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Will Wii U win over customers?

Six years ago, Nintendo rewrote the video game rule book. This year the company hopes to do it again.

In 2006 the Japanese gaming powerhouse surprised everyone by allowing games played on its Wii console to be controlled with near-normal actions such as hitting a ball with a tennis racquet or baseball bat, or standing on a board that sensed movement well enough to tell if a player was off-balance.

NastyLeftHook05038d ago

wii u has won me over, its not all about graphics ok, metroid zelda and mario are games i need to have.

morkendo235037d ago (Edited 5037d ago )

WII-U could WIN me over if!!!! Nintendo break-out with SNES portfolio. not only Mario,Zelda,Metroid
but CONTRA,DOUBLE DRAGON,BATTLE TOAD,GRADIUS,R-TYPE,RAIDEN PROJECT,SILPHEED,CLAYMATION,GO LDEN AXE,BATTLE ARENA TOSHIDEN.KIRBY,DONKY KONG COUNTRY RETURN 2 hell bring back all old school games
that would surely win me over anyday than FPS,MULTIPLAYER only games now days, ba-ba-ba-boring.

PygmelionHunter5037d ago

Battletoads is owned by Rare, lol.

DA_SHREDDER5038d ago

With HD graphics, a streamlined psn like online with that nintendo charm, 3rd party support, and a solid first party lineup and it will be inevitable for them to rule the gaming space.

NastyLeftHook05038d ago

yeah if the online is anything like psn it would be good, because i like deals like ps+.

urwifeminder5037d ago

I tried a sony this gen but i think i will go for nintendo next now that they are hd new xbox as well as my lovely pc.

HebrewHammer5037d ago

Let's just wait for all the players to show their cards.

remanutd555037d ago (Edited 5037d ago )

hopefully it gets appealing exclusive games, i'm getting ZombiU at launch, lets see what else grabs my attention

legend9115037d ago

Disagrees? What fanboys even come into these article? It's just a preference, leave the man alone.

KMCROC545037d ago

Was looking forward to trying one out just to see what that Zombie U would be like, but seeing as it maybe ported to Xbox & Smart Glass. No need to buy one now or even bother none of the other games interest me.

Puddlejumper755037d ago

Yeah you enjoy that smart glass. I am sure the lack of buttons or analog sticks on your smart phone might be an issue but I am sure you will figure it out.

Obviously you just read about it somewhere but fail to comprehend what it actually is.

KMCROC545037d ago

You mean the App that in some way resembles Apple Airplay,but going a bit further by allowing me to use my soon to be released win8 pro tablet along side my Xbox or Win 8 mobile. if i decide to get one also, but in short giving me more screens & options. Yes i will enjoy my new App & ecosystem , will learn to use them w/o buttons till someone creates accessories for it. will also be enjoying that Zombie game when ported by Ubisoft .

legend9115037d ago

This, which they think will beat the Wii-U. Oh well.

PopRocks3595037d ago

There's no guarantee it will be ported either. Matter of fact if the Wii U version doesn't at least moderately well, I wouldn't count on it.

KMCROC545037d ago

If they go by these plans or comments it good very well be ported w/ out any kind of sales #s deciding the outcome.
http://n4g.com/news/1013441...

PopRocks3595037d ago

Well, congrats. You linked me a completely speculative article which doesn't list anything at all suggesting that the game will ever actually be ported.

The other issue is if it ever even does, it will require you to buy more than one device to even play it (whether it be SmartGlass for 360 owners or a Vita for PS3 owners).

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7744d ago (Edited 44d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS42d ago (Edited 42d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer68d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi68d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure67d ago (Edited 67d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer68d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot68d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box68d ago (Edited 68d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno68d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay68d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno67d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK67d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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