Tom

Many developers have confirmed the Wii U has a slow CPU, they've had the final development kits since E3.

http://www.slashgear...loper-21248895/
http://www.videogame...n_producer.html
http://arstechnica.c...-with-slow-cpu/
http://www.gameplane...3-and-Xbox-360/

Ah, very nice, butchered articles with cherry picked negative clips. Alow me to insert what was ACTUALLY said.
http://www.slashgear...loper-21248895/

"One of the weaknesses of the Wii U compared to PS3 and Xbox 360 is the CPU power is a little bit less," he said. "So for games in the Warriors series, including Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi, when you have a lot of enemies coming at you at once, the performance tends to be affected because of the CPU.

The cpu is clocked lower. Playing the Nintendo multiples game with the rams clock speed of 800Mhz, Im going to guess its clocked aqround 2.4 Ghz (3x multiplier). That means less flops, which is the only thing the ps3 and 360 can do without crapping the bed, so all games are designed around it. Wii u's cpu is strong in General processing tasks, like cpu's are supposed to be. That means you cant simply port 360/ps3 games to wii u, without relying on how the wii u can handle flops and simd loops, you have to redesign it for the system, which no port team has the resources or knowledge to do. Oh no Im not done, this is just the pre strike. Now Im going to post the quote that was left out of NINETY PERCENT OF THE REPOSTED NEWS STORIES because it didnt paint the controvertial image of wii u power the site wanted for clicks.

"With the Wii U being new hardware, we're still getting used to developing for it, so there are still a lot of things we don't know yet to bring out the most of the processing power. There's a lot that still needs to be explored in that area."

Yeah. Not in the article you posted is it? Wonder why.

http://www.videogame...n_producer.html

I cant believe you posted this. Harada went apehorse scat* all over twitter stating how his words were changed from the interview to give a slant to the article he never intended. He got the original interview taken down and an apology issued. We were laughing about this for weeks.


http://arstechnica.c...-with-slow-cpu/

Are you serious? This is a repost of the first story from a different site.

http://www.gameplane...3-and-Xbox-360/

Okay, seriously dude, youve used the SAME EXACT STORY three times. All three of your articles conveinently removed the fact they explained their problems were because they didnt know how to use the wii u cpu yet.

So you have a team that admits they havent figured the cpu out yet, and another one where the interview raged about his words being changed. Great stuff.

Someone post the Shin en cpu interview, Im tired of doing it.

I was wondering, being that the Wii U is the first console I've ever preordered other than a handheld, I'm really curious because consoles tend to have a bigger launch. Would anyone care to enlighten me on what to expect? I plan on going to a midnight release just for the fun of it. Any precautions I should take, or some advice? Any would be appreciated. Thanks.

I've waited in line for midnight launches and camped out over night to get new consoles...several times. You will want to get there early. Figure the average chain to get 40-60 Wii U consoles..could be more or less. If you drive or have someone driving you and they are willing to take you to scope it out...drive by and check out for a line earlier. Some places will have people out in line all day...or if its in a Walmart they will be inside the electronics area since many are open 24/7. Worst feeling ever is to get there like an hour to a half an hour early only to be greeted by 50 people already there.

Step 1: Scope out the line of where you plan on going throughout the day if you have the time and a car/ride

I've never waited in line with anyone..always by myself, but every launch had some really cool people I made friends with in line and hung out with while waiting.

Also is you are going to be in line a prolonged period of time...3+ hours..you may want some munchies and drink....even if you just stuff a can or 2 of mountain dew in pockets and have a small bag of doritos...you will be thankful!

Now....this is important....depending on retailers..they do things differently...some of them will come out and hand out tickets to those in line...so if there are 80 people..and 50 consoles..they will hand them out from the beginning to end of the line. If you get a ticket..just wait for the doors to open and your good to roll. Some places are nice and will come out before hand to tell you how many systems they have.

Other places will do first come first serve...now...this is hit or miss depending on the location and if you have a bunch of jerks in line....waiting in line for the Gamecube..everyone was really cool and just filtered in single file. I've heard stories of other places being quite chaotic..but Nintendo fans are pretty cool..so I wouldn't be worried.

For me its a pretty fun experience...so I mean..not much to do but ..

Step 1: Scope out the line early - if no one is there don't worry....check it out often if its close to check when a line forms...
Step 2: Get in line - preferably with munchies and a drink...bring a lunch bag or something with a sandwich or snacks.
Step 3: Wait patiently and talk it up with fellow Nintendo fans
Step 4: Get super excited ...cause its the Wii U!
Step 5: Go into the store at Midnight.
Step 6: Get your Wii IJ
Step 7: Dance in the parking lot singing your newly acquired Wii U song
Step 8: Go home
Step 9: Play until you fall asleep with the controller in your hand

Hey guys today I decided to make a design for our beloved Forum for fun. I tried to keep it nice and simple in design. If you may have noticed I added a big spot to feature Wii U games because I think it's nice for people to find out about new games, and also be a little different every time. It's still a WIP and I'll be changing some things and adding some themed icons tomorrow where you see the empty spaces next to the Sections. Example: "Wii U Hardware" will have the Wii U console as an icon and "Wii U Games" will have the Gamepad as an icon. Maybe if I spend more than a day on it I can make it look nicer.

Tell me what you guys think about the design and what you think I should change. Don't take this too serious I did this for fun and practice.


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Since you are down here I might as well tell you I'm not making a Pony version. Sorry if I broke your heart.