Another look at the Panorama View/Tokyo Street Wii U demo
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More Wii U talk from Reggie
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Reggie once again seems to hint at some Wii U news before E3. Toward the end of the video, he said, “we’ll share more information between now and E3 and after E3.” Maybe we’ll receive some information during GDC?
Tokyo Street demo footage
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The Tokyo Street demo can be seen right at the beginning of the video. There’s some footage of the Zelda HD experience as well.
A look at Wii U’s “hidden” demo
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Nintendo had a number of Wii U demos on hand at last year’s E3. The company brought along experiences such as Battle Mii, Find Mii, and the Zelda HD display.
There was one additional demo – dubbed by Nintendo fans as the Tokyo Street demo – that only a few journalists seemed to mention. Additionally, no one managed to capture footage of the experience, supposedly due to the fact that it was being shown behind closed-doors.
Thankfully, CES has given the press with more hands-on time with the Wii U. Someone was able to capture a little bit of footage this time around.
The Tokyo Street demo puts the camera a few feet in the air and the viewpoint continuously moves down a street in a linear path – this happens directly on the television. Users are able to get a less restricted look of the area by moving the Wii U controller in all sorts of directions. Players can rotate the tablet, move it up/down (see the sky/more towards the ground), and more. By pressing a button, the Wii U controller essentially becomes a rear-view mirror, letting users see what’s behind them.
You can find a few screengrabs of the Tokyo Street demo in the gallery above. Footage can be found at the 2:38 mark here.
Ninja Gaiden III multiplayer trailer
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New Dragon Quest X details: Turtle God and more
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Square Enix has delivered a slew of new Dragon Quest X details. We learn about the village, the Turtle God, and more.
Today’s new information is as follows:
– “Kame-sama” is the village God (Turtle God)
– Village worships the Turtle God
– People refer to the player as the gift from the Turtle God
– It appears that you have some special power locked within you
– Aba is in service to the Turtle God
– She will deliver his messages to the villagers
– Special light released by the Turtle God leads you to a special shrine, and you begin your journey
– Mysterious stone shown in a screenshot seems to have some sort of hints regarding your humanity
Thanks to 4Him for the tip!
New Dragon Quest X screenshots
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Pachter: Wii U not a next-gen console, Microsoft isn’t afraid
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During a tested.com video show, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter discussed how he doesn’t consider the Wii U to be a next-gen system. He feels that this is one of the reasons that Microsoft isn’t afraid of the console.
According to Pachter, Microsoft views the Wii U “as an Xbox 360 with a tablet controller and is likely going to come out at a higher price point that the 360 at the time.”
His full comments can be read below.
“…And again, I take a lot of shit for this: their next gen system is a current gen system… But people who go, ‘well what are Microsoft and Sony going to do to catch up with Nintendo?’, they don’t care. Microsoft especially is not afraid of the Wii U. They look at the Wii U as an Xbox 360 with a tablet controller and is gonna likely come out at a higher price point that the 360 at the time.”
Earlier this week, Pachter stated that Nintendo will have a difficult time wooing developers to support their upcoming console. He explained that with the new controller, the company has “complicated game design for developers, who can’t figure out if the Wii U will ultimately support only one or multiple controllers.” He declared that Nintendo is “all but assured of limited third party launch support”.
Another look at the Wii U controller from CES 2012
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There’s not much new here, but we get to see the controller again in all of its glory. Nintendo once again said that they’re be detailing the system’s games, features, and more.
