this isnt exactly true, you can do programmable shaders and normal mapping on the wii, konami has done it, the conduit has normal maps as well. i have also worked on a few wii titles with shaders, mario galaxy has fresnel, and you have to program a shader to do that. i am not saying its better than an xbox or anything…
Despite my reservations about Nintendo doing something crazy like not having real buttons, I'm a sucker for Smash Bros, so if or whenever that is announced I'm pre-ordering/buying. They also need to lose the whole friend code system, the 3DS made the jump of it tied to the system, not they need to make the jump of untying…
I hope this next console is good and has good online support that's not so "Everyone is a predator" thing going on. I had one friend and after imputing that 16 digit code, I was done. Went looking around on the net for ref images (porn) and found a pic of this game running on PC (Wii Emulator). This looks really nice (well…
lolwut? The gamecube controller most definitely did NOT have a screen. I have one right in front of me. I don't think consoles will be dying anytime soon though. That theory comes from some mobile fanboy who needs to get his head out of his apps.
Nintendo? Hardcore? Consider me intrigued! Super Mario Gallaxy and Super Smash Bros Brawl is coming into mind heavily, Their graphics were very comparable to the X360 and PS3. As long as Nintendo do this right they can have a console on par with enthusiast or at least hardcore PC Gaming (not for long though seeing as PC…
Let me save you guys some time. The next Nintendo console will be named something witty and after another body part (most likely the Jiingles). It's going to be a 'last generation console' when compared to the newer market and consoles coming out (always playing sloppy seconds I guess, I guess they're into the entire…