Speaking to investors, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata gave insight into the company's new network service, which is separate from the familiar old "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection." Nintendo Network, as it's called, will be supported by both the 3DS and Wii U. The name should sound familiar.
Through this online platform, we'll see "competitions and communication among users, as well as the sales of digital content." Nintendo is also considering digitally distributing packaged games across 3DS and Wii U, though they have yet to decide on when to start such an initiative. At launch would be nice!
Iwata also briefly brought up a "personal account system" for Nintendo Network users on Wii U which would let multiple people game on the same console without having to share a single user profile. They're starting to get this stuff, guys.
Wii U getting user accounts as part of 'Nintendo Network' [Joystiq]
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12:30 PM on 01.27.2012
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Scrap the WiiU name
Redesign the controller
Announce new, original interesting games
For me to become interested.
A possibility.
Does anybody else think the console looks like a Mac Mini?
you need to add to that list not having all open appearances of abandoning the Wii like a sinking ship. Xenoblade was a good start but the victory is a little hollow for Nintendo considering the tooth and nail fight that it was.
I want some shows of good faith that can prove to me they aren't just going to walk away from this console if it doesn't go gangbusters.
The controller seems weird to change since it's the thing everyone who tried it said was pretty awesome.
They said that it "felt" awesome, as in comfortable. I still have yet to see one of the people who tried the controller claim that they feel it will be just as competent as a traditional controller. See that video under this article of dale playing UMVC3 on the vita by just touching the screen? That's probably going to be how WiiU's fighting games will be handled also.
Well that's just a choice though, like SSF4 on 3DS. But I'm pretty sure Holmes said that the time he had with the controller made him feel as if it would work just as well.
Didn't you Holmes?
Cannot tell if joking or not...
At this point, no one buys Nintendo consoles for the internet anyway. All people need is a decent gimmick, first party games, and enough network structure to allow for some downloadable updates, demos and games. Even graphics aren't really necessary, Nintendo has always been good at making the most out of the least in that department.
Hell, the PS3 can't even do that yet!
Because the WiiU doesn't have actual analogue sticks, it has little nubbins. And anybody who plays street fighter seriously will tell you that those things aren't good for fighting games, which is why a lot of players can't take the 3DS version of Street Fighter 4 seriously. The point I'm making is that even if the WiiU is competent, I'm guessing that it is still inferior to actual controllers, which is a compromise I'm not willing to make for an entire console generation and warrants skeptecism. Now if the WiiU controller is just as good at playing Ninja Gaiden 3 as a PS3 controller, then I rescind my criticisms. But we're getting off topic anyway.
Nintendo's already confirmed that the Wii U will be compatible with the current Wii Remote Plus AND all it's attachments, so Classic Controllers for everyone. They've also confirmed that only two tablets can be connected to the console at a time. The new controller will NOT be the main controller for the Wii U (at least multiplayer-wise), and I don't think it was ever meant to be. People just jumped the gun like crazy making assumptions about this system.
Besides, I can't see multiplatform games like Ninja Gaiden and Darksiders NOT allowing the use of a classic controller - They will have already been programmed that way.
HA! Right... With how unsure Iwata sounds, I don't expect them to be able to manage to bang this out in 9months or so time, when they couldn't manage to make the 3DS' eShop resemble a working online store when it launched 3 months after its system was released, but had obviously been in the works long prior to that.
I'd love to see them nail this, but I've got my reservations about it, specifically with how they like to organize things. It could very well turn out to be a huge mess just because, and they'll back away from it instead of fix it.
Screw people like you. So fucking lame. What an asshat.
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that would be sweet