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Read More »Wii U: Developer reaction
We ask studios big and small what the console offers and how you can take advantage
Read More »OPINION: Will Nintendo’s reliable focus on quality translate into sales?
I bumped into an analyst friend on the train home the other day.Conversation about industry matters turned, as you expect, to the Wii U. We both confessed a little bemusement at Nintendo’s take on a next-gen machine – but neither of us were willing to condemn it. Never write Nintendo …
Read More »LAUNCH DAY ANALYSIS: What will U do?
Wii U will sell out today. The console’s limited launch day stock will guarantee that. But its long-term success is far from secure as it launches into an uncertain marketplace.And although retailers are already taking pre-orders for further shipments, Nintendo’s hard work is far from over. The platform holder needs …
Read More »MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up: Wii U Edition
Well, we’re all a good few hours into playing our Wii U’s now, and sales charts for Q3 this year have come in. The Wii U midnight launches took place in hundreds of JB Hi-Fi, EB Games and K Mart stores across both countries yesterday, but EB in Sydney, Melbourne …
Read More »The Wii U is just hours away – but it’s been a long wait for these four lads and their tent
Five days. In a tent. On the street. For a games console. Hurrah? They set up their tent outside HMV Oxford Street on Saturday November 24th and tonight four students will at last get their hands on the pot at the end of their rainbow – the Wii U. Izzy …
Read More »Iwata ‘very sorry’ for 1gb day one Wii U update
Exec admits users should be able to use all the console's functions straight out of the box
Read More »Ubisoft: Wii believe in U
Third party support is crucial to any console launch, and Nintendo has done a sterling job of rallying publishers behind Wii U. The new console will arrive with a day one line-up that includes Call of Duty, FIFA, Batman, Mass Effect, Skylanders, Tekken – the list goes on. No publishers …
Read More »Iwata apologises for day one Wii U update
Punters who buy a Wii U this weekend face a sizable day one patch if they want full functionality – a fact Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has apologised for. "Personally I think that users should be able to use all the functions of a console video game machine as soon …
Read More »Unity Focus: Unity for Wii U
With the launch of Nintendo's new games console, Develop looks at what Unity's Wii U deal mean to developers of every size
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