Information Update // Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo Wii U

Information Update - Nintendo Wii U


1.- Wired recently received the opportunity to sit down with Yoshiaki Koizumi, who has been involved in all of the 3D Mario games since Super Mario 64, and discuss his thoughts on Wii U and the next Mario game. 

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Surprisingly Koizumi confessed that he had only just learned about Wii U at this years E3, which suggests that there may not be a Mario title appearing on the console at launch.

“When I think about the two screens being used at the same time, it seems like an interesting opportunity to allow us to create a console game where two people are playing at the same time but can’t see each others’ screens,” he said. “It’s certainly an interesting approach, but I have to clarify that it’s not something that we’re working on just yet.”

Imagine one player working as Mario while the other is Luigi. The two could work against each other or with one another. Of course, Nintendo could also accomplish such an idea with online cooperative play. This idea would work great in a number of different games, though it would work even better if the system supported more than one Wii U controller.

2.- Nintendo EAD’s Katsuya Eguchi has told Edge magazine that Nintendo are “very happy and excited” about the possibilities for first-person shooters on the Wii U due to the console innovative tablet controller. 

Apparently when Nintendo were initially testing out the controller they realized just how ’interactive’ first-person shooters became when using  a combination of the Zapper and the controller.


3.- Pete Hines, the VP of Marketing for Bethesda, the developers of Skyrim has said “We want to make our games available to the widest audience possible on whatever platforms that will support the game. So to whatever extent new consoles fit with the kind of games we are making and support them technologically, we would certainly do that.”

So will Skyrim and Bethesda’s other work arrive on the Wii U? Maybe:

I honestly know nothing about the tech specs of the new platforms and whether or not they are a good fit for what we are making with say Rage and Skyrim and Prey 2. If they are a good fit for the kind of games we are making then absolutely, we would look to put them out for those.

Unfortunately, Hines was not able to “get into specifics.”

4.- About Mass Effect 3, the co-founder of BioWare has expressed at least a little interest in the platform, sharing that:

Any time you have a new interface option that’s really interesting to us. We obviously make games with a lot of depth. If there are ways we can improve upon how we deliver that and how we help players to experience it, that’s interesting.

Zeschuk also explained that “We’ll look at [the Wii U] and see what Nintendo does with it. They’ll always have the craziest, most innovative way to approach it. Then, we’ll think about how we might possibly be able to use it and see if it makes sense.”


5.- Destructoid has learned that Sega is planning to bring out another of the Sonic and the… games sometime later this year. We’ve already had Sonic and the Secret Rings and Sonic and the Black Knight on the Wii, and hopefully we’re getting another one. 

Seeing as Wii owners have missed on Sonic Generations, this will no doubt come as a welcomed surprise.


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Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo Wii U

1.- Wired recientemente tuvo la oportunidad de sentarse y hablar con Yoshiaki Koizumi, que ha estado involucrado en todos los juegos 3D de Mario desde Super Mario 64, para hablar sobre la Wii U y su juego de Mario. 

Sorprendentemente Koizumi confesó que sólo se enteró de la Wii U en la conferencia de E3, lo que parece decirnos que no habrá un juego de Super Mario listo en el lanzamiento de la consola.

2.- Nintendo EAD, Katsuya Eguchi ha dicho a Edge magazine que Nintendo está muy contento y excitado de poder usar el tablet controller como elemento el shooters de primera persona. 

Aparentemente cuando Nintendo utilizó el controlador nuevo como shooter, se dieron cuenta de lo cómodo e innovador que era la experiencia de usar el Zappery el controlador a la vez.

3.- Pete Hines, el VP de Marketing para Bethesda, los diseñadores de Skyrim han dicho “Queremos hacer nuestros juegos conocidos a través de cualquier plataforma que sea capaz de emplearlos. Así que mientras la consola permita el funcionamiento del juego, y sea  compatible, estaremos en ello.”

4.- Sobre Mass Effect 3, el co-fundador de BioWare haha expresado al menos un poco de interés en la plataforma, diciendo:

En el momento en el que tengas una interfaz acorde con nosotros. Obviamente hacemos juegos con un montón de profundidad. Si hay nuevas maneras en las que llegar a los jugadores, es interesante.

Zeschuk también explicó “Veremos la Nintendo Wii U, y lo que hace Nintendo con ella. Siempre tienen las formas más locas e innovadoras para lanzar cosas. Entonces, pensaremos en cómo utilizarla, si tiene sentido.”

5.- Destructoid sabe que Sega planea sacar otro de sus juegos: Sonic and the… en algún momento este año. Ya tuvimos Sonic and the Secret Rings y Sonic and the Black Knight en la Wii, y esperamos recibir otro. 

Viendo que los poseedores de Wii, no van a tener Sonic Generations, ésto vendrá bienvenido, seguro.

Source: MyNintendoNews & WiiUBlog

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Mister Gaga