Nintendo: Wii U takes social gaming further than Wii
Nintendo believes the Wii got the ball rolling in a big way when it comes to social gaming. With Wii U, however, the company wants to take this a step further.
Before leaving Nintendo UK, David Yarton spoke about Wii U’s social aspects, noting how “the extra screen can bring someone in, and get them involved, but give them either a very different or subtly different experience.”
Yarton explained:
“Nintendo is always looking at how it can make the game experience much better for people. With Wii U we are still looking at the social aspect of gaming. Wii games got the family playing, and got people that didn’t usually play up and having a go. Wii U takes that further. The extra screen can bring someone in, and get them involved, but give them either a very different or subtly different experience. It changes how, in a multiplayer scenario, they interact. You can see it when people play. That’s the real pleasure of it.”
