Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing Scott Moffitt has told Industry Gamers that Nintendo were inspired by the immensely popular Nintendo DS when the company created Wii U, though Moffit also confessed that the original Wii was another huge inspiration when creating both the console and the games.
“A lot of creativity came out of the DS. I think it’s fair to say the inspiration came from a wide variety of sources. I think the DS is one. The original Wii also inspired us and inspired the developers. They always challenge themselves to come up with something that can make a game better.”
i already have $1,500 saved up for it. just give me a release date Nintendo!!!
Wow! Thats quite a bit
I already have £250 (Or $320) saved up right now! GIVE ME A PRICE AND MONTH DATE NINTENDO!
Yeah the concept of two screens really works well. You can have the main game on the big screen, while having smaller things like icons/inventory/menus in your hands on the bottom screen. The DS focused a lot more on both screens at once, while the 3DS focuses more on the top screen, with it being a widescreen and in 3D. And the Wii U looks to be using this concept well too. Also, it’s cool when you’re playing multi-player to have a screen to yourself that no one else can see.
I guessed that
I know right xD?!
Two screens? One of them is a touchsreen? It’s influenced by the DS?
NO WAY!
What are you talking about!!!???
Two Secreens?: YES! (TV and Controller)
One of them is Touch Screen?: YES! (Controller)
So, it is influenced by the DS!!!
You realize that was sarcasm right?
OOOOOHHH!!!
Thanks, now I know!!!11!
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actually your 2nd HAHAHAHAHAH
Fail.
Nope your 3rd!!
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you’re both idiots
Sorry mah mans ^u^
ok?
Are you not having fun here? >.< oooooft!
You input your phoney email into the username box by mistake.
Just thought I’d make you aware of this so you don’t sage it up next time. ;)
Was kind of obvious when they first unveiled it at E3
If the screen was bigger, I think it may have been identified more with tablet computers. But you’re right, just thought ‘second screen’, although not so much now :)
Anything new? :v
The interview was pretty much PR waffle I’m afraid to say. I was digging through it and couldn’t find any exciting information.
This just in, 3DS inspired by Virtual Boy and 3D graphics, more coming at 6.
ha
Could any of you kindly explain what a virtual boy is? Unless I dont wanna know…
The Vitutalboy was Nintendo’s only downright failure, and I think we can all admit that. It was this big lame plastic headset thing that you look into like a pair of binoculars. It had 3D graphics, but it made your eyes hurt really bad and made you see red and all kinds of weird things. It never caught on much at all, and shorty after was discontinued. It was a disaster, but Nintendo admitted to their failure, learned their mistakes, and moved on, which is good.
Read more about it if you want.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy
Obviously, the Wii U is like saying a home DS
I totally called this, I knew it!! ( I mentioned my theory in previous posts on MyNintendoNews)
As sad as it is, yes, I’m proud of myself. And this was ingenious on Nintendo’s part. Took the hottest handheld, and turned it into a console, the DS-BFG
Well shit. Guess everyone already knew that. I feel silly.
Advance Wars on the big screen anyone? Make it happen.
Fuck. Yes.
DS Player
Exactly. If they make a slot for DS games it could make quite an impact. The Game Boy Player was released as a $49.99 peripheral for the GameCube, 2 years too late. If this had been standard in the hardware from day 1, the PS2 domination may not have been as widespread. So, to reveal this feature for Wii U, would be groundbreaking & wouldn’t be something that the company hasn’t experimented with before. Just thinkful wishing. ;)
That would be awesome, but I really want them to do 3DS connecting to the WiiU. Like, using the 3DS for games and stuff. Like Zelda: Four Swords Adventures for the GameCube.
Maybe both. Open a channel on 3DS to connect it to Wii U, open a channel on Wii U to connect it to 3DS and display what the 3DS is playing.
The Wii U has 3D out, so people with 3D TVs could see the game in 3D and the strength can be controlled either by an in-game option, or still via the connected 3DS’s 3D Strength slider.
Nintendo hinted at the DS-Wii connection, but it never really reached it’s potential, so here’s a good chance to make these things happen with 3DS-Wii U. And as for 3D TV’s, I was thinking the same thing!
-NO WAYYY
-I KNOWW
Whoaaaa, i never would have guessed Nintendo!!!!
i liked my original ds but now i like the dsi XL
Wii u using a tablet controller with access to an app store.
Sounds like they were more inspired by apple to me.
DSi and every rendition after had two screens and apps. The WiiU will have two screens and apps.
When Nintendo announces they will be getting a fuck-ton off 99cents shitty apps, then yes, probably following apples led on that.
of course it was!!! ppfff e.O
So.. the DSi XXL?
Depends on your TV Size. ;)
soooooooo… when’s it coming out?
That’s What She Said (Had to beat someone to it.)
Then why not name it the DSU huh? huh? <—–Genius
Because the DS was portable and the WiiU will be, well, semi-portable. huh? huh? <—Genius
ahhh gee. i see what you did their you funny goose!
you got to wait for E3 for the launch date so wait until then!
DITTO transformed!
you got to wait for E3 for the launch date so wait until then!
If it ain’t broke. Make it bigger and much better.
I was expecting that one guy to call Nintendo out for unoriginality after this. No, not Pachter. That one guy who keeps yelling on the comments here. Maybe that guy is Pachter.
Gee, the fact that it has two screens, one of which is touch-sensitive, didn’t tip me off to the fact that it was inspired by the ds
*End sarcastic voice
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No shit. It’s basically a super duper DS. Which is far from a bad thing.
Wait. So, it wasn’t Dreamcast?
That was my first thought when I saw this thing. Wii+DS=Wii U
Naww, you don’t say? I never would have guessed. :|
LOL. :P
The white color gets me going……ahhh..ahhhh…..aghhh………….
well it was obvious to us but to other people keep thinking they got the idea from the tabled which is dumb.
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