Don't expect NFC games at launch.

http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/9/13/3328568/no-wii-u-games-support-nfc-yet-including-skylanders-and-rayman

While Nintendo's Wii U will support Near Field Communication, none of the 50 games available for the console through March will support the technology, Nintendo confirmed today.

While NFC-like technology is used in the Skylanders games to help save and deliver an action figure's stats and upgrades to the different consoles the game is on, it won't rely on the Wii U's support of the tech when Skylanders: Giants comes to the console.

"We did entertain the idea," Nick Ruepp, producer at Vicarious Visions, said. "We didn’t want to cripple the GamePad the entire time just so you could put your Skylander on the GamePad."

The GamePad's reader rests in the bottom left corner of the controller, and Skylanders requires that you leave the figure in place on the reader while playing the game. Once you lift the champion up from the game's portal, it leaves the game.

Developers working on Rayman Legends said they entertained the idea of using the reader to import characters into the Wii U title. The ability was even showcased in an internal video leaked earlier this year, but ultimately they decided not to include it in their game.

Nintendo product manager Bill Trinen confirmed that none of the existing known titles for the Wii U support the technology.

"That is a new tech, particularly with it being available in the U.S.," he said. "A lot of the developers are wondering what are the options? How do we leverage it? As they start to come with their ideas, solutions and great content, we will talk more about it.

"I don't anticipate it will be too far out."

ign editors discussing about wii u announcement

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/14/wii-u-announcements-discussed?utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Mother of God...

Looks like Monster Hunter to me.

Premium Wii U Pre-Orders Already Maxed Out at Game Stop Stores

http://hdwarriors.com/premium-wii-u-pre-orders-already-maxed-out-at-game-stop-stores/#more-2146

By the way, it is Monster Hunter.

When I saw the word Capcom far under that shot, something tells me it's a monster hunter game. Handle 3 things at once? Bah, I most don't even consider the controller in this equation, hence "to watch over two things at once"...

The deluxe set is sold out on Best Buy.com.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Nintendo+-+Nintendo+Wii+U+Black+Console/6775792.p?skuId=6775792&id=1218807628374

And both sets are being scalped on Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0050SVHZO/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B009AGXH64/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

This is starting to feel like like the Wii launch, actually better than the Wii launch since it is selling out just with preorders.

No! I refuse to wait for a Wii U! As soon as pre-orders open again, you can bet your sweet ass I'm going to be one of the first to pre-order!