Wii U

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I think most of us assumed this to be the case, but since Activision has been really shoddy with announcing Nintendo-related news for Call of Duty in the past, CoffeeWithGames asked them specifically. Here’s their first response:

“Black Ops is shipping for 360, PS3, Wii U and PC.”

After being prodded one more time about the issue, here’s what the said:

“In terms of Nintendo products, Black Ops II will just be on the Wii U.”

So that’s that! If you want a CoD fix on a Nintendo console this year, you better get a Wii U!

Via CoffeeWithGames

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“I think that the Wii was so revolutionary that it took the market by surprise…. That thing just exploded because it was a brand new way of playing videogames, completely new. The Wii U feels more evolutionary, the idea of this SmartGlass thing that Microsoft talked about was attractive and I think it will do good numbers. But if you’re saying, will it sell in the first 36 months what the Wii did, I think that might be a challenge because the Wii just exploded. Sometimes you like that, sometimes you actually don’t.

“You want to build a steady community that is sticky and stays with you, and doesn’t treat the Wii as we’re now seeing — there’s a lot of Wiis in the world, most of which sit on a shelf somewhere. You know. And so it was like a meteor that roared across the sky and disappeared. And you look at the industry numbers on it now, year on year the Wii has just dropped, and clearly we don’t make any games for it anymore. It just has not given the level of engagement that you need to have with a console. And that becomes the key. Selling games that are ostensibly offline was fun for a while, but then the connected engagement that we look for and the industry looks for, we couldn’t deliver.

“They made the right moves as far as online connectivity, hard drive space, having the ability to bring external hard drives in there. 32, 64 gigabytes sounds like a lot from when I first joined the industry, but you’ll figure out that takes a lot of hard drive management if you get a lot of games. We will see. But I think they recognize that they need to be part of this connected ecosystem.” – EA COO Peter Moore

I’d say he pretty much hit the nail on the head as far as his “sticky” remarks! A lot of us feel a bit offended when we hear that because we– being a Nintendo fansite– know a lot of people who really enjoy their Wiis. That being said, I think on the whole it really doesn’t have the consistency of the other home consoles. It is being treated as, for lack of a better term, much more of a novelty.

Via NWR, sourced at Wired.

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Nintendo will be showing the first US commercial for the Wii U tomorrow. A message posting on the company’s Twitter account states that the promo will be shown on its Facebook page.

“Here’s a behind-the-scenes photo from our new US Wii U ad campaign. Visit the Wii U FB Page on 11/1 for the premiere!”

The Facebook page can be found here.

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

Patrick, you better get on this!

Sydney Wii U Experience Store
Sydney Plaza – George Street Entrance George Street Sydney 5th November – 9th December

Melbourne Wii U Experience Store
Fountain Gate 352 Princess Highway, Fountain Gate Melbourne 5th November – 9th December

Perth Wii U Experience Pop Up
Perth Cultural Centre, St James Amphitheatre 5th November – 11th November

Gold Coast Wii U Experience Pop Up
Pacific Fair, Site 23 Courtyard 12th November – 17th November

Brisbane Wii U Experience Pop Up
King Georges Square, Area 2 18th November – 23rd November

Adelaide Wii U Experience Pop Up
Rundle Mall, Gawler Canopy 24th November – 29th November

Via NWR

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