Chuggachuggachuggachuggachugga woowoo! All aboard! The fourth thread discussing the Wii U is about to leave the station. The fourth one Nintendo-GAF? Seriously dudes, that’s weird. Nah, we just like Nintendo. As always this thread is a collection of all sorts of rumours, confirmations and all things regarding the Wii U. Join the discussion and have some fun! Be nice or else: Nintendo ninjas do exist.
Speculation thread 1
Speculation thread 2
Speculation thread 3
The Rumours:
Nintendo is targeting, at a bare minimum, 1GB of RAM.
Nintendo is working to optimize popular third party engines.
The amount of RAM used for the OS is "surprising". Could change with optimization.
By BlackNMild2k1:
Rumour Consolidation 2011
Rumour Consolidation 2012
Information on Nintendo Network:
Wii U:
- User accounts: Wii U will have individual user accounts, rather than one system-wide account.
- NFC: Near Field Communication ("touch" data transmission from accessories, credit cards, etc... sort of like QR/Streetpass combined) will be built-in.
- Online: Miyamoto: "Network has to have a totally new concept to be different."
General:
- Third parties: Several new, previously unconsidered alliances/partnerships with third parties.
- Communities: You haven't seen the last of them!
- Retail title downloads: 3DS and Wii U both support digital download of retail titles, but... they still aren't quite sure how to implement it just yet.
- Item billing: "We should not decline third parties if they want to offer item billing" (paying to unlock content).
- DLC: Still planning to offer DLC (possibly talking about their own software), but needs more time to complete its feasibility study on the market and its needs.
- More sharing: "Digital will include user to user communications and sharing" (More social networking integration? More Swapnote-like apps? More emphasis on Streetpass/Spotpass?).
- Better-paced software + DLC: Nintendo has learnt that it shouldn't have stagnant periods between software launches: can fill the gap, and DLC can extend the life of a title.
- Asia: Planning products for Asia, local partners (WiiQue U?) yet to be announced; still issues of copyright.
- Miyamoto still around, Iwata angry at Wired. "Miyamoto is saying his basic work is to create a big hit."
Latest news stories:
Nintendo licenses Havok, Gameware for Wii U
Nintendo no longer using 1t-SRAM. Puts how BC is achieved in question.
Aliens Colonial Marines has so much more to offer on Wii U
Nintendo on Wii U Power: “We don’t focus on specs”
Anonymous dev: Wii U games look just as good as PS3, but are still less capable. AI, psychics likely to suffer
Ubisoft wants to be the no. 1 third party publisher on Wii U
“RE6 will not be available at this time on the Wii U”
- Confirmed games in development:
- Super Smash Bros. Wii U, Monolith Soft Wii U project, Pikmin 3 (Nintendo)
- Assassin’s Creed III, Killer Freaks from Outer Space, Ghost Recon Online (Ubisoft)
- Lego City Stories (Travellers Tales, Published by Nintendo)
- Darksiders II, Metro Last Light (THQ)
- Batman Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive)
- Aliens Colonial Marines (Sega)
- Dragon Quest X Online (Square-Enix)
- Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor’s Edge (Tecmo-Koei)
- Project Cars (Slightly Mad Studios)
- DiRT, F1 (Codemasters)
- Rumoured games/studios working on Wii U software:
- Retro Studios (Nintendo)
- EA (Sports titles, MoH Warfighter, Overstrike, Visceral Games)
- Capcom (“Action game” listing)
- Activision (Viscarious Visions, James Bond 007 Skyfall)
- Sega (Sonic, Sonic & Sega All Star Racing)
- Bandai-Namco (Ridge Racer, Tekken)
- Rumoured studios: Crytek, Shin’en
- Deep Silver Inc. (multiple titles)
- LucasArts (action/adventure title, MMO)
- Zen Studios (probably Marvel Pinball)
- Rebellion (multiple titles)
- Maximum Family Games, LLC. (racing title)
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