Nintendo Wii U

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/362014/wii-u-box-art-confirmed-as-genuine/

Ubisoft has confirmed that these are genuine

[charlesr]

This Just Dance stuff is like Now Music, but for games

[BIG EDD]

This Just Dance stuff is like Now Music, but for games

Perish the thought

[Dezm0nd]

Reminds me of the Gamecube boxes with the U shape banner at the top.

edit: says in the article. I thought I was a genius.

[Neon Ignition]

I reckon it's time a bit of a discussion came from this thread now the E3 dust has long settled and Gamescom etc are looming.

Anyone else wondering what the hell Nintendo are playing at? If the signs are to be believed the WiiU will launch worldwide in between 3-4 months. It's the first of the new line of consoles we'll be playing for the next 7-8 years and the successor to the biggest console of the current generation.

And you could be forgiven for not knowing it existed.

I've never known such a void of hype and prerelease momentum for a key console release before. There's a complete lack of PR momentum, a lack of information, a lack of key titles to drive interest, a lack of... well anything. Our first sign of branding came from the above boxarts, even they had to originally come in an unconfirmed form.

I know there's several shows coming where Nintendo might speak up but it seems incredibly last minute during what will be the busiest time of year where other key releases have to do months of PR to gain decent levels of interest. Feels like another example (like the 3DS and Vita launches) of a hardware maker resting on the laurels.

[Family Fry]

Not that hype matters in Europe cause knowing Nintendo as they are now, USA and Japan will take priority.
The silence is kinda suspicious although if they aim for November launch that gives the hype machine September and October to take full effect. Remember Nintendo are top of the pile so they don't really need to have a 6month hype campaign.

[ItsThere]

December release date in Europe now.

[Adam Stone]

It doesnt really feel like a new console release does it? It feels more like a Wii upgrade, like a Gameboy advance launch or a DSLite launch, or a DSLiteplus or a 3DSXL etc etc etc

For me personally, simply having a Nintendo console HD is exciting news - it finally means i get to play Mario and Zelda n HD - a childhood dream finally, FINALLY coming true... Other than that... there is nothing for me to get excited about. Not yet...

This is not a next generation console being released, it is an upgrade coming too late - and it seems the world knows this. Im personally very excited because I love Nintendo and I want my HD Mario and Zelda, but i'm not the world.

EDIT:

And the ports... My god. The ports are depressing.

Even i cant get excited about games that have already been released on other platforms. Again, its another reason to see this release simply as an upgrade, and as cool as it is to have HD Nintendo games, it is equally depressing.

[Ghost]

It doesnt really feel like a new console release does it? It feels more like a Wii upgrade, like a Gameboy advance launch or a DSLite launch, or a DSLiteplus or a 3DSXL etc etc etc

For me personally, simply having a Nintendo console HD is exciting news - it finally means i get to play Mario and Zelda n HD - a childhood dream finally, FINALLY coming true... Other than that... there is nothing for me to get excited about. Not yet...

This is not a next generation console being released, it is an upgrade coming too late - and it seems the world knows this. Im personally very excited because I love Nintendo and I want my HD Mario and Zelda, but i'm not the world.

EDIT:

And the ports... My god. The ports are depressing.

Even i cant get excited about games that have already been released on other platforms. Again, its another reason to see this release simply as an upgrade, and as cool as it is to have HD Nintendo games, it is equally depressing.

I think the main reason why it doesn't feel much like a new platform launch is down to two things; Nintendo has kept so much secret about the Wii U and even now we still don't know very much about it other than its coming out sometime this year and a few games that Nintendo will be releasing for the system at launch, with most of them already shown last year at E3 as demos. Second thing is the appearance of awful third party support, nearly all of the games announced so far are either ports of old Ps3/360 games or games that will be released on other platforms at the same time. Theres been absolutely no news on any Japanese support and the western publishers are showing the same sort of enthusiasm as they did for the wii i.e. none.

If Nintendo showed off their new titles and games that they plan to release next year as well as any new exclusive games from 3rd parties then there would be a lot more to be excited about, at the moment from whats been shown so far theres not much to really get excited about other than the potential of Nintendo finally making HD games.

[Guts]

For me personally, simply having a Nintendo console HD is exciting news - it finally means i get to play Mario and Zelda n HD - a childhood dream finally, FINALLY coming true...

You had dreams about HD TVs as a child when others were happy playing 8-bit games on 14" CRTs? Are you a psychic by any chance, Adam?

[charlesr]

I think Adam dreamt about being Link. Seeing Link in HD is a good 2nd though.

[Adam Stone]

haha - you know what i mean ;-)

And i STILL dream about being Link! Hell yeah

[GluedOnBeard]

The ports may seem depressing but they will be quite a few people out there who only owned a wii and then will be stepping up to a Wii U so it is good to see that everyone will have the same chance to play some great titles.

[Neon Ignition]

http://the-magicbox.com/

Apparently CVG has reported that the EU release will be before the 22 November

[charlesr]

wwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttttttttt tttttttttttttttttt fffffffffffffgggggggggggggggg? 22nd Nov?
Obviously "out now for Christmas" but.... where's the hype? Will anyone notice?

Maybe they are counting on a recession. Everyone will buy a "cheap" WiiU for Christmas and then not have any money to buy other consoles, thus winning the race immediately.