Wii U Speculation Thread 2: Can't take anymore of this!!!
- Thread starter ClovingWestbrook
- Start date
- Status
snowdog1971
Banned
I'm quite confident that after the 3DS Nintendo have enough cards up their sleeves to keep momentum going. And they've already got a large amount of AAA third party support. And of course they're going to market the crap out of it.
The only possible thing that might hold it back would be Nintendo fucking up the online infrastructure but third parties have had a fair amount of input into that so we should end up with something on a par with SEN but with a unique Nintendo twist.
I can't see it possibly selling poorly myself given the lessons learnt after the 3DS launch.
Random ideas:
Iwata with a bob-omb?
Miyamoto dressed as a Pikmin?
Reggie in a Teletubbie outfit?
Some F-Zero machines in the street?
Zoda's spaceship from StarTropics?
Mark Rein selling/begging on a corner?
Pachter wearing a "The End Is Near" sandwich board? (works on several levels)
Lines of people winding outside the building, waiting for their turns at Wii U demo stations?
Just brainstorming..
Iwata with a bob-omb?
Miyamoto dressed as a Pikmin?
Reggie in a Teletubbie outfit?
Some F-Zero machines in the street?
Zoda's spaceship from StarTropics?
Mark Rein selling/begging on a corner?
Pachter wearing a "The End Is Near" sandwich board? (works on several levels)
Lines of people winding outside the building, waiting for their turns at Wii U demo stations?
Just brainstorming..
Oh hey, I remember looking at that in AU retail back in September.
rubbing salt in wounds. :3
Pretty good ideas. I'll use most of them for sure.
Vermillion
Banned
This has to be the best E3 I'll ever see.
Or kittens die.
Or kittens die.
SaintMadeOfPlaster
Member
Can we not let this thread turn into a "PUT ME IN THE PIC PLZ!!" carnival again? This is a speculation thread, not a party thread. This isn't a community thread, it's a gaming thread.
I come here looking for any tidbits about the Wii U, and all I get are you guys speculating about the next speculation thread or photoshopping every last avatar into the same picture for 5 pages.
Call me cranky, but this is ridiculous.
I come here looking for any tidbits about the Wii U, and all I get are you guys speculating about the next speculation thread or photoshopping every last avatar into the same picture for 5 pages.
Call me cranky, but this is ridiculous.
Vermillion
Banned
Seconded.
We don't have any new info and we've been through pretty much every subject possible.
What do you want us to do?
Not at all, I understand your anger, I usually lurk here after school, but having to go through 503845799 (exaggeration) pages of "ADD MI PLZ" was aggravating as shit.
Well if you have something to bring to the table then by all means...
There is nothing to talk about at the moment, every bit of info has been discussed 10 times over. I dont frequent this thread too heavily for this reason.
edit
You know its bad when everyone is responding to his post lool.
I agree. I politely asked for it to stop, or at least PM me so it can be done outside the thread, and i was mocked
I honestly don't mind, as I don't post in this thread a lot anyway, but it was a little out of control.
Stop posting so when revelant info is posted it's not drowned by other pointless posts?
We badly need some news to mull over. I find it incredible that there haven't been leaks yet about what nintendo showed behind closed doors. It's so odd that there hasn't been a peep or a murmur anywhere on the internet. It's to the point where I would believe that they didn't have anything to show at all if not for the confirmation that new wii u stuff was there.
Yup. I don't think we need GAF members in any pics. Just Iwata, Reggie, Miyamoto, Yamauchi and, of course, Pachter.
Haha. Perfect.
You mean all two of them? Pachter and the dildo guy, right?
Haha, yeah... xD
What about the iPad 3? Do you think its ability to essentially be a Wii U will hurt Nintendo?
Personally, I believe that it comes down to the software, and no one will come up with better concepts than Nintendo. Unfortunately, Apple is not a gaming company, and will get trounced by Nintendo's developers (for gaming only, obviously).
bgassassin
Member
Boooo. The No Fun Club has entered.
I don't think he was referring to your picture.
I agree. I politely asked for it to stop, or at least PM me so it can be done outside the thread, and i was mocked
I honestly don't mind, as I don't post in this thread a lot anyway, but it was a little out of control.
I don't think he was referring to your picture.
Clairvoyance
Member
http://myona.com/2012/03/08/proof-ipad-3-wii/
- edit - minus buttons obviously.
Also, I had a dream about playing wind waker in my bed via:
I can't wait.
Apple is competing against all console and handheld devices, not just Nintendo. It's not simply a battle between tablet form-factor devices. It's not a battle just amongst game devices, even. It's a battle for people's time. Right now, you've got Apple, Google, and Facebook dominating the attention of millions of people - the console gaming industry never had to deal with anything like it before. So all across the board, there are going to have to be changes made in order for them to stay relevant. It's going to be an interesting generation, and you're right, software will be king - as it always has been.
Just because it can emulate a similar feature of the wii u, it doesn't necessarily mean that feature will become a key component of the ipad. Most games wont bother to take advantage of it and most ipad users wont even be aware that that's a possibility, especially since an appletv is required. There's also the fact that high budget AAA games on the ipad are still a long ways off. Infinity blade for example only cost $1.9mil to make.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I lives playing games on iOS and I hate infinity blade
jump_button
Banned
Dunno about that. The 3ds was just an updated DS in my mind. The Wii U is something completely different and nintendo's first HD console.
Well, it was amazing excepting that.
I don't see why not.
TheCongressman1
Member
The 3ds is like the gameboy color of the ds family. It's better, but not much different. Not to say that's a bad thing, but I'd rather they move away from the dual screen thing and just focus on touch and 3D.
EricDiesel
Member
I should really stop checking this thread so frequently until about mid-April, but damn it, I know I'll keep compulsively refreshing it every day... :C
Hopefully something leaks or we get more tidbits like the Nintendo Network/NFC update. This'll be a long wait, otherwise.
Hopefully something leaks or we get more tidbits like the Nintendo Network/NFC update. This'll be a long wait, otherwise.
Yeah, I don't see why not. We know it can run Wii games, and GC is basically just a slower version of that. Not having digital clicks in the shoulder buttons would be the only issue I can think of, but that would only affect a few games. Other than that, the game discs maxed out at around 1.5GB - which is basically nothing nowadays.
DaSorcerer7
Member
Same here, i sincerely hope nintendo delivers big time at e3... to compensate for this torture ..lol
Well, I don't really know how "big" GameCube games are and how much you can store on Wii U. Or something.
As you can see, I'm quite the expert on technological stuff.
I think its 1.5 GB discs, or maybe a little more. Shouldn't be a problem with an external harddrive.
TheCongressman1
Member
If not, you can always just play Wii U games on the tablet.
jump_button
Banned
part from the controls and gameplay? so how it look......
Anyway I really hope Big N can get back and don't miss out on the big games, that being every gen it never be the power house that wins
PS1 did better then N64
PS2 did better the GC and Xbox
but the this gen it was more like can you be part of the HD guys
If the Wii didn't miss out on so many games it would still be a monster hit now, 360 not all that powerful. Wii U need to be in the same back as what ever coming out
but saying that next gen not looking like it going to be a big jump yet Wii U maybe making MS jump the gun
Yes, I know and I will, but I like GameCube.
You know, I think the play-games-on-the-controller-screen-thing is one of the best ideas with the Upad. Anyone else really love that idea?
abstract alien
Member
For the games that have full streaming capabilities such as Mario Mii(whatever its called), does the controller have a dedicated "transfer button" somewhere? It's such a huge feature, so I would assume so, but I've never seen a pic with a button labeled "Kazaam" or anything.
AFAIK, it's software based shizzle.
Why yes, yes I do.
- Status