Topic: Wii U in Review (News & Rumor Consolidation)

[BlackNMild2k1]

E3 is upon us and I thought I would compile all the news (from the Wii U thread) into a nice (and long) list for easy refreshing of everything we've heard from E3 of 2011 till today.


The list still isn't finished, and is a work in progress, but all of 2011 is done so far. If I've missed something, please feel free to point it out, but everything on this list is sourced back to this forum, so please provide a link to where it was found on this forum.


Hope this comes in handy for a Wii U Year in Review


News Consolidation 2011

June 2011
-First Look at the Controller;
-HDD & SD card support + 4 USB ports; The Officially released Spec Sheet
-Hands on impressions of the uMote
-New Super Mario Mii (Wuu); the only 1st part game "officially" announced according to the press site
-Wii U sliders more like nunchuck analog than 3DS sliders; if only they knew
-Press Kit Photos
-IBM Wuutson Inside; Wii U CPU news
-Impressions of the Wii U (IGN)
-Ninja Gaiden Wii U to have some exclusive additions?
-Zelda Wii U Video and GIF
-Nintendo Rep says only 1 uMote per console....
-The Wii U disc will hold 25GB
-EA Banner suggest Mass Effect and other games coming to Wii U
-Nintendo admits E3 Games reel was PS360 footage
-Vigill (Darksiders II) states Wii U is more powerful than PS360
-Nintendo speaks on possibility of 2 uMotes
-Aliens: Colonial Marines
-Hands on with the actual console
-Wii U = Accounts, NOT friend codes!!
-Metal Gear on WU?
-Killer Freaks official site has launched
-More news on the CPU
-uMote has a headphone jack
-Wuu News Dump; Activision, iD, Mass Effect, Darksiders II & Bioshock. read all about it.
Ubisoft's E3 2011 Roundtable
-Nintendo: We Should Have Explained Wii U Better
-Nintendo ONline Network?
-An indepth look at the technical stuff from Nintendo @ E3 2011
-Sega doesn't want ports and backs a Mid 2012 launch
Everything we know about thevWii U so far
Venture Beat Interview with Reggie
-View of the top and bottom of the controller
-View of the back of the system
-Wii U = 1.5x PS360!?
-uMOte screen used for view different from TV
-Developer comments from DICE
-WiiU is NOT next Gen says Michel Ancel
-No More Heroes 3 WiiU Confirmed
-CryEngine3 & Unreal Engine 3 coming to WiiU
-What's under the flap revealed
-WiiU using modified R770 w/ Eyefinity & DX 10.1(equivalent features)
-Pachter think Wii U is too late, and Reggie told him 2 uMotes are possible
-Metroid U?
-Iwata Hopes Wii U will steal back the couch from the iPad
-No DVD or Bluray playback for U
-Iwata: Multi-Room Gaming Is An Option
-Devs working on Underclocked WiiU kits
-Multiple WiiU controllers are possible, but cost too much
-Updated Devkits going out this July
-Reggie talks bout the Wii U
-No More Wii U details till next year
-My slight changes to the Wii U design
-Changes to the Bird Demo between Video and Interactive Demo
-Wii U to reach Zen-like Balance of Power & Performance
-Ubisoft speaks on WiiU
-Iwata talks WiiU
-Wii U Charging Cradle?
-Miyamoto: WiiU Online is Important
-Valve on WiiU
-SquareEnix WiiU Launch Title?
-Mark Rein excited over Valve news!
-EA optimistic about WiiU Online
-Mark Rein still tweeting about WiiU
-Monolithsoft is making a WiiU game.
-Ninja Gaiden WiiU is 30% complete
-Mark Rein Compliments WiiU
-Resident Evil WiiU!?
-Ubisoft Quebec making AssCreedU
-What Developers Think of Wii U


July 2011
-Bethesda developing for WiiU?; Rage, Skyrim, & Prey 2 a Wii U possibility?
-Wii U corner cutting could keep Core Away....; spend more to attract more? worked for PS3 right?
-Wii U is a Slam Dunk for id tech 5 games; What does id make again? Rage? Doom?
-Reggie speaks on WiiU; with Forbes.
-Behind the scenes of Darksiders II
-EGDE Magazine features Wii U; and Miyamoto
-EAD;s Katsuya Eguchi Speasks
-Investing in 3rd Parties. Nintendo's New Strategy for 3DS & WiiU
-Speculation on what led to the early Wii U reveal, and a story about the Launch
-Devs speak Wii U; Epic, EA & Gearbox
-Mityamoto talks about the Circle Pads
-Naughty Dog talks Wii U; but of course stay loyal to Sony
-[url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=34617.msg686596#msg686596]Vigil says that as of now Darksiders II is just a port
-EA's Overstike, Nintendo Trademarks & GC games on WiiU eShop!?
-Wii U to Join the Cloud!? Acer's Cloud?; Cloud Storage is a future I welcome as long as it remains an option.
-Epic: WiiU is a Powerful Box; Epic is very interested in the Wii U
-Wada on WiiU... and 3DS
-Devil's Third and Layton Ports?; Also SquareEnix states the obvious
-EA & WiiU sitting in a tree O-n-l-i-n-e; EA praises the Wii U (can do anything PS360 can do only better)
-3DS Price drop to affect WiiU Launch?; Iwata speaks on price and launch date


August 2011
-Ubi praises Wii U + 2 more games announced (from Codemasters); DiRT & F1 coming to Wii U
-Peter Moore on Wii U; and he is HYPED
-Nintendo hoped to use the power of suggestion on the 3rd parties
-Darksiders to to match the top specced PC version!? they said it themselves...
-Multiple WiiU Controllers w/ onboard storage!?; atleast that's what Nintendo of Canada is saying
-Nintendo to not be dependent on 3rd Parties @ Wii U launch?
-Umote has Flash Mem, Magnetometer, IR port & a Mic; so a patent search reveals
-Multi-Touch uMote still a possibility?; from the same patent above.
-MOre from the same patent; H.264 compression and WirelessN
-Nicalis (Cavestory) is now a licensed Wii U dev


September 2011
-Crytek is "happy with" and "Excited about" Wii U!!
-Gearbox (Aliens: Colonial Marines) comments on Wii U
-BF3 on Wii U to be the definitive version?; they are looking for good ways to use the controller
-More Darksiders II news
-Bethesda says Skyrim is a possibility on Wii U Game of the Year Edition?
-Wii U has "a lot more RAM"; according to Jonathan Blow (Braid)
-Vicarious Visions Working On Wii U Title


October 2011
-EA: We love Wii U
-Battlefield Wii U; EA reconfirms that it is coming
-Pachter speaks on Wii U and I continue to not care what he has to say about anything....
-The Darkness II Wii U?; a Wii U version was planned. PS360 release date is Feb. 2012.
-Mass Effect ThWii U; they didn't say it was coming, but wanted you to imagine what it would be like.
-Peter Moore speaks on Origin, Wii U, 3DS & Vita
-TT Games speaks on LEGO City Stories


November 2011
-A wiimote attachment patent turning  your wiimote into a touch pad.
-IGN: study shows only 10% of people interested in Wii U & Vita
-Mario Kart Wii U is in the works; nice to know it's being worked on in some capacity.
-Peter Moore: Wii U Online is Extensive!
-Nintendo wants to avoid frivolous DLC
-SquareEnix's FF team talks Wii U; perhaps they should speak with the DQ Team...?


December 2012
-Wii U to appeal to different gamers than Wii
-Project CARS coming to Wii U
-Ubisoft Quebec building an "AAA MMO for Wii U"?; it's what they were hiring for.
-Supposed specs leak for Wii U but 768MB of embedded DRAM seems very very unlikely.
-Singapore Gov site shows Wii U Devkit data
-Dragon Quest X on Wii U looks beautiful
-Another small dev joins the Wii U dev list


News Consolidation 2012

January 2012
-Toki Tori 2 Wii U; they say it's coming without saying it's coming.
-Miyamoto working on new IP
-Wii U spotted at CES; next to LG's new 55" OLED
-Wii U gets mention on ABC news; and some CES chatter of Netflix and content providers on Wii U.
-Retro in crunch time? Hires some HD talent!; ex-Uncharted. ex-Darksiders and 1 other
-uMote get praise @ CES; better screen than an iPad
-Tokyo Street Demo revealed; the same one that was at E3 that they wouldn't show us
-Reggie interviews on CNN; no new info as expected.
-uMote impression: "What Nintendo has designed here is a thing of beauty"
-NoA's Scott Moffit talks launch strategies.
-Wii U Card Game by Ubisoft; according to a LinkedIn profile
-Ghost Recon Online Arcade Wii U; is the new name of the game according to another LinkedIn profile
-Smash Bros. Wii U not coming for a while; Gotta finish Kid Icarus first
-Reports of final dev kits; if not final, then definitely newer
-Project CARS confirmed for Wii U; the logo has shown up on the site
-Yoshi Ono (SFxTekken) likes the Wii U, but fears the Nintenjas; Nintenjas = Nintendo Ninja Assassins
-Iwata: Wii U to see World Wide Release in 2012
-Wii U to use Individual User Accounts; Goodbye Friend Codes.
-Wii U to use NFC tech; Skylanders to lead the way
-Nintendo planning downloadable stages for next Mario games hopefully some are user created
-Miyamoto focusing more on new IP and less on others
-Iwata: We will not be drawn into an expensive tech war with the competition
-Team Ninja on Wii U
-Microsoft  says Nintendo is not competing with other consoles
-Nintendo hires ex-Crytek Engineer


February 2012
-High Voltage is licensed Wii U dev Hopefully that means The Grinder is coming to Wii U
-Darksiders II may have exclusive Wii U content
-Two Tribes set on bringing Toki Tori 2 to Wii U
-EA to bring Tiger Woods 2013 to Wii U; and we expected no less
-Is UE4 coming to Wii U?hardware aligned with "systems they can't name yet"
-Nintendo buys Mobiclip (Oct. 2011); but who are they? details behind the link.
-Sega Allstar Racing getting a sequel afterall; and some Japanese trademarks
-Miyamoto is happy working on Pikmin 3; and he should be, he's been doing it for how many years now?
-AC3 confirmed for Wii U? GRO and AC3 in 2012 & no FarCry3 for Wii U?
-HuluPlus Available Now on Wii; probably a test run for Wii U launch.
-Sakurai begins Smash Bros!; Development has started
-Nintendo exploring media partnerships; that includes companies like Comcast
-Interview with Alien: Colonial Marines' Randy Pitchford
-Wii U get some love from someone's local news station
-Ready at Dawn is gearing up for Next Gen; not sure if it's Wii U related or not.
-Comparison of E3 uMote with what we believed to be an older one....; turned out to be the new one...
-Aonuma talks partnerships with outside companies


March 2012
-Nicalis working on Wii
-Pachter says Wii U will be the Dreamcast of NextGen; & in ONM "Mario Galaxy 3 is hard to imagine"
-Two Tribes Talks Toki Tori Two
-Epic's Mark Rein says that he would be shocked if Wii U doesn't do well
-Nintendo Trademarks - The Last Ranger; New IP?
-MS says that Xbox720 will not be at E3 2012; Nintendo to have E3 all to itself? or will Sony spoil the party?
-Nintendo trademarks more than The Last Ranger; Demon Training & The Last Bodyguard?
-No 1T-SRAM in Wii U; Looks like Nintendo has found a better way to emulate Wii BC in the Wii U
-Netflix (Double) Confirmed for Wii U; and it better be there on DAY 1
-Ubisoft prepping Your Shape for Wii U
-Vigil pretty much confirms Darksiders II to be a Wii U launch game
-Nintendo chooses Green Hills Software as more middleware for developers
-Ubisoft is ready for Nintendo's Digital Distribution System
-Nintendo looking for some new publishing opportunities at the Nordic Games Conference
-Gear Box Excited about Wii U; and they want to talk about Aliens: Colonial Marines
-Retro hires an ex-Gearbox Visual Effects Artist
-3 Dates to Watch out for in April; some upcoming events where we know Nintendo will be.


April 2012
-Ubisoft aiming to be the Wii U's #1 3rd Party!; and Wii U may be the perfect fit for MMO's
-Wii U is an impressive bridge to Next Gen; and has more RAM and better processors than last[/url]
-Sonic's Co-Creator joins Nintendo
-Sega is thinking of rebooting Sonic
-A look at Aliens: Colonial Marines
-Capcom: "Resident Evil 6 not available at this time for Wii U"; doesn't mean it isn't coming at all
-Miyamoto is keen to a New Link to the Past style Zelda; and some F-Zero talk
-Creator of Colors3D interested in doing a Wii U version
-Sounds like Runner 2 is headed to Wii U too
-uMote Cradle / Docking Station; more from that patent that was posted back in August 2011
-Confirmed that Wii U is using Bluray
-Arstechna blames Nintendo for lagging videogame sales
-New Super Mario Bros. Mii confirmed to be a full game and we'll see it at E3 (again)
-Wii U most powerful system ever made by Nintendo (duh); and analyst have good things to say....
-THQ interviews with Hip Hop Gamer
-Some Nintendo Patents; something about emulating handheld games, the other about interactive TV
-More Nintendo Patents: Voice Forum and Step Forum; I wonder what that's about?
-Gametrailers.com: "Wii U launch will surprise you!"
-Nintendo Power Teaser for their June issue; looks like a red Russia, or a map from GTA or something
-"Fat chance of Crysis 3 coming to Wii U"
-Analyst predicts Wii U to be utter failure; Also says Nintendo should go 3rd party....
-Nintendo registers new domains; including a new Fire Emblem one.
-Nintendo's Quarterly results posted
-2k Sports is developing something for Wii U; probably a sports game right...
-Rayman Legends Wii U video leaked
-Nintendo may release NEW CHARACTERS soon.; says Miyamoto
-Project CARS details revealed
-Frontier (LostWinds Disneyland Adventures & Kinectimals) is supposedly making something for Wii U
-Nintendo prepares for 3rd party downloads


May 2012
-Nintendo says hardcore first! casual second!; the way it always should have been
-Epic says: "UE4's intended target platform hasn't even been announced yet"; fanboys panic, Caterkiller sweats...
-Junction Point developing for the Wii U confirmed; and it's more than likely Epic Mickey 2
-Sakurai spotted sneaking into Platinum Games; hopes of a Platinum developed Starfox rise
-Killer Freaks from Outer Space double confirmed to have Online play
-Online survey suggest $299.99 price point for Wii U and some confusion over 2 uMotes at the same time
-Indie Game (Cloudberry Kingdom) Announced for Wii U; and boy does this one look crazy
-BlackNMild2k1 writes a Rumor Round Up article for NWR; he should do a follow up before E3....
-Foxxcon expecting growth thanks to launch of upcoming Wii U; that confirms who's making it. But we knew that.
-Fifa 13 coming to Wii U; Rabbids Rumble & The Lost CIty: The Jungle show up on AUS Classification site
-Ben 10 Announced for Wii U
-First images of UE4 surface
-Blizzard talks about Diablo 3 coming to consoles; " it won't be a simple port"
-Randy Pitchford pitches Alien Colonial Marines..... again
-Ninjabread  Man 2 coming to a Wii U near you
-The makers of Dead Island are making something for Wii U; hopefully it's Dead Island: GOTY edition
-New uMote  revealed; TT employee gets fired and sued. Old patent revealed to have shown new design, not old.
-Small excerpt from supposed NoE Wii U documentation tells of 2 uMotes being possible back in Aug 2011
-Vigil (Darksiders II) can't wait to talk about Wii U and it's specific features
-Nintendo sets up an official Wii U Facebook Page
-Gearbox (Aliens: Colonial Marines) says Wii U is a powerful machine, but they can't talk specs...
-It's mentioned that Metro: Last Light is definitely coming to Wii U in 2013
-Nintendo teases Wii U Launch titles on their new Official Wii U Facebook Page

[BlackNMild2k1]

Rumor Consolidation 2011

Rumor Consolidation 2011


September 2010:
-Itagaki of Team Ninja hints at game Devil's Third being made for Wii2


October 2010:
-Marvell QuadCore processors for new console - *This might have had something to do with Kinect, But I don't remember.
-IBM implies that Wii2 uses Cell based PPC *Confirmed*


November 2010:
-Marvell Quad cores gets a large order: From large console manufacturer - *once again might be Kinect related.
-House of the Dead: Overkill 2 in the works 
-EA reviving NFL Blitz


December 2010:


January 2011:
-UltraViolet Media Cloud service coming to a console - Most Likely Sony since Sony is a partner.
-New Pokemon game for Wii *New Pokémon game for 3DS instead*


February 2011:
-Wii2 announcement coming soon according to THQ *Confirmed*


March 2011:
-Wii2 announcement coming soon according to EA *Confirmed*
-AMD working on CPU/GPU combined (Fusion based) chip for console due for release @ end of 2012; Told to bring schedule in for earlier release. *Update* - This matches up with this rumor from back in Dec. AMD Fusion based Xbox 720 in 2012?


April 2011:
-Monster Hunter 3DS to be announced soon *Confirmed* Monster Hunter 3G & Monster Hunter 4
-SSFIV3D connects to home console - Hint @ Wii2 from Capcom and 3DS -> Wii2 connectivity
-Wii price drop to $150 on May 15th *Confirmed*
-Wii2 announcement @ E3: 1080p HD, More powerful than PS360, BC with Wii, release late 2012 *Confirmed*
-New Wii2 controller has HD screen built in *Non HD Screen Confirmed*
-Wii2 to use Bluray technology *High Density Optical Disc Confirmed*
-Wii2 actually aimed at early 2012 release (1st half 2012) *IGN backs this up in their mailbag*
-Controller Screen is actually a Touch Screen *Touch Screen Confirmed*
-Project Cafe: Wii2 Controller is a Tablet: 6" touch Screen on Controller, front facing camera & doubles as sensor bar for BC *Codename Confirmed* *All Confrmed*
-Dual Analogs, Streaming & Games Wii2 controller to rival 3DS, NGP, iPhone & iPad apparently *Confirmed*
-1st & 3rd Party games @ E3 *confirmed* EA, Ubisoft & Capcom all but confirmed
-Wii2 = TriCore PPC & R700 class GPU w/ 512+MB Ram Another surprise to be shown @ E3 *TriCore CPU Confirmed*
-3rd Parties have had Wii2 Dev Kits for Months, Has better Motion Tracking than Move *Dev Kits Confirmed*
-Pikmin 3 moved to Project Cafe *Confirmed* to be shown @ E3; Nintendo also in talks with R* for solid AAA support.
-Wii2 launch June 2012; Rockstar delivering game (?GTA V?) during launch window
-Wii2, 3DS & E3!? Oh Yes!!; 3rd Parties taking a front seat this time around.
-Retro working on Wii2 game; and it's "a project everyone wants us to do" (Starfox? Zelda? New Original FPS?)
-Nintendo prepping Head Mounted 3D VR? sounds like the NintendoOn to me....
-Wii 2 will not be Dreamcast, it’ll be “the PlayStation 2 of next gen�; A true next gen console? sounds like it.
-Retro's new game is actually Eternal Darkness 2?
-"Where there's smoke, there's fire" - Miyamoto's comment on Project Cafe - He also said not to believe everything you hear though.
-Wii2 controller has a 6.2" screen and 8 buttons *Confirmed*
-IGN: The N Stream (Wii2) Details "confirmed"?
-1up says: No Friend Codes for Wii2 *Confirmed* I think
-Retro making DKCR sequel for Wii2?
-Project Cafe Codename Confirmed; 01net rumors now have even more credibility
-4Chan Cafe "Leak"?; Sounds like a wishlist to me.
-Rareware to make 3DS games?; not sure how likely this one is, but Rare did release DS games
-Nintendo Select = $19.99 Players Choice line? *Confirmed*
-Project Cafe E3 Publishers List?; More than likely fake, but the real thing will probably still be close
-Super Smash Brothers Café @ E3 2011?; Every Nintendo Franchise to be shown off in HD? Sounds good to me *SSB Wii^u & 3DS Announced - Confirmed*


May 2011:
-Haptic Feedback & Vitality Sensor Built In? *Fake*
-Project Cafe: 8GB onboard Flash, 25GB disc & 1080p
-Track Pad in the Cafe Pad?; Just because I don't believe it don't mean it's not possible... *False*
-GTAV to be revealed @ E3?
-$350+ Wii2 starts production in October (Foxconn to produce)
-MS to steal Nintendo's thunder @ E3? *False* Not at this E3 atleast
-Zumba Fitness 2 for Project Cafe? to be announced/released early 2012!?
-Pikmin 3 & Endless Ocean 3 screenshots? They're likely fake, but what if they aren't.... E3 is still so far away.
-IGN: Cafe to use a 4850? maybe 2GB's of RAM (1GB GPU & 1GB CPU)?
-Valve working on Café (Wii2)?; *Confirmed* HipHopGamer says Gabe Newell is impressed with Café and it's ease of development
-The Last Story coming to Europe!?; If they translate it, it better come to the U.S. too.
-Wii VC transferable to Café? HD versions getting made?
-Project Café Spec Sheet?; Only time will tell *Fake*
-21 Rumors & A Bet To Back Them Up; Gotta love a bet where we win either way!
-Metroid Café Screenshot!?; I call fake, but it still looks good to me. [fake]
-HQ Camera's in Café?
-"Final" Spec Sheet and Comparison; I compare it to the previous Spec Sheet... (less than 6 days left) *Fake*
-New Zelda for 25th Anniversary!?; Legend of Paper Zelda anyone!? *4 Swords DSi - Confirmed*
-ESRB Leak!? Nintendo Current!? E3 Games Reel!? *update* *fake*
-Project Cafe @ EB Games Expo!?; Nintendo will be there, surely Café will be too. Will you be there?
-12 Skyward Sword Rumors; A Pre-E3 roundup of Zelda Rumors (with a bonus #13)
-Super Mario Café @ E3?; It would only make sense.... *NSMBMii - Confirmed*
-Nikkei Confirms 6" Touch Screen, Camera and Rechargeable Battery; Mid-2012 Launch Date expected *Confirmed*
-Super Mario Wii 2!? as in Super Mario for Wii 2? *NSMBMii could be considered NSMBW2 - Confirmed?*
-Another 4Chan leak!? I want to believe it. So do you.; So. Do. You. *Controller details are False*
-Project Cafe to be called... Nintendo? Just Nintendo.... that's it. *False*
-Nintendo Beem?; I think it works... not as well a xStream ;P but it's probably [fake] anyways.


June 2011:
-GTA V coming in 2012!? It's Likely.; Wii^u launch window title sounds likely too


July 2011:
-Iwata subsidizes 3DS price drop with executive pay cuts!?
-Street Fighter x Tekken is coing to 3DS!?


August 2011:
-4 New Nintendo Selects this Month!? *Confirmed*
-Patents reveal uMote possibly uses Flash Mem, H.264, WirelessN, Multi-Touch and has a Cradle/Docking Station!
-Zone Of Enders 3DS - ZOE:3DS; Kojima Tweeted it with pics, so it must be true right?
-Magic Box says: New Fire Emblem: Blue Sacred Sword and Red Demon Lance
-01.Net  says 2nd Analog Attachment for 3DS coming & then details some internal Nintendo Drama *2nd Analog  Confirmed*
-Dragon Quest X to be MMO-like *Confirmed*
-01.Net says that some Nintendo Game Designs may be a little more than borrowed; Truth may never come to light on this one
-Epic Mickey 2 in development!? Mickey & Oswald co-op?


September 2011:
-Monster Hunter TriG, Baten Kaitos & Mach Rider: Unchained to be unveiled @ 3DS event next week
-More games rumored for next week; Yoshi, Ace Attorney, Etrian Odyssey and more....
-Wii U uses 28nm chips & 1T-SRAM!? NEC & MoSys still in the picture
-Super Smash Bros. Universe!?


October 2011:
-Luigi's Mansion 2 slide pad compatible? That would make it the only 1st party game so far that is...
-Some Sonic Dimensions Rumors and Details(?); Sega Dev [laughs] and says "*Hoax*"


November 2011:
-Silicon Knights working on Eternal Darkness 2?; it's the only "requested" title from them that I can think of.
-Revised Wiimote w/touchscreen mentioned in Sonic Dimensions rumor? yet another wiimote attachment? :/
-Wii U to support 2 tablets!? they never said it wouldn't, but anything confirming that it will is good news in my book.
-Is EA gunning to be the sole Digital Distributor for Wii U?; Trying to get any edge over Steam that it can.
-Wii U Dev Kits have atleast 2 GB of RAM; it was also mentioned that it was tri-core dual threaded Power based CPU & GPU around 1.2 TFlops
-DQVII or FFVII 3DS!? - Something about 7th entry of popular JRPG released 6 months after spinoff....
-AMD's GCN Graphics Core a possibilty for Wii U?; Graphics Core Next & GameCube Nintendo... surely it's just a coincedence


December 2011
-Xenoblade April 2012 in the US?; Operation Rainfall would like to take credit for this one...
-Wii U Specs: 768MB of eDRAM & 3Ghz QCore PPC?; I call BS on this one... but we will know soon enough.
-Real Wii U App Store!?; I can't wait for Angry Birds & Customizable clocks...
-EPIC Mickey 2 - Fall 2012 (Multi-plat & Co-op); I hope it's an improvement over the original (which I still have yet to play : : : )

Rumor Consolidation 2012

Rumor Consolidation 2012

January 2012
-Wii U eReader & iOS Apps!?; Taking on Apple head to head? You have my sword.
-Sega All-Star Racing 2? Wii U - was the first one any good? serious question. I've never played it.
-Nintendo's Online Network to revival Live & PSN!?; Now your taking on MS & Sony head on too? You have my shield.
-Rocksteady Studios (Batman AA/AC) making a new TMNT game!?; As long as it includes Bebop, we approve.
-New Wii U Dev Kits More Powerful than expected.; Now we are playing with POWER!!
-Retro Studios working on StarFox Wii U?; I'd rather them work on something else, but I'm not mad if it's true.
-Wii U = 5X360!?; Let's hope IGN gets it right this time.
-Nintendo renaming the Wii U?; No. they will not call is Super Wii. Stop It Kytim.
-Resident Evil 6 is coming to Wii U; I'm the source on this one... a very pretty birdie told me.
-Nintendo using voice recognition software in Wii U; I hope it's comparable to this Siri I keep hearing so much about
-Zelda 3DS to be unveiled at GDC 2012; So soon after SS?

February 2012
-Lady GaGa: The Experience!?; My ears will bleed, but I'll have no choice but to buy it (not for me)
-Activision backing Nintendo Big in 2012 & 2013; Time to walk the walk this time
-Epic Mickey 2 U?; Looks like it could be headed to Wii U now
-Samaritan on Wii U?; @ 720p if rumors of power are to be believed.
-HD & 3D uMote screen!?; I know it was speculated before, but this is a whole new patent
-CoD: BlOps2 is this years CoD title?; if it is, it will be on Wii U no doubt.
-Activision Working On Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game?; Do they have a studio by the name Bebop?
-Pokemon B&W Sequel to be announced this Week!?; Pokemon Grey incoming? *Confirmed* Pokemon B&W2
-Nintendo to make Wii U a media centerpiece!? Taking a page from Xbox Live's playbook? Sounds good to me.
-CryEngine Wii U Demo @ GDC; Rumor is that they can't wait to show it off. Fact is that I can't wait to see it.
-Time Splitters 4, Overstrike & Dead Space Wii U!?; Add the sports titles and EA is not playing around this time.
-No Xbox720 till maybe 2014 & PS3 to come in 2013!?; So says the same source as RE6 on Wii U...
-$299 Wii U @ launch?; This rumor is from the same place that said 768MB embeded DRAM in Wii U. Salt Lick needed.

March 2012
-Nintendo tweaked Wii U to run Unreal Engine 4; Caterkiller knows the source, so direct your questions at him
-Donkey Kong 3D in the works for 3DS!?; GameStop seems to thinks so... Now GameStop says *NO*
-3 New IP's @ E3 for Nintendo?; and 10 Nintendo titles @ E3 + 70 3rd Party games in development!
-AMD has been working on Wii U GPU since atleast June 2009?; and possibly with IBM all while in India
-Current Wii U Dev Kits are True 720p with heavy uPad usage.; 1080p still possible with less uPad usage & current dev kit is not the most recent released.
-Major eShop leak?; I would love for it to be true... but I do not believe it is. But we shall see. Can't wait 4 E3!
-Epic Mickey 2: Power of Illusion 3DS!?; *TRUE*... but still waiting on a Wii U version.
-Nintendo NDA's to be lifted sometime next week? FY2012 ends after next week. Investor Meetings & Financial Reports could reveal some goodies.
-Capcom has an Action Title ready to show for Wii U @ E3!; RE6 anyone?
-The Last Ranger is actually a sequel to Dillon's Rolling Western!?; I guess we'll have to wait and see...
-Retro's next game looks "extremely impressive" and it is NOT DK, TLOZ or Metroid...; StarTropics?
-Regional Nintendo's want change U too!!?; It's not just the gamers wishing for this to happen...
-New 3DS Firmware Update Incoming? with lots of new features included!! Nintendo Network goes live early?
-Two tribes hints @ Steamworks/Wii U Cross Platform Play? it would be nice if Steam was on Wii U.... *wink wink*
-Headstrong rebooting a Sega IP from the Dreamcast Era? only to have it cancelled!? ....Jet Set!?
-Nintendo & MySpace Sitting in a Tree....?; getting together for the launch of MySpaceTV?

April
-Wii U less powerful than PS360, Developers say...; late April fools joke or the bitter truth? Probably BS either way.
-Wii U Launch 11/18/2012?; GameStop agees; Lots of Nintendo stuff has launched the week b4 Black Friday.
-Nintendo Grand Prix?; Nintendo's own GT/Forza? in the style of Project Gotham Racing?
-Haptics coming to Wii U!?; ViviTouch does haptic rumble and not haptic touch (from what I've heard)
-Engine optimizations lead to 3x-4x performance increase; That's from software documentation (uMote is referred to as DRC)
-Lucas Arts making a Star Wars MMO for Wii U!?; I don't know, but they are making something MMO for Wii U.
-$180 is what it cost Nintendo for all the parts in Wii U?; not including assembly, R&D, shipping, etc. etc.
-Wii U currently reserves 512MB of RAM for OS functions?; that's a lot of space for a console OS. Must be nice!
-Hitman: Absolution coming to Wii U? along with several other titles from SE devs?
-Pandora's Tower Coming to North America? NWR got the scoop, GameStop is the source.
-Universal uMote!? Potential TVGuide, Channel Preview, multi-device control and more!? make it happen please.
-Nintendo & Square ink a deal to revive an old Square character? From SMRPG maybe?
-Crazy rumors... something about Epic & Metroid / Wii U & Android / & a big multimedia push
-uMote has been remodeled and leaked pic is not the final version?
-uMote to get better range than we thought!? let's hope so. Nintendo was conservative with Wavebird too...
-Wii U to "Street Pass" like 3DS?; using Gamer Cards to collect data on the go? sounds good to me... I guess.
-Wii U @ $350?; Likely just a place holder price, but why spend money to advertise it?

May
-More to the "Android on Wii U" rumors than we previously thought? Very fully featured OS incoming? A supposed Google employee on GAF seems to think so....
-Google and Nintendo have been working on an OS together since 2007 (post from 4/30/2010) 
-"Clicky Sticks" on the uMote!?; Another controller feature to bring parity between Wii U and PS360
-New Patents show possible uMote stand and Zapper gun attachments; lots more plastic attachments to come, I'm sure.
-Starfox in the works for Wii U?; Let's hope that whoever is making it, loved SF64.
-Blockbuster Leaks Wii U Lineup?; looks pretty solid if true.
-FFXIV a Wii U possibility?; One of a few rumored/confirmed MMO's coming to Wii U
-Crytek employee talks Wii U dev kits?; sounds like it's about 1 specific studio
-Wii U to have Cloud Storage? only 512MB sounds a bit low though
-Splinter Cell Wii U!?; Hip Hop Gamer says it's so.
-Nintendo & Eminem team up for some marketing aimed at the core?
-No FarCry3 on Wii U, AC3 no different on Wii U & 2 uMotes is possible
-Retro making Startroid Fusion?; Metroid x Starfox...? say it ain't so. I hope it's not.
-New revised uMote revealed! Analog Sticks! But what are those little squares?
-Castelvania Wii U & 3DS!?; LoS 2? that's what's rumored for Wii U atleast.
-Wii U's Gamer Card Function!? Street Pass for the Wii U in your wallet?
-New features accessible in the new dev kits! all stuff we've heard about though.
-New CPU details; Based on an IBM Express 710, 4Cores, 2 threads each @ 3Ghz.
-Kingdom Hearts HD Collection headed to Wii U; would make a nice addition to the Wii U launch.

[ThePerm]

that eminem article is interesting because it sounds like it could turn into a wayne brady chapelle thing

[acidboy]

So  caterkiller is lying/has an unreliable source?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475868

[Adrock]

If you want to put your conspiracy theory tinfoil hat on, you can argue that Geoff Keighley answered David's question as "No, I can't hint that Wii U will be able to run Unreal Engine 4 because at GDC Mike Capp only said Wii U will run Unreal Engine 3" instead of "No, Wii U cannot run Unreal Engine 4 because at GDC Mike Capp said Wii U will only run Unreal Engine 3." The phrasing is still pretty vague. It's certainly possible Keighley doesn't know for sure (and just wants to sound like he does, especially for hits).

I'll continue to believe Caterkiller because he is a gentleman and a scholar.

[BlackNMild2k1]

So  caterkiller is lying/has an unreliable source?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475868

No. you aren't reading it right, and it's old news.

[Lithium]

funny how a random guy on some forum is better than all of the media outlets combined when it comes to this stuff.

[ThePerm]

be sure to change the name of this thread to Wii U

[Dasmos]

Despite how stupid your opening post is perm, I don't think abandoning the other thread is a great idea. And besides this thread is on rumours.

[Chozo Ghost]

We also already have a rumors thread.

[tendoboy1984]

These forums remind me so much of NeoGAF.

[ThePerm]

Despite how stupid your opening post is perm, I don't think abandoning the other thread is a great idea. And besides this thread is on rumours.

I trust Dasmos on these matters, fixed

and also, im not going to claim to have the foresight that there would be little news between last year and now, but I'll update the first post when there is real news. It will be flashy and neat, but not too flashy like myspace pages or geocities pages that would be really stupid. That's where neat comes in. Also, yes i do understand the redundancy of updating the front page. There will be an "adjustment" for that "oversight".

[BlackNMild2k1]

http://maximumgames.com/jett-tailfin/

another Wii U / 3DS game revealed  (kids game)



probably/hopefully not the final box art design.

[BlackNMild2k1]

WB registers ScribblenautsUnlimited.com

URL for a Scribblenauts Unlimited registered anonymously through WB's registrar. 5th Cell's rumored WiiU launch title?

https://twitter.com/supererogatory/status/208604093965533186

http://whois.domaintools.com/scribblenautsunlimited.com




and they are rumored to be working on a Wii U launch title.
http://nintendoeverything.com/83112/rumor-5th-cell-creating-wii-u-launch-title/

[BlackNMild2k1]

Miyamoto & Dyack co-patent controlling animation using tagged objects
http://www.google.com/patents/US7928986?printsec=drawing#v=onepage&q&f=false


Patent pics looks like they were inspired by Eternal Darkness....

[MegaByte]

Old patent is old.
Filing date: Jan 6, 2010
Issue date: Apr 19, 2011
Also dumb. All the patent says is that objects animate differently when you get close to them.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Patent filed in 2010, by Dyack & Miyamoto using images that looks like they are from ED.
Dyack hinting that he is making ED2 for Wii U

i think you already knew where that was going though.

[MegaByte]

If you read the filing, it's just a minor update to the original filing, which was filed in 2001/2002, but not awarded until 2010.

[BlackNMild2k1]

oh, i did not read the whole thing.

But them updating it, could mean they were working on something that used it, so I still lean towards a ED2 being in the works.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Our first game from 2015 revealed
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/01/human-element-revealed.aspx

HumanElement is a zombie horror survival game.

[MegaByte]

But them updating it, could mean they were working on something that used it, so I still lean towards a ED2 being in the works.

No, it was a really minor update, just refining legal terms. It was probably handled entirely by lawyers.

[Lithium]

Our first game from 2015 revealed
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/01/human-element-revealed.aspx

HumanElement is a zombie horror survival game.

ugg i've been burned out on the whole zombie theme for about 5 years now

[Chozo Ghost]

probably/hopefully not the final box art design.

I agree. It looks WAY too similar to the box art for Wii games, and with the names of the consoles already being similar as it is, going further and making the game boxes also look similar isn't a good thing.

[MegaByte]

At the very least, they'd flip the logo to the other side like with the 3DS, but considering they already recognize that that wasn't really a sufficient differentiator, they will probably do something more substantial.
https://twitter.com/DaAuraWolf/status/208953208134057985/photo/1/large <-- I wonder if we might even see a substantial case design change.

[Sarail]

I really hope for Blu-ray sized cases. Isn't that the media format (or very similar) that we'll be using?

God, I loved those Japanese GameCube cases...