Nintendo says that WiiU will do three things: change your gaming, change the way you interract with your friends, and change the way you watch TV. Essentially a compilation of minigames from Nintendo's storied history. Last year's announcement of the Wii U coincided with Zelda's 25th anniversaryīoasting one of the more hardcore fanbases in all of gaming, fans at the press conference were extremely excited to hear about NintendoLand. Since this press conference was all about the WiiU, Nintendo showed how players will use the new console and Gamepad to play games solo or via multiplayer. To that end Nintendo announced that not only will Mario be available at launch in the form of Super Mario Brothers U, but also Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon.
Not that this matters as we said, people just want to play Mario, Zelda or Pokémon. You can find more about its limited hardware in our Wii U news roundup, but it's notable that Nintendo has recently redesigned the controller.ĭespite this, Nintendo's gamble on that controller could pay off, as the combination of a touch-screen, traditional controller and motion sensitivity could be used for just about anything - if developers feel its worth spending their time doing so.Īdd in the possibility of cross-platform play with the 3DS, which Smash Bros' Sakurai hinted at earlier in the year, and the device will have three different controllers - though it's a pity it can only cope with one Wii U controller at a time.
Check out the best of the games announcements made at E3 2012 in our video round-up: