These are just a couple barriers to Nintendo's "Together. If the main TV is occupied, a person may play nothing since VC is not an option. Honestly, a bigger issue may be the GamePad's inability to stream VC games (at least for now). I understand that not everyone falls into that category. Unfortunately for them, it just so happens to be a PS3 which is my de facto video playing device for streaming and physical media. Granted, I watch most movies on Netflix now, but Nintendo is giving me a reason to use a different product. That said, it's a bit puzzling that Nintendo would leave would DVD/Blu Ray playback. Nintendo wants people to use the Wii U at home even if they aren't playing video games which makes sense because it might lead them back to playing a video game and if the Wii U is already on, that's as good a place as any to start. the PS3 also plays Blu-rays" well now Nintendo seems to be saying "buy our system it comes with a built in iPad, even if you don't buy our games at least you can have fun with our iPad!" hmmm, hope it works! Sony would usually say "buy our system even if you don't use it for games it still plays DVD's. So for the first time Nintendo is taking a page from the Sony playbook. People that don't see this as a truly next generation and revolutionary console system are crazy.this is the new standard on how to create a compelling home console system PERIOD. Video Chat, Internet Browsing, Television, Playing games on the Gamepad while doing something else on the TV. If Nintendo can provide a compelling browsing experience I can see people use this specially parents that want to provide kids with a tablet like experience without getting them a real tablet.Īlso, it looks like Nintendo is using that 1 Gig of RAM for the system to good use. My wife and I often use our iPad to browse the net while watching TV sitting on the couch. Really, the Wii U is using the tablet to create a very compelling media (tablet) solution for those that don't need a tablet to travel away from home, but to just play with at home. Also, this seems like a great addition that just adds a simplistic tablet browser. It sounds like Nintendo went the Apple route with the browser.and that isn't a bad thing.įlash is a dying standard, and it slows down the won't be missed on the Wii U. Stay with Nintendo World Report as the Wii U's launch approaches in multiple territories and those claims are put to the test. Nintendo called the Wii U Browser the quickest browser in Nintendo history. Gamers can even simply tilt the GamePad forward or backward to automatically scroll up and down through long web pages. One final example is that Wii U owners can simply just browse the internet on their GamePad while the television displays regular programming. The video shows another multitasking scenario where a Youtube video is opened to play on the TV screen, but the GamePad continues to browse the internet as usual even while the video continues to play. Nintendo also showed video footage of other features of the browser, like tabbed browsing that lets users keep track of several web pages at the same time. When users pause a game and access the internet browser, the software will remember the paused game's name and prepopulate search queries with it to help users look for relevant information. However, many details regarding using and saving the images are still unknown. Player-created game screenshots are already known to be used in Nintendo's MiiVerse functonality. Nintendo also revealed that when players pause their Wii U games and access their internet browser, they will have access to images of the tv and GamePad displays from that paused game. However, this HTML5 support is contrasted by the Wii U browser's lack of support for Flash, the latest versions of which are also not supported in the Wii, DS, DSi, or 3DS browsers. For example, Youtube (which Nintendo made sure to feature support for in their video demonstration) has an experimental HTML5 version for users with browsers that support it and the necessary video codecs. HTML5 is an up and coming web standard that is slowly being adopted by the latest browsers and websites. The built-in webkit-based internet browser for Nintendo's upcoming Wii U system will have a host of new features, including HTML5 support, Nintendo revealed last Thursday during a Japanese Nintendo Direct that aired simultaneously with the North American Wii U Preview Event.
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