Information Update // Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo Wii U

Information Update - Nintendo Wii U


1.- Activision has announced they will be supporting the Wii U. Eric Hirshberg of Activision Publishing added that “You bet against Nintendo at your peril.” This probably means that games like Call of Duty will be released on the platform in their “real” form, compared to their spin-off form on the Wii.

And while you may not be a fan of Call of Duty or Activision’s general tendecy to wring all the cash out of a franchise until it bleeds to death, their games sell well and it’s one less thing that self-proclaimed “hardcore” gamers can whine about. So that’s cool.

Videos and More after the Break!

2.- Friend codes will be no more with the Wii U. Instead there will be a single online identity, in a similar vein to Gamertags in Xbox Live. 

This information was revealed in relation to Ghost Recon: Online, which is one of games on display at E3 2011.

3.- New Super Mario Bros Mii. Video Footage (Nintendo3DSBlog)

Chase Mii

Shield Pose

4.- THQ’s executive vice president of core games, Danny Bilson has announced that Darksiders 2 will be a launch game for the Wii U. Bilson also confirmed that the company is “looking at” making two other games for launch.

“We’re planning on putting Darksiders 2 on the new console at launch,” confirmed Bilson. “Darksiders 2 has very deep inventory system. The new controller allows for the inventory screen to be active at the same time as the adventure on the main screen so as soon as we saw that, that was the first game we started to move onto the new platform.”

“It’s not just going to be Darksiders 2, we’re looking at two other titles for launch and many more beyond that. We’re incredibly supportive and excited about the new console.”

- THQ

5.- EA Games boss Frank Gibeau has announced that Mass Effect could be coming to the Wii U. Whilst he wouldn’t offiically confirm anything he did say that ”we’ll announce it when the time is right.” I’d say this pretty much confirms that the game will be appearing on the Wii U sometime next year.

“I can’t say we are going to do it on the Wii U, but you can imagine what we could do with that controller in the Mass Effect universe. It feels like a really nice fit, but we’ll announce that when the time is right.”

- Frank Gibeau, EA

6.- Masahiro Sakurai, co-founder of Project Sora, told Nintendo president Satoru Iwata that he didn’t just wish to make Smash Brothers for the 3DS but he also wanted to make it for the Wii U.  Apparently Iwata approached Sakurai and asked him which platform he wanted to develop the new Smash Brothers game for, Sakurai’s immediate answer was both consoles. Here’s a few more interesting titbits:

• Sakurai mentions that for him, just extending upon the previous Smash Bros games, putting in more characters, more levels, and improving the graphics because the hardware is higher spec, is not an option (in relation to the Wii U).
• As for the portable version, he thinks it’s attractive that they are inherently different from consoles so there are new possibilities that can be explored, although obviously these same aspects can lead to limitations for people who enjoy the Smash Bros gameplay as is. He sees portable gaming as more personal, gaming that you can make your own.
• That being the case, for the portable version he wants to make it so that when a player plays alone they can get results from that, such as gaining experience and to level up characters, making them customizable. He thought that then you could take that character over to your Wii U and do battle with your friends.
• For the portable game he plans on making it so that there is merit in players of varying ability playing together, as well as players who are good helping those who aren’t.
• In talking about the kinds of artists they need to hire, he mentions that he is aware that making the graphics in the same style as the previous versions would result in the characters becoming too tiny to see on the portable screen. (This seems to indicate that they would consider handling that problem through the graphics style in some fashion.)
• At the very end, he mentions that if he can’t find enough good people to make the games he’ll have to cut it down to only making one (this Iwata Asks was posted on Project Sora’s employment page, after all). Iwata mentions that this surprises him, since he announced it at E3, and then Sakurai backtracks and says , “Well, then instead it will take us like five years to make the game(s)” 

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Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo Wii U

1.- Activision ha anunciado que diseñarán para la Wii U. Eric Hirshberg de Activision Publishing dijo que “Apostad contra Nintendo y perderéis(más o menos).” Esto probablemente significará que juegos como Call of Duty recibirán la misma versión que las demás consolas, en vez de una simple como la Wii.

Seguramente hagan al menos uno más debido a la manía de Activision de exprimir hasta la sangre todas sus sagas.

2.- Los Friend Codes ya no estarán en la Nintendo Wii. De hecho su sistema de conectividad online es parecido al de la Xbox 360. 

Esta información fue revelada en relación con Ghost Recon:Online, mostrado en E3.

3.- New Super Mario Bros Mii. Video Footage (Nintendo3DSBlog)

Chase Mii

Shield Pose

4.- El Vicepresidente ejecutivo de THQ de core games, Danny Bilson ha anunciado que Darksiders 2será un juego de lanzamiento para la Wii U. También dice que planea tener al menos 2 juegos más para su lanzamiento.

5.- Ha sido anunciado que Mass Effect llegará a la Wii U. Lo que nos abemos es cuándo, ni cómo, porque parece ser que podría no llegar con Mass Effect 3.

“No puedo decir que lo vayamos a hacer en la Wii U, pero sí que imaginarais lo que podríamos hacer con este mando en el universo de Mass Effect.”

- Frank Gibeau, EA

6.- Masahiro Sakurai, ha dicho a Satoru Iwata, que planea hacer un Super Smash Bros. para 3DS y para Wii U interconectables, pero que planea tener una experiencia más de jugador solo en la consola portátil. Un sistema de experiencia o algo así que permitiera lugo transferir el personaje a la versión de Wii U. Todavía no saben lo que van a hacer, y puede que el juego se quede en una sola consola si no encuentras a gente buena.

Source: Nintendo3DSBlog & MyNintendo News & Yo

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Mister Gaga