With Nintendo Network, online gaming will finally come to Wii
According to Satoru Iwata, president of the Nintendo Company, announced yesterday that the experience on Nintendo Network will be on par with that of Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. Iwata also stated that Network will be available on all next-gen Nintendo products being released later this year, including new shipments of the 3DS and the Wii U (set to launch this year’s holiday season).
Currently, any wireless communication that goes on between Nintendo devices is through shoddy connections on very specific networks- Nintendo consoles don’t allow connection to WPA protected networks- so this would be a huge step up for Nintendo in the online gaming market.
Iwata nipped certain functionality rumours in the bud when he said that the 3DS already had the hardware functionality to use Nintendo Network, and that it would be pre-installed on the Wii U.
Added Bonus!: NFC
What is NFC? NFC, or near-field communication, is a system that sends small bursts of information through nothing but proximity. The most commonplace examples of NFC are Mastercard Paypass and Google Wallet, both used to make payments wirelessly and quickly. However, Iwata said that the Wii U tablet controller would come with NFC capabilities built in. According to Iwata, NFC “[will make it] become possible to create cards and figurines that can electronically read and write data … to expand the new play format in the video game world.”
(via: Mashable)
Why People Should Stop Talking About Religion on Facebook
IMMEDIATELY. And, this is why STEM needs to be our school’s #1 focus moving forward. This kid needs a logic class.
(Source: College Humor)
New Ocarina of Time 3D commercial with Robin Williams and his daughter, Zelda — yes, she is named after the Nintendo series’ princess, so it’s all very appropriate.
Wow, Robin Williams’ beard is very impressive. That apartment looks killer, too, but it’s all fake!
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Robin Williams for Zelda!
He wins. I had plans on naming our kid Kira Neris had he been a girl (come on, you know that’s cool) but for her to go through life being A) Robin Williams’ daughter and B) NAMED ZELDA?!! You can’t be anything but the boldest person of all time.
What are the real effects of digital gaming to our fingers, hands, and bodies?
As I read into this a little more, I’m now very curious about these individual cases. Did they have conditions in their medical past that would make them more likely to develop these kinds of conditions? What does “their DNA is now compromised” actually MEAN?
I’m not saying this cannot or does not happen, but I can’t immediately jump to blame Nintendo for someone dislocating their shoulder without a little more evidence or a larger study sample size.
(Source: thesmithian)
Nintendo announces Wii successor for 2012
They pre-announced the 3DS last year and they are pre-announcing a home console this year. This is really strange.
To whom it may concern:
Re: Wii’s successor system
Nintendo Co., Ltd. has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii, which the company has sold 86.01 million units on a consolidated shipment basis between its launch in 2006 and the end of March 2011.
We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles.
Sales of this new system have not been included in the financial forecasts announced today for the fiscal term ending March 2012.No name. No details at all, though rumors have been circulating for a few days that a touch screen will be involved. We’ll just have to wait until June to see.
E3 is gonna be FUN!!
Update: New Nintendo Console Codenamed "Project Café", Controller To Include Touchscreen?
Most of you by now have heard about Nintendo’s plan to unveil a new console at E3. Now more news are coming out of the woodwork.
According to Joystiq, unconfirmed reports from French news site 01net says Nintendo’s new console will be codenamed “Project Café”. The hardware will also be…
(Source: populationgo)
