Offcial thread of the Nintendo Workers' International Industrial Union

[Great Rumbler]

Wait, that's not quite right.

It's

WiiU

As in

You

Are in

the game

too

or something.

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Processors:
IBM Power-based multi-core 45 nm microprocessor[35]
GPU: Custom-designed ATI Radeon HD GPU[40]

Storage:
Internal flash memory expandable via SD memory card slot and USB slots (4) using a USB hard disk drive
Slot-loading disc drive compatible with 12-cm "proprietary high-density optical discs" and 12-cm Wii optical discs.

Controller:
Built-in accelerometer, speakers, front-facing camera, microphone and a 6.2 inch touchpad
Two Circle Pads and one Digital Pad
Select, Start, Home and Power Buttons
A/B/X/Y front buttons, L/R bumper buttons and ZL/ZR trigger buttons

Video:
1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i output
Compatible with HDMI, component, S-video and composite cables

Audio:
AV Multi Out port. Six-channel PCM linear output through HDMI

[Weltall]

So, it has the worst name a console ever had since the first Wii, a controller that is almost as big as an iPad, and technical specifications that weren't impressive five years ago?

They'll sell a hundred million anyway.

[A Black Falcon]

No, that CPU is new... the Power7 is a good CPU, IBM's latest. Nintendo won't be using the top of the line version, but still it should be powerful, depending on what GPU is in the box...

I mean, yeah, it's not a "several times better than PS3 or 360" situation, most likely, but Wii U DEFINITELY is more powerful than those two systems by some amount. What we don't exactly know yet is what that amount is.

It is true that once the PS4 and X720 come out Nintendo will be behind again, but there aren't any signs that either Sony or MS are ready to launch a new console anytime soon, so it might be a while until that begins to hurt Nintendo, and until then they will have the most powerful system.

I wonder what excuses third parties will use now to not give full support to Nintendo's console? (I know, being cynical, but it's been so so long now since a Nintendo console (non-handheld) has had good third party support that it's hard not to be...)

[Sacred Jellybean]

This is all I can think of.

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Looks pretty gimmicky, they'll have to come out some awesome ideas for gameplay with that big lug of a controller. Some of the demos were kind of impressive, but it seems extraneous.

[A Black Falcon]

Longer version of the nature demo. Pretty impressive, I definitely want to see this at full resolution...

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