Lots Of DLC on Ghost Recon Wii U

One of the members of the Ghost Recon development team have stated that Ghost Recon on the Wii U will have lots of Downloadable Content when the game releases beside the Wii U after E3. The game features a store with items that you can buy with in-game currency, or alternatively you can buy “Ghost Coins” with real-world money. Also the developer mentioned a unique feature for the game, on the Wii U controller you can change weapons in-game during respawns.

Latest Batch Of Wii U Rumours

More speculation and rumours about the Wii U have come from a member of the popular gaming forum Neogaf. The forum member claims that 720p appears to be the best resolution for games that use the Wii U second screen intensively, and that the controller displays games at a maximum resolution of 480p.

• 720p seems to be the sweet spot for definition with games running Wii U controller-intensive visuals
• Wii U controller handles 480p
• Wii U controller allows for viewing of on-TV action from another angle in some games
• Seems that there are some third-party ports using this idea for gameplay
• V5 dev kit is a little more powerful than V4, but doesn’t make for 1080p in these situations
• Games can benefit from a slight visual boost over 360/PS3 and may run at a higher resolution
• More simple titles may be able to run 1080p in conjunction with the controller

Here’s Some Amazing Footage Of Aliens Colonial Marines Running On Wii U

Epic Games has released a video to showcase forthcoming games which will utilise the company’s Unreal 3 Engine. Among the games on show is Aliens Colonial Marines, which is running on the Wii U. The footage for Aliens Colonial Marines for Wii U starts at 0.34.

Great Footage Of CES That Includes Wii U

Youtube Channel GamerLiveTV has uploaded great footage of CES and also has extraordinary Footage of the Wii U demos show at E3. They have high-definition footage of Chase Mii, Battle Mii and The Legend Of Zelda Demo. Also another Interesting Video is an Interview with one the Nintendo Executives Scott Moffitt Talks about Wii U. He doesn’t say anything whether the system can support more than one Wii U controller but the interview is interesting otherwise.

Wii U to be released second half of 2012

At CES Joystiq asked Nintendo “when the console is due for release?” Nintendo replied with the statment “between the start of the 2012 E3 Expo in June, and the end of 2012.” Well its good to know a range for the consoles release. Make sure you keep checking back for the official release date when it’s announced/leaked/etc.

Nintendo Doesn’t Want A Repeat Of The 3ds Launch For Wii U

Reggie Fils-Aime has told Reuters that Nintendo doesn’t want a repeat of the 3ds Launch fiasco when the Wii U is released after April 2012.

“The initial price on the 3DS was also too high, something that Nintendo will be careful about this time around.”

“We had to go back and reduce the price of 3DS and we certainly don’t want to go through that when we launch Wii U.”

Satoru Iwata confirms final version of Wii U playable at next years E3

If you are excited about Wii U as much as I am then you may have heard that Nintendo’s President Satoru Iwata confirmed that the final version of the Wii U will be shown at E3 next year. Iwata also announced that Nintendo will take “every possible measure” to ensure the success of Wii U.