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E3 2012 Announcements
Ripoff Xbox 360 controller for the Wii U. Also, touchscreen game pad redesign doubles as a TV remote.
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The Miiverse looks cute. Glad to see Nintendo's on board with, you know, the internet.
But that commercial in the middle was so terrible it made my eyes and ears bleed.
-the remote thing is cute, but I'd rather have a Harmony
-I think the 360 shows that they really want third parties on board, and that the tablet is not comfortable to use for games that aren't going to use its capabilities.
-Mii Wara Wara & Miiverse are "cute" and novel, but I think at the detriment of actually being useful. They need to be innovative, not novel.
Generally I feel like they are trying to do too much, and are also trying to be cute/novel when they need to be innovative. What they need to do is to show, not only why they are different from the current 360 and PS3, but why they deserve our attention when the next Sony and Microsoft console show up and blow it out of the water hardware wise. How is it going to be something more than just another Nintendo console for Nintendo games?
Honestly, I'm on the edge about Nintendo. They're doing some things right (pushing hard for 3DS combo eShop/Retail launches), some things right, but late (ditching Friend Codes with the launch of the Nintendo Network), and some things that we'll just have to see how it works out (WiiU). I think it's going to take more than one bad console to erase the money and power the Wii provided them. After all, this is a company that weathered the N64 and the GameCube, both of which had rather lackluster lives.
Also, honestly, if you want real games on a handheld, they're basically the only game in town. And I say this as someone who's a very happy owner of a PSP. The 3DS isn't selling terribly behind where the DS was a the same point in it's lifespan, last I checked, and may even be a bit ahead.
I'm also pretty sure that by this point in the DS' life, flashcarts either barely existed, or were crap.
There was a 3DS flashcart proof of concept that could run one game at a time, but I didn't follow that news enough to come away with anything about it.
Sure, there are tons of little awesome gimmicks that the Wii U could pull off, but I learned with the Wii that they are still gimmicks, and not worth the $$$ in the longrun. I was thinking about sports games earlier.
How cool would it be to play soccer/hockey where some players were on the field (using Wiimotes) while the goalie got to play on the tablet and block shots from a first person view? Cool, but not a system seller.
On the Microsoft front, they are expected to unveil companion apps for smartphones and tablets that talk to your 360 and turn the phone/tablet into a player aid for whatever game is running (maps, inventory, etc.). I like it, but we've seen this so many times now and it's never paid off. I am numb to the concept.
If they would just actually push it to the limit, they could conquer again easily. Imagine if the WiiU Madden let you pick plays on the screen, and was otherwise a complete Madden game. Would it not become the preferred platform?
No matter what their hardware is, there is no indication they, or third parties, will produce quality software in sufficient quantity to make anything happen.
How come this isn't in the Steam store yet? Y U NO take my money?