Wii U

[Hadrian]

You people have lost your sense of wonder by playing too many brown shooters. WiiU have the same brown shooters but also new Zelda.

I hope Nintendo have some new IPS, dont want them relying on old franchises over and over.

Shit forgot, they should have showed Pikmin 3!

 

[Joe88]

a ton of people are confused about the device as a whole in question
is it just a portable "Wii U" or does the system stream the content to it?

this thing is probably gonna cost like $500
looks like they are trying to compete with the ipad except for the fact that the controller must be tethered to the system

 

[Jamstruth]

Sorry Nintendo. That is the WORST controller I have ever seen for a couple of reasons.
1. Price. That 6 inch touch screen won't come cheap. I reckon that's going to go for £50+
2. Size. Its a big-ass rectangle. Its about as ergonomic as a giant NES controller.
3. Layout. Sorry Nintendo that control layout is just gonna kill it. Due to the large size everything's spread out and will just cause a load of trouble for playing any serious games.

Here's my advice to Nintendo: Keep this one for the casual market, maybe it'll sell well. Personally I don't think so but whatever. Make a redesigned, lighter, smaller, more ergonomic and above-all cheaper version for proper gamers. If I'm Playing Zelda I don't want a giant inventory screen between my hands, I just want a small one, around the size of a DSi XL screen. Everything shrinks down to a more manageable size for anybody without giant hands and we can play it well. Everybody wins

This

I just drew a mockup as well. Its a work in progress but I think it looks alright for something thrown together in 2 minutes

 

[HackyPack22]

Sorry Nintendo. That is the WORST controller I have ever seen for a couple of reasons.
1. Price. That 6 inch touch screen won't come cheap. I reckon that's going to go for £50+
2. Size. Its a big-ass rectangle. Its about as ergonomic as a giant NES controller.
3. Layout. Sorry Nintendo that control layout is just gonna kill it. Due to the large size everything's spread out and will just cause a load of trouble for playing any serious games.

Here's my advice to Nintendo: Keep this one for the casual market, maybe it'll sell well. Personally I don't think so but whatever. Make a redesigned, lighter, smaller, more ergonomic and above-all cheaper version for proper gamers. If I'm Playing Zelda I don't want a giant inventory screen between my hands, I just want a small one, around the size of a DSi XL screen. Everything shrinks down to a more manageable size for anybody without giant hands and we can play it well. Everybody wins

This

I just drew a mockup as well. Its a work in progress but I think it looks alright for something thrown together in 2 minutes

In my opinion you've outdone Nintendo right there xD

 

[MelodieOctavia]

It seems to be on par with the Ps3/360...and that's not a good thing. In a few years Sony and MS will have a brand new console and will leave the WiiU in the dust because they (nintendo) were first out of the gate.

It seems like Dreamcast all over again.

 

[Slyakin]

It seems to be on par with the Ps3/360...and that's not a good thing. In a few years Sony and MS will have a brand new console and will leave the WiiU in the dust because they (nintendo) were first out of the gate.

It seems like Dreamcast all over again.

Oh great. I really hope that Nintendo doesn't end up dropping out of the video game market.

They were the only original ones...

 

[DigitalDeviant]

It seems to be on par with the Ps3/360...and that's not a good thing. In a few years Sony and MS will have a brand new console and will leave the WiiU in the dust because they (nintendo) were first out of the gate.

It seems like Dreamcast all over again.

and then the (good) 3rd party will ignore it all over again.

 

[Ace Overclocked]

so it's a whole new console?
not just a controller

 

[Slyakin]

so it's a whole new console?
not just a controller

Yeah, the console has graphics that are (slightly) better then PS3 and 360. However, the main appeal of the console is the controller.

 

[Bladexdsl]

i just realized a while back i remember saying i bet they call it the wii U cos it's all about you. NAILED IT!

 

[SamAsh07]

Best Conference of this year

Some will hate for no reason. Let them

As technology progresses, cost of an electronic increases, so why whine like little kids? In 5 years time, home consoles will be over $700. Will you whine then? Yes, and later even buy it. Mentality of gamers in this world is getting weirder and weirder.

 

[DiscostewSM]

I'm not sure why everyone is complaining about the placement of the analog sticks. The left side is no different than past Nintendo controllers (and the 3DS) in terms of how your left hand holds the device, and the right side just mimicks the left side in that sense.

 

[kalantiaw]

You had me at "Tekken" Wii U. Thank you Harada San!

 

[Slyakin]

I'm not sure why everyone is complaining about the placement of the analog sticks. The left side is no different than past Nintendo controllers (and the 3DS) in terms of how your left hand holds the device, and the right side just mimicks the left side in that sense.

I think it's the fact that the buttons are below the analogs this time. I don't know, but it looks kind of uncomfortable.

 

[Seraph]

Damn...people's comprehension skills are just awful, especially the ones who actually watched the presentation. This is just Nintendo's system to enter the HD era, which is a little disappointing that it's not more powerful(or who knows, it could run BF3 closer to max PC settings). Nintendo will have a good 2/3 years selling this system while MS/Sony don't have anything new.

The controller? Likely won't be that heavy. All the actual hardware is in the console not the controller. Interesting they went with the tablet route but that's what is most popular today. Button layout doesn't seem optimal, but games will likely be able to use the Wii controllers for WiiU games also...

 

[Quietlyawesome94]

If anyone else is confused like I was, it appears that this is a whole new console, not just a new controller.

Nintendo didn't seem to really care about clarifying what the wii u is.

Update: The Guardian also got to play with the Wii U, and says the console will be HD via HDMI, and have internal Flash memory, along with SD and USB solutions for adding more. The system will be backwards-compatible with the Wii (which we heard at the press event), and play both discs and downloadable software.

From Joystiq.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

WiiU controller confirmed SINGLE touch, not multi. Straight from Reggie's mouth.

 

[Hielkenator]

Damn...people's comprehension skills are just awful, especially the ones who actually watched the presentation. This is just Nintendo's system to enter the HD era, which is a little disappointing that it's not more powerful(or who knows, it could run BF3 closer to max PC settings). Nintendo will have a good 2/3 years selling this system while MS/Sony don't have anything new.

The controller? Likely won't be that heavy. All the actual hardware is in the console not the controller. Interesting they went with the tablet route but that's what is most popular today. Button layout doesn't seem optimal, but games will likely be able to use the Wii controllers for WiiU games also...

And very easy to interact with all sort of things.

 

[Wizerzak]

If this is the official thread could someone please edit the specs onto the OP as well? Download Them Here (from E3 Press website)

 

[Satangel]

If anyone else is confused like I was, it appears that this is a whole new console, not just a new controller.

Nintendo didn't seem to really care about clarifying what the wii u is.

Update: The Guardian also got to play with the Wii U, and says the console will be HD via HDMI, and have internal Flash memory, along with SD and USB solutions for adding more. The system will be backwards-compatible with the Wii (which we heard at the press event), and play both discs and downloadable software.

From Joystiq.

Thanks for the backwards-compatibility news!

QUOTE(TwinRetro @ Jun 7 2011, 07:05 PM) WiiU controller confirmed SINGLE touch, not multi. Straight from Reggie's mouth.

Really? No multitouch? That's a shame, even the PSV has it....