Category Archives: Wii U

Gearbox: Nintendo Has Listened To Wii U Feedback & Controller Specs Will “Be Awesome”

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Gearbox Software art director Brian Cozzens has told Nintendo Gamer that Nintendo has listened to developer feedback regarding Wii U, which suggests that we will hear about some of these changes during the Nintendo Direct presentation tonight. Cozzens also went on to say that “we’ll see some cool stuff that we’ve had some influence over” and that the “final controller specs are going to be awesome.”

“We were early in seeing what was happening with the Wii U and we’ve been able to give some feedback. They’ve listened, and I think we’ll see some cool stuff that we’ve had some influence over. I think the final controller specs are going to be awesome.”

Mysterious Wii U Phone Calls Explained, New Wii U Game

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A number of journalists were left a mysterious phone message this weekend which said “Have you heard about Wii U? If not…you will.” Well, it turns out the message was from Bloober Team who were virally marketing their new game for Wii U. Bloober’s new game is titled Medium, and is coming to just about every platform imaginable. The game is said to feature a “completely new model of gameplay”.

Crytek Still Has No Definite Plans For Wii U

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Crytek Founder and CEO Cevat Yerli has reiterated to German publication Golem that the development studio currently hasn’t got any plans to develop for Wii U. Yerli did confirm that a number of Wii U games could incorporate the company’s CryEngine.

“We have no plans for either system yet (Wii U and Vita). There will be Wii U games that run with the CryEngine, but they come from the licensees…”

Be Prepared For A Week With Nintendo

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Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime are in California preparing for E3. Nintendo has four major events planned for this year’s E3 – beginning with today’s pre-E3 Nintendo Direct at 3 p.m. PDT. Nintendo has confirmed that new information about Wii U will be revealed during the Nintendo Direct.

Nintendo’s E3 presentation will take place on Tuesday, June 5th at 9 a.m. PDT. Nintendo’s developer discussion with Katsuya Eguchi, the Wii U hardware producer, also takes place on Tuesday but at 11:30 p.m. PDT. On Wednesday, June 6th, Nintendo will have a software showcase at 6 p.m. PDT. Are you ready for a week packed with Nintendo news?

Is “U Will” The Wii U’s Slogan?

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Many video game journalists received a phone call by an unknown caller, possibly someone from Nintendo. You can check out the video above to hear the message, which mentions the Wii U’s name. The brief message says, “Have you heard about Wii U? If not…you will.” The message arrived before Nintendo announced that they will hold a Pre-E3 Nintendo Direct tomorrow, so it may be an official teaser by them.

Geoff Keighley: “Mario Will Be On The Wii U At Launch”

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On Spike’s “All Access Weekly,” video games journalist Geoff Keighley has announced that a new Mario game will launch with the Wii U. Keighley didn’t specify which Mario game will be released. On the Wii U Facebook page, Nintendo teased (but didn’t reveal) three video games that will launch alongside their new console – could a new 3D Super Mario title be one of them? We should find out which games will be launching with the Wii U in a couple of days during E3.

Wii U Will Have An Achievement System?

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TECHTROID recently spoke to an anonymous developer who is familiar with the Wii U. The developer revealed that Nintendo will implement an achievement system into their new console. It is said to have a “Nintendo-spin,” which will make it unique and different from Nintendo’s competitors. Nintendo already has challenges within many of their games, which need to be accomplished in order to unlock certain content – do you think the Wii U will benefit from a console-specific achievement system?

Next-Gen Unreal Engine 4 Details

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The latest edition of US publication Game Informer contains exclusive information about  Epic’s next generation Unreal Engine 4. There’s been plenty of speculation regarding whether or not we will see the engine running on Wii U. We should find out for sure during E3. Here’s the latest details about Unreal Engine 4.

  • Epic talked with hardware manufacturers like Intel,AMD,Nvidia and qualcomm to workout a tech road map.
  • The demo GI saw was running on a single Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
  • New image based Lens Flare tech,occurs dynamically.
  • UE4 capable of producing one million particles at once with no hit to game performance.
  • Planning to release UE4 dev kit soon
  • Epic wants “to empower game designers,to take charge of as much of the game production process as possible”
  • Next gen will be about alot of things besides just next-gen graphics performance”
  • UE4 being designed for a decade that starts with the advent of next gen consoles
  • Entire creation process streamlined,Designers can edit and recompile source code without leaving the editor,take control of the game anytime they want.
  • New interface empowers designers to tweak basic programming without having to call over a programmer,Tech artists will be able to create complex assets and programmers can expose certain values for designers as needed to give them access to simple tweaks”

Nintendo To Hold Nintendo Direct Pre-E3 Presentation Tomorrow

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Nintendo has announced that it plans to stream a Nintendo Direct presentation tomorrow, a day before it’s E3 press conference. The special Nintendo Direct pre-E3 presentation will be shown tomorrow night at 6.00pm EDT/11.00pm UK. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata promises brand new Wii U information ahead of the company’s media briefing. The show will be streamed via Nintendo Japan and Nintendo of America here.