The Wii U

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by TheSlyMoogle

Wii U looking like a giant gimmick again. ZombiU looked pretty cool until I realized they just took a lot of FPS stuff and put it onto a controller and made me hold it up to the tv instead of just putting it on the screen anyway.

Anything they show at E3 or at launch is going to basically be a gimmick. They're all really just tech demos to advertise the technology.

[Blix]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Anything they show at E3 or at launch is going to basically be a gimmick. They're all really just tech demos to advertise the technology.

Pretty much. Developers need time to really put some thought into their games and come up with incredible ideas. I'll keep my eyes on that game. Pikmin 3 looks nice. It seems to me they only showed what was ready and not all they could. Reggie said they couldn't show everything they had.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Anything they show at E3 or at launch is going to basically be a gimmick. They're all really just tech demos to advertise the technology.

I feel the opposite.. Nintendo almost shoved the controller aside.

Pikmin only uses it as an option. New Super Mario Bros Wii U only uses it to play on your lap.. or the odd 5-player mode.

This was a disappointing show.

[Typhoid]

Nintendo almost shoved the controller aside.

That's funny (Seriously, not condescendingly), because the only part of it I was watching as I flicked channels was ______ talking about how unique the controller is in Gameplay of Luigi's Mansion.

Which, by the way sounded dumb as hell to me.

"So wait, only one of us can see the ghost? Well, uhh....why don't we just all look at that tablet-controller then, or like...huddle around and just watch that screen instead."

Really though, I don't see the big deal with the tablet-controller-thing. The screen looked small as hell, almost frustratingly small. Maybe I'm just used to tablets now, so to be using the Etch-a-sketch equivalent of a tablet seems strange, when tablets now are practically all screen. I get it, they need protection so when kids drop it it doesn't break. I'm not saying I don't believe there isn't a reason for it.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

That's funny (Seriously, not condescendingly), because the only part of it I was watching as I flicked channels was ______ talking about how unique the controller is in Gameplay of Luigi's Mansion.

Which, by the way sounded dumb as hell to me.

"So wait, only one of us can see the ghost? Well, uhh....why don't we just all look at that tablet-controller then, or like...huddle around and just watch that screen instead."

Really though, I don't see the big deal with the tablet-controller-thing. The screen looked small as hell, almost frustratingly small. Maybe I'm just used to tablets now, so to be using the Etch-a-sketch equivalent of a tablet seems strange, when tablets now are practically all screen. I get it, they need protection so when kids drop it it doesn't break. I'm not saying I don't believe there isn't a reason for it.

Pikmin 3.. you can use the tablet controller.. or just your Wii-mote and Nunchuck

New Super Mario Bros U.. oh for multi you'll need your wiimote.

Wii Fit U.. you need the Balance Board.. and another accessory we aren't announcing now.. but could use your tablet at times...

Nintendo Land.. oh right we do have one game that requires it!

[Blix]

I was looking forward to lots of things that weren't shown.

1. Nintendo Network
2. Retro's, Monolith's, and other in-house companies that are working on the wii and their projects.
3. The System's OS (more info than just the Miiverse)
4. More information on the hardware (Information on the hard drive plans and some specs).

If they had only showed small clips of these and not done demonstrations, it would have been fine by me. But they didn't even do that. The Pre-E3 show was more interesting than the actual E3.