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Pachter Doesn’t Believe That Game Publishers Will Support Wii U

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Everyone’s favourite games analyst Michael Pachter has told AdWeek that he doesn’t believe the Wii U will be supported by games publishers.The research analyst who works for Wedbush Morgan also remains unconvinced that Nintendo will be able to successfully court the big named media companies that Nintendo is chasing with Wii U.

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter hadn’t heard about Nintendo’s overtures to the media business, but label him a doubter. “I don’t know if they have the chops to pull it off,” he said. Pachter’s not even sure about the prospects of the Wii U as a gaming platform. “I don’t think game publishers are going to support it.”

Nintendo Is Approaching Big Media Firms For Wii U Including Comcast

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Adweek has published an article that states that Nintendo is courting numerous large media firms to provide content distribution partnerships for Wii U. Nintendo is apparently trying to take a leaf out of Microsoft’s book and provide gamers with a rich multimedia experience using Wii U.

According to the sites sources Nintendo executives arranged meetings with “a select number of top content companies” during this years CES. The companies included Cable networks and Web video producers. One source even said that Nintendo had begun talks with Comcast to become a cable TV distribution. Another source did conclude that “this is very preliminary, it could go nowhere.”

Sakurai Starts Work On The New Smash Bros For Wii U And Nintendo 3DS

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Masahiro Sakurai, the creative force behind both the Kirby and the Super Smash Bros. series has stated that he’s currently starting work on the next Smash Bros game for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Now that he’s finished work on Kid Icarus: Uprising on Nintendo 3DS he’s turned his attention to researching how best to go about developing the next Super Smash Bros game. Sakurai is currently taking notes from the Smash Bros Dojo website and will gather developers to discuss the next game. 

Here’s Five Minutes Of Ridiculously Violent Ninja Gaiden 3 Footage

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Team Ninja has uploaded five minutes of ultra-violent footage from the forthcoming Ninja Gaiden 3 onto Youtube. Ninja Gaiden 3 is already confirmed as a launch title for Wii U so expect to see it sometime later this year. I presume the footage shown in the video is from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, but the Wii U version shouldn’t be too different.

Nintendo Originally Flirted With 3D, HD Displays For Wii U Controller

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Online gaming publication Kotaku has uncovered a patent filing from Nintendo which shows that the company was originally flirting with the idea of a 3D HD touch screen for Wii U. Nintendo’s patent filing states that the Wii U controller “might” feature a 3D display and an HD display. We already know that we won’t see the final controller until E3, so Nintendo may have some surprises in store for us.

Capcom Remain Secretive About Resident Evil 6 On Wii U

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Capcom’s Senior Vice-President, Christian Svensson has taken to the Capcom forums to answer fans questions about Resident Evil 6 coming to Wii U. Svensson would neither admit or deny that the game will be coming to Wii U, but expect to hear much more about Resident Evil 6 at this years E3 event in June.

“We’ve made no announcements to this end at this point. I can’t say more than that right now.”

Ubisoft Announces 2012 Lineup, Includes Assassin’s Creed 3 For Wii U

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Ubisoft has announced its 2012 games line-up and you’ll be super-excited to know that Assassins Creed 3 is scheduled for this year, and it’s coming to Wii U. There’s barely any details available about the game but expect to hear plenty about Assassins Creed 3 at this years E3 event which takes place in June.

Miyamoto Says He’s Really Enjoying Developing Pikmin 3 On Wii U

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Legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed that he’s really enjoying working on Pikmin 3 for Wii U. The game was originally developed for Wii, but Miyamoto says that having high definition graphics and a touch screen at his disposal is enabling him to create a game he’s truly happy with.

“Originally, I was making Pikmin 3 to be launched on the Wii platform. Because the Wii U is capable of HD quality pictures, and will be accompanied by the subscreen on your hand. I thought that I would be able to make a Pikmin that was closer to my ideal. I am now actually enjoying myself, working on the game.”

Star Trek Could Be Heading To Wii U From Bioshock 2 Developer

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Digital Extreme, the developer behind the multiplayer mode in Bioshock 2 and the Darkness 2, has announced that Star Trek is going to be released in the first quarter of next year and will be coming to all “all major home consoles and PC”. With the Wii U due out sometime after E3 this year, it sounds as though it’s more than possible that Star Trek fans will get to experience the game on Nintendo’s next home console.