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The 'Next Gen' Starts Here - Wii U launch laid bare!

Nintendo takes to the stage in press conferences in Tokyo and New York to announce the final, long-awaited details for new console.

In a first for the big N, the console will be on sale in two versions, what are the differences you ask?

The big N has also just announced New Super Mario Bros U will launch in November and that an exciting new Nintendo TV service called TVii is also in the works.

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Hatsune-Miku4273d ago

The Wii u isn't next gen and it lacks software that differentiate it from ps3 and xbox. No reason to spend a lot of money on hardware that isn't worth the price to play most games you can play on cheaper more established systems the ps3 and xbox. To each his own. I'm dissappointed with the Wii u

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Lucretia4273d ago

same im pretty dissapointed with it too.

its good right now, but the games dont look much different at all, its next gen compared to the wii, but not the ps3 or 360.

whats hilarious is that if these were the specs of the ps4 then the nintendo fans would laugh and say its not next gen, but since its their beloved nintendo they call it next gen.

next gen is the difference between ps1-ps2-ps3,

its the difference between NES-Snes-N64-GC-WiiU

and ofcourse Xbox and 360.

see how i skipped the wii? its because thee wii was never current gen, it was GC with a new controller, and not one game proved otherwise.

when ps4 or 720 come out there WILL be a difference. and Wii-u will be what the Wii was to the ps3 and 360.

when the price drops for the wii-u i will grab one no doubt, but its silly to say Wii-u is next gen.

I mean if ps4 and 720 actually have a big difference when the jump happens then are we going to say sony and MS jumped over a whole gen? or that nintendo lagged behind with the wii (tech wise)

well eitherway i cant wait to see if the wii-u pushes out alot of goood exclusives, if it does this topic is for nothing, but if it doesnt it will suck big time

chukamachine4273d ago

are game and wario, mario u, pikmin 3, lego city, rayman, scribblenauts, zombie u, monster hunter ultimate, dragon quest X,

Mario u is the same game as new super mario, lego lord of the rings with outsell all others. zombie u looks poor graphically. nobody outside of japan cares about monster hunter.

Unless your a Ninty fan, you won't buy a Wii U.

Lucretia4273d ago

ur wrong about the monster hunter thing, psp owners loved it and are the reason monster hunter boomed.

but yeaaaah, ur right about the games looking the same was before lol. mario, pikmin etc all look like they are still on the wii,

Zombi-u doesnt look amazing but it doesnt look bad.

and yes mostly only nintendo fans, tech heads and a few others will buy the wii-u while everyone waits for ps4/720, but if alot of good games come out exclusive on the wii-u then im sure people including myself will get one a year or 2 from now.

but its going to take more than the typical 25+ year old franchises im sick of to get me to get it.

more exclusives like bayonetta 2 will get me to buy it

ame224273d ago

It's all about the software and from what I've seen so far there is nothing out there worthy of being labelled next-gen material. So no, next gen doesn't start with the WiiU launch.

Omar914273d ago

I dont know how you guys define next gen but to me next gen is just a leap of hardware from current console. if you compare the wii to the wii u, theres a big difference in pretty much everything. I think that you guys focus on all three consoles as being labeled next gen but the way I see it is that from wii to wii u thats a next gen leap. Of course the wii u is not gonna be anywhere near ps4 and 720 standards. but regardless it is still a leap of "next gen". of course... this is my opinion.

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos7d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H96d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX6d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H96d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro6d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos5d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger886d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk776d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos6d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris6d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno23d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.