GameIndustry.biz wrote up a fairly extensive opinion piece about the power of the Wii U, have a read of this excerpt: In theory, we could look at laptops here as an example of getting powerful chips working in smaller areas. The problem here is that high-power mobile GPUs are highly ‘binned’ – they’re the pick [...]
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Wii U to Not Play GameCube, DVD, or Blu-Ray
During CES 2012, the Game Guys over at news10.net were able to get an interview with Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Cindy Gordon. Among the questions they ask, many focus on the backward capability and movie-disc playback of the system. According to Gordon, it looks like our assumptions were correct. As of [...]
Nintendo Investor Briefing 1/26/12 News
A bunch of news coming from the Nintendo investor briefing! Here’s a summary.
Nintendo Wii U Hands-on Impressions [CES 2012]
- Photo by Mickey @ NintendoFuse during E3 2011 This was sent to us in full via E-Mail by Shogungamer.com, their site has been down since this morning, so here the article in full until their site comes back up: With the show floor now (finally) opened, the main event, at CES 2012, has begun. [...]
Android tablet rips off Wii U & iOS
JXD has just released its S7100, a fairly conspicuous 7-inch Android-powered gaming tablet marketed towards playing old-school arcade games. The device features a D-pad, face buttons, an 800 x 480 capacitive touchsceen, ARM Cortex A9 CPU, Mali 400 GPU, 512MB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 0.3 megapixel front camera, 2.0 megapixel rear camera and [...]
“Wii U Won’t Mean End of Wii”
“Nintendo of America, the company that has barely supported the Wii all year, has somehow had the temerity to claim that the Wii’s not going anywhere, not even after the Wii U launches. Reggie Fils-Aime says the system is still performing well, and even finding a new audience thanks to its low price.” “The [...]
The Next Zelda Won’t Take 5 Years To Produce
“In the latest Skyward Sword-related Iwata Asks segment, President of Nintendo talked with Eiji Aonuma, the game’s producer; and Hidemaro Fujibayashi, its director. During the segment, Iwata pointed out that five years is a long time to develop a game and that it would be nice if they could do it in three.” Iwata: You [...]
Fils-Aime: ‘Wii U is Something Different’
“Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime believes that the Wii will continue to exist alongside the Wii U when it launches next year. In a new interview, Fils-Aime said he believe the two systems will appeal to different groups altogether.” ‘The consumer buying Wii hardware today is going to be a different consumer than the [...]
NintendoFuse Podcast #60: Skyward Sword and Mario Impressions, Wii U, Mario Kart 7, and MORE!
Why don’t you take a break for a little while… it’s time for another new episode of the NintendoFuse Podcast!
NintendoFuse Podcast #59: Warp Pipe to Skyloft
This week, we discuss some Pokemon distributions, 3DS sales, a limited edition Wii coming on Black Friday, lots of Wii U talk, review scores for upcoming Nintendo games like The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and MORE!
NintendoFuse Podcast #57: GTA V, Mario Kart 7, Resident Evil, and MORE!
It’s the calm before the Nintendo storm as we’re only days away from the release of some of Nintendo’s biggest holiday titles! This week on the NintendoFuse Podcast, we discuss whether GTA V will come to Wii U, the pricing for Resident Evil: Revelations, new characters for Mario Kart 7, a new 3DS firmware update, [...]
NintendoFuse Podcast: Mario, Kirby Wii, eShop updates, Wii U, and MORE!
In this episode, we discuss Disney Universe for Wii, new Super Mario 3D Land details, when to expect new details on Wii U, new features coming to the 3DS eShop, and MORE!
NintendoFuse Podcast: Nintendo Direct, Mario Kart 7, 3DS Firmware Update, and MORE!
Lots of last minute news this week! We made sure to include it all in this week’s NintendoFuse Podcast.
NintendoFuse Podcast #54: New Wii Bundle, Mario on 3DS, Skyward Sword, Go Vacation, and MORE!
Are you ready for another new episode of the NintendoFuse Podcast? Well, this week is “Full Steam Ahead!”
NintendoFuse Podcast #53: Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Skyward Sword, Wii U, and more!
It’s Friday and that means it’s time for a new episode of the NintendoFuse Podcast!








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