The Wii U

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by manasecret

I was underwhelmed by Wii U's showing. I felt like this was their chance to blow the doors off on innovative software, and instead I found it lacking.

But this comment from a CNN article gave me hope. I basically wrote off the Luigi's Mansion mini-game in Nintendo Land after seeing the presentation. But because of that I didn't catch the finer details -- it takes verbal teamwork to play against the ghost player on Wii U Gamepad. CNN is actually a great source for the expected impact a game like this will have, since they are the audience for these kinds of party games.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/07/tech/g...tml?hpt=hp_bn5

Oh mainstream press... they can't even get the game right.
Its NintendoLand!

But yes, I mentioned on other sites, that Nintendo did a piss poor job of relying their message, and I guess it isn't an easy message to sell.

But their notion of "Together. Better" is really them trying to re-ignite the couch co-op/play of video games. The Wii kind of started that with Wii Sports and Just Dance, but this seems to evolve the concept into getting everyone involved.

Looking at the games they've showcased
Pikmin, Mario U, Rayman Legends, ZombiU, NintendoLand, Project P-100, SiNG, Just Dance 4, all feature some element of co-op/couch play for up to 5 players.

But that wasn't the point they were trying to sell at their presser.. not sure why! >.<