Reggie talks a little more about the Wii U.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31872
More Wii U facts have been brought to light after an interview with Nintendo of America's President, Reggie Fils-Aime by gaming website Kotaku. For instance, Fils-Aime revelaed that the Wii U eShop will be region locked. The eShop will be available at launch along with video chat, an internet browser, and Nintendo Tvii. Fils-Aime added that there would be no pre-downloaded games like Find Mii on the Nintendo 3DS.
It was also mentioned that there would be no multi-tasking on the Wii U. Players cannot watch NetFlix on the GamePad while playing games. Only one of the programs can be used at a time.
When confronted about how 'the Wii tapered off' during the last year or two, especially with third-party support, Reggie responded with "Technical performance has absolutely nothing to do with longevity and support."
The Wii U is set to be released November 18, 2012 in North America, November 30, 2012 in Australia and Europe and December 8, 2012 in Japan.
So Nintendo TVii, while cool, has basically muddied one of the original Wii U selling points: that dad can watch TV while kid continues to game on the 'pad.
So Nintendo TVii, while cool, has basically muddied one of the original Wii U selling points: that dad can watch TV while kid continues to game on the 'pad.
No, that's not necessarily true. Maybe your TV is different, but my video games play in a different video channel than my satellite TV does. You could easily move New Super Mario Bros. U onto the GamePad and then change the video channel so your dad could watch TV.
"Technical performance has absolutely nothing to do with longevity and support."
Wait! What?
"Technical performance has absolutely nothing to do with longevity and support."
Wait! What?
Game Boy, NeoGeo, NES... just because a piece of technology is old doesn't mean it still can't do great things.
Only in terms of porting down which is monot possible in most cases. However, that's not what Reggie's quote is about. He means what Shaymin said.
"Technical performance has absolutely nothing to do with longevity and support."
Only a sith deals in absolutes.I love the idioocy of this line. The internal logic is borked because the statement itself is an absolute ("Only a Sith..."). I guess Obi-Wan just outed himself as a Sith by stating that absolute.
A prophecy that says One day someone will bring Balance to the force and there are 2 sith and a million Jedi and the Jedi's didn't think that meant there destruction... Common Sense is not a Jedi ability.Only a sith deals in absolutes.I love the idioocy of this line. The internal logic is borked because the statement itself is an absolute ("Only a Sith..."). I guess Obi-Wan just outed himself as a Sith by stating that absolute.
Sorry for the tangent.
/Star Wars nerd.
...You will get TVii. The Wii already had a Japan exclusive app that was for TV Guide type functionality. At the very least you should be getting the Live TV Features.
*Japan may NEVER get TVii, as there are simply no services that compare. The best we can expect here is a TV guide. (seriously)
