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NintendoPie on 19 January 2012
Zappykins said:
Well, If I were them I would add to launch titles Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (with SS movements), Endless Ocean HD, Super Mario Bro's Brawl HD, and a couple of other games out very near the launch title of the WiiU.

Also, remember it should run Modern Warfare 3 (Part 2) or whatever it will be called, should run better on the WiiU than the current HD twins. I would be begging Ubisoft for a WiiU Assassin's Creed too.

It will be interesting to see what they do and how well it works for them.

It has been announced that Super Smash Bros. (enter name here) will take quite awhile I suspect around Winter of 2013 to Summer of 2014. And Zelda probably won't be a launch title. But who knows! Nintendo might go crazy and make us go broke!



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happydolphin on 19 January 2012
NintendoPie said:
Zappykins said:
Well, If I were them I would add to launch titles Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (with SS movements), Endless Ocean HD, Super Mario Bro's Brawl HD, and a couple of other games out very near the launch title of the WiiU.

Also, remember it should run Modern Warfare 3 (Part 2) or whatever it will be called, should run better on the WiiU than the current HD twins. I would be begging Ubisoft for a WiiU Assassin's Creed too.

It will be interesting to see what they do and how well it works for them.

It has been announced that Super Smash Bros. (enter name here) will take quite awhile I suspect around Winter of 2013 to Summer of 2014. And Zelda probably won't be a launch title. But who knows! Nintendo might go crazy and make us go broke!

It didn't stop the 3DS from having OOT 3D. Nope his proposition is fair.TP HD would not require too many resources and would offer robustness to the system's launch library. In other words you will go broke ;)



NintendoPie on 19 January 2012
happydolphin said:
NintendoPie said:
Zappykins said:
Well, If I were them I would add to launch titles Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (with SS movements), Endless Ocean HD, Super Mario Bro's Brawl HD, and a couple of other games out very near the launch title of the WiiU.

Also, remember it should run Modern Warfare 3 (Part 2) or whatever it will be called, should run better on the WiiU than the current HD twins. I would be begging Ubisoft for a WiiU Assassin's Creed too.

It will be interesting to see what they do and how well it works for them.

It has been announced that Super Smash Bros. (enter name here) will take quite awhile I suspect around Winter of 2013 to Summer of 2014. And Zelda probably won't be a launch title. But who knows! Nintendo might go crazy and make us go broke!

It didn't stop the 3DS from having OOT 3D. Nope his proposition is fair.TP HD would not require too many resources and would offer robustness to the system's launch library. In other words you will go broke ;)

Oh WOW! I totally skipped over the TP part, that is actually a good idea and it might (hopefully) will happen!



Roma on 21 January 2012

Third Party Developers Already Have Final Wii U Development Kits

Posted on January 20, 2012 by sickr

Nintendo told online gaming publication Industry Gamers at this years Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas that third party developers have already received final Wii U development kits. Nintendo has already stated to various press outlets that it plans to launch the Wii U sometime after this years E3 event which takes place in Los Angeles in June.



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JEMC on 21 January 2012
spurgeonryan said:
axumblade said:
In order for me to actually voice an opinion on my interest, I'd like to know what games Nintendo considers as a strong lineup.

Zumba Fitness and Just Dance are strong titles but they're not games that I will play. Assassin's Creed, Arkham City and Skyrim are all big titles but I'm not going to buy a Wii U for games I've already played.

I'm not really that skeptical (well, I sound like it) about the launch lineup. I just need a real confirmation at E3 of what I'm getting myself into. If they are new games I will like, I'll give the WiiU a shot. If they are ports and games that don't peak my interest, I'll probably hold off on it for a little while until the decent lineup shows.

In all likelihood, Nintendo's first party lineup will be the reason to buy a WiiU for me.

Well we all know that there will be a bunch of multi-plat games and ports on the Wii U launch. Pikmin 3 was being developed for the Wii (not anymore) so that will probably be a launch title. Zelda and even Super Smash Bros. have long dev. times so they will not be for a while according to mulitple online sources. Really is hard to tell, since Nintendo is keeping their stockholders and everyone else in the dark, at least until E3.

Would a Mario game, Wii sports type of game, and Pikmin 3, along with some other 3rd party games interest you? Or will they need to do more?

If Nintendo is smart, they will do what they did with Wii and launch the new console bundled with the mini-games they have used in their demonstrations. They could also launch a NSMB WiiU and Pikmin 3.

Also, IF (big if) Square Enix does a good job (I told you, big if), WiiU could have Dragon Quest X as a launch title in Japan. That would guarantee an excellent launch there.



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Roma on 21 January 2012
JEMC said:
spurgeonryan said:
axumblade said:
In order for me to actually voice an opinion on my interest, I'd like to know what games Nintendo considers as a strong lineup.

Zumba Fitness and Just Dance are strong titles but they're not games that I will play. Assassin's Creed, Arkham City and Skyrim are all big titles but I'm not going to buy a Wii U for games I've already played.

I'm not really that skeptical (well, I sound like it) about the launch lineup. I just need a real confirmation at E3 of what I'm getting myself into. If they are new games I will like, I'll give the WiiU a shot. If they are ports and games that don't peak my interest, I'll probably hold off on it for a little while until the decent lineup shows.

In all likelihood, Nintendo's first party lineup will be the reason to buy a WiiU for me.

Well we all know that there will be a bunch of multi-plat games and ports on the Wii U launch. Pikmin 3 was being developed for the Wii (not anymore) so that will probably be a launch title. Zelda and even Super Smash Bros. have long dev. times so they will not be for a while according to mulitple online sources. Really is hard to tell, since Nintendo is keeping their stockholders and everyone else in the dark, at least until E3.

Would a Mario game, Wii sports type of game, and Pikmin 3, along with some other 3rd party games interest you? Or will they need to do more?

If Nintendo is smart, they will do what they did with Wii and launch the new console bundled with the mini-games they have used in their demonstrations. They could also launch a NSMB WiiU and Pikmin 3.

Also, IF (big if) Square Enix does a good job (I told you, big if), WiiU could have Dragon Quest X as a launch title in Japan. That would guarantee an excellent launch there.


All of what you said is what I think will happen. Even the DQ10 part




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happydolphin on 23 January 2012
axumblade said:
spurgeonryan said:
axumblade said:
In order for me to actually voice an opinion on my interest, I'd like to know what games Nintendo considers as a strong lineup.

Zumba Fitness and Just Dance are strong titles but they're not games that I will play. Assassin's Creed, Arkham City and Skyrim are all big titles but I'm not going to buy a Wii U for games I've already played.

I'm not really that skeptical (well, I sound like it) about the launch lineup. I just need a real confirmation at E3 of what I'm getting myself into. If they are new games I will like, I'll give the WiiU a shot. If they are ports and games that don't peak my interest, I'll probably hold off on it for a little while until the decent lineup shows.

In all likelihood, Nintendo's first party lineup will be the reason to buy a WiiU for me.

Well we all know that there will be a bunch of multi-plat games and ports on the Wii U launch. Pikmin 3 was being developed for the Wii (not anymore) so that will probably be a launch title. Zelda and even Super Smash Bros. have long dev. times so they will not be for a while according to mulitple online sources. Really is hard to tell, since Nintendo is keeping their stockholders and everyone else in the dark, at least until E3.

Would a Mario game, Wii sports type of game, and Pikmin 3, along with some other 3rd party games interest you? Or will they need to do more?

Sports games have limited appeal to me. It all depends on what kind of Mario game we are talking about. Platforming, yes. Kart racing, most likely. I don't really care for Pikmin but the tablet might change my mind depending on where they go with the gameplay. If they decided to launch with Smash Bros (and it actually happens), then I might even first day purchase the WiiU.

Axumblade, it seems Nintendo will focus the Wii U's launch on casual yes, but also on online. Some of their known launch titles are Dragon Quest X (also on Wii) and Ghost Recon Future Soldier Online (will also be on PC), neither of which are Nintendo games. This tells me that possibly, yes, Nintendo may even have Smash or Mario Kart online ready for launch. I may be wrong, but that's my prediction. E3 will tell ;) But all in all, if that's true, there's much to be excited about. We are all looking forward to a deeper online experience on a Nintendo plat!

With a software drought on the Wii in BOTH 2011 and 2012, you know the software gears are turning hard at Nintendo under the veil. I say prepare for a massive launch tbh.



HappySqurriel on 23 January 2012
happydolphin said:

Axumblade, it seems Nintendo will focus the Wii U's launch on casual yes, but also on online. Some of their known launch titles are Dragon Quest X (also on Wii) and Ghost Recon Future Soldier Online (will also be on PC), neither of which are Nintendo games. This tells me that possibly, yes, Nintendo may even have Smash or Mario Kart online ready for launch. I may be wrong, but that's my prediction. E3 will tell ;) But all in all, if that's true, there's much to be excited about. We are all looking forward to a deeper online experience on a Nintendo plat!

With a software drought on the Wii in BOTH 2011 and 2012, you know the software gears are turning hard at Nintendo under the veil. I say prepare for a massive launch tbh.


Even if you're right (I'm not sure either way to be honest) I wouldn't bet on this software strenght to necessarily be at "launch" ...

Nintendo is a very smart company and, while I'm sure they want to take advantage of being the only "next generation" system on the market, I would expect Nintendo to space out their releases quite a bit. For launch and the holiday season I would expect Nintendo to limit the number of major titles to 1 or 2, and to only be pushing one major title at a time throughout the rest of the year.

Hypothetically speaking, if Nintendo has an unusually large number of first party games that will be ready at launch, I would actually expect them to space the games out over the months following the Wii U launch to maximize software sales and the impact it has on hardware sales.



Salnax on 23 January 2012

I'm guessing Nintendo will have the following in their launch window.

Likely: Pikmin 3, Wii Fit 3, Pokemon Stadium 5th Generation, Epic Yarn 2, Excite-Racer

Unlikely: New exclusive JRPG, Retro’s big Project, Unknown Paon Project

For more info, check out the link below. The tldr version is that every other studio is either working on 3DS projects or hasn't had enough time to make new games.

http://www.gametrailers.com/users/Salnax/gamepad/



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umegames on 23 January 2012

up till now i was so sure that nintendo had scooped up RE6 for a limited exclusive. I guess its possible for it to still be in the launch of wiiu but non the less i do look forward to some strong titles that dont include madden or COD



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