Topic: E3 2012 Press Conferences - Days 2-3: Nintendo Main PC & 3DS PC

[BranDonk Kong]

I'm impressed by the weight of the Wii U Gamepad - not that I expect it to be heavy, but an iPad 3 weighs 1.44 pounds, and the WUGP weighs 1.1 pounds, which is about 25% less. The console is light as hell too, compared to PS3 and XBox 360.

[BranDonk Kong]

I just saw the video of "Nintendo Land" (the Wii U's version of Wii Play?) and it looks pretty bland. I thought Nintendo was moving away from casual games?


Sure there are 3rd-party blockbusters like Batman, Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden, etc. but will 3rd-party developers continually bring these games to the Wii U? Nintendo's examples are all pretty casual-oriented titles, so whatever.

It's a pack-in title, so don't expect too much. It would be nice if we got NSMBU as a pack-in instead though, but then it wouldn't sell 500 billion copies on it's own.

[Ian Sane]

Thinking more about third party support, what the Wii U should be getting is whatever big games are going to the PS360 for THIS Christmas.  Not some one year old stuff but specifically what is in the pipeline for the Christmas season.  REAL third party support would mean getting the same stuff at the same time.  I don't give a **** about Black Ops II but it SHOULD be there.  Yeah, the Wii U is a new system but Activision SHOULD have gotten the devs kits in time to do it.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is a title that follows that line.  That's a new game.  It isn't some old ass port.  At least we know Namco is treating the Wii U right.

[Chozo Ghost]

It would be nice if we got NSMBU as a pack-in instead though, but then it wouldn't sell 500 billion copies on it's own.

Eventually there will probably be a SKU with that as a pack in, because they did do that with NSMB and the Wii.

Thinking more about third party support, what the Wii U should be getting is whatever big games are going to the PS360 for THIS Christmas.  Not some one year old stuff but specifically what is in the pipeline for the Christmas season.  REAL third party support would mean getting the same stuff at the same time.  I don't give a **** about Black Ops II but it SHOULD be there.  Yeah, the Wii U is a new system but Activision SHOULD have gotten the devs kits in time to do it.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is a title that follows that line.  That's a new game.  It isn't some old ass port.  At least we know Namco is treating the Wii U right.

Plus there's Darksiders II. That's brand new and coming to the Wii U this year.


That said, I'm holding out hope that there's a lot more that just hasn't been announced yet. Black Ops 2 does seem like it would be obvious, yet it hasn't been announced. Maybe E3 isn't everything, and there are still many more announcements to come between now and the system launches? There had better be more, becuase if all there is is what we've seen at E3 then that would really suck.

[tendoboy1984]

I'm glad developers are bringing games like Ninja Gaiden 3, Batman, Mass Effect 3, etc. to the Wii U. I just wish Nintendo's games would be this ambitious. The 3rd-party developers are out-doing Nintendo on their own system, for once! Where are Retro Studios, Metroid, Star Fox, Eternal Darkness 2, etc.? The presentation overall was decent, but Nintendo did a terrible job showing how the Wii U will bring back the "core gamers".

[Soren]

The twitters are saying you can indeed move your Wii VC and WiiWare games to WiiU.

Nintendo figures also state that the Game Pad battery life is only 3-5 hours. Ouch...

[Shaymin]

The twitters are saying you can indeed move your Wii VC and WiiWare games to WiiU.

Since this is what most (if not all) of my WiiU purchase decision is based on... proof, please?

[Soren]

The twitters are saying you can indeed move your Wii VC and WiiWare games to WiiU.

Since this is what most (if not all) of my WiiU purchase decision is based on... proof, please?

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/06/nintendos-wii-u-gamepad-to-play-old-wii-games-company-says-at-e3/

[tendoboy1984]

Where's all the Nintendo Network info? I was hoping Nintendo would reveal all the details of their new online service, but all we got was "Miiverse".

[Shaymin]

The twitters are saying you can indeed move your Wii VC and WiiWare games to WiiU.

Since this is what most (if not all) of my WiiU purchase decision is based on... proof, please?

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/06/nintendos-wii-u-gamepad-to-play-old-wii-games-company-says-at-e3/

Thank you based Iwata.

[Caterkiller]

Watched a lot of Mario U, I gotta say it's visuals surprised me! It looks crisp, clean, and just down right beautiful with all the back grounds.

[the asylum]

Still no F-Zero.

Nintendo, I am disappoint

[Evan_B]

The twitters are saying you can indeed move your Wii VC and WiiWare games to WiiU.

Since this is what most (if not all) of my WiiU purchase decision is based on... proof, please?

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/06/nintendos-wii-u-gamepad-to-play-old-wii-games-company-says-at-e3/

Well, that article states there's no way to control 3DS screen brightness....

[BeautifulShy]

When are all Nintendo's roundtables and after conferences again? I think there were ones tonight and tomorrow at 9PM EST..

The Round table is at 6pm PST tonight and the one on the 6th is at Wednesday at 6pm PST.

[ShyGuy]

No Retro, No Ghost Recon, No Silicon Nights, and Killer Freaks got a fate crueler than Project H.A.M.M.E.R.

Not only did Ubisoft have the best press conference, they had a better Wii U Conference than Nintendo.

[tendoboy1984]

No Retro, No Ghost Recon, No Silicon Nights, and Killer Freaks got a fate crueler than Project H.A.M.M.E.R.

Not only did Ubisoft have the best press conference, they had a better Wii U Conference than Nintendo.

Killer Freaks is now Zombi U, which I think looks incredible. I love that 3rd-party developers are finally bringing better efforts to Nintendo platforms, and they look even more ambitious than Nintendo's own titles.


I don't think Nintendo is broadcasting the developer roundtable anymore. They don't mention it on their Facebook page or their official E3 site...

[blackfootsteps]

1. I'm never staying up to the wee hours to watch an E3 conference again.
2. All 3 were dull affairs.
3. Usher, the Potter wonderbook...I'm not sure what was worse.
4. When the first joke goes down like a lead balloon remove all future joke attempts.
5. Nintendo received perfunctory applause at the conclusion, maybe they need to dish out free swag for the shills to lap up.
6. I would actually welcome a Nintendo move to third party. Keep making handhelds, and forget consoles.

[noname2200]

I have a feeling this will be a trainwreck with live demos of stuff like ZombiU and year old ports that no one will give a rats behind about. I hope we at least get a goofy Reggie or Miyamoto moment on stage.

'Fess up: you're really a Nintendo insider, aren't you?

When's Fire Emblem going to be released in the US?

[Soren]

I don't think Nintendo is broadcasting the developer roundtable anymore. They don't mention it on their Facebook page or their official E3 site...

An earlier NWR article mentioned the developer roundtable would not be streamed live, but rather a video of it would be online hours later.


I don't know if it will be liveblogged though. Is it?

[Louieturkey]

I don't feel like I have any worthwhile new information at all.

2 GamePad support. That was important even if it should have been confirmed last year.

They should have detailed their online strategy more.

Regarding 2 gamepad support, I don't think it was in their plans a year ago.  I think the outcry from fans made them go back and see if they could do it.  I think they always planned on doing just one gamepad.  It is the reason why they didn't have any dual gamepad games.  I think they added extra power to the system just to make sure it would support two gamepads.  I wouldn't be surprised if no teams were even working on any games that could use two gamepads until October of last year at the earliest.

[fixyourface0814]

Is NWR liveblogging the Dev Roundtable?

[Tizona]

I don't think Nintendo is broadcasting the developer roundtable anymore. They don't mention it on their Facebook page or their official E3 site...

An earlier NWR article mentioned the developer roundtable would not be streamed live, but rather a video of it would be online hours later.


I don't know if it will be liveblogged though. Is it?

I just logged in to ask the same question. I've looked all over, but I can't find anyone Liveblogging the developer roundtable. They normally have a lot of great info during it, I'm bummed we have to wait for video later, if that.

[tendoboy1984]

Nintendo failed to mention many important features of the Wii U:


- No Nintendo Network info
- No info on Achievemenets
- No mention of eShop games or Virtual Console titles
- No system-wide voice chat
- No info on Friend Codes (are they in or out?)


The whole conference seemed really rushed and ill-prepared for. Half of the games they showed were casual games, and this goes against what Iwata said last year about the Wii U targeting more "core" gamers.


Nintendo failed again this E3. I didn't see Microsoft or Sony's conferences yet, were they any better?

[fixyourface0814]

Thank goodness, it's up on the main page now.

[broodwars]

Nintendo failed again this E3. I didn't see Microsoft or Sony's conferences yet, were they any better?

I think both were better, but in different ways.  Microsoft's was a total snore for the most part, but they did show off the increasingly awesome-looking Tomb Raider reboot and Black Ops 2 looks better than I expected.  There was simply more there for gamers like us. 

By contrast, sony's was far worse in the handheld department as Sony pretty much abandoned the Vita, but as far as console games go they easily blew Nintendo's lineup away.  Yeah, Pikmin 3 looks great, but Sony simply had more notable console titles.