC version.
 
PS360 also supports full HD, but that doesn't mean all games are rendered at those resolutions.
Well, duh. I'm just stating what the guy said "delivered in full HD at 60 FPS".

I doubt 1080p. Black Ops PC version was not exactly very well optimized.
Yeah, as I stated the reps probably mean 720p. HD instead of sub-HD as on PS360.

An Activision rep mentions full HD here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaWJSuOTYys

He then goes on to say that he expects this version to be on par with the other HD console versions...which run in 600p.

Visceral.
From the wording he could be referring to the visceral experience :). We will know once the pixel counters get their hands on it.
 

Mik_Pad

Banned
What.

Both the PS3 and the 360 version will run at the same resolution IIRC. There should be no differences between the two.

It will supposedly look better on Wii U, I wonder if it supports DX11 as the PC version.
Have you played Black ops on the ps3?!

Edit: I think the Wii U dosent support DX11.
 

Discomurf

Member
Still giving the 'FULL HD' answer... you would think the interviewer would ask "does that mean 1080p?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4cH8YK4ctk


EDIT: *1080p 60fps Confirmed*
Source:http://www.slashgear.com/black-ops-ii-wii-u-details-unleashed-13247525/

'Finally, Activision says that the Wii U version is capable of running at 60fps in 1080p, even while playing online. That may not be the case when you’re playing on the TV and also streaming to the GamePad, but at least it’ll run at 60fps most of the time.'
 
Well, duh. I'm just stating what the guy said "delivered in full HD at 60 FPS".


Yeah, as I stated the reps probably mean 720p. HD instead of sub-HD as on PS360.


From the wording he could be referring to the visceral experience :). We will know once the pixel counters get their hands on it.
it's a rep. haven't we learnt by now that they have no idea when it comes to resolution. i think he's just making a point of saying HD to differentiate it from the Wii version, or at least to (hopefully) make the point that the TV resolution doesn't drop when you've got someone playing on TV and someone playing on the Wii U pad.
 
it's a rep. haven't we learnt by now that they have no idea when it comes to resolution. i think he's just making a point of saying HD to differentiate it from the Wii version, or at least to (hopefully) make the point that the TV resolution doesn't drop when you've got someone playing on TV and someone playing on the Wii U pad.
Of course I have learned, that's why I stated he probably means 720p.

Still giving the 'FULL HD' answer... you would think the interviewer would ask "does that mean 1080p?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4cH8YK4ctk

EDIT: 1080p 60fps confirmed:
http://www.slashgear.com/black-ops-ii-wii-u-details-unleashed-13247525/

Finally, Activision says that the Wii U version is capable of running at 60fps in 1080p, even while playing online. That may not be the case when you’re playing on the TV and also streaming to the GamePad, but at least it’ll run at 60fps most of the time.
Sounds more like a transcription of what we've heard and not actual new information (as in they asked Activision specifically).
 

marc^o^

Nintendo's Pro Bono PR Firm
- Local Multiplayer with one player on the tv, the other one on the gamepad

SO OBVIOUS but the first big game to really annouce it. Some people had doubts if the wiiU could pull it off. Seems like it can
So Wii U is powerful enough to render two different streams in a "complex" game. That was a debate I had with some people here few weeks ago. Michael Ancel confirmed it last week, but it's great to see it in a real time demo. Impressive stuff, this LAN feature is a blessing.
 

XenodudeX

Junior Member
Really?? So K/M users play against move and DS users?? Wow that sucks :p

They match you depending on your performance. Valves argument was: If you play with Dual Analog and are as good as someone with move or K/M you should be allowed to compete with them.

Made sense to me.
 

fabprems

Member
I dont like call of duty, but i got to admit they just ~get~ the wii U

(...)
Its just sad the first game that got it right is... call of duty

It's not sad at all, Treyarch always did a very good job on nintendo plateforms (at least when activision let them do the job !)
 
EDIT: *1080p 60fps Confirmed*
Source:http://www.slashgear.com/black-ops-ii-wii-u-details-unleashed-13247525/

'Finally, Activision says that the Wii U version is capable of running at 60fps in 1080p, even while playing online. That may not be the case when you’re playing on the TV and also streaming to the GamePad, but at least it’ll run at 60fps most of the time.'
Probably the same old it can display at 1080p but renders at 720p thing we saw with Mass Effect 3, but I'll be pleasantly surprised if it's otherwise.

Also, do we know what Black Ops 2 will render at yet on PS3/360?
 

Guymelef

Member
People doesn't learn about reps...
Recent reports from the Chicago Wii U Experience tour seem to indicate Batman: Arkham City – Armored Edition and Assassin’s Creed III will run natively at 1080p. I
 
EDIT: *1080p 60fps Confirmed*
Source:http://www.slashgear.com/black-ops-ii-wii-u-details-unleashed-13247525/

'Finally, Activision says that the Wii U version is capable of running at 60fps in 1080p, even while playing online. That may not be the case when you’re playing on the TV and also streaming to the GamePad, but at least it’ll run at 60fps most of the time.'

Wow. I didn't expect the Wii U to be able to do that with late generation 360/PS3 games at all let alone AT LAUNCH and while online. This is big news if it holds true.
 
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