edgecrusher said:

As I said, I think the Wii U is going to look totally different than it did last year. I think Nintendo knows it wasn't smart making a console that looked exactly like your last one, and the whole form factor is going to be different.

I really hope this is one of the reasons they are showing off the console. I'm excited about the Wii U but the way it looked last year was bland.

It's especially weird because I think the Wii was a pretty sleek looking console.

What is this? Fucking Captain Planet?

Gearbox heaps more praise on Wii U, very happy with the console's tech

“I love this platform. I’m very excited about it because it gives us a path to realise some things that are more future-looking than we could if we were only on the current generation. It’s up to Nintendo to talk about their specs and I must follow them. I’ve committed myself to honouring their confidentiality.” - Randy Pitchford

“It’s (Aliens: Colonial Mraines) going to look awesome! And it’s unbelievable how many things that exist in the Aliens’ franchise actually work for that controller. It’s been a real treat, quite frankly, because the controller and the features of the system enable us to do things we can’t do with the other consoles. We can always use more memory and rendering capability. I think that’s one of the most exciting things about the Wii U. Not only do you have the technology of what you can do gameplay wise but it will be one of the best looking versions of the game.” - Brian Cozzens

The following is from an anonymous dev on Wii U daily:

"Additionally, the source mentioned that porting current gen games to the Wii U isn’t as easy as originally thought, and that games that have been developed for the Xbox 360 are “much easier to port to Wii U than PS3 versions. A lot less headache involved because their architecture is similar. Technically, you can just recompile X360 to the Wii U and it’ll pretty much run, but PS3 to Wii U is much much trickier.” He said that the latest SDK hardware is final, only the software keeps updating.






“We’ve spent a lot of time creating our own tools for the X360 this generation, and we’ve already tweaked a lot of the tools to work on the Wii U. But if you code on the Wii U from ground up and have to use middleware, it’s probably gonna be tougher than doing an X360 game from ground up.”"

One note, if Nintendo are showing off the Wii U hardware tonight, that means they must have a fuckload of games to show off in the actual Tuesday conference. Considering they have had a year long NDA, there must be tons of stuff to show off.

It's E3 so it's time for the obligatory Nintendo crate picture.

Crate photos are the best part of E3 IMO.

So the Paul Gale Network the guy who confirmed CV LOS 3DS put up some info then quickly took it down:

E3 is one week away and that means that anticipation for the show is simply boiling! As you now know and the Paul Gale Network has announced, Nintendo has blown the collective minds of the gaming-oriented Internet with its announcement today that it will broadcast a very, very special Nintendo Direct Pre E3 presentation of exciting new info. How new and exciting? Well gamers E3 is about to get even crazier than in your wildest imaginations! Tomorrow's broadcast, a source has told the Paul Gale Network is only the tip of an iceberg that is set to emerge in events across the week of E3. Treat yourself to a few expected highlights - and remember this is only the very beginning!

-Project H.A.M.M.E.R. The game is said to have been put on hiatus until the unique powers of the Wii U enabled its intended expression. It is also said to be on track to introduce the first all-new super star to the Nintendo roster in some time.


-Ice Climber: Climate Hero!! Popo and Nana star in their first proper Ice Climbing outing since 1985


Here’s hoping that Wii U absolutely blows us away next week!

gamingeek said:

"Additionally, the source mentioned that porting current gen games to the Wii U isn’t as easy as originally thought, and that games that have been developed for the Xbox 360 are “much easier to port to Wii U than PS3 versions. A lot less headache involved because their architecture is similar. Technically, you can just recompile X360 to the Wii U and it’ll pretty much run, but PS3 to Wii U is much much trickier.” He said that the latest SDK hardware is final, only the software keeps updating.

Not surprising....Nintendo builds their consoles more like Microsoft, to be more PC like...so naturally just like with Xbox/PC its going to be easier porting games from Xbox/PC then from PS3 to Xbox/PC/ and now, Wii U. People forget because the Wii was underpowered, but it still had a PC like architecture because it was based on Gamecube which was based on ATI and AMD tech, just like Xbox 360. Not sure if N64 had a PC like design as well, but since Gamecube at least Nintendo has gone that route.

Sony are the only assholes that have to design their consoles all difficult and un-PC like, which is why most people try to port TO the PS3, and not FROM.

I pity da fool.

Iwata needs to shave his head.

On a non-E3 note, thanks to everyone who suggested Persona 3: FES. This is one of the best games I've ever played. I've put off playing it until I knew I had some real time to devote to it, and this is game is a like a dream come true. A demonic RPG dungeon crawler hybrid social sim???? How the hell did I never find out about this? It's like what Azure Dreams should have evolved into. Freaking brilliant.

So did you guys hear? Random people have been phoning gaming journos and saying  “Do you know about Wii U? If not, you will.” In creepy voices.

People think it's viral marketing.