Almost six years ago at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, Nintendo unveiled what would eventually become known as the Wii. But the Japanese gaming giant didn't show off the new console's distinctive motion-sensing capabilities until later that year at the Tokyo Game Show. Nintendo won't be such a tease at this year's E3.
After two years of shrinking Wii sales, the gamemaker will fully raise the curtain on the Wii's successor at the gaming industry's annual convention in downtown Los Angeles this week. Nintendo Co. has remained silent about just what the doodad will do, but gamers are anticipating features like high-definition graphics and touchscreen controllers.
Matt Randisi writes "Gamers follow E3 every year to hear the latest news on the hottest games that have yet to come out and the newest technology to be integrated within video game consoles. Never one to pay much attention to the world of portable gaming myself, my attention is usually glued to the news concerning new releases for my home systems. The upcoming games for Nintendo’s 3DS mean much more than what is on the surface however. The choice of games that we will more than likely hear about during E3 2011 is significantly more respectable than the launch titles, bringing many popular and successful core titles back into the forefront. With details of Project Café being purely speculation at this point, one can view the next batch of games for the 3DS as being indicative of Nintendo’s focal point of their next generation main console as well. That focal point says loud and clear “Bring the core gamer back to us!”. As many in the industry from journalistic and developmental point...
GGTL@E3: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. That's the feeling I think most people have going into this whole "Project Cafe" thing, what was the code name for what has become Wii U, and after watching the Nintendo Press Conference, I'm excited and not afraid to say it."
Game Podunk Editor Marcus Estrada presents an analytical and opinion piece in response to Nintendo's press conference, "Nintendo's E3 2011 press conference is one of the most confusing I've watched in a while. Gamers everywhere knew that Nintendo had a new console in the wings, codenamed Project Cafe. Rumors began to swell that the new console would have a touch-screen controller, be called simply "Nintendo", and various other things. After today's conference, a few things have been clarified but many new questions have been raised."
yeah they should have just unveiled the controller and nothing more if they weren't ready to show their system
this just opens up the speculation for their next system even more
Yeah I was waiting for them to show off the actual system but they didn't then I was thinking everything was inside the controller and was wondering how that would actually work. Think it was poorly executed IMO but still cant wait for the system
they had no wii games AT ALL. only the zelda game they have been working on for the past 7 years.
so of course they had to show the U, even if they had nothing to show on it.
you know, i have been in here whinging and whining for months about the sorry state of the wii, and people told me to shut up because at e3 nintendo would reveal all their hidden games... yeah right! TOLD YOU SO! I WAS RIGHT! they had nothing!
wii died last year but nintendo was just propping its corpse up in a chair to trick you lmao glad i wasnt fooled.
WII DEAD 2011 i told you.
sad thing is, i was actually excited to see what nintendo had to show, with wii especially. but no. pathetic mario party, a game NOBODY wants.
a recycled kirby game from a decade ago. it was canned back then because it was obviously not up to standard, but now the wii is on its last legs its cool? no!
no f zero
no starfox.
no official announcement regarding last story's release in the west
same with xeno
same with pandoras tower and any other game you care to name
those announcements would have been little consolation but they didnt even whisper about them.
i could go on and on. its tragic
ok, announce wii u, and show it in the most worst light possible. its meant to be the next gen console and what do they do? they show demos on it that look like they came straight off of wii sports from 2007. its UNBELIEVABLE how much of a missed opportunity that is. hardly selling its next gen/hd status.
unbelievable
Ummm, durrrr, MAYBE because people have been speculating and making rumors about it for weeks now?
The NPC has BC with Wii games, does this mean that the NPC will come with sensor bar and stuff? You know, to play the Wii games on NPC with the Wii-mote.
lol sorry nintendo but im a serious gamer not some casualite u can dazzle with ur latest gimmick bwahahaha
Honestly, Nintendo should name this system the 'STFU'. It seems like Nintendo is going out of their way to eliminate all the excuses people have whined and complained about for the past 15 years.
Even if this system only does half the stuff it is rumored to it is still a huge leap for Nintendo. If that still isn't enough for some people, well they basically have a bias towards Nintendo and the company should really care less about them. Those people are cheating themselves.
Specs don't make good games. How stoked are you for a bunch of nice looking shovelware crap? Sorry Nintendo but your performance with the Wii has left a bitter taste in many peoples mouth. You have alot of catching up to do.
And can we maybe get some new IPs or good third party games and not rehashes of tired old same old, same old?
nintendo is weak...don see how this will dominate in anyway...gonna be juss like the 3DS reveal,nw look at where 3DS is.