Nintendo is interested in thinking up ways to utilize both systems.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32383
Nintendo is "thinking of the possibility of connecting Wii U and Nintendo 3DS once again," but it might be too complicated because all the different screens, according to Shigeru Miyamoto in an interview with IGN.
Miyamoto elaborated: "Of course we are thinking of the possibility of connecting Wii U and Nintendo 3DS once again," Miyamoto said. "But we have challenged connectivity on many occasions, and one of the great lessons we have learned is the simple fact that those who own both are much fewer than those who don’t own both. So what we decided early on when considering the Wii U design was that we had to make it so that every single purchaser of the Wii U is going to have the same play conditions, the same equipment."
Connectivity between a Wii U and Nintendo 3DS could become too complicated because of the number of screens.
Miyamoto went on to explain "If we are going to do that with Wii U and 3DS, there would be three screens to consider. The reason why we were not so eager to do a similar thing between Wii and DS is that it would have become very complicated using two screens on the DS and one screen on the Wii. But of course we are trying to think about a way to expand the experience of 3DS and Wii U when they are connected with each other, one way or the other."
Nintendo has previously featured connectivity between its systems, most recently in the Nintendo DS and Wii. The things you could do while connecting your systems were added benefits to owning both systems.
Only time will tell what features will be accessible to owners of both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
I'm tired of nintendo saying things are too complicated. It makes them look weak, honestly. "Yeah we wanted to do online in pikmin, but we couldn't figure it out. It was too complicated."
Fine, if it's honestly too complicated to fit within your budget/target, then don't do it, but don't say that it was too complicated! It makes it sound like having some smarter people on your team could have solved it, but you didn't have anyone smart enough.
Isn't there a possibility though, that Nintendo will start to see sales fall off on certain kinds of games moving forward? If they feel like people aren't going to double dip, I feel like there's a possibility they could say "Ok, if you pay us a flat fee of $15, you can access your VC games across the console and handheld."
Ok, well, maybe it's not possible, but I wish they'd just do something like that already. I would do that in a heartbeat, and have absolutely zero plans to double dip on VC games.
Too complicated? It's this kind of attitude which is the cause of Japan falling back and companies like Apple are soaring.In general the United States will Plow the frontier. Then not be able to really capitalize on it and Japan will take those innovations refine them into viable products and resale them to the US.
If you read the interview, Miyamoto doesn't say they won't still do the connectivity, he just says it may appear too complicated for some.
It's funny to read this thread, then remember all the crying and anger towards Nintendo for pushing GCN/GBA Connectivity.
Did Nintendo actually push Connectivity as a replacement or substitution for online play, or were they just pushing connectivity while everyone else was pushing online play and the general population got upset over it?
Is it safe to assume that the Wii U will still be able to connect to DSes when it's in Wii mode and the games require it?