Comments on: Nintendo’s Wii U takes its cues from the iPad

By: netwiz

netwiz — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:13:45 +0000

You guys are both right, I completely forgot about the gameboy camera, and I didn’t bother to double check whether or not the DS came out before the iPod touch. That being said I don’t think that the authors meant each individual feature but the way all of the hardware “and” software that was showcased behaves much like the dual screen gaming of the iPad. We can argue specifics all day, but I think that the wii u pretty much cements dual screen gaming “while” in front of a TV as the way of the future. But you can get a very similar experience from an I pad today.

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:12:32 +0000

totally disagree. while im sure the ipad didnt hurt nintendos idea, it didnt take its cues from them. cameras and gaming were in use well before the ipod touch was a thought, think gameboy camera. as for the touch screen, nintendo did touch gaming at least three years before apple, plus those that came before those.

i love apple and like this blog, but they got this story wrong from the start. its poor reporting.

By: JJJ

JJJ — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:34:11 +0000

Touch screen has been around since the first DS. There also were touchscreen laptops out well before the iphone/ipad came out. The gameboy had a camera eons ago, you could even take your own picture and paste it onto video game characters. Nintendo has always been very forward thinking and not afraid to take chances, regardless of past failures.

I wouldnt say just because Apple’s ipad and ios devices are wildly popular, and unbelievably well made/designed, that they are the originators of those technologies. This article seems to insinuate that. If Nintendo is copying Apple, then apple copied others as well. So whats the point?

Companies like Nintendo and Apple have tons of cool concepts and technologies on the drawing board. Engineers who are part of these teams also jump ship and/or move on to other endeavors many times taking ideas and concepts with them. This article could have been much more productive if it concentrated on the rapid change in technology and its accessibility to the common non-tech person.

What is exciting about the nintendo controller is that it has levels of touch sensitivity, which directly mimics the DS touch screens. Not just on/off.

By: netwiz

netwiz — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:52:22 +0000

Its true, that apple was not the first company to think of augmenting the gaming experience with a second screen. but you guys fail to see what other cues nintendo has taken from apple that could play a major role in the future of gaming. Such as the cameras, and perhaps the most major piece of the wii u — THE FREAKIN BIG HONKING TOUCH SCREEN…

if you ask me, and I consider my self an avid gamer, the part of the wii u that I liked best was the ability to use the screen as a sniper scope with the new zapper. I believe this feature will be difficult for apple to implement, and is a new element to gaming, that I’m looking forward to.

By: Jess Heitland

Jess Heitland — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:51:10 +0000

I agree w/Avneesh. The interactions between the screens is a totally different than what Apple has shown.
If anything, this harken’s back to the Dreamcast controllers mini-screen (which I would never say Apple ‘took it’s cue’ from.

By: Avneesh Übermensch Balyan

Avneesh Übermensch Balyan — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:07:10 +0000

You guys are crazy… There is a difference in multiscreen environment and video out…. I am not saying, Nintendo didn’t take a clue from Apple, but you should have come up with better reasoning if you are making this as headline…. All iPad examples are similar to usage of Laptop in office environment with Docking station.

By: Chris K

Chris K — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:54:03 +0000

GAmeCube had games that used Gameboy as a controller. This will be first setup to have everything in the same box among other things.

By: brent

brent — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:40:13 +0000

The new meme is Apple invented everything, even when they didn’t. Just go with it.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:01:09 +0000

aside from harking back to the dreamcast, nintendo also used a gameboy advance to gamecube and ds to wii as second screens well before apple came up with it. kinda sloppy reporting and misinformation on gigas part.

By: james braselton

james braselton — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:57:33 +0000

hi there yeah wii U will still se apple ipad aproch useing raly fast lighting fast flash storage for high read write speeds sony and microsoft needs fast read write speeds