FFXIV on Nintendo WII U

[KaiKatzchen]

I wasn't impressed with the Wii U to be honest... guess I'll have to see more but eh yeah not impressed.

[RedAffinity]

It'd be a great move to release it on a mainstream gaming system like that. But me personally.. I have no interest in another generation of Nintendo gimmicks so I would play on my PC/PS3

[Corrderio]

Nintendo sucked at E3 this year.

[Zenaku]

wait i though it was just a controller for the wii so the wii u is a new console where the system? or is that conroller the system o.o am so lost. i saw the E3 but am so lost Wii and xbox fail i think ps3 won this.

[Tezz_Xivectro]

wait i though it was just a controller for the wii so the wii u is a new console where the system? or is that conroller the system o.o am so lost. i saw the E3 but am so lost Wii and xbox fail i think ps3 won this.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/0...ller-hands-on/

It's a controller + a console.

Nintendo sucked at E3 this year.

IMO, they would still come out the "Winners" of e3, so far, if you fall for the whole competitive thing.

[KaiKatzchen]

wait i though it was just a controller for the wii so the wii u is a new console where the system? or is that conroller the system o.o am so lost. i saw the E3 but am so lost Wii and xbox fail i think ps3 won this.

its like some "console/controller/hi I'm the size of an ipad and you have to carry me around if you're using my screen or not" thing... >.<

But I do agree... (and I do have all thee systems so I'm not playing favorites) Xbox sucked, Nintendo was not impressive at all... I was more excited about the Zelda Symphony Concert touring the world than anything else they announced. Sony seems to have the most varity and the PSV is pretty cool. Gonna get one since I still have my first generation PSP from like 6-7 years ago.

[Onidemon]

its like some "console/controller/hi I'm the size of an ipad and you have to carry me around if you're using my screen or not" thing... >.<

But I do agree... (and I do have all thee systems so I'm not playing favorites) Xbox sucked, Nintendo was not impressive at all... I was more excited about the Zelda Symphony Concert touring the world than anything else they announced. Sony seems to have the most varity and the PSV is pretty cool. Gonna get one since I still have my first generation PSP from like 6-7 years ago.

The Wii U is a console. They showed only the controller because that is the main innovation of the WII U. There was no purpose showing off the console itself as people don't really care for specs anymore.

I see a lot of people are still confused with how this will work and well you can think of it as an upgraded WII, better grpahics with HD support and enhanced online capabilities. So you can use all your WII remote, accessories and Wii games with it but the main attraction is the new controller which is basically an IPAD that interacts with the main console.

Why i think it would fit well for FFXIV? Imagine having your actions bars on that screen while seeing your character on the TV. You can manage your inventory and any other menus from the controller, Chat on the controller, use it as a virtual keyboard, crafting mini game would happen on the controller too etc... There's a LOT of possibilities.

There was a part of the conference where they pointed the controller at the TV screen and you had a sort of augmented reality effect with additional info of what was shown on the screen. Imagine pointing it at players ingame and see their job, level and maybe equipment without having to right click on them or anything, same goes for monsters.

Once you understand how it all works and it's possibilities, the new Nintendo console is pretty exciting.

SE would be fools not to try to port FFXIV on as many platforms as possible, this is how MMOs should work and the new WII U would be an excellent choice, not only because it's a brand new console but because of the options it gives them.

[Tezz_Xivectro]

The Wii U is a console. They showed only the controller because that is the main innovation of the WII U. There was no purpose showing off the console itself as people don't really care for specs anymore.

I see a lot of people are still confused with how this will work and well you can think of it as an upgraded WII, better grpahics with HD support and enhanced online capabilities. So you can use all your WII remote, accessories and Wii games with it but the main attraction is the new controller which is basically an IPAD that interacts with the main console.

Why i think it would fit well for FFXIV? Imagine having your actions bars on that screen while seeing your character on the TV. You can manage your inventory and any other menus from the controller, Chat on the controller, use it as a virtual keyboard, crafting mini game would happen on the controller too etc... There's a LOT of possibilities.

There was a part of the conference where they pointed the controller at the TV screen and you had a sort of augmented reality effect with additional info of what was shown on the screen. Imagine pointing it at players ingame and see their job, level and maybe equipment without having to right click on them or anything, same goes for monsters.

Once you understand how it all works and it's possibilities, the new Nintendo console is pretty exciting.

SE would be fools not to try to port FFXIV on as many platforms as possible, this is how MMOs should work and the new WII U would be an excellent choice, not only because it's a brand new console but because of the options it gives them.

Some of things you pointed out sound awesome. But dare i say it?......

CORE PROGRAMMING!!!!!!!

[Malakhim]

I don't think adding those types of features to a Wii U version of the game would be as bad as you make them out to be.

[Onidemon]

Some of things you pointed out sound awesome. But dare i say it?......

CORE PROGRAMMING!!!!!!!

And you mean by that?