Peter Moore returns to talk about Wii U

The COO of EA, Peter Moore, has spoken publicly about the Nintendo Wii U. Speaking to the IndustryGamers, Moore ruled that Nintendo will be a passing car to the next generation, since in his view will not be the quality of the graphics made the shots in the coming years. "People are already talking about the console as if it were a passing car.

Frankly, I do not think that is the case," Moore said. "Here are the reasons: no longer a discussion of specific techniques ... everything will revolve around the fact that the controller will be a unique way to enjoy the experience offered by the console, beyond the graphics. Just like on the Wii." "You saw Battlefield 3, right? How do you think you can grow, visually, after that level?" Moore said.

Codemasters confirms F1 on Wii U

Codemasters has confirmed that the F1 series will arrive on Nintendo Wii U, probably with the 2012 edition of the game. With this output the series confirms its presence on all next-generation platforms submitted so far: 3DS, Wii and PlayStation U Life. At E3 last year the English publisher had confirmed that the series Dirt was coming home on new hardware Nintendo.

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Professor Layton will arrive on Wii U?

Level-5 is seriously considering the possibility of bringing the series to Wii Professor Layton U. The company's president and CEO, Akihiro Hino, was greatly impressed by the controller "touch" the next Nintendo home hardware, and believes it to be perfect for this series. So far the series of Layton was confined on the portable console of the big N, but the Wii U could be the springboard to the next-gen.

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Harvest Moon also on Wii U?

During a recent interview with Nintendo Official Magazine UK, Yasuhiro Wada, creator of the Harvest Moon series, said that besides being engaged in the construction of a new chapter for 3DS, would be involved in another project. This project, which still do not know any details, would be present without a reference platform, but according to the Wada, there would be a realistic chance of eventually landing the title right on the next Nintendo console, the highly anticipated Wii U.

Satoru Iwata does not like FPS

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo presidentissimo, admitted he did not really love the first-person shooter, but at the same time is well aware of the popularity of this kind. Speaking at a recent meeting with investors, Iwata said that "today, especially in Western countries, the shooter of war are enormously popular, which is not the case in Japan." "Some of these titles come to sell over 10 million copies.

The 3DS is a controller for Wii U?

The use of the Nintendo 3DS as a controller for the Wii U is technically possible, but according to Nintendo, the same considerations to do about it are many. During a meeting with investors, the boss of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, said that the company will transform Japan "without hesitation" the Wii controller in a 3DS U if this proves to be the "obvious choice", but still has some doubts about it.

Nintendo Wii U talk of online

Nintendo will welcome with pleasure the personal networks of the various publishers for online play on Wii U. Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America boss, told Forbes that the Wii will offer U a "system much more flexible" than that used by the company of Super Mario so far. "We've seen what our competitors have made and are aware of the need to better exploit online.

We started with the launch dell'eshop for 3DS and will continue to develop our online facility," said Reggie. "With the Wii will make a U step further, creating a much more flexible system able to ensure the best possible approach to independent developers who choose to participate." When Xbox Live is a very closed environment, which forces developers to use Microsoft systems and infrastructure for online gaming.

Zelda for Wii U might change appearance

The alleged new Zelda game for the next Nintendo console, Wii, U, when it will arrive on the market could be very different from that shown. The version shown at E3 has captured particular attention due to its particular look and feel fantastic. Speaking to Wired's the producer of the latest installments of the series, Eiji Aonuma, said that the appearance shown may not be the final one, a bit 'as they did with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, presented with a realistic design and then completely changed through an unprecedented use of the cel-shaded.

The new Smash Bros. is "far away"

Are you holding your breath waiting for the new Smash Bros? Maybe you better take a deep breath because the new installment in the series, due out on Wii and 3DS U, is still very far from the shops. To say it was the same as the series creator, Masahiro Sakurai, during an interview with Famitsu (translated by 1UP).

"We are currently working on two more games and we have no time and resources to begin third," said Sakurai, "my heart bleeds, but for now the new Smash Bros. will have to wait." Work on the new chapter will not begin then (at least) before the release of Kid Icarus: Uprising, due out next Christmas.

Xenoblade Authors to work on Wii U

Xenoblade developer, Monolith Soft is working on a game for the Wii U. According to the official website of the company (translation of Andriasang), the team is looking for staff for a project on the Wii U. Xenoblade Chronicles will arrive in Europe in 2011 just for  Wii .

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Nintendo does not want the record online

According to MTV by Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo has no plans to overcome Microsoft and Sony regarding online gaming. "We do not want to become number one in online gaming," said Miyamoto. "Of course for our new platform will be important to have good connectivity, the experiences that our consumers love to include elements that could be improved and that require a network connection." Miyamoto speculates multiplayer experience "local" extended through the internet connection feature and suggests "social" as those on Xbox Live allow you to see the titles used by users in the buddy list.

Iwata: Wii U could be portable

Nintendo had considered the possibility to realize U as the Wii console and portable hardware, not as controllers of the next "home". To say this was the company's president, Satoru Iwata, during an interview with Gamasutra. "We had several meetings before giving way to the Wii project in the U and output is more than one occasion out of the idea of creating a handheld." "In the end we chose this direction because the hardware we had in mind was too powerful for a laptop and the battery would last a very short".

New Wii U by July

The prototype of a new generation of Wii will be sent to developers in June or July, he told Videogame Source managing director of Sega Europe, Gary Dunn. "It's still early. The prototype of a new generation will arrive in June or July," says Dunn, according to which from the earliest demonstrations of the Wii console, Sega has found U "very powerful".

More powerful than the PS3 and Xbox 360? "It is too early to say, is a different console." "We were able to easily obtain the next-gen graphics with the first prototypes, which we are satisfied. Given that our engineers have tried to quickly make some port, we can say that architecture is accessible."

According to Dunn, in the future, Sega will assess any target platforms of his new game: "We will not make the simple porting from the PS3 and X360 Wii U; the new controls allow you to implement an asymmetric gameplay, and we are thrilled."

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U Wii will not read DVD movies and Blu-ray

Nintendo has confirmed that Wii will not allow U to watch movies on DVD or Blu-ray. The reason for this decision? First, because, according to Nissan's members already have several devices that do. "Also include a feature like that in the new console would have raised production costs too," said President Satoru Iwata.

U will use the Wii owners 12cm discs, high-density disks can also read the previous Nintendo home console.

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Activision Wii praises U

The boss of Activision Publishing, Eric Hirshberg, expressed his appreciation for the new Nintendo console, Wii U. "It seems a more relevant platform for the kind of games we develop," said Hirshberg to IndustryGamers. "They are working to offer HD, higher processing power, digital infrastructure, universes connected ...

All the things we need to develop good games." "I think from the standpoint of the Wii controller is U nnovativo, this console will be more loved by hardcore gamers than Wii."

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Devil's Third on Wii maybe U

It seems that Tomonobu Itagaki would be interested in bringing up his next project U Wii, Devil's Third. During a recent interview, the boss of Valhalla Studios has in fact shown great interest in the new Nintendo console, but not in any way confirming the actual existence of a version for this hardware.

Itagaki stated then to hope that a console like the Wii U can revitalize the Japanese market right in respect of its incredible features. Back then on his current project, Itagaki said that development has come about 20-30% and that the launch is not expected before the beginning of 2013.

3 No More Heroes Wii U

Goichi "Suda51" Suda has hinted that No More Heroes 3 will arrive on Wii U. In an interview with Destructoid, Suda has confirmed that the upcoming No More Heroes will arrive on Nintendo's new console. "I do not know if the protagonist is a boy," said Suda. "Maybe I could implement some other idea. We'll see.

Of course I can not tell you anything about it."

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Online Wii and 3DS U "similar" to PSN and XBL

The Nintendo Wii will offer an online experience U power than its predecessor, said Nintendo. "Attiamo expected that high definition and wi-fi is spreading", says Nintendo's marketing manager, Rob Lowe. "Now every house is wi-fi or broadband. All are related, but when we launched Wii five years ago the situation was different.

The 3DS can make you understand what direction we are following the online Wii U . "Mr. Iwata will reveal the details later, but already shows significant increase compared with 3DS DSi and DSi XL. The friend code system has been finished and now the experience is very similar to that offered by PSN and Xbox Live." "With U Wii will try to meet the needs of online game enthusiasts and at the same time try to involve people who have previously had difficulties in this area."

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U CryEngine confirmed for Wii

Crytek has announced that the Wii will support the CryEngine U. In an interview with Develop, CEO Cevat Yerli has confirmed that "without doubt Crytek will support U Wii. "We're not going to show anything for the moment but we are already running on the console of the material," he added. "We are expanding in many directions.

Kinect The support is important, so we include it in the CryEngine. Then we're working on a tablet and mobile devices. But we can not tell you where we came."

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"Wii is identical to U OnLive"

Nintendo Wii is convinced that U will change again the way we play. The same opinion does not seem to be Steve Perlman, OnLive boss, that its platform is the exact same things announced for the new console of the big "N". OnLive, which will arrive in Europe this autumn, Cloud is a gaming platform that lets you download demos of games, buy them and share them without having to download anything.