28 March 2013

Nintendo Wii U: update improves speed and shorter load times

The Nintendo Wii U console for several months now already available in stores and especially the speed during loading operations can usually be much to be desired.

Nintendo has now rectified in software and offers a new software update that will provide more power during operation. The update will include the shortened loading times of games, and comes in the next month to the owners. How the whole effect on the console, you have held firmly in a comparison video that you can watch here:

Update via MobiFlip.de

Nintendo Wii U Release List

Again we have a new impetus to information for upcoming games for the Nintendo Wii U are present. As the blog WiiUNews.at has reported numerous cool new games will appear in the first three months of next year. Including games such as SING Party, Rayman, Monster Hunter 3, and aliens are: Colonial Marines find. An excerpt from the release list we gave you here together added:

  • SING PARTY 18th (with Microphone) (Nintendo) January 2013
  • Marvel Avengers ™: Battle for Earth (Ubisoft) 24 January 2013
  • Unlimited Scribblenauts (Nintendo) 8 February 2013
  • NBA2K13 (Take Two) 11 February 2013
  • © Legends Rayman (Ubisoft) 28 February 2013
  • F1 Race Stars (Codemasters Software Limited) 1 March 2013
  • Ultimate Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom, Sales: Nintendo) March 2013
  • The Croods: Stone Age Party (NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe) March 2013
  • Aliens: Colonial Marines ™ (SEGA) 1 Quarter of 2013
  • Need for Speed ​​™ Most Wanted (EA) 1 Quarter of 2013
  • LEGO City: Undercover (Nintendo) in early 2013
  • Second Pikmin 3 (Nintendo) Quarter of 2013

Of course added even more new eShop. This you can you in detail in my blog at WiiUNews.at watch.

Nintendo Wii U launch

The new Nintendo Wii U console is now arrived in Europe and in Germany. The basic version can get it at the price of € 299 and the premium version is available for around € 469 at Amazon.de to buy.

Among the highlights of the premium version, you still heard a pro-controller to provide a better service. The basic version comes with 8GB memory and 32GB Premium model are available.

Nintendo Wii U sales

The Nintendo Wii U will go in a few days in Europe and Germany at the start and we now have the first sales figures from the States. There, the Nintendo Wii U has since its launch just over a week already sold 400,000 copies. Thus it suggests at least the sales of the other Nintendo products in the last week, with 300,000 Wii's, 275,000 and 250,000 Nintendo DS Nintendo 3DS consoles.

Compared to the other launches of Nintendo Wii was the only successful, with 600,000 copies in the first week. In Germany launches the Wii U from the 30th November through. (Update 27/11/2012)

Nintendo Wii U: New prices for the launch and YouTube support.

On 30 November 2012, the official launch of the Nintendo Wii U console in Germany go on the stage. Many stores list the console at a price between 349 € to 399 €. Conrad.de In addition, the Basic Pack has appeared in White, which will be available from 04/12/2012, important at a price of only 309 € (: How some commentators have remarked, this price is still well above the MSRP of € 299. Currently we have not found a price that is sorted below the MSRP. Once we have an amazing deal, it will again be an update.). So if you want to get a bargain, which was to pre-order the console already, as it is unclear whether this price will last.

Moreover, Slashgear.com today reported that there is now a YouTube app for the Nintendo Wii U. The videos will be on the base station on a TV with a maximum resolution of Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, while the gamepad can display additional information such as comments, categories and ratings. The app you can after the release in Europe in the Nintendo eShop to get a free download. (Update 22/11/2012)

Nintendo Wii U Reviews, Videos and Hands-On

Now that the new console is now in Asia and since the weekend is also available in the U.S., appear more and more reviews, videos and hands-on. We want to give an impression of the new console, the 30th from November is going well in Europe at the start. We have to numerous reviews of various sources and other videos and articles later added to the post, which should give you a good impression of the new console. (Update 19/11/2012)

Nintendo Wii U launch - pre-orders of games and consoles

The new Nintendo Wii U will this weekend be available in other countries, as well as in the United States. There is now new figures have emerged, which provide information about the pre-orders. Alone at GameStop, a large electronics supplier of games and consoles, 1.2 million games have been pre-ordered. To follow alone at GameStop 500,000 systems, which have already been sold to preorder. About the countless other providers, the number adds up to several million.

One of the top games that have already been introduced, including ZombiU, New Super Mario Bros. U, Black Ops and Assassin's Creed II, III. Whether the hype for the launch in Europe will be the same size, we are probably on the 30th November know. (Update 16.11.2012 - Slashgear.com )

For more information about memory, games and Co.

For the Nintendo Wii U console again a few new details have been leaked on the net. Namely, it is possible to buy the console, among other things with 8GB memory, which are but only 3GB usable, because the operating system and applications are almost 5GB avail. In contrast, the 32GB version will be available approximately 27GB.

In addition, new information related to the Wii Virtual Console or the Wii Ware games. This can not be played on the display on the portable tablet. Via the USB interface should let the base station hard drives with up to 2TB of storage, connect to where support for normal USB flash drives, but can cause problems due to different transmission speeds and bandwidth. (Update 14/11/2012 - Slashgear.com )

The Nintendo eShop

Nintendo will send with the new Wii U console and the new Nintendo eShop in the race. On the platform you can upload these games and media content downloaded comparable. With the Playstation Network, Sony or the Xbox Live service from Microsoft About the Shop you can also rate and comment games, videos and other content or.

MiiVerse as a social network

In addition to the eShop, there will be another innovation. MiiVerse with, a new social network that can exchange the owners and players of the Nintendo consoles to each other

About MiiVerse may include comments or articles on games and equipment are written.

The Nintendo Wii U Controller:

The Nintendo Wii U controller will 6.2-Zoll/15.75-Zentimeter with a touchscreen display and will include two analog sticks (top right, top left) have to provide for the operation. Add plenty of buttons for each action in games, as well as a camera come to the front.

Besides the camera also has a microphone, speakers and headphone jacks are available. The controller is the NFC (Near Field Communication) equipped chipset can be enabled via the other, among other content. The base station supports up to two controllers of this type at the same time.

The Nintendo Wii U base station:

As usual, is also once again a base station. This is equipped with a multi-core processor from IBM, and also offers a graphics chipset from AMD. In addition, there is 2GB of RAM, 1GB of which is reserved for games. Via the built-in CD drive can be played but no DVD or Blu-ray disc's, but it will support 25GB game discs, which have been developed specifically for the Wii U.

The alternatives are either at the base station 4x USB, component video, S-Video, composite video, VGA, HDMI, and more available. There are also depending on the model 8GB or 32GB of internal storage (5GB for applications / OS and Co. already reserved), which you can expand with an SD card slot on. Colour variations to launch black and white are available.

Reviews and Hands-on for Nintendo Wii U console:

Photos and videos for Nintendo Wii U console:

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Source: Nintendo

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