Nintendo president Satoru Iwata provided a brief update on Wii U at the company’s latest financial briefing. It sounds like we won’t be seeing the console anytime soon. Iwata told investors that Nintendo “would like to show the final format of the Wii U at the E3 show next year.” This probably is an indication that the console won’t be out until late 2012.

Iwata also said that Nintendo “learned a bitter lesson with the launch of the Nintendo 3DS”. Hopefully this means that they’ll be gearing up for a healthy lineup of launch games and will price the Wii U appropriately.

“We are also planning to launch the Wii U, which is the successor to the Wii, during the next fiscal year. We would like to show the final format of the Wii U at the E3 show next year. As we learned a bitter lesson with the launch of the Nintendo 3DS, we are trying to take every possible measure so that the Wii U will have a successful launch.”

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Nintendo reveals eShop improvements: DLC, demos, PC/smartphone support

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Satoru Iwata has detailed the eShop-related improvements that will be made available through a system update late next month. Iwata primarily discussed DLC, demos and enhancements to the download process. He also teased revealed upcoming PC/smartphone functionality for the shop.

Iwata shared the following information with investors:

– Once a title is released, a developer can add content to it through the eShop
– Nintendo believes more developers will now increase the amount of titles for the shop
– Publishers can provide demos to consumers
– These demos can be limited by the number of trials
– Over one million reviews have been contributed worldwide for titles on the eShop
– Can download software while 3DS is in sleep mode with the update
– This will put an end to users having to wait patiently while several software titles are downloading at the same time or while a title with a large-file size is downloading
– Access eShop through the Web
– This means you can get to the shop on PCs or smartphones
– Nintendo wants to solve the issue of information (including reviews) being restricted to the eShop only
– If a game receives high marks from consumers, a majority of people won’t know about it unless they access the shop on the 3DS; Nintendo wants to change this in the future
– Won’t be able to purchase software directly on your PC/smartphone at the beginning
– Take a photo of a QR code at the eShop by using the 3DS camera
– 3DS will then open that specific page on the eShop
– This function will be included in the system update in November
– Nintendo will allow consumers to buy software directly on their PC/smartphone

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Nintendo release schedule

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

There isn’t anything too shocking here. Kid Icarus: Uprising is due out no later than March in Japan (listed as just 2012 in North America and Europe), Fatal Frame Wii is still included (as TBA) on the schedule, and Fire Emblem 3DS is probably staying in Japan. A whole bunch of third-party games are listed, too.