I'm expecting $500-$600 Australian, and that's compared to some of the launches of other consoles.

$400-$600

That's pretty drastic, no? Remember how Nintendo said they wouldn't make the same mistake again?

I'm thinking $250-$300. I know that's pretty low for a console like the Wii U with the controller and all, but Nintendo's probably gonna do like Sony (and the 3DS?) and make it up on software sales.

http://www.neogaf.co...33#post39320033

http://www.game.no/a...ntendo_Wii.html

4888 NOK.

"But Wix, why should I even care about the NORWEGIAN price?"

Well, you see, GAME sold the Nintendo 3DS for 2499 NOK when it launched. The price is exactly doubled for the Wii U. If this price is not a placeholder, we can assume that the Wii U price will be about double the price of the Nintendo 3DS in other countries, riiiight?

US: $500 (3DS price $250)
GB: £340-460 (3DS price £170-230)
EU: €440 (3DS price €220)
etc....

Thoughts?

Well the PS3 launched at £425/$500 for the 20GB model. The Wii U is more powerful than the PS3, it's innovative, and the controller alone is pretty high-tech. I wouldn't expect something much cheaper than $500.

I don't know

Hurr durr what's a durr?

Five.

How come Link always yells Hiyyaaaaa!!!!

^ From now on I'll call you Hwixter

Can't you call me Hipwix or something? xD I find Hwixter hard to pronounce

I used to like ponies but then they became so mainstream.

Just a suggestion, why not use the 3DS forums Minecraft server and make it a Wii U/3DS Forums server? :3 We need more players over there.

Danger (The Dude) is renting a server which we've been playing on for a while now.

I'm pretty sure Danger is ok with it, but I haven't asked him yet.

Thoughts?

http://3dsforums.com...re-1-8-a-20405/

http//www.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=474760

Now with relocated STICKS! Also, start/select buttons moved, and Wii U logo confirms no name change?

http://thewiiu.com/t...-sticks-return/
you were beaten by 2 minutes.

Try not to get so excited you can't read the "Recent Threads" widget.


The square at the left is the NFC area. The square button next to Power, is interesting though.

At the time I pressed the "New topic" button, the other thread hadn't been created yet. I'm posting from my mobile, so I'm kinda slow.

On topic; the button next to the power button could be for syncing?

Maybe it's just the older than the old version. Just look at the patent for that one:

Can't someone just find the patent document and read what the deal with the new button is? I would, but I don't have access to a computer right now.

Also, someone mentioned that the NFC heart in the Rayman Legends trailer was put directly on the screen and not next to it. That's because the trailer was an internal concept video, basically saying "Hey, look what we can do with this." They were using an old devkit.

Crap, this wasn't here when I posted the other thread.

Anyway, Nintendo did something right! Yay!

But then again, the name remains unchanged, so they failed when it comes to that.

I think it'll be something similar to the 3DS, with the bottom screen being on the controller and the upper screen being on the TV.

I don't like the idea of using a town as the menu though, as it would take to long to do anything. Having to walk around for 10 seconds to open the eShop has to be a little annoying.

How about custom or free downloadable menus!? People who can code can develop their own ideas and design menus that you can download from the Wii U Store; free.

Ehm, I really wouldn´t get my hopes up.

TBH I'd prefer something less... overwhelming. That's the impression I get from some of the concepts. Seen the PS3's menu? Simple. Organized. Beautiful.

This has absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH FREE SPEECH. Free speech is about expressing your opinion by talking. It does not have anything to do with pictures of Muhammed having sex with a pig. I agree with the fact that it's wrong of some muslims to kill people for doing unacceptable things regarding their religion, but on the other hand, people should know better. The fact that some muslims kill people who humiliate their religion does not mean they're preventing freedom of speech - it has nothing to do with that. They're simply protecting their religion. Again, I do not support this in any way, but I understand it, and you should also understand how most muslims take their religion more serious than most people in the western word.

Those 4chan dicks make me feel ashamed and angry for living in such a society, and I can't see how anyone can support them.

Your computer isn't the Internet, mate.

Or is it!?

Thee Things I hate about the internet. I wasnt really asking you.

o.O

• People who can't handle the fact that other people have other opinions, which brings us to...
• ...console wars, which brings us to...
• ...fanboys who instead of loving a brand, hate all others.
• People who make a big deal out of small things (these people are not only found on the internet, btw...) like being first on a video, article, etc. And not only the thousands who all type in "1sdtdts!" as a comment, but also those who decide to call them ogres, etc, instead of just ignoring it.
• Grramar natsiisisssi.
• ppl wh0 typ l31k d1s l0lzz
• Racists. As an example, people on 4chan are mocking religious beings, especially those of Islam, by writing things about them or posting images of them doing stuff that can seem, and is, extremely offensive. Dicks.

Negative people also annoy me, so I'm gonna stop now.

It's not only 4chan, you ever hear of draw Muhammad day? It about showing that Islam is not safe from criticism and the people shouldn't be so affected. It's a failure of a religion if the worshipers cannot stand outsiders. I don't see Christians in an uproar if someone draws Jesus having sex with a pig.
If protecting your religion is killing others for depicting your profit as carp, then you're unfit to live in this current era. It's not that Muslims don't take their religion more seriously, they fail to see that we don't believe in their religion, they cannot say we are all infidels.

Muslim extremists do not kill because of criticism, or because people disagree with their religion. How is drawing their prophet criticism? It's a difference between criticizing and humiliating. The Bible does not forbid you to depict Jesus in any form. The Quran, however, forbids this, and everyone knows that. When people still chose to draw caricatures of Muhammed, that's not criticizing Islam. That is humiliating Islam. And of course some extremists will react to that. But keep that in mind - not every muslim goes around killing people for doing these kinds of things. There are some extremists, like in every other religion, but these are in very few numbers.

Also, you can't say that Islam kills people for empowering women. The fact that women are put lower in the society than men in some countries has nothing to do with Islam, it has something to do with the traditions in the countries - where it has always been normal for women to stay at home, make food, take care of the kids, clean, etc, while the men are out getting food.

In Norway where I live, and a lot of other countries, the US is known for being racist, however, I've always thought that only applied to a few people, and that the US was not any worse than any other countries. I'm not calling you racist by any means, but I certainly hope not your way of thought is universal in the US, cause that's where you're from, right? That would simply show how little you know about other countries and cultures.

Nintendo 6
Nintendo U
Nintendo Stream

I'd be happy with any of those. I just really hope they'll drop Wii out of the name. The Wii has an image you know, it's the console for casual gamers. If Nintendo wants to attract a new hardcore audience, they shouldn't name it Wii U. It's not hardcore enough.

Nintendo ID is too similar to PSN ID. Network Name and Mii Tag sound pretty good to me.

- Some folk at Retro Studios wanted to develop a new ip that involved 3rd person sci-fi action with intense aerial combat.
- Others apparently were leaning towards taking the Star Fox helm.

- Nintendo sees Retro Studios as a very competent developer and worked with them in creating the hybrid title of Star Fox – Metroid: Fusion Saga.

- The title has multiple gameplay mechanics and needed a wide staff of talent to incorporate the many ideas.

- The story begins as you control Fox McCloud and the Star Fox team on deep space mission in your Arwing, flying through a Meteos-like stage. As you enter a light speed warp, there’s a collision with an
orange ship (Samus’) and the game continues with you now plummeting to a planet as Samus in her craft. You’re in mild control of her ship, using the Wii U controller to look around and touch screen press
the lit up buttons to prepare for impact (while the TV stays locked on what you see out of the cockpit). You’re now on land, as a “yet again” stripped down Samus Aran with the most basic of weapon abilities, in first person perspective, traversing through this unknown planet.

- The game switches off between intense Arwing space and planetary battles as Fox makes his way to the planet that Samus crashed on and a Metroid Prime-like experience of gameplay as Samus on this planet, gradually uncovering its mysteries, leveling up, etc.

- The Star Fox stages represent what the series is best known for, including the chatter and coming to the aid of the rest of your team, all range mode battles, and on rails stages.

- The Metroid part of the game puts you alone, void of human or any talking character contact, and like the Prime series, sees you gaining upgrades, battling bosses, and in this case, repairing your ship.

- The game is said to be epic in size, scope, ambition.

- The pacing has been perfected to not interrupt what the feeling is behind either franchise, since Star Fox is more often known for being acceptable to have short sessions with and Metroid rather the opposite. You can opt to continue playing either just Samus’ part or Fox’s part without crossing over for much of the main game (or play it as it’s scripted back and forth), but will eventually have to complete both, as the characters will ultimately meet up.

- There will be later parts in the game where you do get to control Samus’ ship and fly it Star Fox style.

- Likewise, Fox McCloud will be controllable by foot (both the above and this bullet point represent a period in the game after the two sides meet up) and be played via 3rd person perspective. Think of Jet Force Gemini with Fox’s known agility as he’s portrayed to having in the Smash Bros. series. (Fox will move more like Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden and less like he did in Star Fox Adventures).

- Though a tentative title, the idea behind the story of “Fusion Saga” is both a play on the fact that the two series are fusing together into one game and of course, a storyline behind Andross using Metroids to enhance himself, his army, etc.

- Star Fox – Metroid: Fusion Saga is wholly a satisfying adventure game as Samus, an equally electrifying aerial combat game as Fox, and something that delivers an exciting, special change that fans will love.

- In consideration was the Star Fox portion having 4 player co-op online, but instead the game will have leaderboards for time and percent complete for all parts of the game and multiplayer will be simply versus mode based.

http://paulgalenetwo...id-fusion-saga/

As always, take this with a grain of salt. We'll know in a couple of weeks whether this is true or not.

Paul Gale from Paul Gale Network who broke the news is the same guy that reported a new TMNT a while back, and also the new Sony fighter. The latter turned out to be true.

So, if this rumor turns out to be true, what are your thoughts on it?

The fact that Nintendo's finally implementing some of the features that have been available for years on the HD consoles (which attracts more devs ^^).

I actually really liked Twilight Princess. It was the first Zelda game I played, and it just felt special to me.