Wii U News

According to this last report from 01net, the Wii U is Nintendo’s “best idea in ages”, and Nintendo are confident that they’ll get their current hardware issues fixed.

As for the Wii U, despite its serious problems of development – you can be sure – will be resolved, it is probably the best idea we have had for ages.

The press, like players, do not seem to fully realize the potential of this revolutionary machine. It’s a whole new way to create and play before us. And given the graphics quality achieved by the hardware of the present generation, I think the technical superiority of our future competitors in the market for machinery room will not weigh heavily in the balance, faced with what we will bring in terms of gameplay . U The Wii is the future of gaming. You will not soon realize it!

It’s definitely a more uplifting bit of news than the last piece from 01net, but as with any unsourced rumour, don’t treat it as fact. The same article predicted that Iwata is on the verge of losing his job, and further fueled the rumour that Nintendo would re-release the 3DS with a second Circle Pad next year – both of which don’t exactly sound plausible.

Yasuhiro Wada, the creator Harvest Moon, when talking about the Wii U has said that he has “already thought of a few ways that we could make use of the new controller.” He also provides an example, saying:

…turning on the TV in-game would cause the program to display on the controller. Or maybe it could be an animal’s teeth close-up when you want to give them a good brushing.

That said, he still hasn’t decided if he wants to make Harvest Moon for the Wii U, but it’s good that he’s thinking about it.

According to this report, stemming from 01net who have been reliable in the past, developers for the system are expecting the Wii U to be released in June 2012, which is consistent with their own speculation in the past. That said, there is still word that it could be delayed to September 2012.

It’ll be a while before we know for sure though. Nintendo has already said we will not receive the Wii U release date or price details until 2012.

For those who missed the other gameplay videos of Metro: Last Light THQ has conveniently put together a video showing all three of the videos they released as well as extending the original scenes. As well as this there is an entirely new scene. Metro: Last Light will be gracing the Wii U sometime in 2012.

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Lewis Ward, an analyst of the International Data Corporation (IDC), believes that the console market still has lots of life left, countering many investors’ theories that mobile devices are out to eat Nintendo’s lunch.

Total console hardware and disc-based software revenues are on track to slide a few percent in 2011 compared to 2010. But prognostications that consoles have peaked as a product category are premature.

Furthermore, he sees the next generation of home consoles – which Nintendo will kick off with the Wii U next year – as one that will spark interest in consoles again, and will lead into a new age of “console-centric spending”.

I expect that the launch of the Wii U, a revamped interactive entertainment console from Microsoft in the 2014 timeframe, and the arrival of Sony’s ‘PS4′ circa 2015 – along with more than a few exclusive, innovative games – will help drive a new wave of console-centric spending in the next several years.

This means that Nintendo may potentially hold the keys to the future of the console space. How they handle the Wii U’s launch and lifetime support may play a major factor in determining whether consoles are still a viable market worth pursuing in a few years’ time. They’re confident words, and I hope for the industry’s sake that he’s right.

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Asura’s Wrath, an action game coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next year, has a chance of making it to the Wii U as well, if Capcom’s latest comments are to be believed. They said they’d consider bringing it to the Wii U if enough demand is seen for it on their forums as well as the game’s Facebook page.

Now, the last time Capcom decided to run a fan-fueled project, it came to a grinding, unceremonious halt – many of you are probably still sour about the cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3, and it doesn’t look like it’ll be coming back despite the strong fan movement for it. That said, leaving a comment on the Facebook page takes all of ten seconds, so it might be worth a shot.

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