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[djlewe78]

I read online (dont reply source, souce, look it up) that nintendo is looking at bringing casual mobile gaming to the wii u by tempting devs with suport getting there software on the e shop.
It apears to have met a lot of critasism but admit it, being able to swap from playin blops 2 to bejewled or words with friends before watching love film doesnt seem like a bad thing to me.
Just hope they dont make £2.00 games ,£10.00 games.

[Alecrein]

I don't think it is a bad thing either. However over saturation, like the mobile marketplace, will make most gamers steer clear. I think the Mobile Market has a lot to offer console and pc gaming but the current setup for the mobile market of flooding consumers with apps and games daily or even hourly makes me hate it. Some people like a vast selection, but to me that is wasted time searching through a ton of trash for a gem.

[MorbidGod]

Source http://www.inquisitr...one-apps-rumor/

[djlewe78]

I don't think it is a bad thing either. However over saturation, like the mobile marketplace, will make most gamers steer clear. I think the Mobile Market has a lot to offer console and pc gaming but the current setup for the mobile market of flooding consumers with apps and games daily or even hourly makes me hate it. Some people like a vast selection, but to me that is wasted time searching through a ton of trash for a gem.

I don't think it is a bad thing either. However over saturation, like the mobile marketplace, will make most gamers steer clear. I think the Mobile Market has a lot to offer console and pc gaming but the current setup for the mobile market of flooding consumers with apps and games daily or even hourly makes me hate it. Some people like a vast selection, but to me that is wasted time searching through a ton of trash for a gem.

Alecrein, on 13 May 2013 - 01:06 AM, said:I don't think it is a bad thing either. However over saturation, like the mobile marketplace, will make most gamers steer clear. I think the Mobile Market has a lot to offer console and pc gaming but the current setup for the mobile market of flooding consumers with apps and games daily or even hourly makes me hate it. Some people like a vast selection, but to me that is wasted time searching through a ton of trash for a gem.

Alecrein, on 13 May 2013 - 01:06 AM, said:I don't think it is a bad thing either. However over saturation, like the mobile marketplace, will make most gamers steer clear. I think the Mobile Market has a lot to offer console and pc gaming but the current setup for the mobile market of flooding consumers with apps and games daily or even hourly makes me hate it. Some people like a vast selection, but to me that is wasted time searching through a ton of trash for a gem.

Source http://www.inquisitr...one-apps-rumor/

i clearly cant use this on a crap phone

[Nollog]

Nintendo never had anything against casual games?

[Julio93]

Weeeellll there have been other people saying moblie gaming will somehow 'kill' next gen consoles.

[Rockodoodle]

If it helps Nintendo gain traction, it might not be a bad idea.....  I have a Galaxy Tab- games are okay, but I like the Wii U b/c it's more geared for interaction with people- tablet more solo/portable....

 

 

 

Weeeellll there have been other people saying moblie gaming will somehow 'kill' next gen consoles.

 

Weeeellll there have been other people saying moblie gaming will somehow 'kill' next gen consoles.

[tboss]

i can see many working, it will help but i dont think it will help much, Y would you play a phone game on a consul when there are so much better things on it. will help more if wiiU doesnt get games.

[storabajskorven]

I think it's a bad thing image-wise for a few reasons. First of all, bad games give a console bad reputation, even if there are also good games for it. It's better if there are 20 good games and 10 bad games available than 21 good games and 10 000 bad games. Secondly, a kid will have a harder time asking their parents for a good game when it costs 10 times as much as other games available, crappy as they may be. Thirdly, I don't think Nintendo want people to think of the Wii U as a console for mobile games. 

[BobbyRiddle]

Nintendo should take the energy that they are using on the mobile game market to woo developers that make games for the CONSOLE market.  Doesn't Nintendo already have a very viable mobile device in the 3DS.  The last time I checked it has pushing 20m in sales.

I think it's a bad thing image-wise for a few reasons. First of all, bad games give a console bad reputation, even if there are also good games for it. It's better if there are 20 good games and 10 bad games available than 21 good games and 10 000 bad games. Secondly, a kid will have a harder time asking their parents for a good game when it costs 10 times as much as other games available, crappy as they may be. Thirdly, I don't think Nintendo want people to think of the Wii U as a console for mobile games. 

 It is terrible for their image because it implies that they don't have much going with the developers and publishing houses that matter to console gamers.

[routerbad]

Nintendo should take the energy that they are using on the mobile game market to woo developers that make games for the CONSOLE market. Doesn't Nintendo already have a very viable mobile device in the 3DS. The last time I checked it has pushing 20m in sales.


It is terrible for their image because it implies that they don't have much going with the developers and publishing houses that matter to console gamers.

That's the idea, give them the ability to easily port their current games, and in not too long they'll be looking to make games specifically for WiiU using the same HTML5 language

[BobbyRiddle]

That's the idea, give them the ability to easily port their current games, and in not too long they'll be looking to make games specifically for WiiU using the same HTML5 language

 

I guess it's possible......or you end up with that library of 10,000 crappy games that others have suggested.

[Fig]

Angry Birds might break Miiverse.

[routerbad]

I guess it's possible......or you end up with that library of 10,000 crappy games that others have suggested.

It's a simple matter to put them in a separate subcategory on the eShop, though, and having that library would steal the thunder from other tablets simply because WiiU can do it better and has better control options. There are tons of iOS games that I would play if the controls didn't suck so hard

[BobbyRiddle]

It's a simple matter to put them in a separate subcategory on the eShop, though, and having that library would steal the thunder from other tablets simply because WiiU can do it better and has better control options. There are tons of iOS games that I would play if the controls didn't suck so hard

 

Well that's true, and that could turn out to be an issue.  iOS games tend to have shoe horned touch controls, and most of those games would be better served with gamepad controls.  It depends on whether the developers will be lazy and just port those shoe horned touch controls over to the WiiU gamepad or whether there will be options for left and right stick controls.  I don't want to feel like I'm playing an iphone game on a 42" TV.....if that perception runs rampant then I'm afraid it will do more harm than good.

[routerbad]

Well that's true, and that could turn out to be an issue.  iOS games tend to have shoe horned touch controls, and most of those games would be better served with gamepad controls.  It depends on whether the developers will be lazy and just port those shoe horned touch controls over to the WiiU gamepad or whether there will be options for left and right stick controls.  I don't want to feel like I'm playing an iphone game on a 42" TV.....if that perception runs rampant then I'm afraid it will do more harm than good.

Obviously games would need to be rescaled, and control support would have to be added, but I'm pretty sure that is exactly why Nintendo released WiiU specific tools for porting mobile apps to the console, it would give them the ability to quickly upscale and sharpen the visuals, as well as add controller support.

[BobbyRiddle]

Obviously games would need to be rescaled, and control support would have to be added, but I'm pretty sure that is exactly why Nintendo released WiiU specific tools for porting mobile apps to the console, it would give them the ability to quickly upscale and sharpen the visuals, as well as add controller support.

If that is the idea I'm all for it then.  However, I still want to see Nintendo reach out to the guys that make games like Terraria, Don't Starve, Hotline Miami, Monaco, State of Decay, and Binding of Isaac.  Fortunately that seems to also be where they are focusing.

[DéliopT]

Aren`t Indies already coming to Wii U?

The news seems to be that Nintendo is offering means to port existing games on iOS to Wii U. If that happens, i got to tell you, there are some really cool games out there that could do well on Wii U. There`s even one that plays like Wind Waker - awesome, right?

 

I hope Nintendo doesn`t stop here and brings Free to play games to Wii U: Ghost Recon Online, Tribes; Ascend, Warface are some good examples.

[routerbad]

Aren`t Indies already coming to Wii U?

The news seems to be that Nintendo is offering means to port existing games on iOS to Wii U. If that happens, i got to tell you, there are some really cool games out there that could do well on Wii U. There`s even one that plays like Wind Waker - awesome, right?

 

I hope Nintendo doesn`t stop here and brings Free to play games to Wii U: Ghost Recon Online, Tribes; Ascend, Warface are some good examples.

They have said that they are making free to play possible on WiiU (I think that was also at GDC) including support for microtransactions.  There is already a game on the eShop like that for 3DS.

[alan123]

i don't want to play angry birds or any rubbish like that !

 

a proper console should have proper full size games !