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Nintendo Wii U Announced!

By Kareem El-Nagdy
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Yesterday, Nintendo unveiled the Wii U Gamepad. The new console, coupled with the Gamepad, will change gaming entirely, according to Nintendo: “at its core, Wii U changes gaming, how you interact with your gaming friends, and it changes the way you enjoy your TV.”

That means Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Video and YouTube, along with the brand new form of gaming brought about by the marriage of the Wii U and the Gamepad.

The Gamepad sports a pressure-sensitive touchscreen along with traditional buttons and directional pad. Nintendo also packed an NFC reader/writer and a gyroscope/accelerometer.

The Wii U will support two different Gamepads. The new controller will allow for viewing multiple screens (one on the TV of course, and one on your Wii U Gamepad), which the company showed off at their keynote this morning at E3. For example, in PikMin3, the Gamepad will display a three-dimensional map, allowing for a little added perspective.

Nintendo has said its developing deeper games like PikMin3 to bring back the deeper game play to consumers, in a time when light gaming has picked up steam. But the company also wants to prove that even third-party titles will be mind-blowing on the Wii U.

The Wii U will be available soon with no pricing information at this time.

Kareem El-Nagdy

Kareem is an entrepreneur of many colors, from branding, design, web development, to PR, marketing & logistics. With over 11 years of experience in these various fields he is currently helping over 1.5M professionals around the world find jobs and courses on a monthly basis at Laimoon.com and Co-Founder & CTO/Creative Director at Scoop Empire. He likes to get in bed with new social tech ventures and analyse digital artwork. When he is not busy doing all of the above he likes to practice a very healthy social life and travel the world!

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