Archive For wii u Tag

Unified eShop account system coming to Wii U and 3DS later this year

Unified eShop account system coming to Wii U and 3DS later this year

This must be really confusing to many people because implementing a unique account system must be outside Nintendo's capabilities, considering how primitive they usually are when it comes to technol... Read More

Editorial: A Tale of Triplets: Innovation vs Immersion at E3 2012

Editorial: A Tale of Triplets: Innovation vs Immersion at E3 2012

Once upon, there was something called the Electronic Entertainment Expo, mystically referred to at times as "E3". E3 was the gaming conference of the year, drastically altering an industry's fiscal y... Read More

Wii U System Specs and GPU Info Confirmed

Wii U System Specs and GPU Info Confirmed

Though initially rumoured about (with specs to the same released a day before E3), we've finally received confirmation about the Wii U's specs and capabilities. Some of the said specs are: Power... Read More

Mysterious Namco-Bandai Site for Next Smash Bros. Features Weirdness

Mysterious Namco-Bandai Site for Next Smash Bros. Features Weirdness

It was announced not too long ago that Kid Icarus: Uprising developer Project Sora would be joining Namco-Bandai for developing the next Super Smash Bros title. Director Masahiro Sakurai is quite... Read More

Iwata: We “cannot promise” online services will always be free

Iwata: We “cannot promise” online services will always be free

Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata has mentioned that they cannot promise online services will always be free, but has hinted that they won't charge for simple features like online gameplay. "We... Read More

Iwata believes Wii U’s graphics won’t be drastically behind PS4 and Xbox 720

Iwata believes Wii U’s graphics won’t be drastically behind PS4 and Xbox 720

Nintendo's president believes Wii U won't be that behind Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles in graphical capabilities. He believes they have created a console that not only good performance but ... Read More

Nintendo 3DS Makes up 55% Gaming Hardware in Japan, Wii U Not “Parasitic” to TVs

Nintendo 3DS Makes up 55% Gaming Hardware in Japan, Wii U Not “Parasitic” to TVs

President Satoru Iwata had quite a task ahead at Nintendo's 72nd annual general meeting. This being a chance to address the share-holders, he enunciated on the penetration of the Nintendo 3DS and th... Read More

Microsoft: Wii U’s graphics are equivalent to the Xbox 360

Microsoft: Wii U’s graphics are equivalent to the Xbox 360

It's been a while since Phil Spencer of Microsoft trolled a bit, and once he made fun of Sony's PlayStation All Stars, with the Wii U being called graphically equal to the Xbox 360. It's all in jest... Read More

Wii U: Latest Project P-100 Gameplay Video

Wii U: Latest Project P-100 Gameplay Video

Want to see more information on Project P-100 for the Wii U? Check out the video, courtesy of Jeuxonline. The game is being developed by Platinum Games and is a Nintendo Wii U launch title. Earth i... Read More

Nintendo: The Wii U will be priced affordably, lessons learnt from 3DS pricing

Nintendo: The Wii U will be priced affordably, lessons learnt from 3DS pricing

Nintendo's Iwata has reassured potential customers that their upcoming next-gen console, Wii U, will be priced affordably, and they have learnt lessons from what happened to the 3DS after the mark... Read More

Nintendo’s Reggie calls gamers “insatiable”

Nintendo’s Reggie calls gamers “insatiable”

Reggie Fils-Aime, the outspoken executive from Nintendo, has finally reacted to all the questions about why they didn't do a good job at E3 this year, and called gamers "insatiable". "One of the ... Read More

Next Super Smash Bros. announced, Sora studio and Namco collaborating

Next Super Smash Bros. announced, Sora studio and Namco collaborating

Before you freak out, Masahiro Sakurai of Sora studio will be behind the helm of this latest project. The Next Super Smash Bros. will be developed by Namco Bandai Games and Namco Bandai Studio. Ni... Read More

Development on Super Smash Bros. 4 Begins, Sakurai Warns It Could Be A Long Wait

Development on Super Smash Bros. 4 Begins, Sakurai Warns It Could Be A Long Wait

Nintendo's all star mascot brawling series, Super Smash Bros. is due for a new installment. Announced last year at E3 for both the Wii U and the 3DS, the game was conspicuously missing in action thi... Read More

Blizzard: Starcraft 2 Is Possible on the Wii U

Blizzard: Starcraft 2 Is Possible on the Wii U

Not many people know this, but Blizzard wasn't always a PC developer. As a matter of fact, before they made their mark in the PC gaming world, they used to develop games for Nintendo's SNES exclusiv... Read More

Wii U won’t have anti-used game features

Wii U won’t have anti-used game features

After rumours came abound that the next Xbox and the PS4 will have have features that would prevent users from running pre-owned games, there was a uge backlash from everyone. Anyone who's been worr... Read More

Strauss Zelnick: We are skeptical of the Wii U, no Take-Two games announced for it

Strauss Zelnick: We are skeptical of the Wii U, no Take-Two games announced for it

Take-Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick has mentioned that he is skeptical of Wii U's chances and so far Take-Two hasn't announced any games for the platform. He is looking forward to next-gen and he feel... Read More

Nintendo: ‘PS4/Xbox 720 Might Not Offer Full Generational Leaps’

Nintendo: ‘PS4/Xbox 720 Might Not Offer Full Generational Leaps’

The Wii U is being accused of, at best, being a very moderate and incremental bump over the current generation of systems. Having already defended the Wii U's power, Nintendo expressed its belief th... Read More

EA: No Dead Space 3 For Wii U

EA: No Dead Space 3 For Wii U

Nintendo plans on winning the hardcore gamer over with its upcoming Wii U console, and while it is doing a good job itself, with games like Pikmin 3, New Super Mario Bros. U, and P-100, so far, the ... Read More

Nintendo on Wii U: “It’s not about power”, It is about fun, it is about the experience

Nintendo on Wii U: “It’s not about power”, It is about fun, it is about the experience

Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime has reacted angrily at the constant comments about how the Wii U is underpowered. He revealed that it's not about power, but about having fun and also threw an example ho... Read More

Shuhei Yoshida: Wii U is “its own generation”

Shuhei Yoshida: Wii U is “its own generation”

Shuhei Yoshida does not think of Wii U as a next-generation consoles instead he thinks it's its own generation. Sort of like the Wii, where it wasn't really comparable to PS3 and 360 in power but ... Read More