Nintendo: Project Cafe - Wii U

[dsheinem]

Gaming journalism is so yellow. I read an article about how Nintendo's stock plummeted after the WiiU announcement! It plummeted 5% to $200 per share. Most companies only dream of having stock prices that high.

But lowest since 2006...

And what happened in 2006? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/05/wii-a ... year-high/

[Ack]

\Also, they showed off an interesting FPS with unique sounding multiplayer from UbiSoft Montreal;

Killer Freaks from Outer Space

• MULTIPLAYER
• Now, we will see another way to play.
• 1 vs 1, local multiplayer
• One of the two showcasers is playing with a Classic Controller.
• "Real-time enemy director"
• Player 1 is playing a classic FPS game style. Nothing's there for him to shoot, however, until player 2 moves around in a top-down view of the battlefield (zooming in and out, etc.)--who plays as an alien commander--sets out to eradicate the human race by placing hordes of enemies to try and stop the player. Select a freak on the left side of the screen and set it to send it at the opponent. As Player 1 deals with the chaos Player 2 has created, 2 can watch all of the action from his top-down tactical perspective.
• Deeper -- New fun with the new controller (gyro, accelerometer); spatial gameplay
• Wider -- Real-Time Enemy Director (RED) system

Actually it sounds like a 2-player version of Natural Selection or Zombie Master, both great mods for Half-Life/Half-Life 2.

[optmusprimenumber]

controller = binoculars or telescope... i hope developers get creative with this, and not lame

[AppleQueso]

Waiting for Wario Ware U.

[FerretGamer]

Gaming journalism is so yellow. I read an article about how Nintendo's stock plummeted after the WiiU announcement! It plummeted 5% to $200 per share. Most companies only dream of having stock prices that high.

Perfect, now is the time to get in on Nintendo stock since it dropped an additional 5% since yesterday.

[CRTGAMER]

Waiting for Wario Ware U.

How about Wii U Force. Sorry couldn't pass that up.

[s1mplehumar]

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but OMG!!!

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/08/farew ... nd-friend/

Queue the entire gaming community breathing a collective sigh of relief.

Aaahhhhhhhhhhhh. Much better.

Did you read the update ?

Son of a biotch. We can only hope Ninty miraculously departs from their current online shame.

[Original_Name]

I have decided to call this system the WiiMU. If you start hearing more of that, you'll know where it originated.

[elmagicochrisg]

I have decided to call this system the failure. If you start hearing more of that, you'll know where it originated.

Me joking, me joking, stop throwing rocks at me!... (ducks for cover)

[Rocketman]

I have decided to call this system the failure. If you start hearing more of that, you'll know where it originated.

Me joking, me joking, stop throwing rocks at me!... (ducks for cover)

Honestly though, I'm not that impressed with the Wii U. I'll give it some time and try it out and what not, but the whole "innovation" with the controller and how we interact with the games just doesn't quite cut it for me. I got excited when I saw the Wii at e3 2006 and thought yeah "Gameplay over graphics" but I enjoyed plenty of good, unique games this generation without a Wiimote (And with good graphics too!).

I reckon the Wii U is a gamble... Maybe it will sell units on the "Wii" name alone, but I wouldn't bet my money on it.