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Develop - Nintendo working on Wii U support for two tablets

Develop-Online: Console specs still in flux, but sources say Nintendo now has ambitions for touch-screen multiplayer.

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Shackdaddy8365301d ago

I am so incredibly confused.

First I hear it can only support 1
Then I hear it can support multiple but you can only buy one
Then I hear you can buy separate controllers
Then I hear it only supports 1 again
Then I hear it supports multiple
And now I'm hearing they are developing support for 2

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maniacmayhem5301d ago

You sure get easily confused over nothing.

The system is in its very early infant stages. Just wait until you hear official specs from the source.

Shackdaddy8365301d ago (Edited 5301d ago )

Well when I say incredibly confused I mean I just don't know. Just like when people say "lol" they aren't actually laughing out loud :P.

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darklordzor5301d ago

I don't know why they wouldn't be working on this. I'm sure they're trying to get it figured out just to make people happy and ensure a larger audience. Plus that way they can then make different colored tablet controllers and sell them separately.

2EHO5301d ago

The console will have to be powerful to do this. It will drive up the cost of the console. IMO nintendo can't launch this console for more than $400. That's the magic number.

ChickeyCantor5301d ago

Like many games today, MP = graphical fidelity down.

Most games do splitscreen as well, so why not on the tablet?

Voxelman5301d ago

with splitscreen you are still outputting the same resolution (each player gets half teh screen) for the Wii U each aditional tablet will add another screen's resoultion and the usual increase in the number of unique assets that need to be displayed (which is why spltscreen usally comes with lower quality visuals and lower framerate).

And then there is the fact that there will need the console's Wifi (or whatever wireless spec they will use to stream video to the screens) which has to be fast enough for at least 30fps video with low latency per screen without interferance. When you add probable wifi for internet, blutooth for up to 4 controllers (2 tablets plus two people with Wiimotes/CCP)that is a lot of different wireless signals for one device.

ChickeyCantor5301d ago (Edited 5301d ago )

@voxel,
U-Tablets resolution is not the same as the tv output.

No developer is restricted to use the optimal resolution of the tablet. No developer was restricted to use the 720p output of both PS3 and 360 ( some went lower )

Splitscreen works no different.
It isn't working with unique assets. There are no "camera's" in 3D nor do you move the player( well in some games you do lol). What happens is that you move the whole world by applying a certain projection. It's still the same world.
Yes it needs to render twice as many PIXELS, but it's probably going to render on a different resolution anyways. If not the assets will be downgraded and you will hardly notice it on the tablet ( smaller screen so fewer details to follow)

"(which is why spltscreen usally comes with lower quality visuals and lower framerate). "
This applies for the tablets as well. right?

The signals of different kind are irrelevant. Why would they use signals that interfere with each other? You're all up close to the console, you aren't playing it from a far.

admiralthrawn875301d ago

i cant wait for the wii u. however i sort of think they did bad announcing it so early with so many undetermined details. a lot of people hear early specs and never get into their heads that things change. unfortunately i'm sure theres a lot of people that still think its just a new wii controller.

they should have unveiled it along side the other 2 companies at this years e3. then it wouldnt have seemed like old news by the time all 3 come out

callcollectplz5301d ago

It would be nice to bring one tablet to another persons house and have more connectivity options. Maybe 3DS compatibility in the future?

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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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Relientk7743d ago (Edited 43d 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.

0hMyGandhi67d 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.

AuraAbjure66d ago (Edited 66d 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.

-Foxtrot67d 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_Box67d ago (Edited 67d 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

Inverno67d ago

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

Eonjay67d 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.

Inverno66d 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.

Killer2020UK66d 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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