Gamers have been waiting almost a year for new information on the Wii’s successor, and in less than three days the Wii U – and presumably its entire lineup of launch titles – will be revealed. Nintendo is understandably anxious to start building some hype for the console’s release later this year, and their press conference should do just that. The company has now announced however, that details on their next-gen console will be coming prior to their E3 presser.
A new episode of Nintendo Direct has just been scheduled to air on June 3rd at 3pm PT/6pm ET, and it will allegedly focus on the “concept behind the Wii U.” The announcement doesn’t clarify exactly what will be discussed, but it’s safe to say that there probably won’t be any games shown. There will still be plenty of new info though, which makes it all the more tempting to tune in.
Last year Nintendo was criticized for its initial Wii U reveal, because of the lack of details on the new system itself. The videos shown made the tablet-esque controller look more like an add-on for the Wii than a new game console. Having a video prior to the big event allows Nintendo to clarify what the new system will do before hand, and opens up their conference to focus strictly on what everyone cares about – games.
The decision on whether or not to keep the Wii U name should be made during Nintendo Direct, but it previous evidence suggests that Nintendo won’t be changing the console’s monicker.
Check back with Game Rant for details from tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct as soon as they are revealed. Our away team will also be at the big event to provide our readers with plenty of Wii U coverage, as well as hands-on details about the latest games coming to the system.
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Damn… if they’re releasing new information tomorrow, what are they gonna tell us at E3?
Who cares ? Yay they’re providing HD graphics 5 years too late. Hmmm wonder what the game line up will be. Do you think possibly, uhh zelda, mario bros., metroid… exact same stories as every other game but with fancier graphics. I’m definitely going to buy that ! <<< sarcasm.
Something tells me you weren’t going to buy it anyway, but instead came over here to troll. Go back to your bridge and play some Fails of War.
They ask for new games but no one buys them. They ask for something new then complain when it doesn’t work like the last one. Still COD sells 1 billion dollars worth of games in 16 days. Doesn’t sound like Nintendo is wrong to mainly concentrate on Zelda, Mario and whatever else they know sells when “they” only buy the exact same stories as every other game but with fancier graphics.
Very true. The consumers of video games are very fickle on what they say they want, but end up only buying the games that haven’t changed since the first few installments.
Hey, I’m being open minded and all, but I still agree with Greg on here. The recent news we’ve been hearing on the Wii-U has not sounded that impressive. They say the graphics would be atleast better than the current gen consoles. That’s a really bad sign, since when the PS4 and shizbox 720p come out, Nintendo won’t have anything to brag about for the graphics on the Wii U. And yes…we’ll continue seeing Super Duper Ultra Smashbrothers 69! or Zelda: A Game Where You Won’t Even See Zelda…and more Mario. Not saying that it’s a bad thing, people have grown up with these and love the gameplay, specially for the whole family, Mario Kart and etc looked fun. But the whole news on the Wii U itself…have not made me any more interested in it. :S
in the end its all about the game
I looked forward to Zelda Skyward sword and turned it off. I got sick of having my hand held through the entire game. I approach a door and see that its locked but notice the gem on the ceiling.
Before I even get a chance to shoot the gem to unlock the door which is common practise in every zelda ever made this blue genie pops up and informs me “Hey maybe I should shoot the gem.” Upon inspecting the area I find a sign which also indicates I should shoot a gem to open the way.
I figure hey its probably just for the starter dungeon. Nope, its like that the entire game.
Not the least of which I was playing Skyrim on the xbox 360 at the time. My wife inquired why I was playing an old game instead of the nice looking viking one. I asked what she meant, and she thought zelda skyward sword was an old nintendo game based on the crappy graphics. I told her it came out this year…
I would have told her “Graphics aren’t everything, sweetie.”