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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

Peter Molyneux has all of the respect in the world for Nintendo, but he isn’t sold on the company’s newest console. Speaking with GamesIndustry, the Fable creator said Wii U is “good, but it’s not great.”

Molyneux feels that the two screen approach is “slightly confusing as a consumer.” He also seemed a bit down on the technology powering the system.

“I think the Wii U is good, but I don’t feel it’s great. I’ve played the experience, I’ve played Nintendo Land, I’ve played ZombiU, and they’re good. I find holding the device in my hand–looking up at the screen and looking down at the device–slightly confusing as a consumer. It’s good, but it’s not great. And we really need these new pieces of hardware to be great in today’s world, because the competition is not just consoles anymore. The competition is everything, all the technology. When you’re holding a Kindle Fire or an iPad in your hand, it’s just amazing technology. It really is. It’s expensive, but it’s amazing technology. And people like Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft need to match that. They need to match that in my mind, and exceed it. And I’m not sure the Wii U really did that.”

Molyneux may have his doubts when it comes to Wii U, but again, he has high praise for Nintendo in general.

“I’ve got unvelievable respect for Nintendo. They created our industry in a very real sense. I can remember everybody in the industry laughing and giggling about how stupid the Wii was, what a stupid name it was, and who would want motion control. And then it went on to sell what, 60, 70 million copies? It got people who never considered computer games to play them.”

Molyneux did make sure to point out his interest in Wii U’s asymmetric gameplay and attraction of its indie games. Because of the Wii’s huge success, Molyneux thinks it’s possible that his expectations could have been set too high. And in the end, Molyneux has “enduring faith” in Nintendo.

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A Ubisoft survey is floating around, which may give some insight into the company’s immediate plans for the Assassin’s Creed series.

One of the questions nabbed from the survey asks about the possibility of co-op play. The survey suggests that a separate player could jump right into your single-player campaign to provide assistance. It also asks about interest in another Assassin’s Creed game if it were to release next year.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments

There is an amazing little video game fact buried in the ZombiU Iwata Asks that has gone unnoticed, for the most part.

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, formerly the president of HAL, revealed how the company was named after IBM. He said that “HAL was named as such because each letter put us one step ahead of IBM”.

Here’s the relevant blurb from the discussion:

Iwata:

I feel like we were thinking in just the same way, but in totally different countries. (Laughs) I also started from a very small software development company.

Yves:

We were inspired to aim big by the small yet dynamic world that was the early days of the gaming industry.

Iwata:

We were exactly the same in that sense. Ubisoft was named after Ubiquity because you wanted to be everywhere in the world and HAL was named as such because each letter put us one step ahead of IBM! (Laughs)

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

There are a whole bunch of quotes from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata below. You’ll find talk about Wii U’s day-one update, which Iwata regrets, Zelda and Mario for Wii U, working with third-party developers and publishers, and more.

Head past the break for the quotes. Believe me, you’ll want to read this stuff.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 0 comments

Barnes & Noble posted the cover for The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Limited Collector’s Edition. Take a look at the image below:

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The gold nunchuck has sold out on Club Nintendo twice now. Those who missed out on the reward will be pleased to hear that the reward will come back in stock for a third time in 2013. A specific date hasn’t been announced, but Nintendo of America’s Twitter account stated that it will be back “after the New Year.”

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The gold nunchuck is already sold out on Club Nintendo. If I’m remembering correctly, it went off the site much quicker than the first time the reward was made available. Hopefully those who were interested in the special nunchuck submitted their orders yesterday…

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Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Before you scroll past because you have no idea what that is, Kunio-kun is the Japanese name for the series that spawned River City Ransom, Super Dodgeball, and Nintendo World Cup. So what does it mean that a teaser page for the series has been put up by Arc System Works?

It’s hard to say, but the last game released in this conglomerate series was a remake of Renegade on 3DS last year. That game has yet to come out outside of Japan.

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Dark Horse has officially confirmed The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Collector’s Edition (or limited edition – a couple of names are being thrown around) yesterday. It will be a truly limited item, as only 4,000 copies will be produced.

As we mentioned a couple of days ago, it includes a special faux-leather hardcover and gold gilded pages.

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Collector’s Edition will officially ship on February 12. Most retailers will be selling the art book for $69.99.

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