Wii U gets hardcore franchise mentions
Nintendo announced several "hardcore" franchises coming to Wii U, including: Darksiders 2, Batman: Arkham City, Ghost Recon Online, Dirt, Tekken, Ninja Gaiden 3, and Assassin's Creed.
Nintendo announced at its E3 press briefing several "hardcore" franchises and games coming to the Wii U console. Among the named titles in the teaser video were Darksiders 2, Batman: Arkham City, Ghost Recon Online, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Metro: Last Light, Dirt, Tekken, and Ninja Gaiden 3. Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot also mentioned Assassin's Creed, but didn't specify a particular game.
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Nintendo announced several "hardcore" franchises coming to Wii U, including: Darksiders 2, Batman: Arkham City, Ghost Recon Online, Dirt, Tekken, Ninja Gaiden 3, and Assassin's Creed.-
Did they keep their promise and appeal to the hardcore and support Devs more?
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They're focusing on focusing on stuff to focus on...
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Well I am underwhelmed. A new console that looks like it is just as powerful as a PS3 or 360. I am assuming the controller will cost an arm and a leg, as they only ever showed one person holding the new controller (i.e. you are expected to use wii remotes for the rest it seems). The controller is not enough to sell the system to me.
With Sony and Microsoft probably releasing their next consoles holiday 2013, I think I will pass on this one. My Wii already has its job as dust collector, don't need another one.-
I wouldn't bank on that 2013 date. We haven't really heard much about the next gen hardware. Sony has said that it won't spend as much on development, so I don't expect much more than an incremental improvement from them. MS hasn't said anything, but I think we're probably reaching a point where R&D costs meet declining profitability. Nintendo could easily extend the life of the Wii U with minor tweaks if the next gen hardware isn't truly remarkable.
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^^^ This. Sony initially claimed the PS3 would be their main home console offering until 2016. Obviously things have changed quite a bit since the original release, and I think they revised it back a bit. Wouldn't expect to see a PS successor until at least 2014. Depending on Vita sales and integration, maybe even longer.
360 on the other hand is gonna need to start shaping up quick. Hardware is showing it's age now.-
2013 introduction, Sony releases holiday in Japan for 2013, releasing in North America in May 2014. For whatever reason Sony enjoys releasing consoles in the spring for North America.
So when do you see the introduction in North America? Microsoft will want to be in their second holiday season when Sony releases their next console. With Halo 4 being announced for the 360 essentially, that leaves 2013 at the earliest. Will I be ready to pay for a new console in 2013, I think so. If the Wii U sells like the Wii did, you can almost guarantee that Sony and Microsoft will introduce in 2013 e3 with a release date sometime later. If the Wii U doesn't sell, maybe then they will hold off.
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All I am expecting is more ram on everything, a faster processor, and probably blu-ray for all consoles (if Microsoft can just swallow their pride and license the bloody thing). The developers are pushing the systems pretty hard right now, and sure they are going to find ways to squeeze another cycle or two out of processors but there isn't much more they can do. So it makes sense to give the respective consoles a boost.
Combine that with Sony and Microsoft wanting to ensure the Wii-U which will sell regardless of what I think, doesn't eat too much into their marketshare and a 2013 release makes sense in my mind.
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Visual tech demo exceeded my expectations and the limitations of the 360 in particular by a far shot. Geometry and depth shaders, contrast based lighting, multilayered shaders and subsurf scattering, pixel shaders all demonstrated. Controller likely to cost an arm and a leg, yes, but I dare say the console itself will undercut competition significantly with full out-of-the-box backwards compatibility.
I'm interested to see how it fares. Presence of EA pres on stage during Keynote hinting nonspecifically was interesting.-
Perhaps you should wait and see "real" game play footage before getting too excited about the system's capabilities. I'm not saying that it won't be that good but none of the footage shown looked like actual game footage running on the system. My guess is that what was shown was "target" footage since they won't even have a single in-development game at the show, just tech demos.
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I read this using Morden Solis's voice and it made sense.
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Well considering they said it will render at 1080p and hardly any 360/PS3 games render above 720p, it definately has more power then those consoles.
Hopefully some additional info will be released regarding the specs.-
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Actually I am remembering Sony and the Killzone 2 demo. Thing looked amazing at the time and they came pretty close. I was expecting something along the lines of the Samaritan demo that Epic did for the next console cycle for tech demos. The bird while pretty, didn't look realtime and didn't get me excited for what this console can do. The fact they showed games like Darksiders 2 and Tekken and left out Batman makes me wonder if that slice of video was taken from a development build of the games. If not, and the graphics can exceed what a PS3 or 360 can do, I might be more excited. Right now from their big reveal, it just looks like what we have grown used to. Uncharted 3 demo impressed me more than the bird tech demo, but that might just be me.
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Yes that one, when they showed it side by side of what they claimed it was going to do, what they actually achieved was pretty impressive in itself. But that is the key difference. It made me want the system with that tech demo. As far as the release of the 360, now I remember how bad those games were. With that said though, I don't remember their tech demos or their promises what their system could do. Part of it if I remember correctly was that they abruptly stopped supporting the original X-Box and forced all the developers to support their new system.
Kotaku has a video of Zelda HD which actually looks impressive. I have no idea why they didn't show that off on stage. That looks fairly impressive. Showing off real time lighting and other neat things.
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Those games were the 360/PS3 versions, not development bits on Wii U
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It makes sense to be critical of bullshit marketing. In case it isn't obvious to you, Nintendo would sell ice to eskimos if they thought they could get away with it.
They gave barely any details. You can choose to believe that somehow the Wii U is ten times as awesome as what they showed and be wowed (What they want you to believe,) or you can use caution and not be impressed by their inability to prove that this system will not only compete with current gen, but next gen hardware consoles.
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Original Xbox and Saturn controllers say hi.
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for smaller weak japanese hands
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Bingo. Although, considering the size of tablets, is this controller that bad?
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I actually don't think that is what the final controller will look like, similar yes (and have some issue because of it) but I don't think it's quite done.
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In the GT interview Reggie said something about "Utopia".
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Wii and U, and U and Wii
No matter how U toss the dice, It's meant for Wii
The only thing for Wii is U, and U for Wii
So happy together!
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Dirt or Dirt 3? cuz Dirt 3 would be impressive, Dirt 1 not so much.
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Battlefield 3 better have commander mode on the Wii U, or at least let me target Predator strikes from it!
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An interview has revealed that everyone already is a commander. There is no dedicated commander role...everyone has access to commander-like abilities.
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If Sony is telling publishers that their engines will work on the Vita and the PS3, maybe that phenomenon isn't happening anymore.
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WHOA NINJA GAIDEN on a Nintendo system again? o{I still won't buy it but that's nice.}o
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smooth, real smooth
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