The Wii U, which arrived last week then merged with my entertainment center like the Spider-Man symbiote, is doing something unexpected: teaching me how to feed my own visual cortex using cues from multiple sources.
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Nintendo: Wii U Is Core Enough and It’s the Most Innovative Game System Ever Made
The Wii U launches in just two months on Nov. 18, once again pitting Nintendo’s ability to create enthralling, never-before-seen gameplay against the less intrepid, core-focused muscularity of competitors like Microsoft and Sony. …
TVii for the Wii U: Nintendo’s Bold Move Beyond Gaming
We already knew that Nintendo’s Wii U would have streaming apps for Netflix, Hulu and YouTube, but on Thursday, Nintendo announced something more ambitious for its next gaming console, called TVii.
TVii is Nintendo’s attempt …
11 Things I’d Like to Know About Nintendo’s Wii U
So we know when it’ll be here and how much it’ll cost, but Nintendo’s Wii U preview event yesterday left several important questions unanswered — most conspicuous of all, the list of day-one launch games.
In case you missed …
Wii U Out November 18, Priced Up to $350, ‘Nintendo TVii’ Unveiled
It was getting close, with autumn knocking, but Nintendo this morning finally announced a release date and pricing for its imminent Wii-quel, the Wii U. The set-top video games system will officially hit shelves in the U.S. on …
Nintendo Wii U Will Be More Expensive than PS3, Xbox 360 in Japan
In Memory of Nintendo Power
At the end of this year, the lights will turn off at Nintendo Power. Future US, which has produced the long-running magazine for the last five years, is pulling out, and Nintendo says it won’t seek a new publisher according to …
Nintendo 3DS XL Review: Bigger, Refined, but Still-Flawed 3D
If the original 3DS seemed a little puny for a games handheld touting “glasses-free 3D,” Nintendo’s new, almost paperback-sized $200 3DS XL expands your range of options to two: pint-sized or big gulp.
If you already own a …
Is the Handheld Video Games Market Shrinking? Or Just Changing?
You’ve probably heard someone, somewhere, claim smartphones are encroaching on handheld gaming’s turf. It’s what you’re seeing anywhere you go, after all: in planes, trains and automobiles, or maybe at family get-togethers, …
The 3D Hype Bubble Is Now Completely Busted
The evidence that people are getting tired of 3D continues to pile up.
The latest bad news comes from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who in an interview with The Independent admitted that interest in 3D is “perhaps slightly …
Why E3 Will Continue to Disappoint
The blaring subwoofers and flashing lights of E3 just didn’t have the same pleasant ring this year.
All around the show floor, there was a sense of disappointment with E3 2012. Although the annual video game trade show had …
At What Point Do We Stop Calling These Things ‘Game Consoles’?
It streams movies, TV shows and sports. It’s getting a new music service. And a web browser. And a new technology which lets it talk to phones and tablets.
Did I mention it plays games?
In case you haven’t figured out yet, …