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Nintendo Announces Wii Successor

Posted on Tuesday, June 7 @ 12:09:52 Eastern by Sebastian_Moss
While it had a few great titles, the Wii abandoned core gamers for the most part, profiting off of Wii Fit-loving casual gamers. Next year, Nintendo intends to make amends and support both core and casual gamers with their latest console.

The Wii U will not only be more powerful than the Wii—with early demos showing PS3/360 level quality—but the controller itself will act as a screen. Sporting a 6.2" touch screen, it will be used for new dual-screen gameplay, or allow you to play games on your Wii U while your TV is being used for something else.

Nintendo also announced a whole slew of third party core games that should whet any gamer's appetite:
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • Darksiders 2
  • Tekken
  • Assassin’s Creed
  • Ninja Gaiden 3
  • Dirt
  • Ghost Recon Online
  • Metro: Last Light
  • Aliens Colonial Marines
Full specs have yet to be revealed, but it will include "Multicore-based IBM Power" and support 1080p. Previous Wii peripherals will all work with the U, and it will be fully compatible with Wii games.

What's a worse name: PS Vita or Wii U? Let GR know in the comments below.
Tags:   Wii U, Nintendo, E3


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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
    ohh boy i gotta use a bloody psvita as a controller (worst controller designs)
    0 0
  • shandog137
    shandog137
    Joined: Mar 2007
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
    I want to know how much they will charge. the PS3 controllers were like $60 when they first came out and didn't even have dualshock. These controllers look like they are in the $100 range so multiply that by 2-4 and that would really suck
    0 2
  • Kijan
    Kijan
    Joined: Aug 2008
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
    Wii U?

    Nintendo... seriously?
    0 1
  • Kijan
    Kijan
    Joined: Aug 2008
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
    Edit: Wii U?

    Nintendo... seriUsly?
    0 2
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
    This is Uber awesome, dUde. It has long been my dream to see how switching the positions of the analog sticks and the button/d-pad would work. U can bet I'll give this a try...when the library becomes appealing.
    1 1
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
    Well, I guess WiiU is harder to make fun of than just Wii.
    0 0
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 2:22 pm
    Wii U suck
    0 0
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
    That's... interesting.
    0 0
  • SweetHat
    SweetHat
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
    As a child of the 1980's i have to say Nintendo brings me nothing but Memories these days. I Harken back to the days when i would get off the bus for school, run inside, and play mario. I Love Nintendo i seriously do, and as much as i hate to say it, im going to wait on this console. I want to believe Nintendo cares about core gamers bjut
    0 0
  • SweetHat
    SweetHat
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
    As a child of the 1980's i have to say Nintendo brings me nothing but Memories these days. I Harken back to the days when i would get off the bus for school, run inside, and play mario. I Love Nintendo i seriously do, and as much as i hate to say it, im going to wait on this console. I want to believe Nintendo cares about core gamers but until they prove it i'm not buying.
    0 0
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
    Another Nintendo console with a silly gimmicky controller and a terrible name. I'll pass.
    0 3
  • crazycracker22
    crazycracker22
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
    Soooooo controllers that will be 100+ bucks?
    0 0
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
    Hadn't thought about that...an excellent point.
    0 0
  • Blazin13
    Blazin13
    Joined: Dec 2010
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
    Likely to be upwards of $100 controllers and god forbid you drop the damn things
    0 0
  • Kese_Arcade
    Kese_Arcade
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 4:36 pm
    Reggie said in an interview that all that footage of multiplatform games were either PS3 or 360 footage. other than Zelda and Mario Bros Mii none of that was actual WiiU footage. Zelda looked good so I'm sure it can run those games but we haven't truly seen this thing in action yet.
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  • usaglory
    usaglory
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
    These companies seem to be competing for the title of stupidest name. I can understand keeping the Wii branding to not alienate the millions of casual gamers that bought the Wii, but having said that, Wii 2 was much simpler and it keeps with their strategy since it sounds like you are actually saying "we too".
    I'm glad to see third party support in the form of real games not shovelware though. The system design looks archaic (like an old external CD burner), and I am not sold on the controller.
    0 0
  • Blazin13
    Blazin13
    Joined: Dec 2010
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
    The controller may have an interesting concept, but I know that I don't speak for just myself when I say controllers need to be able to take a hell of a lot of abuse and be at a reasonable price point. I still think the near $50 price range for 360 and PS3 controllers is high and I can at least chuck those at a wall and expect them to work. Also how in the hell can I play Assassin's Creed on a controller that has the mobility and comfort of a brick?
    0 0
  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 6:17 pm
    *sigh* another gimmicky Nintendo product, the sad part is the best thing theve done in recent years is the dual screen of the DS, yet everyone goes on about the touch screen which really does nothing new in 99% of the games.

    Dont know why any serious gamers would bother with nintendo after the GC and Wii anyway, unless you REALLY want zelda/ninty stuff.
    0 3
  • SweetHat
    SweetHat
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
    my thoughts exactly thank you for putting that so well
    0 0
  • acdibble
    acdibble
    Joined: Jul 2007
    Posted: Jun 7th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
    I would only get this for Paper Mario.
    0 0
  • MrrClean
    MrrClean
    Joined: Aug 2010
    Posted: Jun 8th, 2011 at 11:21 am
    I hope the Nintendo guys read these forums. I don't think there is a single positive response in this page, and it could just be me, but I think that is saying something...
    0 1
  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jun 8th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
    Were not soccer moms, children or old ladies so they dont care what we think.
    0 1
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Jun 8th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
    wii.... on ... U?
    0 0

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