Hardware

[El Chaos]

Nintendo's new home console:

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And the controller, which features a touchscreen:

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http://e3.nintendo.com/hw/

[El Chaos]

These may be the console's specs (I ignore the capture's source):

[Recap]

Wii U

Laughs! Is that for real?


Edit: Seems it's the final name, indeed!

http://www.4gamer.net/games/134/G013422/20110608002/

[El Chaos]

I remember joking that they should call the Wii's successor something like "Uzz" sometime after the Wii's release.

And here's the Japanese site: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_2011/02/

[icycalm]

Yeah, the name is just nuts. Like a parody of videogame consoles. And the rest of it too. The artfags should catch on to that. The meaning of Nintendo's new console is ironic. It should launch with Pong HD.

[icycalm]

By the way, thanks for all the updates, Chaos. I haven't checked a news site (or forum) in ages; without you I'd know nothing. But it looks like I am not missing much anyways.

[JoshF]

What a horrendous controller design. When's the last time Nintendo took into account the human body when designing a controller? You can only look in one direction at a time, so either the controller screen holds useless information, or has important HUD information in which case it will be annoying and distracting to look at.

[Recap]

Exactly like it was with the DS. And there you have the sales figures.

[JoshF]

Yeah but now the gap between the screens will be bigger. Innovation.

[El Chaos]

You are welcome, icy.

Here's the E3 demonstration of the new hardware's capabilities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e3qaPg_keg

Taking mini-games and non-games to the next level, indeed.

And some nonsense about the system's CPU, made possible because Nintendo is stupidly secretive: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digit ... -wii-u-cpu

[icycalm]

http://twitter.com/#!/DontPressStart/st ... 4067519488

Any chance the new platform is just three GameCubes duct taped together? #e3

[El Chaos]

Seems like this one will also be region-locked: http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/24/ ... ion-locked

The latest issue of Famitsu reports that Nintendo plans to prevent its new console from playing software outside of specified territories. A direct quote as translated on Twitter: "What can be played on the Wii U is restricted by a region-lock feature; software not sold in the same region cannot be played."

[David]

The Wii U Pro Controller:

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[icycalm]

Developers Are Running Out of Fake Excuses For Not Porting Games to the Wii U
http://www.p4rgaming.com/?p=1406

[ingolfr]

EA Senior Engineer: 'The Wii U Is Crap': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB9h2kRDfeU

[El Chaos]

The Secret Developers: Wii U - the inside story. From reveal to launch and beyond - a third-party developer talks about the challenges of working with Nintendo and its latest console: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digit ... side-story

[icycalm]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=822988

Wii U and Limited/Full RGB Range

I figured I would make a topic out of this so more people would see it and get a better picture out of their Wii U.

The Wii U currently only supports Limited RGB range while the 360, XB1 (currently broken) PS3 and PS4 support full range.

With Limited RGB range you are seeing colors 16-235. With Full, you are seeing 0-255.

I had noticed when playing my Wii U, the picture seemed a bit washed out. The blacks were grey and the colors just didn't pop as much as the other systems.

After a bit of checking around, I noticed my TV was set to "Full RGB" range. After all, why would you NOT want full range? This is typically the default setting on most newer TVs.

Well, the problem is if the source (Wii U) is sending a Limited RGB signal to a TV that is set for Full RGB, it's attempting to display a range it can't read. If you set your TV to Limited, the ranges now match and it looks fantastic. The blacks are black and the colors pop.

The unfortunate side is the same holds true in reverse. If you switch over to the PS4 and it is set to Full RGB while your TV is set to Limited now, your PS4 will appear washed out since it's expecting full range and can't display them.

Here are a few options:

Option 1. If you are lucky, your TV will have a "Auto" mode in addition to Full and Limited RGB which will automatically detect the range and adjust accordingly.

Option 2 - Manually switch to Limited RGB on your TV when playing the Wii U.

Option 3 - Set your TV and all consoles to Limited RGB.

Option 4 - Petition Nintendo to add Full RGB support.

For those that are disappointed with the Wii U picture quality, check your TVs RGB range and set it to Limited or Auto. You'll be impressed.

[Some guy]

You can now transfer your Wii U data to another Wii U
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/22/ ... ther-wii-u

An update (5.1.0) allowing you to transfer your Wii U data to another Wii U is currently being rolled out by Nintendo.

As outlined on Nintendo's support page, the feature will only work with two working and present consoles (no dice if it's broken or lost), and will transfer users, Nintendo Network IDs, save data and downloaded content from one to the other. Once the transfer is complete, the source Wii U will be formatted.

One presumes this feature won't be too useful in the immediate future, but might have some worth if different models are released down the line, or if you're looking to upgrade from the basic to deluxe model.

Check out all the details on Nintendo's support page.