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Mirroring a sentiment that I think most of us share, the leader of Team Ninja (Yosuke Hayashi) said that consoles will be a part of gaming for a long time:

“I don’t think consoles are going to disappear from gaming. You still have millions of people playing videogames with a controller on a box in front of the TV. Just look at Call of Duty, for example: it’s everywhere. There are millions of people playing it.
“I think people will continue to play games, and as long as the cost of development stays sustainable, and people continue to buy traditional games, then we’ll be here. If only one game sells everything, it will ruin the gaming and console industries completely.

“I think you can compare it to movies. People still go to the cinema after all this time. I don’t know how long cinemas have been around but it’s not like cinemas are completely gone and everyone is watching movies on their TV or smartphone. Yes, you have those new mediums, but the old guy is still there – and I think it’s going to be like that with consoles. I think they will be around for quite a while.”

That movie/cinema analogy is actually pretty good! There’s no doubt that smartphones/tablets/etc will slowly take a larger and larger piece of the market, but I really doubt that they’ll ever match up to the experience we’ve had available on consoles for years…

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo’s approach to voice chat and headsets for Wii U are already making waves. The bottom line is, it’s an unconventional and confusing approach.

When asked to provide a comment about the situation, Nintendo responded with the following:

“Wii U will have in-game chat functionality for select games, including, but not limited to, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Assassin’s Creed III and Mass Effect 3. This feature will be supported by licensed stereo headsets that plug directly into the headphone port of the Game Pad. Licensed headsets are available from Turtle Beach and TRITTON.”

We can only hope that there will be some simpler solution with wireless headsets in the future…

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Twenty characters will be included in Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth. The full listing is below.

1. Black Widow
2. Captain America
3. Doctor Doom
4. Dr. Strange
5. Hawkeye
6. Human Torch
7. Iceman
8. Iron Man
9. Loki
10. Magneto
11. Phoenix
12. Queen Veranke
13. Scarlet Witch
14. Spider Man
15. Storm
16. Super Skrull
17. The Hulk
18. Thor
19. Venom
20. Wolverine

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Yes, you will be able to chat with others on Wii U. That being said, the console’s way of handling this is a bit odd.

In-game voice chat functionality works for “select games”, according to Nintendo. Assassin’s Creed III, Call of Duty Black Ops II and Mass Effect 3 should be included in this.

Now, even though the GamePad features a microphone, you can’t use that for voice chat. You’ll need a third-party solution from Turtle Beach or Mad Catz (Tritton) in order for this to work. Players will need to plug in a headset into the GamePad’s headphone jack.

But let’s say you’re interested in Black Ops II. Furthermore, let’s say that you’d prefer to play with the Pro Controller. What happens then?

Basically, the headset will still need to be plugged into the GamePad even though you’re not using it. It may be possible that you can use a standard set of headphones with a mic to use in conjunction with the GamePad, but this hasn’t been confirmed.

According to Turtle Beach, its own product is wired:

“The Wii U supports Bluetooth and can pair with its own accessories, but the officially licensed headsets we produce and offer are wired and designed for use directly with the [GamePad] tablet.”

Nintendo vaguely commented on the possibility of wireless headsets sometime in the future. It seems as though it could happen through a Bluetooth connection or between a headset and a signal connected plugged into a USB port. For now though, wireless solutions aren’t available.

Finally, here are a few additional tidbits about voice chat on Wii U:

– No universal support for in-game voice chat
– Game-by-game support for in-game chat
– The GamePad mic will not, by default, work as an input for in-game voice chat
– The Wii U will support wired headsets (and possibly mic-enabled headphones), but only through the Wii U GamePad
– No news yet about whether wireless headsets can or will be supported

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Capcom will be bringing the 3DS version of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate to the eShop next month. The game will be available on December 6 for 3,400 yen.

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Nintendo has issued a statement regarding the situation surrounding Foxconn’s employment of children.

The electronics maker admitted yesterday that it “had found some interns at a plant in Yantai, in northeastern Shandong province”, who “were under the legal working age of 16.”

Here’s the statement in full:

“Nintendo is in communication with Foxconn and is investigating the matter. We take our responsibilities as a global company very seriously and are committed to an ethical policy on sourcing, manufacture and labor. In order to ensure the continued fulfillment of our social responsibility throughout our supply chain, we established the Nintendo CSR Procurement Guidelines in July 2008. We require that all production partners, including Foxconn, comply with these Guidelines, which are based on relevant laws, international standards and guidelines. If we were to find that any of our production partners did not meet our guidelines, we would require them to modify their practices according to Nintendo’s policy. For more information about Nintendo’s Corporate Social Responsibility report, please visit http://www.nintendo.co.jp/csr/en/index.html.”

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