Oh wow, that really sucks. It also seems a bit of a silly idea not to have first party support for that kind of thing on launch.

I barely use my Wii, I use my xbox and PC more.
Not sure what all the hubbub is over it.

well this is about the WiiU, which is an entirely different console xD

Rose, the controller is big but it feels good in the hands. It's not particularly heavy (it works just fine to hold it in one hand to drive the touchscreen with the other) and the grips are comfortable.

The system design opens up a lot of innovative opportunities -- stuff that's been proven to work on the DS, plus a whole new genre of gameplay -- without interfering with the existing stuff. That's why I find the WiiU to be an exceptionally solid system.

i jsut so happen to have £300 left from last months wages.. and that's about the price of a WiiU in the UK.. Oh so very tempting. I sort of want to wait on some more solid exclusive titles though, as most the current games are ones that have been available on other platforms i use for a long time.

I actually saw the tablet at Target in person today and OMG IT IS HUGE. I... do not see that as being fun to hold up for any length of time.

It's really pretty lightweight. It's got a bit of heft to it but it's really not that much worse than the first-gen Xbox controller.

In other news:

A word of advice: Do not buy the Nyko Wii U GamePad ChargeLink cable.

Nyko didn't do their research. It doesn't even fit in the GamePad's charger port. It's a 3DS cable, not a GamePad cable. (The GamePad's connector is wider.)

Who wants a Wii U?

(That's a link. Click it.)

It's not the weight that concerns me, it's the size. I just can't imagine it being comfortable in my hands for long at all.

The first-gen XBox controller was pretty much unusable for me ^_^* If this is worse I can't even imagine it. How is a kid supposed to play it?

My five-year-old son has no problems managing the controls. While the controller itself is large the button placement is quite reasonable -- a little more compact than a Wii Classic Controller, maybe around the spacing of a PS3's buttons.

Aw. Coda was trying to be a clever hacker, but the Wii U's browser lies.

I figured out how to get almost complete control over the GamePad's controls from within a web page. The only buttons I can't make use of are B, Y, and Home; X, ZL, and ZR are possible but awkward, and I can track the TV button to know when the user has the TV remote open. (I MIGHT be able to figure something out with ZL and ZR, but I haven't dug enough yet.) I have both sticks, the D-pad, the touch screen, and the L, R, A, +, and - buttons under complete control.

Well, the browser CLAIMS to support the Wii Remote. You can see the pointer on the screen, and there are functions to access it.

But it doesn't DO anything. :(

Fiddle with it as I might, I don't get ANY readings from the Wii Remote. Not only can the Wii Remote not do anything but point at the screen NORMALLY, I can't find any way to turn it on so I can read the values out of it like you could in the Wii's Internet Channel.

Poop.

So how good is this thing anyway? isn't it just a glorified tablet?

And reading this doesn't give me warm fuzzies.

Belial, that really only says that Nintendo cares about the quality of the system. I would rather their big-name titles really be awesome masterpieces that showcase the platform than to have them be one more name on the list. The initial update was a faux pas, but waiting on those titles I don't have a problem with.

Hehe, don't worry, Monita shuts up after a while. Two or three times through a given game and you don't hear from her again.

In other news, http://greenmaw.com/ahigerd/canvas3d.html on the WiiU browser -- up and down are forward and backwards, A resets the view angle.

I don't know, it seems weird to me that they released this without even knowing how to make or put games onto it.

It's not so weird from a business perspective. Nintendo NEEDED to release the Wii U as quickly as possible even if that meant finishing the software AFTER they had sent the hardware specifications to fabrication. The Wii had lost most of its traction in the market and the 3DS still isn't selling well enough on its own. Nintendo had to release a product not just for the sales values but also to get third-party developers back in the game -- consider just how few good third-party Wii games were produced. Releasing the Wii U told developers that their efforts weren't going to just be vaporware.

In my viewpoint, as a consumer, the Wii seems to rely heavily more on flashy trends. We have a wii and for a while it was fun but we hardly use it now as the controllers for the PS3 and the Xbox are more familiar.

Some changes are hard to accept and those controllers I still can't get used to.

I'm sure other people feel different about it however.

That's something Nintendo's hoping to correct with the Wii U. The reason that happened with the Wii is because the motion controls were so hard to code properly for that few third-party developers wanted to try, and the console didn't have the raw horsepower for third-party developers to want to risk putting hours into Wii versions when a PS3/360 release would sell just as well.

Its strange, I like to think of myself as open minded but yet I can't even deal with a controller that isn't like the Xbox or PS3.

Maybe change is too scary for me, ha ha ha.

Nintendo recognizes that, and therefore
http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikk...ontroller1.jpg

Also the GamePad in use feels like that too, all the buttons are where you'd expect, your hands are just farther apart than usual.

i picked up on of the test gamepads in a store recently and it felt very off. Just the spacing between your hands. Odd, but not bad at all. I could easily see myself getting use to it.

I think the reason that announcement is so alarming is that it really sounds exactly like what I suspected when I first heard it announced is coming to pass -- they released a system with a goofy gimmick (AGAIN), but this time they don't even really know what they're doing with their goofy gimmick.

The ads are SO unappealing. They keep showing kids playing games on the tablet while it's playing on the screen as well, but looking at the tablet screen the entire time, and all I can think is "if I wanted to play a handheld game, I already have a DS for that...)

I want a Wii U but I'm waiting this one out for a little while since I want the price to drop a little bit before I do get it. I like the Lego games, so I'm really excited for that. I kind of want to see how it goes. I've heard very mixed reviews for it.

Probably because of copyright issues XP

I'm not looking forward to it at all. It's a silly concept to me and not worth it.

*Bumps a bit*
I just bought a Wii U, I'm taking a break right now but all I can hear is my sister and her friends yelling out "NUUUUUUUUUUU!!!" Because they are playing Nintendo Land's Luigi's Mansion mini game. That's all we've been playing practically. xD

It's soo much fuuuuun!!!!! The TV remote controls are awesome, and the miiverse is as addicting as Tumblr. xD

The only problem is that everyone fights for the tablet so we have to constantly take turns. xD