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Nintendo never really bothers with leaks and stuff
I don't even think they really mention it during their conference
Sony makes a running joke out of it though.
Yeah last year set up an IRC room on our website, and just had a few dozen people in there. It saves me a lot of Twitter spam as well.
Disorientator
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The Wii U Speculation Thread VI: With Hype To Spare
The Wii U Speculation Thread VI: The Dark Hype Rises
You know what, I've had a change of heart with regards to the Wii U. The way things panned out with the Wii automatically set my expectations low for Nintendo's next console, and the reveal last year didn't exactly do much to raise them. Two things have changed my mind. First was the Wii U being the best looking version of Aliens thing, which cements what previously I had been very skeptical about; Nintendo will have the best looking 3rd party titles, for the next year at least. Second was when I remembered the quote today about them not wanting to repeat the mistakes of the 3DS; there's (hopefully) going to be a good launch lineup. This coupled with the fact that I fully expect it to be within my price range means I think there's a very good chance I will be getting one at launch, a remarkable turnaround really. I'm still not a fan of the controller, but colour me excited for E3.
No, technically newer community designs (not patents) are put at the end of the list. But Nintendo applied all Wii U designs as a single filing (001958232) with sub-designs. And when it comes to these sub-designs/sub-filings, it seems as if the newer designs are on top.
E.g.
New design: 001958232-0003
E3 design: 001958232-0004
Wii U Zapper: 001958232-0007
and so on.
Wii U Strap?
Hero of Legend
Member
DAYUM! Didn't notice the stylus placement, THANK GOD! I hated that the 3DS stylus was on the left side, thus I never use it unless I have to type something. :/
AceBandage
Banned
The real question is if we can hit thread 7 before E3.
It's likely a marker for NFC.
No, technically newer community designs (not patents) are put at the end of the list. But Nintendo applied all Wii U designs as a single filing (001958232) with sub-designs. And when it comes to these sub-designs/sub-filings, it seems as if the newer designs are on top.
E.g.
New design: 001958232-0003
E3 design: 001958232-0004
Wii U Zapper: 001958232-0007
and so on.
Wii U Strap?
Wii U Lightsaber!
SolidSnakex
Member
It'd be really surprising if GTA5 isn't on the Wii U. The lack of platform announcements after the trailer makes it seem like they're holding it back for one of the platform holders to make the announcements. There's really no benefit for Sony or MS to announce it at their conferences. Everyone expects it to be on those platforms. I guess that it's possible that Nintendo landed some sort of exclusive marketing deal for the game, which would be even more reason for Rockstar to hold back on platform announcements.
It doesn't look like it's there to stay, whatever it is.
shadyspace
Banned
Two days from two weeks :0
Wii U Strap?
The end of the Wii's strap was shaped like the Wii itself. Perhaps this is a secret reveal of the new WiiU shape.
Portugeezer
Member
How long till the Bonus Round???
tkscz
Member
The Wii U Speculation Thread VI: So it's come to this
Like the hat?
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I just hope g4 or someone has the nintendo conference. I'll be in class during it, and when I get home I don't want to have to search online for a repeat of the stream and end up spoiling myself. I want to see the presentation myself before hitting gaf.
Last year I know nintendo had it on their own site...did it repeat as a live stream, or more like a YouTube or whatever video where you can play it at your leisure?
Last year I know nintendo had it on their own site...did it repeat as a live stream, or more like a YouTube or whatever video where you can play it at your leisure?
R
Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
I think you mean aliens?
AceBandage
Banned
G4 should have it.
And yes, Nintendo's own site will have it for playback later on, but after the conference is behind the scenes stuff, developer interviews, more trailers, ect.
Portugeezer
Member
Rösti;38040700 said:
Less than 3 hours? Sweet.
Smiles and Cries
Member
this is going to be hard to watch
AceBandage
Banned
0% chance.
We might get some teases from Shane, but that's about it.
It'll mostly be about how Nintendo is fucked and what not.
Power Stranger
Banned
Ok all ill have on June 5th is my Droid...is there anyway I can watch the presentation live or am I boned?
Im boned aren't I?
Im boned aren't I?
shadyspace
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Hot Coldman
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Boned.
AceBandage
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You can probably watch the stream on Nintendo's site, actually.
They use HTML5, I believe.
It'll be small and may lag a bit, though.
I don't think so.
Shane is excited about the launch line-up, which he says is looking pretty damn good.
Adam is reasonable when he's not in front of a G4 camera.
Droid as in Android? Don't see how that would hinder you really. My phone can do flash pretty good if it's just video, streaming works out okay as well so I don't see how you would be boned.
Though if it's an older phone you might be boned
. But at least there will be live blogs.Wait, how could it be posted days ago if....
>That little button under the D-Pad on the left of the controller is somehow linked to the Wii Vitality Sensor
?
Thanks, you're right. Getting my gearbox games muddled up!
AceBandage
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Hero of Legend
Member
I have zero faith in anything substantial showing up in this Bonus Round I take it? My eyes are still square (but not enix) on E3.
brochiller
Member
I'm surprised they haven't already considering a lot of people in the controller thread seemingly want the controller to cost more than the console itself.
Power Stranger
Banned
Oh nice! Really hope that works. I guess anything is better than last year, having my friend text me the details and seeing the Skyward Sword trailer on a blurry video message haha...
Well they said linked, so maybe its only part of something more, and therefore, some surprises are still coming.
I also found this interesting:
Isnt this what IDEAMAN has been alluding to?
brochiller
Member
IGN should have a stream up on Youtube too but I'm not sure if live video works with the Android app yet or not.
Fess
Member
Aha, thanks, we should've figured it out really, at least nowadays it's quite un-Nintendo to make the controllers less ergonomic, they're usually spot on in that regard.
Only thing I worry about right now is that the third party devs will keep going with 360/PS3 as lead platforms until X720/PS4 comes along. Tomb Raider is the biggest lost so far imo, I really really wanted to play that on WiiU, I might skip it just because of that. I'm usually jumping on to the next generation as soon as the new consoles arrives, never looking back (until they're retro consoles), so if devs want me to keep buying their games they need to do WiiU versions too.
AceBandage
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"This is the console that Nintendo should have released 3 years ago."
"What's going to happen when Microsoft and Sony reveal their next consoles?"
"Nintendo needs more support from 3rd parties than just ports"
brochiller
Member
Pachter will be all gloom and doom for Nintendo as usual.
Edit: He is going to be there right?
Patcher, Adam, Shane, Geoff and a guy from NY Times.
AceBandage
Banned
So at least two of them (Shane and guy from NY Times) should know something (they won't say, of course).
The others will be clueless (particularly Pachter, since Nintendo tells him jack shit).
Yeah that's likely and that's what I keep hearing for both casuals co-workers and anti-Nintendo geeks.
Actually, those talks are really positives and flattering for the WiiU, given the Upad is only a controller for a 350$ device, and the Ipad 3 a independant device that cost how much, more than 500$? (400EUR here).
The controller have so much magic in it that they keep wanting to compare it with the Ipad... And it got buttons!
Well lets see what else Ideaman reveals, and see if this person has announced it before he has.
What if Pachter is actually on Nintendo's payroll to spread doom and gloom to the masses?
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