What I remember from what I was watching on gamespot is that what they're saying is that the battery life will be comparable to the PSP, though they aren't giving any specifics at the moment. Hopefully you can change the screen brightness like on the original PSP to help conserve battery life.Macrobstar said:
E3: Wii U Lineup Impresses
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I don't find that lineup at all impressive... We've got multiplatform games and weird games about Miis? Oh, I can play Super Mario Brothers with a character that looks a bit like myself if I had no fingers, an outrageously sized/shaped head, and well, everything looks different except the hair color... Yeah... I'm not too excited... As someone said earlier... PUT A FUCKIN' STARFOX TITLE IN THE LINEUP IF YOU WANT TO IMPRESS! Seriously... Give us something that we will want to spend the money on it for. It's one of the problems the Wii had when it launched... You got the new Zelda game on both it, and the gamecube... It's a big game that lots of people will want, but you put it on two platforms so that no one has to buy a whole new system to play it. And the controller design looks terribly uncomfortable and impractical. The idea of having a touch screen that you can play games on without having to use your TV is nice, but isn't that EXACTLY WHAT HANDHELD GAMING SYSTEMS ARE FOR? I suppose you can have cool little extras to do on the controller when you're not playing on the system, but the whole point of a console is to play on your giant TV screen with games that are long and complicated and look really pretty! On the up-side, at least they seem to have ditched the damn motion sticks that inspired both competitors to copy, and one of them to at least make unique. But I can't get over the fact that the only launch title, unique to Nintendo, that I have any interest at all in is Lego City. You know something's wrong if a Lego game is the only unique title that seems interesting. Oh, and the Super Smash Bros. 4, but since it doesn't even have a name, just a number, we can't expect it to actually come out with the Wii U, and anyways, SSB needs to end. It had a good run, but when you have to throw in Sonic and Snake just to fill out the roster a little more, you know you've reached the end...
Its a DS were the second screen is your tv. I see potential here the only thing I can say thats really negative is that the controller design does not look comfortable, it looks big and clunky. Oh well they will come out with a classic controller and charge us extra for that.
name, retarded, tech: impressive. controller, stupid & gimmicky. linehup: Holy Shit this sounds awesome
As soon as I heard that, I was like "Nintendo wins".
I loved the screams when they mentioned Arkham City, glad I'm not the only one excited for that game!
As for the actual line-up, I don't know. I'll have all the consoles anyway, so I don't know about if I'm gonna get core stuff for the U (stupid name). It will completely depend on if they do anything interesting with the extra screen, otherwise I'll just choose like I always do, single player for PS3, multi for 360, unless special features.
I loved the screams when they mentioned Arkham City, glad I'm not the only one excited for that game!
As for the actual line-up, I don't know. I'll have all the consoles anyway, so I don't know about if I'm gonna get core stuff for the U (stupid name). It will completely depend on if they do anything interesting with the extra screen, otherwise I'll just choose like I always do, single player for PS3, multi for 360, unless special features.
I'm sold. They had me at new Smash Bros. And that Zelda cinematic took me way back to Spaceworld 2000 days. But...
I wanted F-Zero/Starfox damnit. I'm not a graphics-centric kind of guy, but F-Zero on Wii-U would probably melt my eyeballs. GX is still the best racer ever made.
I wanted F-Zero/Starfox damnit. I'm not a graphics-centric kind of guy, but F-Zero on Wii-U would probably melt my eyeballs. GX is still the best racer ever made.
This is why you're awesome.Greg Tito said:
Yeah, I fail to see anything overly impressive here. Ports of stuff we can already get on consoles we already own and glorified minigames/tech demos doesn't not an impressive line up make. It may appear that at this point the WiiU will be less of a joke than the Wii was, and I do appreciate the full backwards compatibility for peripherals (though that really just means Nintendo will keep gouging you when you buy their old tech just like with their old games), but there really is nothing impressive here unless you're a fanboy of the Nintendo variety.
Welcome to the world of the Nintendo Fanboy. Hope you enjoy your stay.luvd1 said:
I'm not remotely sold on it yet.
The controller seems awkward, the examples shown via the touch screen feel like they will be used on very rarely in reality. Taking your eyes off the TV to manage from a controller interface sounds like taking a step backwards, not forwards. The name is simply awful (not that a name has any bearing at all on my decision to purchase something).
Of course, these are all knee-jerk reactions to what little I've been exposed to up till now. I'm more than willing to give Nintendo time to put my concerns to rest.
The controller seems awkward, the examples shown via the touch screen feel like they will be used on very rarely in reality. Taking your eyes off the TV to manage from a controller interface sounds like taking a step backwards, not forwards. The name is simply awful (not that a name has any bearing at all on my decision to purchase something).
Of course, these are all knee-jerk reactions to what little I've been exposed to up till now. I'm more than willing to give Nintendo time to put my concerns to rest.
I have to admit I was kinda jaded by the Wii and the controller needs work (I think it could still work as smaller, standard shaped controller if executed correctly) but so far I'm relatively impressed. Nintendo seems to be learning it's lesson from the Wii and trying to appeal more too A) it's original audience and B) the people who liked the PS3 and 360 both of which, I feel, are good decisions. It's also good to see that the graphics have caught up with the competitors. Yeah on the surface it's not saying much but considering modern graphics I doubt there's much left to improve and there's a good chance the graphical differences will only be marginally different.
Overall the Nintendo WiiU (seriously?) looks to be, in the words of Starscream:
"Extreeeemely promising."
Overall the Nintendo WiiU (seriously?) looks to be, in the words of Starscream:
"Extreeeemely promising."
Stupid, stupid name, but its looks like it has a lot of potential. With the DS Nintendo have had the last few years of practicing integrating touch controls with games, so I'm not so sure it will be as gimmicky as people seem to be expecting.
As for possibly not being as poweful as the next-gen xbox or PS, who gives a shit, since when did polygons equal more fun. I'll take the chance on something being innovative with new options for gameplay over another Halo with extra shiny textures or a new metal gear with more angst.
As for possibly not being as poweful as the next-gen xbox or PS, who gives a shit, since when did polygons equal more fun. I'll take the chance on something being innovative with new options for gameplay over another Halo with extra shiny textures or a new metal gear with more angst.