Nintendo Direct Gossip

[Quietlyawesome94]

inb4 "nintendo sux cuz it copies 360"

Ehh, that is good thing. The 360 controller has won several awards and praise for it's design. It's THE perfect controller. I wouldn't mind playing on a similar controller for the Wii U.

360 is not the perfect controller, It has one of THE worst Dpads of ALL time.

If that's the only negative I'd say the Wii U Pro Controller should be near perfect since it appears to have fixed that issue with a decent DPAD.

 

[machomuu]

inb4 "nintendo sux cuz it copies 360"

Ehh, that is good thing. The 360 controller has won several awards and praise for it's design. It's THE perfect controller. I wouldn't mind playing on a similar controller for the Wii U.

360 is not the perfect controller, It has one of THE worst Dpads of ALL time.

That was fixed a while ago.

I don't remember that, last I checked it was still pretty bad. Hopefully they'll fix it with the 720; after all, if the Wii U did it then they surely can.

 

[triassic911]

inb4 "nintendo sux cuz it copies 360"

Ehh, that is good thing. The 360 controller has won several awards and praise for it's design. It's THE perfect controller. I wouldn't mind playing on a similar controller for the Wii U.

360 is not the perfect controller, It has one of THE worst Dpads of ALL time.

That was fixed a while ago.

I don't remember that, last I checked it was still pretty bad. Hopefully they'll fix it with the 720; after all, if the Wii U did it then they surely can.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/pd/productID.224542700?WT.mc_id=mercent&mr:referralID=e2f00368-ade3-11e1-9e8b-001b2166c62d

The 720 should have a better Dpad standard. Nintendo has the perfect Dpad

 

[LightyKD]

Between this Pro controller and Wii backwards-compatibility, I see no reason for there not to be GC compatibility, but of course we won't get it in any form other than Virtual Console, I'm sure.

Someone really needs to make GameCube to Wii Remote converter cables.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Actually kinda pleased by the controller redesign, looks more iPhone sized than iPad sized, which is good because the controller before looked fucking awful.

But I am not liking how they're already pushing out yet another controller. You know how Sony always plays "gotcha!" with those memory cards? Yeah, hate to say it but Nintendo does that with peripherals. I mean the Wii had the remote, the nunchuck, the Wii Balance Board, the Wii Speak, the Wii Motion Plus, and various other third party peripherals. The 3DS already has the Circle Pad Pro and there's the rumors of the new stylus and front depth camera. The Wii U is already launching with another different controller.

All in all though the console has changed for the better. I still won't buy a console if it's not completely next gen feeling (like if it's still producing just "slightly better" graphics than the Xbox 360/PS3 then I don't see the point) but I probably won't hate it so much. A touchscreen on a controller is a good idea and they've finally changed the design so it's not so goddamn unwieldy.

 

[giavol]

At lest the controller pad seems pretty comfortable to hold.

 

[The Milkman]

I really like the TV remote thing. You don't know how much I wished I could just use my damn Wiimote to change channels. Mii Waka Waka (or whatever the fuck it was) seems like an actual change in Online Gaming, instead of having to start up chat parties and stuff to talk with friends, you can do it in the middle of the game. Also, Nintendo better have that second 3DS core burning with this on it too its so nice to see Nintendo not playing console power catch up, like they did with the GCN and Wii (in fact, last time they had the best tech was with the N64 I think.) and actually making a console that seems like a next gen console. The only thing is I hope the menu isn't just floating squares with Miis, something like a solid 3DS-like menu would be awesome too. Also, Todd better get a sub-series to show off the WiiU features >:3

Oh and Guild, the PRO controller is probably more of a second player controller kind of deal, remember, the WiiU tablet isn't the cheapest of controllers and something like this is good for low-budget guys (like myself) to use for parties

 

[Luigi2012SM64DS]

i wonder how useful the NFC will be on a video game console

 

[Deleted User]

Actually kinda pleased by the controller redesign, looks more iPhone sized than iPad sized, which is good because the controller before looked fucking awful.

But I am not liking how they're already pushing out yet another controller. You know how Sony always plays "gotcha!" with those memory cards? Yeah, hate to say it but Nintendo does that with peripherals. I mean the Wii had the remote, the nunchuck, the Wii Balance Board, the Wii Speak, the Wii Motion Plus, and various other third party peripherals. The 3DS already has the Circle Pad Pro and there's the rumors of the new stylus and front depth camera. The Wii U is already launching with another different controller.

All in all though the console has changed for the better. I still won't buy a console if it's not completely next gen feeling (like if it's still producing just "slightly better" graphics than the Xbox 360/PS3 then I don't see the point) but I probably won't hate it so much. A touchscreen on a controller is a good idea and they've finally changed the design so it's not so goddamn unwieldy.

It's a good thing console graphics have reached their peek until we get VR.

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[Guild McCommunist]

Oh, it was not fixed, that thing is still a PoS Dpad.

Sorry I live in the 21st century, I can't remember a game I would actually want to use a D-Pad on.

2D platformers can suck my balls, analog sticks are great.

 

[oxenh]

Now nintendo show me how the wii u interacts with the 3DS and then

TAKE MY DARN MONEY AWAY!!!

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Oh, it was not fixed, that thing is still a PoS Dpad.

Sorry I live in the 21st century, I can't remember a game I would actually want to use a D-Pad on.

2D platformers can suck my balls, analog sticks are great.

For platformers? Oh god no. D-Pad or don't even make the game.

 

[LightyKD]

@Zantiago, gamecube was not a catching up system. The original Xbox was barely more powerful than the cube and the ps2 was less powerful than the cube. I really wish people would get their facts straight. Nintendo makes one low end system and suddenly all of their consoles are low end

 

[CyborGamer]

Iwata said it best. Wii U: Together, better.

*fanboy claps*

Seriously though, Wii U Sports looks like another best seller to me, those baseball catch and ninja star clips kinda blew my mind.

 

[Clarky]

Oh, it was not fixed, that thing is still a PoS Dpad.

I can't remember a game I would actually want to use a D-Pad on.

personally i cant do beat em ups with an analog stick myself

 

[Bladexdsl]

hopefull the option to use the Pro Controller will be available in every game instead of using that damn tablet...but you wait and see it won't be

 

[Walker D]

Oh, it was not fixed, that thing is still a PoS Dpad.

I can't remember a game I would actually want to use a D-Pad on.

personally i cant do beat em ups with an analog stick myself

And, when using a normal controller, I only play fighting games with them

 

[YayMii]

I don't remember that, last I checked it was still pretty bad. Hopefully they'll fix it with the 720; after all, if the Wii U did it then they surely can.

The controller with the rotating D-Pad is better. I'm actually thinking about buying one just because I got Pac-Man CE DX on my Xbox even though I mainly play PS3.

 

[LightyKD]

hopefull the option to use the Pro Controller will be available in every game instead of using that damn tablet...but you wait and see it won't be

I just want Wii Remote and Nunchuck support for shooters on Wii-U

 

[Bladexdsl]

it's already been confirmed the remote and chuck will be compatible