We don't know exactly when or what it will be, but it's coming sooner than you think.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31469
Satoru Iwata sent out several tweets after the Nintendo Direct live stream in Japan had finished today, mostly involving links to videos and websites about the games he'd just been talking about. However, there was a final message that read as follows:
Iwata: "Nintendo will have a conference in Sept. (announcing Wii U details), however details of Wii U in Japan will be announced in advance, and it will be done in a way other than the conference"
That gives us a window of anytime between now and September 12 for a potential Japan Wii U blowout! As with today's Nintendo Direct, be sure to keep checking Nintendo World Report for all the Japan news translated for your convenience!
...There's a problem right there that Nintendo (or just NoA) Doesn't seem to want to address.
I still won’t be able to see, touch, own, or play Wii U until November.
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My guess is that it's going to be a special event for gamers in Japan. Nintendo did something similar in January of 2011 called Nintendo World that showcased the 3DS. With that and with the Wii U, they tout that seeing is believing and I honestly think it is in their best interest to get this thing out for the Japanese public to try out. I bet it'll happen sometime after TGS (which is September 20-23). They'll probably announce the Japanese release information around the same time as the US and also the news of this event.
Unless they pull out a Nintendo Direct out of the blue today or tomorrow,
Unless they pull out a Nintendo Direct out of the blue today or tomorrow, I'm not seeing this as coming before the September 13 event in North America. Perhaps a translation error? I'm still quite a ways off from being fluent in Japanese, but it almost seems that the original tweet where it says that Ninty will announce the Wii U stuff "in advance" could actually mean something along the lines of: "I'm just gonna tell you in advance, it won't be done via a conference."
Listen to Famicast 15-2, we clear it up pretty well :)
Listen to Famicast 15-2, we clear it up pretty well :)
Listened. Sounds like I was on the right track! My sensei would be so proud. :D
