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It was nothing but gloom and doom for Nintendo before the Wii launched. The company is finding itself in a similar situation with Wii U.

Colin Sebastian, an analyst for Robert W. Baird & Co., believes that the console will not easily attract the attention of mainstream consumers. Sebastian believes that the core Nintendo fanbase will be interested in Wii U and boost sales, but the looming announcements of Microsoft and Sony’s next-gen consoles could have a negative impact.

“We remain concerned that Nintendo is missing an opportunity to build greater mindshare ahead of the [supposed] Wii U launch on November 18. While initial strong sales are likely given the Nintendo fanbase, we believe there may be a narrow window of opportunity to generate broad consumer interest before next-gen Microsoft and Sony platforms are announced in [first half of 2013] and launch in Q4 2013.”

Sebastian also mentioned that he expects Nintendo to announce a Wii U price point in the range of $249-$299. The news will be shared during a press event in New York City on September 13.

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Eurogamer posted a new article today about the Wii U’s specs. While not confirmed by Nintendo, the site spoke to a number of developers who provided a look at some of the hardware’s aspects.

This is what Eurogamer was told about the CPU, RAM, and GPU:

The CPU: The Wii U’s IBM-made CPU is made up of three Power PC cores. We’ve been unable to ascertain the clock speed of the CPU (more on this later), but we know out of order execution is supported.

RAM in the final retail unit: 1GB of RAM is available to games.

GPU: The Wii U’s graphics processing unit is a custom AMD 7 series GPU. Clock speed and pipelines were not disclosed, but we do know it supports DirectX 10 and shader 4 type features. We also know that eDRAM is embedded in the GPU custom chip in a similar way to the Wii.

Believe me when I say that there’s a whole lot more on Eurogamer. There’s a ton of developer commentary from studios including Blitz Games, Two Tribes, and more. You can view the entire article here.

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It’s another dark day for Nintendo magazines.

Nintendo Gamer, a long-running magazine in the UK, has sent out its last issue. As was the case with Nintendo Power, Future Publishing has terminated the publication. Its writers will be shifted to other areas of Future, and the companion website will remain online, according to the company.

Nintendo Gamer publisher Lee Nutter said the following about the situation:

“After careful consideration we’ve taken the decision to close Nintendo Gamer magazine. However, with Future’s ongoing strategy to drive digital growth across its international, digitally-focussed brand business, the website, Nintendo-Gamer.net will continue as excitement builds ahead of Nintendo’s Wii U launch.”

Super Play artist Wil Overton made a special edition commemorative cover for the final issue.

Editor Nick Ellis said:

“We’ve tried to give Nintendo Gamer a fitting send-off and this issue is dedicated to all of our loyal readers from over the years. We hope they enjoy it.”

Along with the special cover, the latest Nintendo Gamer features a 22-page write-up on the magazine’s cover history and comments from past editors.

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SEGA and Gearbox Software provided the first information on a new multiplayer mode for Aliens: Colonial Marines today.

In Escape mode, a team of four US Colonial Marines players takes on four-player Xenomorph team. While the humans look to escape, the Xenomorphs will try to take down their prey as soon as possible. According to SEGA, “players will have to work together as a team, utilizing each faction’s unique skills, and identifying their opponents’ weak spots to either reach the safety of the escape point or to eliminate their targets.”

This is the second competitive multiplayer mode announced for Aliens: Colonial Marines. A competitive death match game mode had been confirmed awhile back.

Source: SEGA PR

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Capcom opened a new Tokyo Game Show 2012 website a short while ago – access it here. For the time being, only the homepage and map/titles list can be accessed.

So far, the following games have been confirmed for the show:

Monster Hunter 4 (playable debut!)
Resident Evil 6
DmC Devil May Cry
Lost Planet 3
E.X. Troopers
Airu De Puzzle

This likely isn’t the final lineup. Capcom may have a couple of games to add prior to the start of TGS 2012.

Thanks to 4Him for the tip.