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thekitchensink on 27 January 2012
BlkPaladin said:
GhaudePhaede010 said:
BlkPaladin said:

At this meeting they also announced a new function for the Tablet Controller. They are adding NFC to the controller to allow for credit payments (the credit cards that you hold an inch off the reader and it reads an RF chip in the card) and for functionality similar to the Skylanders game.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1217362p1.html

That sounds farly awesome


Yeah it seems like they are taking their philophy with the DS (Throw in everything but the kitchen sink) and bringing it to the console side of things.

 

Also it sounds like on the network side of things finally dusting off what they had with the SNES in Japan, which was simular to Xbox Live. (Hopeful thinking on my part.)

Why am I left out? :(



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Pavolink on 27 January 2012

A lot of revelaitons last night. Good!

That's feel like a E3.



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NintendoPie on 27 January 2012
Pavolink said:
A lot of revelaitons last night. Good!

That's feel like a E3.

I hope you meant to spell revelations like that.



BlkPaladin on 27 January 2012

Well this really shouldn't surprised, Nintendo did say it was going to start letting information flow on the Wii U coming up to E3. And the 3DS was announced at a similar investor meeting. (If not the same meeting last year.)

To KitchenSink: I'm guessing it is because you are too expensive. ;p



Play4Fun on 27 January 2012
Mummelmann said:
Aj_habfan said:
"With this, for example, the ease of using a video game system when the hardware is shared by multiple family members, which has been a challenge we needed to tackle, shall be improved, and we will also be able to construct and offer the system by combining a variety of different services and content."

That's a lot of words without really saying anything.


I interpret it more like this; "In other words, we are making a system that is exactly like the one you've found on the HD consoles since they launched."

 


Not exactly like the other consoles.

Variety of services and content would point to the rumours/leaks of Origin, Steam, Apps, E-reader, etc being on the system.



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Play4Fun on 27 January 2012
NintendoPie said:
Pavolink said:
A lot of revelaitons last night. Good!

That's feel like a E3.

I hope you meant to spell revelations like that.


Yes, He did.



happydolphin on 27 January 2012
fedfed said:
NN i like it.

Wii U i like it

Nintendo i like it

Good times to be a Ninty fan. They are finally starting to adapt. It isn't perfect, but they are staying with the times. It doesn't mean they need to stop being who they are, but learn from their competitors' strengths is a step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned.

Now let's dance! :P



NintendoPie on 27 January 2012
Play4Fun said:
NintendoPie said:
Pavolink said:
A lot of revelaitons last night. Good!

That's feel like a E3.

I hope you meant to spell revelations like that.


Yes, He did.

I know that's why I put a winky face. ;)



HappySqurriel on 27 January 2012
Mummelmann said:
Aj_habfan said:
"With this, for example, the ease of using a video game system when the hardware is shared by multiple family members, which has been a challenge we needed to tackle, shall be improved, and we will also be able to construct and offer the system by combining a variety of different services and content."

That's a lot of words without really saying anything.


I interpret it more like this; "In other words, we are making a system that is exactly like the one you've found on the HD consoles since they launched."

I'm very happy that Nintendo have finally come aound to the idea of being flexible on online solutions and interface and that they don't shy away from more mainstream tech simply to set themselves apart, especially when implementing that tech makes a lot of sense in a broader perspective (formats, online functionality, media functionality, storage, accounts etc).

Hopefully Nintendo implements it better than Microsoft did with the XBox ...

While it doesn't impact me directly, having witnessed how clumsy switching profiles is at my brother's house (when he realized he was signed in under my nephew's profile), it is fairly clear that multiple profiles per XBox was an afterthought for Microsoft.



DanneSandin on 27 January 2012
NobleTeam360 said:
tell me when the real next gen consoles come out.


Will do: When Wii U (or whatever it'll be called) hits the stores!

Funny how Sony and MS - both current gen - copied a last gen; Wii. Because it's all about the graphics, right? Is my understanding that that's your view of a new gen?



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