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Mandatory installs begone - why today's Wii U tech specs are exciting

There's good reason to be proud of the technical specifications shown off today.

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LX-General-Kaos4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

The annihilation of mandatory installs is a step in the right direction for the next generation of Elite gaming. Hopefully never again will we the consumer pop in an awarding gaming experience just to be intercepted by a long loading bar across the screen for an install. It seems that the Nintendo Wii U entertainment system is more powerful than I had imagined for a home console experience.

We should all be honored. The current generation of consoles have done an amazing job, lasting longer than any of us could have expected. This year marks a new era of gaming. And thanks to the hard workers employed at Nintendo HQ we can leave mandatory installs in the past.

Have a blessed day and happy gaming.

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Apex134240d ago

I read your last comment in another pet. You def pr. lol

jaosobno4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

Jesus, that was some lame (and obvious) PR.

And in another news (from article):

"whopping 1GB" --> LOL

ChickeyCantor4240d ago

Mind you, it's game dedicated. No OS sucking memory away.

jaosobno4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

@Sidar, so? You expect to see full HD, tesselation, advanced physics, etc. on 1GB of shared memory?

WiiU will do 720p with present gen graphics for a next gen price.

Sashamaz4240d ago

SO does that mean no digital purchases for the wii u, DLC, Full games, Indie games etc?

WiiUalpha4240d ago

Only if you cant figure out how to hook a USB hard drive.

chukamachine4240d ago

How much do ninty pay U/s

Are you just on a short term contract?

DivineAssault 4240d ago

not impressed.. No games included, no new game announcements, little to no internal memory.. We will see i guess but im not buying into this.. $300 is too much when u gotta buy more memory & a pro controller

Gemmol4240d ago

that is for later annoucement stop being a jerk man, even people with commonesense know the game annoucement is for later

WiiUalpha4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

Wii Sports was not a pack in game in Japan. It may come with the console in the US.

You seem to be very unhappy judging by your posts here and in the specs article. Why not just skip it? Beats being upset over trivial things

SSJBen4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

Something wrong with the article. Iwata never said during the conference that the 25GB disc they are using is Blu-Ray, we only assume it is simply because of the identical size.
Maybe Iwata didn't want to mention Blu-Ray because of... you-know-who. But kinda perplexing that he wouldn't mention it, don't you think?

PirateThom4240d ago

The GameCube and Wii discs are based off DVD tech, but with video function disabled to avoid playing heavy licence costs, the same with this, it will run the same tech as Blu-ray but likely have the video playback disabled to reduce the licence costs.

disgaeapuchi4240d ago

This. From what I understand it's basically optical Blu Ray, just as Wii discs were optical DVDs.

steve30x4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

If the next xbox and PS4 have SATA 3 / 6GB/s with USB3.0 and a fast DVD / BlueRay drive with a fast HDD or SSD then I see no problem with optional installs especially if the HDD or SSD is big enough. A 2TB Sata 3.0 / 6GB/s HDD is fast these days and isn't very expensive and with Sony and Microsoft buying in bulk they will get a good discount which would be passed onto the customer. A fast HDD beats any form of fast disk at loading times any day and a SATA 3.0 SSD anhialates the loading speed of a SATA 3.0 HDD and fast DVD / Blue Ray drive combined.

I say instead of making the install mandatory , make it optional and it will keep everybody happy. I prefer have the game on my HDD any day for the shorter loading speeds and less noise of not having a disk spinning.

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Make your next GPU upgrade AMD as these latest-gen Radeon cards receive a special promotion

AMD has long been the best value option if you're looking for a new GPU. Now even their latest Radeon RX 7000 series is getting cheaper.

Father__Merrin16h ago

Best for the money is the Arc cards

just_looken15h ago

In the past yes but last gen amd has gotten cheaper and there new cards are on the horizon making 6k even cheaper.

The arc cards are no longer made by intel but asus/asrock has some the next line battlemage is coming out prices tbd.

Do to the longer software development its always best to go amd over intel if its not to much more money even though intel is a strong gpu i own 2/4 card versions.

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Wii U games that still haven't been ported to Switch

The Nintendo Switch is potentially nearing its lifespan, and several Wii U games haven't found their way over as ports yet.

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Vits2d ago

I think it's better to leave games like AC: Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash forgotten on the Wii U. Best case, they are mediocre games; worse case, they are very bad. It was a dark time for the Wii U, and the first only exists to sell Amiibo cards, whereas the second was put together in a couple of months with a shoestring budget, and it shows.

The rest of the list does have some really cool games, though. I would love to see a remake of Star Fox Zero with decent controls, and Xenoblade X doesn't require that much modification to work.

Z5011d 19h ago

How would XCX work without dual screens functionality?

Cacabunga1d 19h ago

Same as Paper Mario color splash. One of the best wiiu games and getting even better with dual screen. Same reason why i prefer Splatoon 1

Profchaos1d 19h ago

This article leaves out Nintendo's most controversial game to date devils Third.
I personally found the cover system really fun in that one compared to at the time most fps games completely lacking one.

Stevonidas1d 17h ago

Devil's Third is HIGHLY underrated.

repsahj1d 17h ago

They should remake Starfox to the switch 2. Very beautiful game during gamecube days.

Chocoburger1d 12h ago

Kirby is always ignored or forgotten by people, so good to see it mentioned here.
Play Kirby Canvas Curse on DS, and then play Rainbow Curse on Wii U, they're really fun and unique 'platformers' without any actual jumping.

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This ASUS TUF A16 gaming laptop deal just swiped $180 from the price of the latest model

The latest model of ASUS TUF gaming laptops has just had a price cut - check out this gaming laptop deal while you can.