Good to see some clarity on the Miiverse system.
So the file is scanned by a comp, and only if something or someone gets flagged often will there be a human review.. instead of someone reviewing everything.
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Good to see some clarity on the Miiverse system.
So the file is scanned by a comp, and only if something or someone gets flagged often will there be a human review.. instead of someone reviewing everything.
fabricated backlash
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So Friendcodes are basically accurate identifiers now. Hell as long as you get friendrequests, this should be a non issue. It should also help enforcing parental controls for those who use them.
Imagine how many people Nintendo would have to hire just to monitor Miiverse lol.
bgassassin
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Yeah that CPU stuff is just old speculation. Plus that GPU is weaker than the underclocked GPU in the first kit. We know they didn't make it worse.
Nice point. I completely forgot about that clock being synced as well in the past. And yeah I can see it being 480Mhz in that case.
Before I submitted it I also had in that post that devs can be fanboys too, but I removed it beforehand. At worst he knows some who has access to it as he was the first one I remember that indicated the L2 cache is 3MB.
You must have said that in the conference thread? I didn't bother with it till after the conference was over and didn't look through much of it. I'm only bothered by the conference because they have stuff coming. If they would just start explaining their goals and plans beforehand instead of after the fact, things would go a lot better for them.
Neeeeewman!
And rpmurphy, thanks for the interview link!
I read somewhere else (I doubt I could find the links now) about their policy as far as content moderation on Miiverse. I knew that it would have filters and things like that. I think someone just caught Iwata off-guard or wasn't clear and he said "30 minutes" (probably for a thorough review) and now that is the information flying around everywhere. It seems like a pretty normal system to me.
gamergirly
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It really sounds like they are only talking about things to a certain level. There's got to be an event detailing more about the system than these vague answers
Glorified G
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Looking at The Last of Us, Beyond & Halo 4, I don't expect to have that feeling, well, ever. I said it in another thread, If you compare the best wii u games 6 years from now to the best ps3/360 games of today, technically you won't see much of a difference.
I had different expectations, and a different mindset in general than everyone else going into the conference. I don't care about third party support since I will be getting on of ms/sony systems next gen. I don't care about online, so the lack of details didn't bother me. And graphically, I don't expect the wii u to look better or worse than what we have today. I know 3D Mario, Zelda, Mario Kart, are eventually coming, so the lack of announcements didn't bother me too much.
To me, it's all about price. They could have announced the greatest line up in history, if it's out of my price range, I don't care. If it launches at $249, it's going to pretty hard not to buy it this year. And I'm hoping with the tepid specs that are starting to leak out, no hdd shipping with the unit, no multitouch is enough to keep the price down. I hope.
Same here, along with ZombiU & Rayman Legends. Nice titles, but I can play them later. Unless it launches cheap.
bgassassin
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With as much as we don't know about the things we do know, I hope they do two or three events.
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Rösti
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There are several events before launch, some are detailed and some are speculated.
The most relevant right now is the following:
The 72nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Date and Time: Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Japan time
Place: Seventh floor conference room at the Company's head office, located at 11-1 Hokotate-cho, Kamitoba, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Convocation Notice
Mr. Iwata and others are up for election here. I doubt anyone will not be re-elected but I assume the investors can't be too happy with the most recent events (the press conference, stock value decrease etc.) and will have a lot of questions. There's always a Q&A session with this, so there should be more information coming from this event.
Apart from that, there's the Wii U event in Japan (date unknown), supposed mall tours and Nintendo Direct.
Possible events/places where announcements can be unveiled
1-The Japanese E3 event. I think this is supposed to be this week. It is most likely just going to be showing off Nintendo's first party stuff for the Japanese press, but I wouldn't be completely shocked if some Japanese-focused 3rd party stuff is introduced (we know this Japanese 3rd party stuff is coming sometime from Iwata's tweet last week).
2- September conference. See Wii in 2006. I don't think any new software was announced, but this could be when the online plans are introduced.
3- Japanese Fall Conference. I think last year this was used as a 3DS event- MH Tri G and MH4 were unveiled. This could be when Japanese 3rd party stuff is announced, or this could just turn into the worldwide September Wii U conference discussed above.
4- Nintendo Directs. Could be anytime.
5- Famitsu leaks, every Tuesday night. Again, this could be a place where Japanese games are announced
6- Western magazines. Nintendo Power could get some minor scoops. Black Ops 2 could be unveiled this way- We know from ShockingAlberto that a game (most likely Black Ops 2) was shown to journalists before E3.
1-The Japanese E3 event. I think this is supposed to be this week. It is most likely just going to be showing off Nintendo's first party stuff for the Japanese press, but I wouldn't be completely shocked if some Japanese-focused 3rd party stuff is introduced (we know this Japanese 3rd party stuff is coming sometime from Iwata's tweet last week).
2- September conference. See Wii in 2006. I don't think any new software was announced, but this could be when the online plans are introduced.
3- Japanese Fall Conference. I think last year this was used as a 3DS event- MH Tri G and MH4 were unveiled. This could be when Japanese 3rd party stuff is announced, or this could just turn into the worldwide September Wii U conference discussed above.
4- Nintendo Directs. Could be anytime.
5- Famitsu leaks, every Tuesday night. Again, this could be a place where Japanese games are announced
6- Western magazines. Nintendo Power could get some minor scoops. Black Ops 2 could be unveiled this way- We know from ShockingAlberto that a game (most likely Black Ops 2) was shown to journalists before E3.
hmm, goes into fair detail. I think some things could be added to the OP
JoshuaJSlone
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Somebody earlier was saying the camera on the controller was 1024x768, or at least that's what the megapixels worked out to. Is that confirmed? I was curious how that compared to other gaming cameras, and was surprised to see that both PlayStation Eye and Kinect are only 640x480, though of course Kinect has a bit more going on.
EDIT: I knew DSi and 3DS took 640x480 pictures, seems Vita does too.
EDIT: I knew DSi and 3DS took 640x480 pictures, seems Vita does too.
That's a good list! I'm sure something will pop up at each of those things!
Also...
RUMOR:
http://www.ripten.com/2012/06/10/rumor-nintendo-readying-wii-u-tour-jb64/
Could be totally false. But, we do know that some Nintendo people speaking to the media are talking about how difficult it is to "talk" about the Wii U and that it really needs to be experienced. I could see a tour taking place.
Again, rumor! Sorry if old!
I too would love to know more about the camera!
I read on wiiudaily.com I think about the camera being 1.3 megapixels, that should pan out as 1280x1024
It will all depend on the sensor and the lens on how clear the image will be. but it should give enough visual data for 720p video
edit, none of this info is.. confirmed
I.. would pretty much believe this
They've done something similar all the way back with the GameCube and their "Cube Clubs"
They've done it for the Wii and the 3DS.
And.. really in their best interest
I don't know WHY I didn't think of checking out the link in the press email that is in the rumored link. But, it redirects here:
http://nintendo.dwinq.com/NintendoRegistration/pre-registration
Looks legitimate.
http://nintendo.dwinq.com/NintendoRegistration/pre-registration
Looks legitimate.
Dreamwriter
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That's why they have a user-flagging system, someone gets flagged by a lot of users as posting something inappropriate, they get a human rep looking at their comments. Hopefully Nintendo then goes super-strict, banning that Wii-U from posting anything at all to Miiverse for like 6 months
Shadow Hog
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Depends on how legitimate "dwinq.com" is, I guess.
Off-topic, but I'm wondering why I'm getting an advertisement for Special K cracker chips at the top of my screen. More to the point, I'm wondering why it's in Spanish... ¿Se supone que debemos hablar en Español ahora? Please tell me we don't, because I don't like using Google Translate
Off-topic, but I'm wondering why I'm getting an advertisement for Special K cracker chips at the top of my screen. More to the point, I'm wondering why it's in Spanish... ¿Se supone que debemos hablar en Español ahora? Please tell me we don't, because I don't like using Google Translate
Dreamwriter
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Fits my proposed September launch like a glove, though!
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Rösti
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Remember, some reputable sources (Fubon Research/Lingsen) have stated that Wii U WILL launch Q3 (1st of July to the 30th of September) this year. It contradicts what Nintendo has said regarding launch as "holiday" has been referenced though, but you never know.
https://fubonresearch.fbs.com.tw/FILE/17223.pdf
I suppose Nintendo could bring back the Nintendo Fusion Tour for Wii U promoting, though that started in September when it was held most recently in 2006.
Shadow Hog
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Actually, I suppose it'd be easier to forgive the lack of major bombshells at the E3 presser if it turns out this thing is launching earlier than November.
(It won't be, though, I really don't see it happening)
(It won't be, though, I really don't see it happening)
Depends on how legitimate "dwinq.com" is, I guess.
Off-topic, but I'm wondering why I'm getting an advertisement for Special K cracker chips at the top of my screen. More to the point, I'm wondering why it's in Spanish... ¿Se supone que debemos hablar en Español ahora? Please tell me we don't, because I don't like using Google Translate
http://www.dwinq.com/
Looking into it, it just seems like a site/app that ties into social media that makes event management easier for signing up, sharing pictures (sharing anything really), etc. It's used by some big brands and has national recognition, so I guess this is all good? I honestly know no more than that.
Haha, mmm...Spanish cracker chips...
bgassassin
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Rösti;38768201 said:
It's also strange that the partial release list has some games listed as launch window, while others say holiday. If the console is launching in November, you would think there would be no reason to have two listings like that at the same time.
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Rösti
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Some more info about that event:
http://nintendo.dwinq.com/NintendoRegistration/faq.html
The access code is 20 characters max.
I also noticed that the header image on that site was changed "2012:05:29 22:40:41". Could it have been Nintendo's plan all along to introduce some megaton games at this event instead of E3? It seems to be a rather exclusive event, but we shouldn't get worked up.
http://nintendo.dwinq.com/NintendoRegistration/faq.html
The access code is 20 characters max.
I also noticed that the header image on that site was changed "2012:05:29 22:40:41". Could it have been Nintendo's plan all along to introduce some megaton games at this event instead of E3? It seems to be a rather exclusive event, but we shouldn't get worked up.
Not that it may help, but I tried some sleuthing to determine what the access codes looked like. The two that I found were 8 digits, all numbers. Whether this is different for this event, I have no idea, and the two I found are certainly not for this Nintendo event.
...I'm guessing numbers until I find one that works!!!
...I'm guessing numbers until I find one that works!!!
Nintendo: The Wii U will have system-wide achievements, but they are not mandatory.
People: YOU SUCK NINTENDO, we want to be able to show our e-peen at people and that we did trivial things like dying 3 times at the same spot!
FFS, some of you people! Never happy, never fucking happy.
People: YOU SUCK NINTENDO, we want to be able to show our e-peen at people and that we did trivial things like dying 3 times at the same spot!
FFS, some of you people! Never happy, never fucking happy.
GhostTrick
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What if it was based on an HD4770, but underclocked to 600Mhz ?
It would make it 768GFLOPs, close to the 800GFLOPs Japesy told us.
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Rösti;38768527 said:
Has someone started a countdown?!
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Boy, its kinda funny that less than a month after E3 regular folks will be playing the same stuff. I'll bet Nintendoland will be the crowd favorite. Pikmin will be misunderstood.
If the 470 series was the case (which I speculated long ago but wasn't entirely sure) then we wouldn't have developers complaining about the CPU, correct?
The 470S is much faster than Xenon in any realistic integer or floating point operations and being out-of-order should make it certain that even at 1.6ghz it would out-perform Xenos in general computing tasks.
bgassassin
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^ It's also "VMX gimped". Which would lead to issues with VMX-dependent code. That's part of why it seems logical.
Japesy? But yeah I wouldn't rule 600Mhz out either. That's the max clock I expect them to go with.
Japesy? But yeah I wouldn't rule 600Mhz out either. That's the max clock I expect them to go with.
GhostTrick
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bgassassin
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IRC?
GhostTrick
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Smiles and Cries
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Rösti;38768527 said:
The date and location for this thing is not jumping out at me. Help?
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Rösti
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You need a valid access code to be able to select date and location.
Smiles and Cries
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Rösti;38769343 said:
D:
Is this even in the US?
Haha, the word "friend code" was mentioned once in that Kotaku article, and people all over are dooming Nintendo without even realizing that they haven't read what was said.
No luck guessing the access code yet!
I must say I thought the same. Ps3 looked better, which is sad. Yes I know we've been over it a zillion times.
Really disappointed with Kotaku's report on friendcodes and achievements. I don't care for achievements but I can see why people are upset about it.
Do you really think someone from Nintendo would actually go on the IRC and give out such information? Plus who verified him and how?
Do you really think someone from Nintendo would actually go on the IRC and give out such information? Plus who verified him and how?
bgassassin
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Calculating that based on what some of us assume as the possible layout of the GPU, that would put the clock speed at 625MHz. For multiplier purposes (since those are just the early target specs), the DSP could have a slight clock increase to 125Mhz making the GPU's clock 5x the DSP. And on the CPU side you could have a clock speed of 2.5Ghz - 3.125Ghz (4-5x the GPU) to maintain multiplier symmetry. Obviously though, this shouldn't be taken as fact.
GhostTrick
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Yep, everything here is pure speculation. I'd really like to see Wii U's GPU reach 800GFLOPs. But I think we'll see something more like 400-500GFLOPs. Which would be a bit disappointing.
Smiles and Cries
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so what do we know about the Friends Code thing going around in the gaming side threads now?
is it official?
is it official?
For perspective, what are the numbers for 360 and PS3.
GhostTrick
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It's good at executing unpredictable code, but not for things like physics or pathfinding.
Smashkirby
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So glad about the friend code thing even if its not 100% confirmed/explained. There's times that you play with Gaf, friend of a friend comes along on 3DS. Can't add them. Why not?
Because you gotta trade codes like phone numbers.
Even though that was the one thing that
Reggie could actually comment on, not how we can do that, or how easy it is. At least I can have an actual friend list on my system that means something unlike the Wii.
Because you gotta trade codes like phone numbers.
Even though that was the one thing that
Reggie could actually comment on, not how we can do that, or how easy it is. At least I can have an actual friend list on my system that means something unlike the Wii.
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