E3 Column - Nintendo Wii U: Wii Don't Give A Shit

"Creating something unique" was written on the wall in Japanese phonetic script behind Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo. Creating something unique - a good approach that once led the Wii to the mega-seller and Nintendo out of the crisis. However, what Iwata presented on the occasion of the E3 pre-show was a very peculiar interpretation of the term "unique". So copying Facebook and the Xbox controller are the future of gaming? Aha…

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After the final press conference, one can also state that this was not even the lowest point in the creative fund of the shaking experts. After the half-baked non-disclosure of her Wii U last year, questions remained, all of which were completely avoided this year. If you stand on the big stage of the E3 and announce the "next big thing", then you should also "delivern".

This "next" looks like this: Swipe on the touchscreen, wave the touchscreen, hold the touchscreen in front of the screen, hold the touchscreen next to the screen. Rummage through the inventory, stare at the minimap. That's great. All the things I could do on the normal TV screen so far can now be done on an additional screen. Because that's, according to Nintendo, "the most immersive experience …".

I can literally feel how the constant changes of eyes and keys with the additional screen pull me deeper into the gaming experience. Why in "Batman Arkham City" change the gadgets quickly and easily with a D-Pad, when I can take my hand off the pad, move it to the screen, wipe it around and press it to create an original, momentary action in something so much … uh, transforming more forward-looking.

Nintendo are aware of the size of their product and - after failing to do so last year - have announced a whole bunch of exclusive titles that no one would have expected. On the one hand there is "Pikmin 3", the only franchise from Nintendo, for which a further 17 people (apart from Shigeru Miyamoto) have been waiting for and which, provided the necessary number of diopters, also looks almost like a contemporary HD game.

Incidentally, this is controlled via Wii U-Pad. Or? Pardon, at the press conference Miyamoto explains that WiiMote and Nunchuk are used. Although: The integration of the pad can be seen in the video, after all the mini map can be seen on it. So be it - Nintendo will clarify such trifles at E3 2013 next year at the latest. After all, a good question always has to mature a little in order not to be answered.

There was also “New Super Mario Bros. U”, which - so close to New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. 2 - is so exciting that you almost forget to make fun of the completely stupid title. By the way, as a new feature here … something, the Wii U is implemented here of course by swiping around. Interesting facts: In "Scribblenauts Unlimited", a game that is known for its almost limitless imagination, you can now also paint cars.