The 3DS hasn’t been doing well lately, which is obvious with the upcoming price drop. Will Nintendo face the same problem with the Wii U? I hope not, however, the folks over at Nintendo have acknowledged that the Wii U may be a hard sell (hey, at least they’re honest). Katsuya Eguchi, (who was one of the designers involved with Wii Sports) recently sat down with Edge to discuss the Wii U and how exactly Nintendo will market the system in order to entice consumers to purchase the console. Nintendo’s other challenge is showing everyone how the Wii U differs from their competitors have to offer.
Those of us who actually follow gaming news know how the Wii U is different, however, not every gamer out there has an idea what the Wii U is capable of, especially if they’re not Nintendo fans to begin with. Hopefully the big N will be able to convince customers that the Wii U is a must have item, much like they did with the Wii. Anyway, Here’s what Mr. Eguchi had to say regarding the Wii U.
Edge: Communicating 3DS’s unique qualities has been tricky; presumably those challenges will continue with Wii U
Katsuya: You’re absolutely right, those are just some of the huge challenges ahead of us – getting people to really understand what Wii U can offer.
We have some experiences here right now – with Chase Mii and ‘shield Pose’ – and we have a great opportunity to give people time to play the games, so we’ll take advantages of expos, conferences and in-store demos.
But we really want people to understand how the TV screen and controller screen interact and how that changes the experience. And we’ve come up with a variety of uses. But you’re right, we can’t explain them all, and I don’t even think we’ve thought of them all. I’m sure there are many uses that haven’t been thought of yet.
I think its good that Nintendo realizes what they need to do in order to expose the Wii U to as many people as possible, much like they did with the 3DS. I do believe the biggest factor here is going to be the price of the system itself. If its priced too high it may end up pulling a 3DS, and that’d end up looking really bad for the house the Mario built. Nintendo also needs to have a solid launch line up, with either Mario, Link, or Samus leading the charge (or any other characters you may fancy).
How many of you guys are going to buy the Wii U on day one? Are you worried about Nintendo? Do you think they’ll be just fine?
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Those of us who actually follow gaming news know how the Wii U is different, however, not every gamer out there has an idea what the Wii U is capable of, especially if they’re not Nintendo fans to begin with. Hopefully the big N will be able to convince customers that the Wii U is a must have item, much like they did with the Wii. Anyway, Here’s what Mr. Eguchi had to say regarding the Wii U.
Edge: Communicating 3DS’s unique qualities has been tricky; presumably those challenges will continue with Wii U
Katsuya: You’re absolutely right, those are just some of the huge challenges ahead of us – getting people to really understand what Wii U can offer.
We have some experiences here right now – with Chase Mii and ‘shield Pose’ – and we have a great opportunity to give people time to play the games, so we’ll take advantages of expos, conferences and in-store demos.
But we really want people to understand how the TV screen and controller screen interact and how that changes the experience. And we’ve come up with a variety of uses. But you’re right, we can’t explain them all, and I don’t even think we’ve thought of them all. I’m sure there are many uses that haven’t been thought of yet.
I think its good that Nintendo realizes what they need to do in order to expose the Wii U to as many people as possible, much like they did with the 3DS. I do believe the biggest factor here is going to be the price of the system itself. If its priced too high it may end up pulling a 3DS, and that’d end up looking really bad for the house the Mario built. Nintendo also needs to have a solid launch line up, with either Mario, Link, or Samus leading the charge (or any other characters you may fancy).
How many of you guys are going to buy the Wii U on day one? Are you worried about Nintendo? Do you think they’ll be just fine?
Wanna to buy any ps3 game accessories,such as : 2TB PS3 Game HDD or PS3 wireless keypad Controllers or 1TB Wii Games HDD adaptors ? Welcome to utoptoy ps3 accessories.
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