Topic: Wii U - e3 is over... now what?

[broodwars]

It would probably be tied with being able to play the game on the controller alone, without a TV.

Reggie already said it wouldn't be possible to use the tablet controller without a TV. How could Nintendo require something which isn't even possible?

Nintendo's hyped the ability to use the controller as your TV screen while someone else is using the TV.  That's what I was referring to, since we don't know right now whether that'll just be hard-coded into the hardware or if developers will have to program around that.

[BlackNMild2k1]

It would probably be tied with being able to play the game on the controller alone, without a TV.

Reggie already said it wouldn't be possible to use the tablet controller without a TV. How could Nintendo require something which isn't even possible?

That is one of the advertised features and one I of its biggest selling points. Why wouldn't that be possible?

[Chozo Ghost]

I could have sworn I read Reggie saying in an interview that you couldn't take it in other rooms and things like that. I remember before E3 we were all talking about being able to use the tablet like a handheld thing and take it and play it while on the toilet and things like that, but then Reggie said that wouldn't be possible. So did something change which now makes it possible? Or did Reggie simply not know what he was talking about?

[Adrock]

It has limited range as the controller needs to be close enough to the console to stream data back and forth. One of the main selling points Nintendo pimped at E3 is the ability to stream the game onto the controller without lag if someone else wants to use the TV.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Iwata mentioned paying from the kitchen or the bedroom, but then there are limits to the distance affected by things like thickness of the walls the signal is passing through.

So I like to think it will be much more like the wavebird where Nintendo was very conservative with the actual distance you could use the controller from.

[Kytim89]

What I would like for Nintendo to do with their Wii Sports line of games is to create their own version of professional sports titles. For example, Wii Sports: American Football Edition that is soulely for harcore football fans and would integrate whatever online system they have planned for the Wii U with the game. The same would go for basball, basketball, raquet ball, tennis and volleyball.

[Chozo Ghost]

Unfortunately, the only sports games Nintendo will make these days are either going to feature Mario and friends or Miis.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Bethesda says Skyrim is a possibility on Wii U
if it's not too much work of course (and it shouldn't be)
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/113271-Wii-U-Version-of-Skyrim-Is-a-Possibility-Says-Bethesda

Bethesda's PR boss Peter Hines says that Skyrim could make its way to the Wii U, as long as the conditions are right. He says that Bethesda will potentially look at any platform, as long as it can accommodate the kind of games the studio makes.

However, Hines said that having a platform that could support a game like Skyrim was crucial, because the more work that Bethesda had to do, the less appealing porting the game became. "Making a game is an enormous process," he said. "Just doing 360, PS3 and PC - I don't think people understand the amount of work that goes into that. All of the localization you have to do ... It's a pretty huge undertaking."

"You aren't just supporting the Wii U; you're supporting it in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish," he added.

and on a really unknown reliability note (I was gonna post this this morning, but never found and sort of credibility for the site)
Some "Anonymous" THQ Employee supposedly sings Wii U's praises.
Definitive versions of everything will be on PC or Wii U.... for a while.
http://www.fedwars.net/wrestling_article.php?article_id=6

[Kytim89]

Unfortunately, the only sports games Nintendo will make these days are either going to feature Mario and friends or Miis.

If they want to appeal to core gamers then that needs to change.

[Caterkiller]

Bethesda says Skyrim is a possibility on Wii U
if it's not too much work of course (and it shouldn't be)
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/113271-Wii-U-Version-of-Skyrim-Is-a-Possibility-Says-Bethesda

Bethesda's PR boss Peter Hines says that Skyrim could make its way to the Wii U, as long as the conditions are right. He says that Bethesda will potentially look at any platform, as long as it can accommodate the kind of games the studio makes.

However, Hines said that having a platform that could support a game like Skyrim was crucial, because the more work that Bethesda had to do, the less appealing porting the game became. "Making a game is an enormous process," he said. "Just doing 360, PS3 and PC - I don't think people understand the amount of work that goes into that. All of the localization you have to do ... It's a pretty huge undertaking."

"You aren't just supporting the Wii U; you're supporting it in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish," he added.

and on a really unknown reliability note (I was gonna post this this morning, but never found and sort of credibility for the site)
Some "Anonymous" THQ Employee supposedly sings Wii U's praises.
Definitive versions of everything will be on PC or Wii U.... for a while.
http://www.fedwars.net/wrestling_article.php?article_id=6

How awesomely optimistic! Only Ian could read that and find the hidden negative. Sounds great to me!

[oohhboy]

I think the only real negative here is that the game will be horribly buggy in true Bethesda tradition.

That and I find their games incredibly boring. Like Aircraft Simulator boring.

[Chozo Ghost]

The problem with Skyrim is its coming out November of this year, but the Wii U might not be out until November next year.

If this game is anything like other Bethesda games like Oblivion and Fallout 3 then what I predict will happen is there will be bout 5 DLC things for it, and then a year or two later they will re-release the game as a GOTY edition which will have all the DLCs on one disc. Maybe the Wii U will be able to get in on that, because if this happens it will happen well after the Wii U is out.

[Adrock]

If they want to appeal to core gamers then that needs to change.

I disagree. Nintendo used to make publish MLB and NBA games then they let Left Field Productions and Angel Studios walk as 2nd party developers. Nintendo originally had Retro Studios working on an NFL game before canceling all of their projects except Metroid Prime. Today, they can't make an NFL game even if they wanted to because EA has exclusive rights to NFL license for the next 703 years. I'm not sure about NHL. Clearly, publishing sports games isn't on their to-do lists. They're happy letting EA corner that market and as long as EA keeps publishing games for their hardware, they'll have something to appease sports game fans. I don't think thats a bad strategy. In fact, if Nintendo decided to release their own sports titles again, that would only make it harder for EA to succeed and Nintendo shouldn't want to lose any of EA's business.

Nintendo can't just start making their own versions of hit core titles and suddenly have core gamers running for Wii U. It doesn't work that way. Nintendo is Nintendo because they make Nintendo games.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Today, they can't make an NFL game even if they wanted to because EA has exclusive rights to NFL license for the next 703 years. I'm not sure about NHL.

Wasn't that dead exclusive excluding 1st party platform holders. Meaning that Sony, Nintendo or MS could publish NFL or MLB games if they wanted too, but all dev's/publishers not on that exclusive list could not?


I just think EA convinced them all that competing against them wasn't in their best interest as they needed a strong 3rd party developer that would bring not only the sports games, but other big name IP's too.

[Adrock]

It might. I thought the NFL license was definitely exclusive to EA. Not sure about the other sports. Either way, I don't really think Nintendo wants or needs to release official sports games as long as EA is publishing them on Nintendo hardware.

[bustin98]

Yup, EA has third party exclusivity to at least the NFL. But if you want to keep a decent amount of support from EA, you don't rock their boat.

[Kytim89]

This is the main reason for why I want a better motion controller available for the Wii U, which isbetter sports titles.

[Adrock]

The main reason why I want chocolate cake right now is because chocolate is delicious.

[BlackNMild2k1]

The main reason I want 100 million dollars right now is because money makes most of life's problems go away.

[Adrock]

Not herpes. That's... That's not going anywhere...

[Kytim89]

I really enjoyed the Wii Sports games, but if Nintendo is going to do more games in that series it needs a better motion controller. One that is similar to Sony's Move controller.

[Stogi]

I think if I had a 100 million dollars I would probably start an international incident, one requiring the US to extradite me.

[ThePerm]

I think if I had a 100 million dollars I would probably start an international incident, one requiring the US to extradite me.

id start my own country, i've already designed the flag, and then i'd get U.N status

[Kytim89]

The entry of gaming franchise into HD have allowed them to achieve not only good quality, but to expand in ways that help the gamer better enjoy the experience. Nintendo is good at doing this with their franchises and with the tools that HD development will give them then they have the chance to make their franchise even more powerful than before. If Nintendo does the Wii U right then they might very well be the dominant player once again.

[Kytim89]

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