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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-06-06 23:38
Nintendo didn’t provide a price for the new console, previously referred to as “Project Café.†The controller has a front-facing digital camera, and features a 6.2-inch touch screen, shoulder firing pads, an expansion SD card slot and game controls on a flat pad. It is the centerpiece of the company’s turnaround strategy, company executives said.
With it, users are able to wirelessly connect to the console and shift content back and forth from a large screen in the living room to the smaller screen. Nintendo developers also demonstrated games in which one person uses the touch screen for cooperative play with up to four others using Wii remote controls. This, for example, would allow one player in a hide- and-seek game to see the whole maze, while her pursuers see only their vantage point.
“As an industry what we haven’t achieved yet is a game platform that is equally satisfying for all players,†Iwata said. “This is exactly what we intend to create with our new home platform.â€
Kinect
Iwata signaled the WiiU will likely be priced at more than 20,000 yen ($250) in Japan when it goes on sale next year, the Nikkei newspaper reported today, citing an interview with the president. Nintendo is unlikely to sell the new console for the same price as the current Wii, the report cited Iwata as saying.
International Business Machines Corp.’s microprocessors will be used in the WiiU system, the Armonk, New York-based company said in a statement.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-08/nintendo-falls-amid-questions-whether-new-console-can-repeat-wii-s-success.html
so launch price of Wii U in the US is likely $200 or $250
the 3ds started at $300 USD in Japan but launched in North America at $250
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Misaka wrote on 2012-06-06 23:39
Nintendo never ceases to troll me. /one of the foolish souls who bought the 3DS on release date.
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RicochetOrange wrote on 2012-06-06 23:53
I will continue to keep playing PC games. :U
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Compass wrote on 2012-06-06 23:55
Microsoft and Sony do what Nintendon't.
Meh, I'm still get a Vita.
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Juno wrote on 2012-06-07 03:16
The Wii was an anomaly. I really doubt they can pull another one of those out of their hats.
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Kayate wrote on 2012-06-07 04:45
As long it doesn't get assloads of shovel ware.
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-06-07 11:54
I still have yet to be sold on the whole Wii U thing so I'll still be skeptic about it until I start seeing what the games themselves do and how they play.
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Kendoza wrote on 2012-06-07 13:29
Between Wii U and a few 3DS games, my wallet is gonna have to go on a diet.
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Compass wrote on 2012-06-07 14:52
Quote from Kendoza;881993:
Between Wii U and a few 3DS games, my wallet is gonna have to go on a diet.
More like your wallet is on a diet with the current and upcoming games.
:lol:
But no new games announced at E3 intrigued me.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-06-07 22:22
E3 is not a show for consumers
it's for investors
investors are interested in the specs and alternative technology