Rumors

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

SEGA has been teasing “Project Omega” with some provocative images for about a week now. The page was updated once more today.

It’s still in a teaser state, but the domain now points to “demon-tribe.com”. And while this tidbit hasn’t been officially confirmed, the site’s source code reveals that the title will be heading to Wii U, PlayStation Vita, and PSP.

That’s a bit of an odd choice of platforms, isn’t it? Hopefully we’ll be learning more soon!

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

You can pre-order a number of Wii U games and accessories off Amazon right now. But as far as the actual console goes? If you want to pick up the system from the retailer… well, you’re out of luck.

Amazon is giving consumers the following message when they ask about Wii U:

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

VGLeaks has posted what could be the final specs for Wii U. Are they the actual specs? We probably won’t know for sure – at least not immediately. We’ll let you make up your own mind for now.

CPU: “Espresso” CPU on the Wii U has three enhanced Broadway cores

GPU: “GPU7” AMD Radeon™-based High Definition GPU. Unique API = GX2, which supports Shader Model 4.0 (DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3 equivalent functionality)

Memory: Mem1 = 32MB Mem2 = 1GB (that applications can use)

Storage: Internal 8 GB with support for SD Cards (SD Cards up to 2GB/ SDHC Cards up to 32GB) and External USB Connected Hard Drives

Networking: 802.11 b/g/n Wifi

Video Output: Supports 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i

Video Cables Supported:

Compatible cables include HDMI, Wii D-Terminal, Wii Component Video, Wii RGB, Wii S-Video Stereo AV and Wii AV.

USB: Four USB 2.0 Ports

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

Nintendo of America will be holding a press conference in New York City this Thursday to reveal various Wii U launch details. It doesn’t sound like a media event is planned for Europe, but there could be a Nintendo Direct.

Nintendo’s Spanish division has supposedly confirmed that the broadcast will be streamed at 4 PM. NOE president Satoru Shibata may be hosting the presentation.

Gamereactor has strangely pulled its original article confirming the news. I’m not sure if that means some information slipped out a bit early, or if the entire story is fake. We’ll try to find out.

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

Capcom may be turning its Monster Hunter franchise into a full-fledged film.

Speaking with Cinema Today, Resident Evil Retribution producer Paul W.S. Anderson revealed that a movie conversion is in the works. The news came about when Anderson was asked about another game that he’d like to transform into a movie.

Anderson stated:

“Recently, I’ve been loving Monster Hunter! A film conversion is currently in planning.”

Capcom hasn’t officially announced a Monster Hunter movie at this time. It’s also unknown if Anderson would be directly involved with the film.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, Rumors | 0 comments

Well, I’d say that this rumor makes a fair amount of sense! I don’t know anything about the techno-jargen, but it seems that the bottom line is that Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land are headed to the 3DS eShop as downloadable titles. Of course this is just a rumor for now, but it’s one that I’d say has a fair bit of clout given the online strategy Nintendo is pursuing.

For those interested, here’s the forum post that the rumor stems from:

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Well I was running my weekly scan of Nintendo’s CDN (the server where Nintendo hosts eShop Titles), and the EUR version of Mario Kart 7’s title ID was added, sometime between now and last thursday.

You might call me wrong, but if you look at the TMD, it says the title has a manual and DLP Child, just like Mario Kart 7. And the NCCH files on CDN are very close to the size of the NCCH files from the EUR version of the ROM:

Executable NCCH: CDN/ROM = 609/611mb
Manual NCCH: CDN/ROM = 2.69/2.52mb
Dlp Child Container NCCH: CDN/ROM = 26.5/26.5mb

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You can actually investigate the truthiness of this claim by downloading the “TMD” yourself.

Via GBATemp, GoNintendo

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

When you think about G4, a few things may come to mind – X-Play, Attack of the Show, American Ninja Warrior, and… lots of old Cops reruns.

Early next year though, the network could be receiving a reboot along with a name change.

Variety is reporting that NBCUniversal, the parent company of G4, will rebrand the channel entirely. Video games would apparently still be featured, but the network would offer a more upscale and stylish format. The goal would be to entire the “modern male”. G4 would also look to go “in a direction reminiscent of GQ”.

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

Capcom published its annual report recently, and it contains a tidbit about Wii U.

A quote from CEO and chairman Kenzo Tsujimoto has been received quite a bit of attention for his remark about the hardware.

I won’t beat around the bush – take a look at the quote below:

“As for the outlook for the next fiscal year, although Nintendo will release the new game console Wii U and the market will be continue to be invigorated by the increase of DLC, time is required before the next generation console cycle begins in earnest.”

It is interesting that Capcom isn’t lumping the Wii U together with other next-gen consoles. Does the company consider it to be a current-gen system?

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Rumors | 0 comments

I’m not actually sure if Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney is covered in the latest Famitsu. However, it does have a substantial ad in this week’s magazine.

You might be wondering why this is important. After solving the ad’s puzzle, one early “Famitsu-getter” believes that the game could release on November 29. That isn’t set in stone just yet though, and we may have to wait just a short while for confirmation.

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

As far as we know, Dragon Quest X will be the only Wii U game to be having a presence at the Tokyo Game Show. Then again, maybe Namco Bandai has something in store.

Japanese blogs have picked up on an interesting discovery on Namco Bandai’s TGS site. The Wii’s file icon is hosted on the company’s server here. After someone added a “u” to the end of that filename, a Wii U icon popped up – view it here.

Namco Bandai does have a couple of games announced for Wii U: Tank! Tank! Tank! and Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Tank! Tank! Tank! has been brought to a variety of trade shows, but the Wii U version of Tekken has not been playable thus far.

Perhaps one of these titles will be a late addition to Namco Bandai’s huge TGS lineup? Maybe they’ll announce something brand new for Wii U – there are more games that have yet to be confirmed? Or perhaps we’ll see nothing at all.  There should be a concrete answer very soon.