Wii U Speculation Thread The Third: Casting Dreams in The Castle of Miyamoto
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Why won't nintendo ever go with sensible names like revolution and stream. They love shooting them selves in the foot. I mean Wii garnered attention due to the odd name and was more welcoming to casual gamers but could we just get a salute to us, "core gamers", with a regular name like nintendo stream.
They don't like using Nintendo as apart of the official name. So clearly the successor needs to be called the Wii Stream.
InfiniDragon
Member
What the hell is sensible about "Revolution" exactly? That sounds way over the top for a game console. Stream I will give you sounds cool.
Also, those controller mockups were nice, I liked both of them.
Also, those controller mockups were nice, I liked both of them.
AceBandage
Banned
I still say Interactorium is the way to go.
More or less over the top than "360"?
yeap, that would be the same problem MS had with the xbox and they called it xbox360 not to be a number behind PS3.
Nintendo, if they want to keep the Wii name alive should call it:
Wii 1080
that will be packed with a remastered Full-HD version of 1080°Snowbording.
If they are really going for 1080p (like Reggie said) then they could advertise that perfect!!
(btw I still believe in 1080p possible, just saw a pricetag from a german online retailer and it had 504,99 Euro on it)
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
So I've been curious to see what I could do to shave some weight off the Wii U's tablet.
Changelist:
>Moved power button and battery indicator to the top right of the camera
>Greying of the camera's surrounding bezel is intentional; less distracting, although I understand it is to prevent glare(is it?)
>Speakers moved to be in line with the bottom of the screen
>pads moved to be in line with the top of the screen
>pads are slightly larger; recoloured onyx to stand out
>D-pad enlarged, D-pad and buttons moved more snuggly to the screen
>Home, start and select moved beneath the XYABs
>Monochrome Wii U logo added in its place
Overall I think that's about 3/4 of an inch of height reduced.
What do you think?
I really do not like it...I think the button placement for the power button and home button etc; look better at the bottom, and I'd much rather have them at the bottom. I don't like how the nubs stick out like that, and since I have small hands, I don't like that everything's been enlarged.
revolution was sensible in the context of the controller.
http://www.linkedin.com/company/retro-studios
So they are recruiting folks from the recently closed Zipper Interactive...Gearbox (with a guy specialized, among other things, in the Unreal Engine...)
It really smells "mature" ip with the addition of all these new employees.
So they are recruiting folks from the recently closed Zipper Interactive...Gearbox (with a guy specialized, among other things, in the Unreal Engine...)
It really smells "mature" ip with the addition of all these new employees.
That Wilson fellow is creeping me out!
Not surprised one bit. I'd say our next chance is really the Investors' Conference. Barring that, we're in for a long haul to E3.
walking fiend
Member
That game would be godly.
I have some cartridges left, but nothing huge for the moment sadly.
Because he is hairy ? He is like Tim-Burton-CREATIVE-Hairy, so that's cool ! Hair is good, Hair is fashion !
Super Mario FPS confirmed ! The fun of brawl in a non-bloody FPS setting. Well, a man can hope.
From all the art guys that they have recruited lately profiles, the background of this future retro title seems to be detailed and "adult" (understand, not pastel, etc.).
thegodsend
Member
Hey Ideaman, you mentioned a couple of weeks ago that you know about some slight modifications to the controller, but didn't elaborate on it. And no one asked.
So: Any further clues you'd like to share, do counter some attention to all the new Microsoft / Sony leaks?
So: Any further clues you'd like to share, do counter some attention to all the new Microsoft / Sony leaks?
Hey Ideaman, you mentioned a couple of weeks ago that you know about some slight modifications to the controller, but didn't elaborate on it. And no one asked.
So: Any further clues you'd like to share, do counter some attention to all the new Microsoft / Sony leaks?
Yeah it's scheduled but i would like to confirm this information first (nothing groundbreaking though).
thegodsend
Member
no worries... I don't think most people expecting anything groundbreaking but rather would like to have a better picture of what the console will be like.
jump_button
Banned
Oh no worries.. I'm a patient guy.
I'm making the most of this time, using it to wrap-up anything I wanted to play or replay before the end of the generation. My yearly run through BG&E, my first run through A Boy & His Blob, all of the Luigi content in the Galaxy games, at least one of the two big RPGs for the Wii, and maybe a re-exploration of Cyrodiil. Even without the launch, it's going to be a good gaming year.
(And in the middle of all of this, a biiiig move in April to a really sweet neighborhood! Getting it over with before any of the big festivities begin!)
After we get within a month or so from Launch Day, I'll be too wound-up to play any video games.. I'll be glued to the internet.
Yeah, time will mend our impatience for Wii U news, E3 is approaching quickly
And i bet some people will regret these moments of wait & tease when they'll have the controller in their hands, not that it will be disappointing, but the pre-launch period is so exciting and fresh So no major overhaul as we've seen with the Wii Remote ergonomics? Zoonami helped with the Wii Remote overhaul.
I don't know if the slight modifications that i've heard of are included in a bigger overhaul of the controller or not, so it's a possibility. But like i said i would like to confirm it by some means before repeating it here so we'll just throw these messages under the rug before an infuriated rabid gafer will accuse me of shameful teasing while i was just answering to someone
jump_button
Banned
VG247: Sony 'confident' of PS4 release before Xbox 720 + more
silly sony its Big N you need to beat out of the door for next gen and it them you should be watching
are all the boss from MS and sony really going to try and keep the same mind set from this gen? dont look at me when they have they pants down and get it kicked from not watching Big N
silly sony its Big N you need to beat out of the door for next gen and it them you should be watching
are all the boss from MS and sony really going to try and keep the same mind set from this gen? dont look at me when they have they pants down and get it kicked from not watching Big N
Yep - the more news we get the more it points to a hardcore FPS of somekind - and more and more likely, it seems, will it be a new IP.
I now have doubts that it'll be Metroid - it's seems very unlikely hearing some of the insider comments and seeing the job listings.
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
GAME ZERO at launch
They are pretty much dead, sorry.
Now that you mention it, I would absolutely love for someone to take another shot at a child friendly shooter.
Rare had such a nack for throwing that into their platformers in the N64 days, I recall many great summers spent playing Banjo Tooie's multiplayer with my friends.
Do I want Mario to do this? I'd rather not, he's perfect for other genres like racing, partying, and sports. I just can't see Mario packing heat, and don't you dare bring up Yoshi's Safari.
Zoonami???are they still alive?
So I was randomly looking at old Virtual Boy games on YouTube, and I started thinking Mario Clash could be a great multiplayer addition to New Super Mario Bros Mii.
Mario Clash is a remix of the original Mario Bros. Arcade game, but if there was a Wii U version, instead of moving between the foreground and background, the pipes could carry you between the television set and DRC.
Mario Clash is a remix of the original Mario Bros. Arcade game, but if there was a Wii U version, instead of moving between the foreground and background, the pipes could carry you between the television set and DRC.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=468776
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=36393501&postcount=10414
Heh heh, man if MS goes for dual gpu's...fuuuuuu
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=36393501&postcount=10414
Heh heh, man if MS goes for dual gpu's...fuuuuuu
I don't like the color changes. The analog sticks are distracting now that they are black, and the greyed out sensor bar sticks out like a sore thumb now. The black line helped to make it blend in with the design of the controller, but when it's greyed out, it loses it's aesthetic design and just looks like a bulge on the top of the controller. Also, why would the logo be changed to be monochrome?
tkscz
Member
The console in that thread sounds like it would cost $599. I still think it's fake.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Ha, jokes on them, if Microsoft doesn't have the price set for $500+ they're going down the drain even more.
So how would you guys feel about a RETRO developed Gears/Halo/Crysis cross, but with a lot more focus on team play a la Battlefield and with extensive strategic elements and vehicle control, plus intuitive use of the Upad as standard and more inventive environments?
Because I think that's what we're getting...
Because I think that's what we're getting...
Two GPUs only make sense if they're asymmetric. So it's probably one weak integrated GPU that will be used for media stuff, and a more powerful discrete GPU for games. When in game mode, the integrated GPU will handle GPGPU stuff or something.
It'd be nice, but I've learned never to have such high expectations with Nintendo. I am always most satisfied when I'm optimistic on hyping their games.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Bored mostly.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
It would be the first game by Retro I skip. (maybe wait for bargain bin prices)
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Sure, but imagine how badass they could make things at 256x224.
I hope the IP will have a lot of personality, of style. I don't want some generic western sci-fi/anticipated near future/actual setting (i'm less tired of them that j-rpg overused design but still).
And a very solid online mode, with tons of replayability, of content. A flood of options to reach Esport levels if you want, akin to "we play to CS/SC1/D2 since 10 years" with some digital mini-expansion pack released frequently to spice-up the game in the long-term and allow some cash-in for Retro/Nintendo without releasing a new iteration à la COD every other year, and free their resources to try something else for retail.
This is exactly what I am thinking, though this is the Monday after April fools, so I would take this rumor and equalize it with the HD6670 rumor... both are POSSIBLE, but neither should be believed without more leaks or separate confirmations.
I really think that if Sony and Microsoft release next year, there is no way that they can really push Nintendo graphically out of the market unless Nintendo really is going with something under 2x 360, because basically putting a system together next year is going to look a lot like putting one together this year (the processor nodes aren't getting smaller till late 2014 at the earliest, so expect the same heat concerns.)
Wii U is in an exciting position and I haven't seen Nintendo launch a home console generation as a gamer, ever. I'm interested to see how big the advantage could be for them, someone the industry regularly tries to ignore, even though they are on the top of it.
And a core 4 or 6 core CPU
AceBandage
Banned
One GPU for graphics with a much weaker one for Kinect, possibly? Much like how Nintendo is separating the I/O and Audio for better performance. It's definitely isn't two 6xxx or 7xxx grade GPUs.