Wii Street U Uses Google Maps to Create 'An Immersive Experience' (Video)

Nintendo says, "With Wii Street U powered by Google, you can step into Google Street View with an immersive experience that feels like you’re actually there! View a 360-degree Google Maps Street View of locations all over the world using the Wii U GamePad motion controls. Use the GamePad touch screen to type in an address or location and explore, or instantly travel to over 70 fascinating, hand-picked locations around the globe." It all looks lovely, but can't we do most of this with Android phones? And couldn't a smart developer make the Google Street View Android phone experience even more immersive, so we wouldn't all need to buy a Wii U? Nintendo, we love you, but the Wii U still looks pretty dead unless it gets some major rethinking, and this Street View app doesn't seem to be it.

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I like my wii-u

[i kan reed]

I'm almost certain to not buy any other consoles this generation, and I like my Wii-U, but this app is really lame. The "tablet as window" input paradigm is kinda clever, but also not worth the physical effort involved. Oculus rift looks like a better approach to this same concept. I'd rather see street view with that.

Why not play games instead?

[Anonymous Coward]

>the Wii U still looks pretty dead unless it gets some major rethinking, and this Street View app doesn't seem to be it.

Yes a video game system with only Google Maps would suck.

That's why I'm playing the free Rayman Legend Challenges App and Tank Tank Tank!

Not to mention Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and Super Mario Wii U.

Wii U?

[sesshomaru]

Wii U looks a damn sight better than the new Xbox, which I believe Microsoft has named the Xbox Catastrophe. (It goes along with the Calamity operating system that they released for PC/Tablets.)