Pocket-Lint: We managed to get our hands on the Wii U last E3, but a fair bit has changed for Nintendo's new console in a year. Not only has the controller, sorry, Wii U GamePad, been redesigned a tad, but there are actual games available to play now, so the concept is easier to grasp.
Initial impressions of the new GamePad - in both white and black - are good. It's plasticky, yes, but the buttons are all cunningly placed and it feels better in the hand than you'd imagine. The touchscreen is also brighter and better defined than you might think from Nintendo's videos and former teasers. It's also light, which is essential for much of its uses in gaming.
Gabe Carey joins stand-up comedian Dennis McCarson along with fellow B-TENers Simon O’Neill, James Daly, and Anthony Vernon to discuss Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Destiny’s $500 million budget, as well as an assortment of hypothetical entertainment scenarios and self-referential humor. As the Ninja Turtles would say, it was a shell of a time.
Gamespot:
"Is the home game console market in trouble? Some analysts certainly think so. Despite reports of record-breaking sales for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, some industry doomsayers are forecasting the end of the home console as we know it, citing increased competition from mobile games, a resurgent PC space, and spiraling costs in AAA-game development. So will the PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U be the last "generation" of consoles? Or will dedicated game machines continue to have a place in our living rooms for many more years to come? Check out what some of our editors think about this vexing issue."
Eurogamer- The Secret Developers is Digital Foundry's occasional series where game-makers come forward to talk with us - and you - about topics they are passionate about, or in the case of this article, to give you the inside story behind a particular hot topic. As the future of the Wii U looks uncertain in the face of the successful launches for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, this "warts and all" tale from a respected third-party creator gives you some idea of how Nintendo handled the transition to the high-definition gaming era, and the challenges developers faced in bringing their games to the Wii U platform.
