Nintendo: Project Cafe - Wii U

[CRTGAMER]

Crap! Crap! Crap! I recently acquired a Wii, finally have a current gen and am enjoying all the online features. So when is this Wii U coming out? Okay laugh at my pain.

[AppleQueso]

don't worry crt, I got my first ps2 not long after the ps3 launch.

[YoshiEgg25]

don't worry crt, I got my first ps2 not long after the ps3 launch.

Don't worry CRT, I got my Genesis ten years after the death of the Dreamcast.

[Bradtemple87]

Crap! Crap! Crap! I recently acquired a Wii, finally have a current gen and am enjoying all the online features. So when is this Wii U coming out? Okay laugh at my pain.

Dont worry, you have at the minimum a year. I would guess holiday 12 at the earliest.

[sevin0seven]

Crap! Crap! Crap! I recently acquired a Wii, finally have a current gen and am enjoying all the online features. So when is this Wii U coming out? Okay laugh at my pain.

Don't worry be happy..

[Flake]

Sorry, was I supposed to jump on the Nintendo love bandwagon too?

...Like I said earlier I'm cranky and missed a thousand posts here.

Yeah, and like I said: We get it. You're not excited. Talk to us more about how not excited you are when you have something specific you do not like. Something that a conversation may center on. If you just want to let the entire world know you're unhappy for the sake of being unhappy, go to gamefaqs or youtube or something. Not trying to be a dick but you're coming off as a troll at this point.

Anyway, I am thinking that the version shown at E3 will not be the final version. The more I look at picture of the 360 / Wii love child box, the more it looks unfinished and chunky. I would not be surprised if Nintendo put almost everything they had into the ergonomics and appearance of the new controller for E3 and are leaving the console's polish until later.

[Ack]

Johnblade posted this bit from Giantbomb in another thread that ended up locked. I'm posting it here because I think some of you might be interested in what they have to say:

From Giantbomb

Say this for Nintendo: they're rarely predictable.

This morning's E3 2011 Nintendo press conference promised to unveil the console maker's next generation of hardware, and Nintendo did not disappoint. Instead, it mostly confused, bewildered, and at times, very much impressed.

Let's start with the name, which had been the subject of much bandying by various industry pundits. Everything from just "The Nintendo" to far more ludicrous options had been tossed around, but the near-universal agreement that the Wii branding would be ditched turned out to be a falsehood. The Wii U is the new system, and Reggie used the name unveiling to make a few alliterative talking points regarding "unity" and "utopia" among players.

The console is designed to cater to both the hardcore audience that Nintendo seemingly all but abandoned when the Wii was first introduced, and the casual-minded players who flocked to the Wii in its early days. But just what the hell is this thing, anyway?

Nearly all of the presentation was dedicated to the new controller technology, a slick-looking, tablet-inspired device with two circle sticks, a d-pad, the usual suite of buttons, a gyroscope, a built-in camera, and what have you. However, the big draw is the built-in screen, a 6.2 inch touch-sensitive screen that can emulate at least some version of the graphics you'll see on your TV screen.

Though the demo at the conference didn't do much to explain this, there is actually a Wii U box that hooks up to your TV, which works in proper HD. It's backward compatible with all existing Wii games, and apparently supports existing Wii hardware too.

One of the more intriguing things about the new controller device is that it actually lets you keep playing your games if you decide to do something else with your TV. Whatever game you're playing via the TV will automatically switch to the controller screen should you decide to start watching something else on television.

Nintendo's big thing was to demonstrate the number of different uses for the tech, which included everything from video chat, to stylus drawing, and a variety of motion/video-based controls. However, this was done largely at the expense of new game announcements. Reggie himself only touted one new game in development--a new Lego title from TT Games--but a video featuring several third-party developers and publishers including a slate of game announcements, including Darksiders II, Assassin's Creed, a new Tekken game, Metro Last Light, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, and more. EA's John Riccitiello even vaguely described the "possibility" of a Battlefield game appearing on the system, as Battlefield 3 footage played behind him. However, he stopped short of an actual announcement.

Nintendo is not showing any full games at E3, but rather is sticking to "game demos," which sound more like tech demo-ish proofs of concept. Regardless, we'll definitely be getting our hands on this strange, fascinating new device during the show. Look for more in the near future.

So yeah, I'm interested. While the "hardcore" gamers may have complained about the Wii, the system has managed to sell 86 million units and ran up a profit while doing it, so frankly the company probably doesn't care to much about what the "hardcore" audience thinks. I'm not really surprised that we're not seeing Nintendo go back to the supposed "good old days" either, considering the difficulties they happened to face in the old days versus the success they're seeing now. They're going to stick with what keeps them ahead.

[Flake]

One thing I am interested in is seeing what will happen to the 3 platform dynamic we have going on right now.

If Nintendo has a console with HD graphics and support from the 'hard core' game developers..what are Sony and Microsoft going to answer with?

[Xeogred]

Sorry, was I supposed to jump on the Nintendo love bandwagon too?

...Like I said earlier I'm cranky and missed a thousand posts here.

Yeah, and like I said: We get it. You're not excited. Talk to us more about how not excited you are when you have something specific you do not like. Something that a conversation may center on. If you just want to let the entire world know you're unhappy for the sake of being unhappy, go to gamefaqs or youtube or something. Not trying to be a dick but you're coming off as a troll at this point.

Anyway, I am thinking that the version shown at E3 will not be the final version. The more I look at picture of the 360 / Wii love child box, the more it looks unfinished and chunky. I would not be surprised if Nintendo put almost everything they had into the ergonomics and appearance of the new controller for E3 and are leaving the console's polish until later.

Thanks for not answering my legitimate questions about the Wii U and just taking another shot at me.

[Flake]

Thanks for not answering my legitimate questions about the Wii U and just taking another shot at me.

Asking you to participate in the conversation as opposed to just complaining for the sake of complaining is hardly 'taking a shot at you'.

And, to answer your question (which has been answered about 5 times in this thread that you are so psyched to comment in but cannot be bothered to read) no one knows yet - the gamecube's functions were conspicuously omitted.