The Gamepad The Prototype Of Wii-U In Photo

In the recent interview between developers and the CEO of Nintendo, were given some information about the creation of the gamepad for Wii-U. You have to start somewhere, and Nintendo is not actually gone on to create new bases their Wii-U. Difficult to change at all when you want to provide backward compatibility games between the two generations of consoles, but then to associate a Wiimote screen, it was daring. And yet, the project's initial Gamepad Wii-U was moving rather like a strange combination of two pairs of Wiimote + nunchuck, a screen and a gyroscope.

Wii U Gamepad

Finally the project was tipped for the 3DS, the portable Nintendo console to incorporate a gyroscope in what was originally planned. The development of the 3DS being too advanced to modify the components could not take advantage of it. However, the orientation of the prototype to the 3DS has revived the idea of ​​offering a second screen players, including platforms show. Finally, in view of the first tests, the actual result will have undergone a facelift.

Nintendo Wii U A Console For Test The Interest Asymmetric

Attractive Gamepad for Wii, Uthe Wii U suffers from unequal use of the touch screen controller. The experience of the game goes to great titles as banal. Promising, but still it requires to find his way and its price.

A new Nintendo console to install in our living room, it does not happened since 2006. At the time, there was some air in excitement, impatience for see who had been called Revolution during its development. Six years later, the Wii U feels the coffee. We spent a great week in his company. Our impressions.
Work in progress

Before you even look at the console itself indicate that we were able to use a non updated. This last provision, today, 30 November 2012, when the official release of the Wii U. So we had a console in the hands of its private eShop, his Mii Ware, its YouTube channel, its video service, etc.. In other words, a console that serves as a console and nothing else. In 2012, this is a lot but not much. Also hope to finish this introduction, the update is deployed improve the loading time of the interface of the Wii U. Pass settings for a game or even start it is rather slow. A little more even with the Wii.

Accordingly Box & Finishing

Now for a quick tour. Externally, the Wii U has the air of Wii a bit more massive. It offers video output owner, introduced with the Wii, an HDMI port to enjoy HD and four USB ports, which is a good thing to be able to connect external hard drives, since the storage is limited to 32GB in its maximum. difficult. without access to the eShop whether downloadable games and DLC will be very space consuming. However, it did not seem possible to install games on the local disk, as can be done on an Xbox 360 or a PS3.

The optical drive - format eat disc as on the Wii - will tend to make a little noise, joined in this task by the large fan positioned at the rear of the beast. Moreover, according to several websites, which iFixit, inside the Wii U has a lot of empty. We can not say that Nintendo has sought to optimize its industrial design. The power adapter is another proof. Without reaching the size of that of the original Xbox 360, it's huge and accounts for nearly a third of the volume of the console. In the rest of the box there are other elements more or less incidental. All - cradle, joystick, console and even small shims to keep the vertical console - gives an impression of finishing honest but a little rebate anyway. So every shake of the Wii U pad is accompanied by a small bell hawser which comes from the slight play in the keys and the directional pad.


The star of the day

Wii U Gamepad has also his right to independent charger. We can either connect directly to the controller to continue playing in the loading or connect it to a docking station, which is reminiscent of the 3DS first of the name. Moreover, the mablette the Wii U has in common with the first models to offer a range 3DS quite small. Count about 3 hours before seeing the flashing charge indicator. It's short.

Ergonomics of Wii U Gamepad

However, apart from a little time for adaptation given the layout of the buttons vertically analog sticks, the handling of the joystick is nice. Its a bit light plastic Because of its weight advantage for long gaming sessions The touch screen of 15.7 inches diagonal it is reactive , while being confronted with MonoTouch interface is sometimes a bit surprising in an era where the multipoint is king.

Resolution of 854x480 points, approximately 158 dpi, ratio 16/9, is very satisfying to play. Even when small icons tend to be rasterized and elements the graphics like surrounded by a little fuzzy.

A Wii U Gamepad, the uses

In use, the Wii U Gamepad however deserves its role as star of the console. If we sought to develop a classification, one could say that the screen is used in three ways. As extended screen, as screen competitor and then like remote display. In the first case, there displays additional information on the main screen. This may be an inventory or even, in some ways, a way to see beyond the limits of the TV display.

The screen competitor is typically at the heart of asymmetric multiplayer gameplay as touted by Nintendo. A player sees on the joystick interface different from that of his comrades who watch them on TV. Finally, the remote display is a duplicate of the primary display. The best example is of course a single player game New Super Mario Bros U. In this context, the "Wii U Gamepad" can simply replace the TV if you want to release it for other purposes. This is also the time that remains a little frustrated. Frustrated that the "Wii U Gamepad" is just a controller and not a stand-alone console. Frustrated over not being able to get away from the Wii U count three or four meters, a little more without hindrance. Even frustrated not being able to enjoy on the Wii ... With the issue of sudden heart of a member of the editorial novice in terms of console: «why can not I just have the controller? I already have a Wii.»

The ambiguity of the relationship Wii U and Wii U Gamepad

In other words, the inexperienced eye does not necessarily see the contribution of the console beyond the joystick. The fact that the Wii U is given to be at least as powerful as the Xbox 360 does anything. Because, ultimately, HD graphics (but not Full HD) are nice. They flatter our retinas pixels accustomed to increasingly smaller, but their contribution is not always obvious. ZombieU yet very honest graphically is the latter. Just Dance 4 is also the kind of game that can accommodate fairly detailed decorations. In fact, the Wii U arrives too late to enable be seduced by its graphics as we are accustomed to HD and both the Wii was a UFO on this point.

In short, Nintendo still has work to understand that the Wii U, is not that the Wii U Gamepad, is an inseparable pair, which requires the power of one to the other drive. We can even say that the Wii U without his gamepad does not much attractive. What therefore focuses attention on the Wii U Gamepad. However, Wii U pad is used differently in different games, with varying inspiration. Rather less for adaptations of games already available, which should, however, tend to be less frequent. This means that the interest of the Wii U Gamepad, in some games is not always obvious and therefore does not warrant that the player opts for the Wii U. Conclusion serious consequences for that console launches.


Sometimes worse, the use of Wii U Gamepad gives the impression that the tablet is such a good idea, some kind of gimmick, as could be the systematic use of the Wiimote. Fortunately other, it becomes clear that it is a success and a real good idea. However, publishers, Nintendo and the first will be careful in future to avoid the confusion introduced by the double screen. Sometimes we just do not know which one to watch. The TV or the gamepad? And this starts with the configuration of the console, there is still evidence of the design work and teaching on the one hand and the need to get used to each other.

A promising potential

Ultimately, the Wii U is a console that seems full of potential. The problem is that much of it is not yet present. Beyond gaps related to non updated versions we tested, which did not offer multimedia services online, Wii U still lacks games that envy and leap. Worse, we know from experience that a large part of the seduction potential future based on Nintendo and a small group of publishers will be able to produce titles engines. All is not lost, however, major titles already exist. ZombieU, Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros U are good contenders for this as a spur to the act of purchase. However, at present, the price of the Nintendo console still seems a bit too high to crack without thinking.

Strengths of Wii U



- The Wii U Gamepad when used with relevance
- Nintendo and Zombie Land, sold in a pack with the console.
- The reuse of Wiimotes

Weaknesses of Wii U

- Price (A $ 299)
- The finish of the mablette
- The Wii U Gamepad that sometimes seems unnecessary
- The limited storage space on the entry level model

New Super Mario Bros U available on Wii U Launch Video

Super Mario Bros U

Nintendo has released a final trailer for New Super Mario Bros U, to mark its release on the new Wii U home console available today in Europe. Extracts briefly present all the possibilities of new adventures of the famous plumber.

Officially available in Europe today, the Nintendo Wii U console comes with a line-up of games rather varied. Among them, it is obviously necessary to rely on first-party productions such as New Super Mario Bros U, which was also offered to the first buyers of the console to the HMV store on Oxford Street in London. Nintendo profits for the European launch of the game to broadcast a trailer which comes last on the different points of gameplay. There are of course the famous multiplayer co-op mode, the main appeal of the game, However, it will be possible to play 5, the last player using the touch interface of GamePad to form platforms to help / hinder his comrades.

The game is not without its challenges, since a series of challenges will be offered to the craziest of us, requiring a maximum of skill and reflexes. You can also see a map of the world that can navigate its way between levels, a feature we have not seen since Super Mario World on the Super NES.

Wii Mini Exists In Canada, But Not (Yet) In Europe

Wii Mini Exists

That was not a rumor, but an indiscretion. Wii Mini exists and has been presented in Canada. For Europe, Nintendo does not have information on its availability. Wii Mini was not a rumor. She exists and Canadians can even Preorder now on the site BestBuy. They receive from Dec. 7, 2012. It is offered at $ 99. Over a version with reduced dimensions, it is primarily a model « light » . Indeed, it does not have an Internet connection and is not compatible with GameCube games. For Europe, it will be, according to a statement released by Nintendo in Europe 1. It could happen on our continent in early 2014, but the manufacturer does not confirm this.

Nintendo offers a game for buying a 3DS XL at Christmas

Nintendo 3DS XL Christmas

Nintendo decides to mark the holiday season by offering buyers a free game console 3DS XL. Indeed, it is possible to select from 5 games on the service of the Japanese Club Nintendo. The holiday season fast approaching, many of us dig ourselves head on gifts to give our loved ones. In the field of video games, it is possible to do good business, especially on Steam and Origin platform last week, or on arcade sticks and flying in sales at Mad Catz. The Japanese manufacturer Nintendo intends to be a hit with its Wii U (which has accumulated 400,000 sales in the first week in the United States), but also has good plans to offer players to mark Christmas.
Indeed, the Kyoto firm offer people who bought a 3DS XL between July 2012 and the end of the year to save the code on their handheld Club Nintendo online service, allowing them to select a game 3DS free from a selection of five titles:

Super Mario 3D Land
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracles
New Art Academy
New House of Style
Deluxe Freakyforms


The game will be offered as a code to download service on the 3DS eShop and before 31 January 2013. The deal, which takes effect in France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Russia. will close on 15 January 2013, which will include the lucky ones who will be happy to offer a 3DS XL at Christmas to take advantage of this gesture rather enjoyed.

ESPN Sports Connection

ESPN Sports Connection

A new Nintendo console, a set of multi-sports events to practice in the sun, it does remind you of anything? Before you even enter the joystick, bake Sports Connection in its Wii U freshly unpacked book as an aftertaste already seen.

Let us the new Wii Sports this generation, until the hypothetical (and very likely) Wii Sports U? Even casual approach, even simple graphics, very friendly atmosphere. On their way to attack the clone. It does not escape you: Ubisoft decided to release the heavy artillery and invest heavily on Wii U with no less than six titles at launch line-up. But in the world gaming, quantity rarely rhyme with quality, alas, and Sports Connection is probably very lame duck scope. Six events are available as input both solo and in multiplayer. But beware: the only player arriving with his dapper new Wii U can only access three of them, the other three applicant must Wiimote coupled with a Wii MotionPlus as a ticket. Half an hour in search boxes later, its controllers, accessories, passport and vaccines as a rule, the action can begin.

Sports Connection invites the first player to go through the box customization by creating a virtual avatar. Not the Mii that you put so much time to make your image. It will be a little more generic character and no charisma to choose from five available templates. This brief formality, the fun can begin. And there is the drama.

Speak immediately to the only test that emerges is little time in the middle of this sad bunch: karting. While the frame rate is more asthmatic than chopped steak. Of course, the races are devoid of any interest that may cause any pleasure. But at least the title is almost playable. Finally, if you forget to GamePad handling gyro which makes it almost impossible to simply drive straight. No item in Mario Kart on the horizon to spice up the wad that one takes. Only a small boost to recharge slip. The bare minimum, and yet ...

For the rest, almost everything is put in the trash. Tennis is a far cry from the one proposed by Wii Sports, football comes down to a series of QTE or vague scribbles on the tablet to manage its defense, the golf is pathetic platitude and baseball for its part should back the rate of insomnia in Europe significantly. For each of them, made ​​use of the joystick so special console (when necessary) is limited to draw lines to the right or left to return balls. There have been more hilarious.


But the palm of shame back to the football game. Gameplay miserable atmosphere nonexistent players idiots ... is difficult to align two passes with these puppets to lead soles, especially as the game goes on and fire up the same button. The sounds atrocious come only add to the ridiculous scenes, IA regularly spends next to the ball without seeing it, including the goalkeeper, and the fun is clearly missing. Worst Not content to spend half of their time to shuffle them along the ground as if they were practicing, the players are in the trunk corner flag at the slightest touch. Probably ashamed to participate in such a fiasco.

Graphically, Sports Connection is simply outrageous. As the vice grows to afford rowing during both the parties that during the loading time (which sometimes exceed the minute World Record). It evolves each time in environments as different as day and ... the same day a little later. A look in the credits is the solution of the mystery: the title was developed by six studios around the world and cleverly patched before going to the press and to be aligned on the shelves. Who are we kidding-it?

Difficult to get a place in the sun during a launch console. Unfortunately for him, Sports Connection may not overshadow anyone. Even your cousin not require four years, the title will not fulfill its purpose, as this stack test indigent is painful to see. Sold $ 50, the colt Ubisoft can not even qualify as a tech demo, as it is ugly and lousy. A melting pot tasteless, devoid of any notion of fun, except perhaps to many, if you love to laugh. It will cause to reopen the debate on the right to oblivion.

Wii U Satoru Iwata apologizes for any firmware updates

Nintendo president said he was "truly sorry" for the number of updates that the firm's offer for of his firmware Wii U.

Requires new console, the Wii U was delivered by default with a firmware early devoted to corrective updates, this is classic. The problem here is that the first users passing updates have seen unable to enjoy many features not yet integrated - like the Wii backwards compatibility. Result, the updates have not been slow to succeed at a breakneck pace (up to updates updates) in the United States, where the console is on sale from 18 November.

Whether it is better intensive follow console that features for too long to incomplete Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has still want an official apology about the launch hiccups. « Personally, I think that users should be able to use all the features of the console as soon as they come out of the box» he has granted to micro site IGN. « I'm really sorry that the Wii U buyers are forced to update internet time-consuming, and that the services are not all available at launch.» If first-time buyers may appreciate this mea culpa official remains to check that the patches available at launch of the console in Europe well add the most anticipated features: it keeps you very quickly.

Wii U update firmware 2.0 available transfer Wii to Wii U unblocked

Updating the firmware of the Wii U is available on the internet: it adds amongst other transfer functions for Wii backwards compatibility. After the huge update of the first 5 GB U.S. buyers had to download to unlock most of the functionality of their Wii U like an update was expected for the European launch. The latter, with a size of 1 GB, has been put online, unlocking the way first batch of network functionality for most of the first order.

Here is the list:

Id creation Nintendo Network and joint function
Miiverse
Nintendo eShop
Internet browser
Friends list
Wii U Chat
notifications
Download Management
Wii transfer
Function update software
Function of USB storage device

The press release accompanying the update states that the players who can make a transfer downloaded Wii System to the Wii U: they will be able to transfer WiiWare and Virtual Console Wii them to their new console. Reprécisons to finish all devices are compatible default Wii with Wii U.

Wii Mini for December 7?

While eyes are on the Wii U, Nintendo could launch the Wii Mini 7 December 2012. Apple has its iPad Mini, Samsung its Mini S III, so why would not have Nintendo's Wii Mini. The information still in the rumor comes from Nintendo World Report which relies on an internal source of a large retailer consoles. The employee would have spilled the beans with a start date of December 7, 2012. 

 

The Nintendo Wii Mini allow not to abandon the Wii after the launch of the Wii U. Attempt to seduce the console with a substantially reduced size. Remains to be seen if the price will suffer the same plan or if Nintendo will take the opportunity to increase. Nintendo margin between $ 130 and the Wii existing $ 300 of the Wii U version of "basic". Wii Mini is supplied with a sensor bar, a nunchuk and Wii Remote (Wii MotionPlus). The information, although possible, is to be taken with a grain of salt since Nintendo has not confirmed.