Wii U (ugh) console and controller
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June 11, 2011
Wii 2? Wii U!
Nintendo, not to be outdone in the crappily-named-new-console department, officially announced the successor to the Wii, the Wii U (ugh).
Wii U (ugh) console and controller
Wii U (ugh) console and controller
April 28, 2011
Around the Web - April 28, 2011 Edition
First, some bad news: the Playstation Network has been down for more than a week now. Apparently, they've been hacked, and personal information of all account holders may now be in the wild, including, possibly, credit card information. Click here for the FAQs page they set up.
I guess my purchase of the PSOne classics I've been drooling for that would finally wake up my sleeping PSP would have to be put on hold for now. Sleep tighter, my PSP.
After more than 3 months in the burner, after numerous declarations of more frequent patch releases, World of Warcraft 4.1 has finally arrived.
Nothing substantially new. Carry on. Yeah, I'm trolling.
The Wii's successor has finally been officially announced. As usual, Nintendo is tight-lipped on what we could expect from their new console, but they did mention that demo units and more specs will be available come E3 this June. Expect the out-of-nowhere name to be dropped a week before that, ala Wii.
Megaman Legends 3 has been announced for the Nintendo 3DS even before the console was launched. While it is quite some time before the game is actually finished, Japanese 3DS owners will be able to play a demo-ish version in time with the 3DS's eShop launch, reportedly this May.
I'm not well-versed with the series, having only played a few minutes of the PSOne original, but I'm still boggled why a Megaman game doesn't prominently feature the blue bomber.
Back to WoW. My warrior is 1.5 levels away from cap, finally. No trolls please.
I guess my purchase of the PSOne classics I've been drooling for that would finally wake up my sleeping PSP would have to be put on hold for now. Sleep tighter, my PSP.
After more than 3 months in the burner, after numerous declarations of more frequent patch releases, World of Warcraft 4.1 has finally arrived.
Nothing substantially new. Carry on. Yeah, I'm trolling.
The Wii's successor has finally been officially announced. As usual, Nintendo is tight-lipped on what we could expect from their new console, but they did mention that demo units and more specs will be available come E3 this June. Expect the out-of-nowhere name to be dropped a week before that, ala Wii.
Megaman Legends 3 has been announced for the Nintendo 3DS even before the console was launched. While it is quite some time before the game is actually finished, Japanese 3DS owners will be able to play a demo-ish version in time with the 3DS's eShop launch, reportedly this May.
I'm not well-versed with the series, having only played a few minutes of the PSOne original, but I'm still boggled why a Megaman game doesn't prominently feature the blue bomber.
Back to WoW. My warrior is 1.5 levels away from cap, finally. No trolls please.
April 22, 2011
Around the Web
More Wii2 stuff: According to IGN, Wii2 aka Project Cafe aka Stream (as in the console streams the game into the controllers' LCD touch screens) will be sporting a customized AMD graphics card which outperforms the PS3's. It will also be released early 2012 with a $350-400 price point. Wii then Stream? Seriously?
Kotaku blogs that the Playstation 4 and the Xbox, umm, 720?, will be released 2014 at the earliest. If this is true, and Nintendo does indeed release a significantly more powerful console in 2012, Nintendo will have a 2-year free reign of having the biggest bad boy in town. Of course, Microsoft and Sony are expected to bring out consoles that will significantly overshadow the Wii2 power-wise. The question now is, will the Wii2 be a Sega Dreamcast situation, releasing first and dying a quick death, or a Playstation 2 situation, releasing before its more powerful generation-mates and dominating?
This week's Steam Weekend Deal: Metro 2033 (Metacritic Average 81/100). A gorgeous-looking first-person shooter based on a book set in post-apocalyptic Moscow. As usual, the future of what's left of humanity is in your hands. $10.
Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and Zelda and etc. etc., has announced that they will do their best to release the next 3D Mario on 3DS this year. A 3D platformer on a 3D screen? That's a lot of D's!
Peter Vesterbacka, developer of Angry Birds, the most downloaded AppStore/Android Market game, is #7 in Times Magazine's 2011 Time 100 most influential people of the world. I guess selling a reskinned version of an old AND FREE and already derivative Flash game makes you influential now, ey? Ey?
Gonna reskin Gorilla.bas and sell it on the AppStore. 2012 Time 100 here I come!
(Pictures owned by their owners. Duh.)
Kotaku blogs that the Playstation 4 and the Xbox, umm, 720?, will be released 2014 at the earliest. If this is true, and Nintendo does indeed release a significantly more powerful console in 2012, Nintendo will have a 2-year free reign of having the biggest bad boy in town. Of course, Microsoft and Sony are expected to bring out consoles that will significantly overshadow the Wii2 power-wise. The question now is, will the Wii2 be a Sega Dreamcast situation, releasing first and dying a quick death, or a Playstation 2 situation, releasing before its more powerful generation-mates and dominating?
This week's Steam Weekend Deal: Metro 2033 (Metacritic Average 81/100). A gorgeous-looking first-person shooter based on a book set in post-apocalyptic Moscow. As usual, the future of what's left of humanity is in your hands. $10.
Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and Zelda and etc. etc., has announced that they will do their best to release the next 3D Mario on 3DS this year. A 3D platformer on a 3D screen? That's a lot of D's!
Peter Vesterbacka, developer of Angry Birds, the most downloaded AppStore/Android Market game, is #7 in Times Magazine's 2011 Time 100 most influential people of the world. I guess selling a reskinned version of an old AND FREE and already derivative Flash game makes you influential now, ey? Ey?
Gonna reskin Gorilla.bas and sell it on the AppStore. 2012 Time 100 here I come!
(Pictures owned by their owners. Duh.)
April 16, 2011
More Wii2 details
I initially blogged about the "details" of the Wii2 yesterday thinking that there's nothing more to squeeze out of the rumor mill. The barrage of new info regarding Nintendo's supposedly upcoming new console still hasn't abated, however. Here are some more supposed details:
- Ubisoft, Activision, and Electronic Arts all have dev kits for the new console, and they have had it for months already.
- Motion sensing is still in, and with higher fidelity than the PS3's Move.
- Controllers have a 6" non-multitouch screens that have sub-HD graphics. The console can stream games into the controllers. Whoa.
- A multicore CPU and a graphics card two generations up from what the Xbox 360 has.
- A big surprise is still to be unveiled at E3.
Sources are Nextgen.biz, CVG, and this post from Neogaf.
My take? I personally would rather keep my anticipation in check. Nintendo and high-ish specs haven't been synonymous since the Gamecube. Oh be still my inner Nintendo fanboy heart!
- Ubisoft, Activision, and Electronic Arts all have dev kits for the new console, and they have had it for months already.
- Motion sensing is still in, and with higher fidelity than the PS3's Move.
- Controllers have a 6" non-multitouch screens that have sub-HD graphics. The console can stream games into the controllers. Whoa.
- A multicore CPU and a graphics card two generations up from what the Xbox 360 has.
- A big surprise is still to be unveiled at E3.
Sources are Nextgen.biz, CVG, and this post from Neogaf.
My take? I personally would rather keep my anticipation in check. Nintendo and high-ish specs haven't been synonymous since the Gamecube. Oh be still my inner Nintendo fanboy heart!
April 15, 2011
Wii 2?
Today, multiple videogaming sites reported on rumors about an impending announcement of a new Nintendo console. Sites like CVG, IGN, and GameInformer have almost simultaneously posted articles on the successor to the Wii.
The scary thing is that they are mostly all in agreement with the details: significantly more powerful than the PS3, backwards-compatible with the Wii, a touch screen added to its standard controller, and an unveiling of the details at the E3 this June.
Nintendo has been known to be the most secretive company in the industry, and some have speculated that this is a very calculated move despite the news/rumor not coming directly from them. On one hand, they've been known to spill some info about new hardware before their E3 debut, like the Revolution's rechristening to the Wii. On the other hand, the monthly US videogame sales results compiled by the NPD were released today, with lackluster sales figures for both the Wii and Nintendo's new handheld, the 3DS, and many think that this new console rumor is just a diversionary tactic.
We will find out soon enough, though. If not by the end of April when Nintendo releases financial data to their investors, definite details, whether to confirm or deny all these current tidbits, will surely come out at E3 this June.
Exciting times ahead, definitely. I still remember the geekgasm I experienced while watching the Nintendo E3 conference last year on TV as it was happening. Not this year, unfortunately.
The scary thing is that they are mostly all in agreement with the details: significantly more powerful than the PS3, backwards-compatible with the Wii, a touch screen added to its standard controller, and an unveiling of the details at the E3 this June.
Nintendo has been known to be the most secretive company in the industry, and some have speculated that this is a very calculated move despite the news/rumor not coming directly from them. On one hand, they've been known to spill some info about new hardware before their E3 debut, like the Revolution's rechristening to the Wii. On the other hand, the monthly US videogame sales results compiled by the NPD were released today, with lackluster sales figures for both the Wii and Nintendo's new handheld, the 3DS, and many think that this new console rumor is just a diversionary tactic.
We will find out soon enough, though. If not by the end of April when Nintendo releases financial data to their investors, definite details, whether to confirm or deny all these current tidbits, will surely come out at E3 this June.
Exciting times ahead, definitely. I still remember the geekgasm I experienced while watching the Nintendo E3 conference last year on TV as it was happening. Not this year, unfortunately.
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