Nintendo UK executives James Honeywell and Shelly Pearce were in attendance for the Wii U’s launch last night. Of course, the event wouldn’t have been complete without a few interview questions!

Eurogamer spoke with the Honeywell and Pearce just before the console’s official release in the UK. The two commented on Wii U stock, the system’s price, potential confusion that using the Wii’s brand could bring, concerns about a possible price cut in the near future, and targeting the core audience at launch. There’s even some talk about the 3DS as well.

Check out the full Q&A below.

Accessory lets you connect a PS2 controller to Wii U/Wii

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Ever wanted to use a PlayStation 2 controller on a Wii U or Wii? One Japanese company is making this possible.

Datel Japan will release an accessory next month that acts as a PS2 to Wii U/Wii adapter. Simply plug in one end to a Wiimote and the other to a PS2 pad. Then you’ll be good to go! It even includes a Turbo button that could be worthwhile when playing a Virtual Console shooter.

The adapter will be available on December 8 for 1,980 yen.

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Lots of Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 footage

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Aliens: Colonial Marines – “Hadley’s Hope Exterior” concept to game video

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3DS beats out lifetime sales of GameCube, closing in on N64 and SNES

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Nintendo launched the 3DS worldwide in Q1 2011. That’s less than two years ago. Even though the portable hasn’t been around too long, it’s managed to make some impressive strides on the market.

First, the 3DS has already surpassed lifetime sales of the GameCube. It’s also reached two-thirds of the N64’s total sales, and almost half of the SNES’ sales.

Not bad, Nintendo.

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Various Wii U “how to” videos

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Peter Molyneux says Wii U is good, but not great

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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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You can’t register a Nintendo Network ID with the word “Nintendo”

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Many of you probably know at this point that when making a Nintendo Network ID, the account must consist of at least six characters. It also can’t exceed sixteen characters.

But there’s another limitation in place that you may (or may not) be aware of – the Nintendo Network ID you create can’t have the word “Nintendo” in it. We have no idea why this is so, but it is what it is!

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Japan’s ‘Wii Karaoke U’ houses 90,000 songs for pay-by-the-hour singing fun

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Much like a similar Xbox 360 game that came out a couple of weeks ago, Japan is getting a Wii U launch title (downloadable, as far as I know) called “Wii Karaoke U” that gives players access to ninety thousand songs (yes, 90,000) to sing and dance along to, all for the low low fee of several different payment options:

– ¥100 for one hour.
– ¥300 for 24 hours.
– ¥1000 for 30 days
– ¥2000 for 90 days

There’s a microphone/trial disc available for ¥2940, which allows users to play 50 chosen songs for 31 days as much as they want, but you can’t use the trial disc on your Wii U after the 31 day limit is up. You can, however, give it to a friend, since it appears as though your “account” is tied to the console as opposed to the disc.

Sounds like Japan has 1-up’d North America’s SiNG Party…

Via Siliconera