Wii U

[MelonBread975]

Can't believe that there's not a topic about this already. I'm really looking forward to the Wii U.

Since it's finally not underpowered third parties are interested. Value showed interest. I hope they port the orange box to Wii U! O:

[Livin4Jesus]

That...That would be amazing if they ported Orange Box. Portal FTW! (I still haven't played that game. >.<)
The Wii U looks like it might be the start of a new line of portable gaming consoles... I bet it costs a LOT of money...
Let's see... The Wii was originally $250... I'm thinking between $300 and $350 before Nintendo decides to drop the price. Probably the original price of the Wii ($250) when they drop the cost.
Man, that would be awesome to play SSBB on the go... O.O

Portable XBox 360! O_O

[MelonBread975]

Portable? lolwut.

[Tac]

I want a Wii U

[MelonBread975]

It comes out this holiday season.
I'm pre-ordering mine as soon as possible.

[Livin4Jesus]

Crap, now I'm torn between a 3DS and a Wii U. >.<
I'm gonna wait for a while and see if t's even worth it...

[MelonBread975]

I'm pretty sure the Wii U will be worth it, because Nintendo's working really hard on it and they're trying to not make the mistakes they made with 3DS.
Can't you just get it for Christmas or something? :P

[Livin4Jesus]

I suppose...
Plus, that's probably around the time they'll drop the price.

[MelonBread975]

But the console comes out during the holiday season! And a price drop will take years to happen. Nintendo cut 3DS' price because they were making a massive profit off of it, and there wasn't room for competition. They're making a loss on it now, and they're going to sell the Wii U at a loss, just like Sony did with PS3.

[Joshi]

I dunno about the Wii U.

It's gonna be comparable to the 360/PS3, but.. everyone already has one of those, so most people aren't going to care too much, save the Nintendo fanboys. It need to be more than just "comparable." It needs to be better than. It also still needs to cost somewhere between $250 and $350, otherwise.. might as well just get 360/PS3!

There's also the problem of product identity. For the last few years consumers have been blasted with ads for the "Playstation Move" or the "Xbox Kinect." Both add-ons for existing consoles. People are going to assume (people ALREADY ARE assuming) that it's merely an add-on for the current Wii. The fact that the console itself looks similar isn't helping, because even people who should know their stuff are thinking it's just the normal Wii.

Plus, consider that the people who made the Wii a success, the casuals, the non-gamers.. they're going to look at this and ask, "Why?" They're going to say "My Wii can already play Zumba, why do I need a new one?" They're going to wonder why anyone thinks we need more polygons in games. They're not going to understand, and they're not going to want to buy.

[Livin4Jesus]

Honestly, the idea of a portable Wii seems...stupid. Battery would drain very quickly, it would probably be quite heavy, it looks pretty big... And who the heck carries around Wii games?! -.-
That's like making a portable XBox 360. It's just...no. Just...no.

[Joshi]

It's not portable. Where did you even get the idea that it is?

[MelonBread975]

How the heck is it portable.

Also, Joshi, nobody really knows about the Wii U's power, but there are rumours that it's significantly more powerful than PS3/XBOX 360, and that it's been modifyed to run the Unreal Engine 4. They're just rumours, but it would be extremely smart of Nintendo to do that. We'll just have to wait until E3 to see what it's really capable of, because the Wii U shown at E3 2011 is probably going to be pathetic compared to the finished version.

[Livin4Jesus]

I...wait...WHA---*dead*

I figured it was portable, since it had a built-in controller and LCD screen...

[MelonBread975]

Nintendo specifically said it was not portable, as much as the controller seems to be.
The controller gets all of its information through Near Field Communication streamed from the console. All of the processing happens in the Wii U console, would be sitting somewhere near your TV, connected via HDMI, and plugged into an AC outlet.

The controller acts as a secondary display and input device. Like any other wireless controller, if you go out of range, it won't work.