E3 2011

[Frank]

Is that the reconnect controller moment of Nintendo's presser?

Not likely.

 

[Dei]

Ooo0h 4 Swords Free Download ftw!

 

[Frank]

So, their 25th anniversary, Nintendo's letting you buy a bunch of old games all over again. SWEET!

 

[Dei]

I am way too psyched about a new Luigi's Mansion and I don't even have a 3ds.

 

[figmentPez]

Ooo0h 4 Swords Free Download ftw!

Woo! I was right, Four Swords was mentioned... only I thought it would be a key title for the new console.

 

[Frank]

Is it just me, cause I often feel alone in this, but man, that Mario game looks like trash. It looks slow as shit and awkward as hell.
Added at: 10:40
Ugh, I will never buy one of those.
Added at: 10:41
It will offer more than any digital offering Nintendo has put forth before - Reggie

THAT MEANS FUCKING NOTHING. ANYTHING IS MORE THAN NOTHING.
Added at: 10:45
It has been 45 minutes and they've shown fuck and all. Like 2 NEW 3DS games.

JESUS CHRIST.
Added at: 10:45
This is worse than Microsoft's Kinect horseshit.

 

[Dei]

Wii U? Really?
Added at: 10:52
The new controller idea is interesting. I bet Sony and Microsoft try to copy next year.

 

[figmentPez]

This controller is going to be expensive, but it looks awesome.

If the WiiU has BluRay, I'm definitely buying it.

 

[Frank]

When I said get ready to pay 100 bucks or more for a controller, man, I was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY under target.

 

[figmentPez]

Smash Bros for 3DS and WiiU, with cross-platform play??????????

 

[Frank]

Oh good, Nintendo tech demos. As worthless as Sony's with 1/100th the backlash.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

Nintendo's controller is a Sony Vita

 

[Frank]

Here's a sample of the Ubisoft's PETZ games that will clutter shelves in the near future.

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

Wii U? Now they're naming consoles after siren onomatopoeia?

 

[Dei]

Oh snap that's a lot of 3rd party support.

 

[Frank]

So, it'll do cross platform titles that are on the consoles I already own.

 

[figmentPez]

I see a lot of penises in Tekken's future.

 

[Frank]

That's what I thought about that Starfox 3DS face feature.

 

[figmentPez]

Is it even going to be possible to use two WiiU controllers on the same system? If they're wirelessly streaming the video content, it may be limited to just one.

 

[Frank]

I'll believe all this shit they promise when I see it. So far, I see a bunch of concept features and a bunch of 360/PS3 games that'll come out 6-7-8 months later on Wiiu.
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And a price tag that'll likely make more than a few people gasp. Nintendo does not lose money on hardware or they wouldn't exist now.

 

[figmentPez]

Why is my Pac-Man VS. all dressed up in Miis? I want ghosts and power pellets!

 

[Disconnected]

I see a lot of penises in Tekken's future.

what the hell did i miss

 

[Piotyr]

Well now there's a ton of crap to get online.

 

[@Li3n]

Wii U? Now they're naming consoles after siren onomatopoeia?

Wii Trii is next?

The new controller has some interesting functionality, but it's shape could use some work imo: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-wii-u/715096

 

[figmentPez]

what the hell did i miss

During the trailers for 3rd party WiiU titles, they showed Tekken with customizable characters. Including drawing on fighters faces.

 

[Frank]

Basically Nintendo is adding an Ipad to a controller and people are calling SUPERINNOVATIVEONLYNINTENDOCOULDTHINKOFSUCHTHINGS.

 

[figmentPez]

The shoulder buttons on the SNES weren't amazing works of imagination, but Nintendo was the first to have them. The analog stick on the N64 wasn't some new unheard of tech, but Nintendo was the first console maker to make it standard equipment. The motion controls on Wii were similar to what had been done in peripherals, but Nintendo was brave enough to build a system around them.

To me the amazing thing about the WiiU is not that Nintendo thought of something no one else did, but that Nintendo had the guts to make the system no one else has. That's what Nintendo is good at.

 

[Frank]

TThe analog stick on the N64 wasn't some new unheard of tech, but Nintendo was the first console maker to make it standard equipment.

See also shoulder buttons.

 

[Piotyr]

Ahh, yes, the system that killed the analog joystick until Nintendo made it actually work well on a console.

 

[Frank]

That's not the point!

 

[Disconnected]

During the trailers for 3rd party WiiU titles, they showed Tekken with customizable characters. Including drawing on fighters faces.

wow. funny because it's true. if you can customize it, expect to find a penis on it. I think I'll go the other way and put up a big sloppy dripping [censored].

 

[Piotyr]

Hands on with the bastard child of a Wiimote and an iPad:

 

[Frank]

Unless it's made of cheapo shitty parts or Nintendo decides to go the razor and blade business model, that thing is going to be the opposite of cheap.
Added at: 14:43
And according to 1up, no HDD for the main console. SD CARDS AGAIN.

Fuck you Nintendo.

 

[figmentPez]

That's not the point!

Actually, that's exactly the point. The 5200 was a failure that was not copied because it was a broken implementation (the PCjr had analog joysticks as well, but that platform was a failure for other reasons.) Nintendo's controller design was copied because it worked. The 5200's design was nearly forgotten by history because it did not work. After Nintendo put more buttons on the SNES, the Genesis put out a new six button pad. After the N64 showed that (self-centering) analog sticks could work, only then did the Dual-shock controller come out from Sony.

Nintendo didn't create extra buttons, or analog sticks, or motion controls... They just made them work, and well enough that the competition implemented them as well. The big touch-screen tablet controller isn't a Nintendo invention, but they just might be the ones to make it effective for a home console.
Added at: 16:52

And according to 1up, no HDD for the main console. SD CARDS AGAIN.

Yeah, forget that noise. Lack of a hard drive is a huge failure and, if true, shows that Nintendo has no clue how to win back the hardcore gamer.

No HDD + No BluRay = I'm probably not buying this for a while.

 

[Piotyr]

Internal flash memory, size unknown. Compatible with SD card storage expansion and external USB hard drives.

So, basically, unknown built-in storage, expandable external storage without the need to release an entire SKU.