It seems like Nintendo arent going to make a competitor to the PS3 blu-ray player on their new Nintendo Wii U.
Why did the company take away the convenience of being able to watch a movie on the same player used for playing games? Gaming site Kotaku quoted Nintendo president Satoru Iwata:
“The reason for that is we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn’t warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies.”
Discover an exciting new way to enjoy home entertainment with Wii U, Nintendo’s next home console. With a revolutionary new touch screen controller, precision motion controls, and full HD graphics, a whole new world of play styles and gaming possibilities is on the horizon. The time is coming to truly expand your idea about what a game console is—and can be.
You can check out the full Wii U official launch information here.
There have been a lot of reports this morning that Nintendo will soon be announcing the HD successor to the Wii. The Wii has been the most popular gaming console since launch and it seems like its due for a bit of an upgrade.
Nintendo will soon be slashing the price of the original Wii, so it can sell more consoles leading up to its new console which will be launched at E3 conference in Los Angeles in June.
So what will it be called? Wii 2? Wii HD?
Nintendo have already been showing off the new system to third party developers, so they can get all their kickass games ready for late 2012.
Waterloo Labs developed a new version for our super classic Mario Bros game, the “Eye Mario System”. Using this system we can play Mario Bros without using our hands, and just moving around our eyes.
With Kinect and PlayStation move projects, the gaming market introduces body motion into highly developed games; but companies completely forgotten our classic games. Why we cannot think in a world where we do not need joysticks for games Galaga, Contra or 1942?
This invention takes NES version of Mario Bros 2, and the development seems awkward but I definitely want to try it. Take a look to the video:
The moving sensor we can place in our face captured every movement we make up, down, left or right; and translate those directly to the gaming console.
It’s really hard picture myself playing this game with my eyes. Fighting bosses will be extremely hard in these conditions.
China’s company eDoo will be announcing later this year the launch of the “eBox”, which will provide gaming and entertainment experience just through the body actions detected by a webcam-style device, and no other controllers will be needed. Thinking Kinect?
This is what it seems a leaked image of the eBox:
China’s government announced recently that they will not allow the commercialization of XBOX Kinect device; but as always, people are always looking for a workaround, and the eBox device is appearing.
There are no official announcements, but apparently more news will appear in November and possibly the launch of this product will be on 2011. XBOX games won’t be supported by the eBOX console, but there are currently working 16 professional teams, some of them have developed games for Xbox 360 and Wii, from 8 countries will take part in the development of eBox’s games.
When I see this pic, I cannot avoid thinking about the other Chinese invention this year: The iPed.
The ultimate game convention is taking place right now in Los Angeles Convention Center and they are ready to introduce us with some significant announcements and gaming news. Here’s a recap.
Already remembering good old days with Golden Axe? Well, Sega is going to take you back with a new console that will include several classic games, plus some other new games that you will be able to play with their accelerometer controllers (yes, with movement sensors).
Sega Zone is the name of the new console, which will have included classic games like Sonic and Knuckles, Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Axe or Alex Kidd. Besides those, there are going to be included as well 30 games more (16 sports and 14 arcade type).
These 16 sports games included will be able to play with the full functionalities of the wireless controllers with movement sensors, just like Nintendo’s Wii.
For now, the console will be released in the UK only, but we are assuming that if it has a good response there, the availability could appear worldwide. And here comes the coolest part: The price will be 50 pounds (around €57).
The Wii still has the oddest shaped controller out of the 3rd generation consoles. Some would say it’s more of a wand than it is a controller. Using the motion sensor, most games rely on your movement of the controller-wand to interact with the games. In theory there are great games out there that the controller-wand would be extremely functional. Aside from the sports games and games requiring shooting, games requiring sword-like fighting make this an excellent accessory.
But what happens when you just want to hold a solid controller in your hands?
The long Wii controller is awkward when playing games like Mario or any other platformer, so Nintendo finally decides to change the formula with their own controller design. No longer leaving controller design to third party developers, Nintendo introduces the Wii Classic Controller Pro. Updating itself from the original design, the new Pro controller offers double trigger button to offer more options to the left and right of the controller. Taking the model of the Playstation controller, this new design has rubberized bottom grips for a more sturdy grip.
This new accessory will retail for $20 and is expected to be released in April.
Wii Classic Controller Pro is an upgrade to the previous classic controller design.
I guess it was only a matter of time before motion gaming made it’s impact on other areas of entertainment. Although this one doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Instead of playing games with the Magic Motion remote (although you can do that too) you can use it to change your TV station.
As you can see from the video below, the HDTV is easily controlled by the remote in a similar way to how you control the home screen on the Wii console. All of the options are big to compensate for hand shaking. As is the cursor. You can easily navigate through the various TV menus and select what program you want to watch.
Obviously, there will be some compatibility issues with things such as Digital TV Boxes and DVD players but I think as we enter an era of PC-TV combination – this kind of technology will be the norm.
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