Sure, we all know most of the major news from Nintendo’s E3 2011 press conference: The Wii U was revealed, Luigi’s Mansion and Super Mario hit the 3DS, third-party developers finally got onboard with a Nintendo console… But there was plenty of other Nintendo-related news throughout the week, some of which you might have missed, and you really don’t want to sort through about twenty pages of E3 information here on Nintendo Everything. So here’s some other important things we learned about Nintendo’s games and consoles at E3 2011:
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This information comes from Epic’s Mark Rein…
“I can tell you that I got to see it at E3 and it was what I expected of course. We were very excited to play some of their demos, see how good the feel of the hardware was — it’s a very impressive system and I think it’s gonna do quite well. If Nintendo made a system that could run our engine, we’d be on it like water on fish.’ And so when someone asked me what I thought about the Wii U, I said, ‘Water, meet fish.'”
Rein didn’t explicitly say that Unreal Engine 3 is running on Wii U, but he more or less implied it. Rein has had a longstanding history with the Wii, mainly relating to him saying over the years that the console can’t handle the technology. Now that the Wii U stacks up to other consoles (and perhaps surpasses them in some ways), there’s no way that Unreal Engine 3 couldn’t run on the system.
Very recently, Nintendo registered a ton of domains pertaining to the Wii U and other products. The company now owns sites for New Super Mario Bros. Mii, among others. For the full list, read on below.
– kirbywii.com
– mariobrosu.com
– newsupermariobrosmii.com
– newsupermariobrosu.com
– rhythmheavenwii.com
– rhythmparadisewii.com
– supermariobrosmii.com
– supermariobrosu.com
– wii-u.com
– wii-u.net
– wiibalanceboardu.com
– wiifitu.com
– wiimusicu.com
– wiipartyu.com
– wiiplayu.com
– wiispeaku.com
– wiisportsu.com
– wiiubalanceboard.com
– wiiufit.com
– wiiumusic.com
– wiiuni.com
– wiiuniverse.net
– wiiuparty.com
– wiiuplay.com
– wiiuremote.com
– wiiuremote.net
– wiiuspeak.com
– wiiusports.com
– wiiuware.com
– wiiuwheel.com
– wiiuzapper.com
– wiiwareu.com
– wiiwheelu.com
– Import girlfriend data from the DS Love Plus games through a eShop app
– ¥200
– Gyro support
– Look at your girlfriend from all sides
– Girlfriend will get embarrassed if you stare at certain areas too much
– Take pictures of your girlfriend with a camera mode
– Camera mode support gyro for framing
– Use the microphone to get your girlfriend’s attention
– She’ll pose in your photos if you’re on good terms
– Save photos to an SD card
– Use a pic in your identity card for exchanging with other players
– Out in Japan this fall
Mass Effect 2 (PS3 Version) – 10/9/8/8
Meruru no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi 3 (PS3) – 9/9/8/9
Gloria Union (PSP) – 8/8/8/8
Fish Eyes 3D (3DS) – 8/6/7/6
Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions (3DS) – 8/7/7/8
Gundam Memories: Tatakai no Kioku (PSP) – 7/7/7/8
Bleach: Soul Ignition (PS3) – 7/7/7/7
Earth Seeker (Wii) – 8/7/6/6
These scores aren’t 100% confirmed as they come from a different source than usual, but I believe that they are correct. If necessary, I’ll update this post if they’re proven inaccurate for some reason!
