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Nintendo Has In Fact Designed The Developer’s Console – Here’s Why

With the announcement of Nintendo’s next-generation console in the bag, the Wii U system has been designed with the developer in mind in multiple ways. Creating an even more immersible experience, with touch controls, individual cameras, improved graphics, and a fairly traditional controls layout, Nintendo is moving to do everything right for developers.

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RegalPrince5457d ago (Edited 5457d ago )

They also designed an expensive controller.

JoeIsMad5456d ago

That thing is stupid expensive looking, but it probably won't be more than 100. 40 bucks more than existing rates for a decent Wii set.

ROQFrost5456d ago

Id buy it. I mean come on! iTs gonna be sweet!

seemywinning5456d ago (Edited 5456d ago )

I think the wait will be worth it for a PS4/Xbox 720

This is jumping the gun to pick up every console on the market. If that's your thing, you've got it.

BISHOP-BRASIL5456d ago

I know they said the idea was exactly to not have the controller to work as a handheld but I don't see the sense in this...

If your controller is a big tablet like device with gaming dedicated buttons, why the hell wouldn't you want it to double as a handheld?

I can see the problems in doind so too... The controller would cost even more, maybe to the point it wouldn't be practical as main controller, it could cut onto 3DS sales, it's kind of big for a handheld (although I think the tablet popularization already proves that this is practically portable).

Still the good far outweigth the bad... In fact, I think if they would had been less jumpy the 3DS would even exist. They could have a console and handheld experience bundled together, fully integrated (as from the beginning, something the PSP failed to do and the NGP will need time to take on).

And that's, ladies and gentlemen... that's a killer.

L6RD7BLU35456d ago

We don't know the price yet just like the PSVita I honstly thought it will be in the $399 price point range but it's only $249-299 so all in all the console can't be to expensive.

Mykky5456d ago

From the looks of it, it seems like you don't need more than one. I guess and hope the full price of Wii U will be 300$!

yamzilla5456d ago

i think the main touchscreen control is sweet, but there will also be a traditional ps3 like controller available for core/regular games....heres hoping

ohhh

and make all games native 1080p with 4x anti aliasing

AWBrawler5456d ago

backwards compatible so i assume u can use classic controller pro

StarCSR5456d ago

I'm counting on that as well! They'll have a redesigned "classic controller" with shoulder buttons and triggers to play those games that won't need the extra screen. But then again... I think the screen will be used in every game. Even if it's just for the "pause" screen filled with options and statistics.

maruyuki5456d ago (Edited 5456d ago )

does hardware really have anything to do with whether a developer wants to support the system?

the wii is interesting, but what it comes down to for developers is which system is easiest to design for. this console probably will come to be the easiest, but saying that complex hardware is designed for developers is just stupid, if anything it makes their lives more difficult, and it expends their resources to something that isn't part of the core gaming experience.

JoeIsMad5455d ago

This is not complex hardware. That's just the point. Same controller layout as Xbox and PS, with the same hardware architecture - running a similar processor with more kick as the 360.

Grannyvukka5456d ago

How powerful is the thing though, as so far from what I've seen, it is actually looking less powerful than 360 & PS3.

It also needs a traditional controller, as a tablet type system for a controller would be pretty useless for most genres of games.

PS4 & 720 will end this thing....I mean it truly seems like Nintendo give us customers nothing but gimmicky features coupled with tech that is literally a generation behind, or not much better.

JoeIsMad5455d ago

The system is actually more powerful than a PS3 and Xbox 360, but most videos shown were of games on the competitor's consoles. Like most titles, you won't see better graphics unless they were designed to work on that console and scaled down for the crappier ones.

Titles like Battlefield 3, Dirt 3, and Need for Speed: The Run will look great on the Wii U, taking the most of what the hardware has to offer.

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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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Relientk7745d ago (Edited 45d ago )

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

PRIMORDUS43d ago (Edited 43d 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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Deathdeliverer69d 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.

AuraAbjure68d ago (Edited 68d ago )

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

EveryPlatformGamer69d 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.

-Foxtrot69d 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_Box69d ago (Edited 69d 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

Inverno69d ago

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

Eonjay69d 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.

Killer2020UK68d 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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