The Wii U is laaaaarge

[Deleted member 473940]

Cant really tell clearly from that image, but it looks just longer in lenght than the Wii.

 

[Satangel]

If it's a dev kit we don't need to panic at all. Don't even see why this is newsworthy..... This console won't come out in another year, so don't sweat it.

 

[EnigmaXtreme]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo15iruRD9I[/youtube]

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Wideness looks the same as the Wii, but in lenght it looks fucked up o.O!

 

[Veho]

Longconsole is long

I think I know exactly what's happening here.
Iwata is holding a dummy of the final, consumer level verson of the WiiU.
The version shown at E3 is a Prototype Devkit. Its got a bit more work to go on it to miniaturise it and a few more components for extra code testing. That's all that's going on as far as I can see.

This. It's just a prototype cobbled together to run the tech demos and showcase the controller. In fact, I don't even think it has the final hardware inside (CPU/GPU), I have a sneaky suspicion it's just a PC in a weird housing (don't call me out on it, though). Either way, the box from the show floor is just a prototype, and the final version will be smaller. Iwata is holding an empty mockup of the casing.

I hope it's not the final final casing design, though, I don't like it

Oh well, that's what case modding is for

 

[Deleted-220713]

Someone should have photo of it with a 3DS.

 

[naved.islam14]

Compared to XBOX's and PS3's it's not too big.

 

[machomuu]

The console isn't huge, but I might have problems with the controller. It looks kinda big in Iwata's hands

I could probably say the opposite. Seeing as how he's gripping it with just one hand (between his fingers) makes the controller look a lot smaller then what I was expecting. With the grips on the back of the device, it looks like it'll be pretty damn easy to use.

I agree, the controller is much smaller than I thought it'd be.

 

[Jamstruth]

Also that Prototype is in no way any bigger than my XBox Elite. It just looks weird cause the disk tray and buttons are on the end (a design that only really works for square consoles). If the 360 had its disk tray on the end it would look just as awkward. Hopefully they'll mini it a bit.

 

[Memino]

I hope it's available in black at launch, I know that's a small thing but the rest of my consoles/home entertainment/tv/speakers are all black and it would just not go.

 

[DeadlyFoez]

I want to see more pics of the controller from all angles. I'm really hoping that this does end up getting hacked so it can be used as a portable media player.

When the rumors were floating around that the new wii would use a touch screen controller I envisioned a controller that was all touch screen and the only button(s) was just a 'Home' button. That would have been really sweet because then each game could have a different configurable button layout, although it would have sucked to not have any feedback from the screen to know by touch where the buttons are supposed to be... but even that other companies have figured out in the past and just have never used it on anything.

Well, I'll be one of the first to buy the Wii U when it comes out and I will be taking the thing apart and taking lots of pics and hopefully find a way to dump the internal flash memory.

I really find it rather lame that N is saying that the Wii U will only use 1... maybe 2 touch screen controllers. They should not bother to release it unless it can use 4. Of course screaming video to 4 screens via wireless is quite a lot to do, but how unfair that if you have 3 friends over that only 1-2 people can use a touch screen controller.

I wonder if it will use bluetooth for data communications to those touch screen controllers or some proprietary wireless communications. If it is bluetooth then all it will take at the most is just 2 touch screen controllers to max out the bandwidth.

 

[injected11]

http://gbatemp.net/t296921-rare-close-up-shots-of-the-wii-u

Told you it was poor camera angle making it look excessively long. Next time, take 'perspective' into account before derping all over a thread for pages. It wasn't a 'dev unit' or anything like that. Same console version Iwata was holding.