Aliens: Colonial Marines Developer Loves the Wii U

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Developer Loves the Wii U



The Wii U gamepad is great for shooters, apparently.

By the way, the Wii U launches later this month, November 18th to be exact. After a big presence at E3 this summer and a few more details this Fall, we've been neck-deep in games like Dishonored, XCOM, and Halo 4 to think about Nintendo's impending console. Well, that hasn't stopped the head of Gearbox Software, Randy Pitchford, talking about how the Wii U and its nifty gamepad with embedded touchscreen is exactly the kind of control system needed for modern shooters.

"This is the best controller Nintendo's ever made for making an FPS," Pitchford said at New York Comic Con when discussing how the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines will use the Wii U. "This is the best controller Nintendo has ever given us for playing hardcore games."

Sony and Microsoft might have something similar down the pipe with initiatives like SmartGlass, but Pitchford said Nintendo is the only hardware-maker that's all in with this technology. "With the Wii U [Nintendo] committed themselves to this promise. So the link is direct, fast and immediate," he said. "Things like SmartGlass and Vita, they appreciate the value of the promise so they're making the promise. But they're not in with such commitment."

Pitchford acknowledged Gearbox may try to use the Vita or Smartglass in Aliens: Colonial Marines, but the Nintendo version will features like a motion tracker and in-game map on the Wii U gamepad out of the box. "Conceivably there's things you can do on all three without negative impact but because of Nintendo's commitment to it there are something's that could work there that just wouldn't work as well with SmartGlass or with the crossplay between PS3 and Vita."

I guess we'll see what happens when the Wii U comes out on November 18th, and when Aliens releases within the fuzzy "launch window" Nintendo says will last several months.

Source: Joystiq [http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/30/aliens-colonial-marines-xenomorphic-perspective-and-wii-u-pote/]

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thiosk

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I said when the game was announced, if I get the classic aliens motion tracker in the game pad, I will buy the console.

Tis is confirmation. Gimme a picture, and I'll buy the damned thing.
 

Mojo

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Sweet, makes me happy to see developers show so much appreciation and interest for the Wii-U. The last few weeks made me go from "not gonna buy" to "considering buying". Gonna wait until Xmas at least though.
 

LostintheWick

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It seems pretty vague on WHY he thinks this new controller setup is the best for hardcore and fps gaming. I would be interested to hear any elaborations on his opinion.
 

Kargathia

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LostintheWick said:
It seems pretty vague on WHY he thinks this new controller setup is the best for hardcore and fps gaming. I would be interested to hear any elaborations on his opinion.
Quite so. Justification for his claims would be quite nice, especially as "best FPS controller from Nintendo ever!" is not exactly that stunning a statement.
 

DrunkOnEstus

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Controller aside, I'm just really happy to see such commitment from third parties this time around. I get the feeling though that he's not referring to the actual moving, aiming, and shooting; but rather the ancillary features like the map and potential screen scanning/tablet interaction. Time will tell, but the window is getting kinda close for developers to be so vague about it.
 

gardian06

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inovation: Ha called it

I really hope that more single player games will use the gamepad in such a way as to allow for things that shouldn't be on the screen to be not on the screen. though the Asymmetric gameplay will be cool to.

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