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Nintendo Reveals Wii U's Miiverse Social Network

Posted by timothy on from the spellchecker-hates-it dept.

chrb writes "Nintendo has announced that its new Wii U console will feature a social network called the Miiverse in which users can video chat, see what others are playing, share game content and swap tips." And with a nod to Zawinski's Law, "The redesigned Wii U GamePad features dual sticks, a touch screen that supports finger and stylus interaction, motion and gyroscope sensors, and the ability to act as a TV remote. The Wii U GamePad has its own dedicated Web browser and can share images and video to a TV so that everyone can enjoy the shared content."

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  1. Re:Nice !! they are just 4 year behind in features by djdanlib · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Some people apparently only want a system if it has HD graphics. Because, you know, all that crapware and those old-school emulated games look so much better in HD. And BRB, no-scoping some noobs that said they slept with my mother.

    Please. I want fun games. How about these:

    Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was amazing. The sound of arrows going from your controller to the screen... genius.

    Warioware was great for springing on your unsuspecting friends.

    Mario Galaxy was a head trip every time gravity wasn't straight down.

    Geometry Wars with point-at-the-screen action... zen.

    Super Smash Brothers Brawl: Best in series IMO.

    Emulating a zillion classic console games flawlessly? Check. That classic controller.

    New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the friendship killer. Good times. For me.

    Let's just conveniently forget about Wii Music, the Kirby yarn game, Chocobo Dungeon, and the horribly botched Monkey Ball game... yikes, that game played like it had absolutely no QA.

  2. Nonsense by medv4380 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The Wii U will be as relevant as the Wii, which was as Relevant as the Game Cube, and the N64 before it. It won't be as relevant as the SNES and NES. Nintendo has been playing this game for a while now and every time people like you come out and claim they are dead and no longer relevant. The 360 and PS3 haven't sold as many units and Nintendo was able to make actual profit off of their system right at launch.

    It's questionable if MS and Sony have really come out ahead of this or not given the systems cost. The only real reason why MS and Sony aren't releasing a new system this year is that they still haven't made up for all the losses they incurred from the last round.

    If Nintendo ever fixes its issue with 3rd party developers then Sony and MS will have to worry since that is the only thing making their system relevant enough to stay in the market. Their 1st party development is lack luster and Nintendo can practically print money without the aid of 3rd parties.

    They have only had ONE year with an operational loss. Look at what's happened in Japan in the last year tsunami/nuclear disaster, Every major industry in Japan has been in the red.

    To add to your flaimbait. You have to be retarded and ignorant of the history to make the claim that Nintendo will be irrelevant. They've ether been irrelevant for the last 20 year or they haven't been and probably won't be.

  3. Re:I think it is more than that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I must be reading a comment from about four years ago. Since the launch of the Wii, Sony has launched the Move and MS has launched the kinect. Regardless of them being innovations or evolutions or something totally new, they exist as a direct result of the success of the Wii and the Wii remote.