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Originally Posted by lieinmygrave41
Can someone sum up what this new console is and what sort of games are on it? I've read a lot of different things and haven't been following too closely, but what I've heard is interesting. Thanks in advance.
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Terrible name aside, it's actually a pretty significant jump from the Wii. It slightly, slightly surpasses both the PS3 and 360 in pure power (it'd be hard not to, of course), so it handles 1080p.
The main feature is the
Gamepad, a tablet sitting in the middle of a traditional controller. It's utilized in a lot of really innovative ways. Of course, first-party and Wii U exclusive games will
really use it in cool ways, even third party ports use it interestingly. In many games, it acts as a map and an always-open inventory, allowing you to have a less cluttered HUD on your TV, with other information in your hands.
But like I said, some games utilize it in very cool ways. Nintendo Land is the game that is shipping with the deluxe editions of the Wii U, and it's a collection of different multiplayer games. In these mini-games, gameplay is completely split: a few people will be doing one thing on the TV with Wiimotes or pro controllers, while someone else will be playing an entirely different role on the gamepad. In ZombiU, a game I'm super excited about, there's no real thing as pausing the game. Say you're surrounded by zombies, and have to change your inventory around. The game keeps playing on the tv, you have to do everything on your gamepad, while keeping an eye out for zombies on the tv. It sounds like a small thing, but from people who have played it, it's incredibly immersive.
But say you're playing a game on a shared TV, and someone wants to watch TV while you're playing. With the gamepad, it's not a problem: the gamepad supports absolutely lag-free gameplay on just the gamepad screen. You can literally sit there and play console-quality Black Ops II (just as an example) multiplayer, with no extra lag, right in your lap.
Which kind of moves on to the next thing: Nintendo has finally figured out that the internet is a thing that's probably here to stay.
If you have a Wii, you know how terribly they handled that. But they've gone from seeming absolutely inept, to really having an online system so complete, that they almost seem to be challenging Facebook. Everything is tied together into what they're (again, annoyingly) calling the Miiverse. You can share as much or as little as you want, but basically everything is tied together. You can leave hints for friends in-game that they'll see when they get to a certain point, you can recommend movies in Netflix, and so on.
I think that's enough for now.