Just now, I had the opportunity to briefly hold the new Wii U tablet controller. I wanted to quickly share my opinions, so this will be brief.
Huge Definition.
The first demo was a 30-second Zelda HD cutscene of Link entering a spectacular room and fighting a giant spider. The Wii U's HD capabilities turn a simple boss room into a massive and beautiful palace hall, and the spider was incredibly intimidating, full of segmented body ridges, menacing mouth parts, and hair (shudder). It was fluid, detailed, ornate, colorful, brilliant in light contrasts, but a limited experience.
Show off your visual spatial skills with this offbeat prototype for Wii U that takes special use of the tablet controller and stylus.
See how you can use the Wii U tablet controller as a shield in this unique Wii U prototype.
Check out some footage shot directly from the show floor of E3, showcasing both the prototype for NSMBM and the Wii U tablet controller!
Check out some footage of The Legend of Zelda HD for Wii U from the E3 2011 show floor, as well as the brand new Wii U tablet controller.
Nintendo one-ups the Wii, iPad, and DS all at once.
In a developer video reel, Danny Bilson of THQ described Wii U's tablet-touchscreen as the "swiss army knife of controllers," and there is no better way of putting it. Wii U's controller really does everything, but it also melts in your hands the way the Gamecube's did all those years ago.
According to Matt R, Miyamoto announced in Nintendo's roundtable that Wii U is the new home of the next Pikmin.
During Nintendo's roundtable tonight, Miyamoto revealed that Pikmin 3 has been shifted from the Wii to the Wii U. The game had been in development for Wii for some time, but was moved when Wii U development began because the system caters so well to the Pikmin game design.
This Kirby title brings fans of the series back to its roots with a new story and cooperative multiplayer.
While we didn't hear anything about it during today's Nintendo Press Conference, a brand new Kirby title, Kirby Wii (Working Title), is coming to the Wii this Fall.
