-total cost of materials to manufacture the Wii U console (includes cost of controller) is estimated to be around $180 - controller’s total bill of materials and components costs no more than $50 - Wii U will be no less than $300 when it launches

“Cutting production costs to maximize profits is Nintendo’s main concern with the Wii U. They are cutting costs in the Wii U’s hardware to build back confidence in investors. Nintendo wants investors to view Wii U as a less risky proposition.”

- NFC capabilities for each new Wii U controller costs no more than $5 to implement - price of NFC implementation in mobile devices is expected to fall below $1 in the near future

“NFC capabilities are a drop in the bucket for Nintendo. As NFC becomes more mainstream in mobile devices, the price for NFC implementation will rapidly decline. Nintendo is jumping on NFC because of a projected cost decline in the technology.

The cameras in the Wii U controller are an estimated manufacturing cost of $6. They are slightly better quality than the 3DS and DSi cameras. The touch screen has a manufacturing cost estimated at $14.”

- Microsoft’s Kinect cost $56 after tearing it apart - Wii U controller’s cost of materials would be slightly less than what Kinect cost

“Nintendo chose an economical GPU and CPU that could keep up with the performance of today’s current consoles, but keep hardware costs down to maximize profits. Nintendo got a bargain price on the custom GPU and CPU that the Wii U uses. There is a bigger focus on downloadable content, applications, video content, digital distribution, and services to create a stream of revenue. Investors will be ecstatic with the news.”

- Nintendo wants to stick with the name Wii U, but there may be some sort of legal issue with that name
- Nintendo isn't too happy about the analyst commentary on the Wii U's power
- top-tier publishers are keeping quiet on the Wii U due to NDAs
- the Nov. 18th release date isn't 100% concrete right now
- the discussion of haptic feedback has been discussed at Nintendo, but may not be part of the final Wii U controller

"Nintendo still has a lot to announce with their platform, and it's not up to us to go ahead of them. I think it's a great platform and I'm really excited about it, particularly with this game, there's a lot of exciting opportunities like, 'Wow, my motion tracker is there, and I can move it like this!' There's just so much cool stuff.

There's a lot that we can do with that screen. It's a really cool system -- it's pretty powerful. I want to be careful, because I don't want to risk any sensitive information that Nintendo's not ready to share yet, but in our experience it's a great system. I think it's a really nice bridge to the next generation. I think people will be surprised. I don't know off the top of my head how many of the specs they've released, so I want to be very careful not to jump the gun, but we're very pleased with the hardware. And even since they gave us our first alpha kit, our very first 'pre-prototype' development hardware that they kind of let us play around with, they've done so many things to make the platform better. So it's getting better for us as developers." - Gearbox President Randy Pitchford

US gets it one week before Japan, says internal email.

Nintendo's new Wii U home console launches in the US on Sunday 18th November, according to a leaked internal email from a leading Japanese retailer.

As picked up by WiiUDaily, the memo in question was circulated among staff at the Tokyo-based store before finding its way into the wild.

According to the email, a Japanese launch apparently follows a week later, though there was no mention of a European date.

The original Wii launched in the US on 19th November 2006, also a Sunday, with Japanese gamers getting it two weeks later and Europe three weeks later.

Nintendo is expected to offer up more details about the launch during this year's E3 show in Los Angeles during the first week of June.

Funcom developer Joel Bylos has told the official Nintendo magazine that he thinks that the Wii U will be the perfect home console for MMORPG’s due to the consoles innovative touch screen. Bylos believes that the Wii U could be the first console to run a massively multiplayer online role playing game without any compromise.

“Wii U could be the first real console on which running an MMORPG without compromise is plausible. The controller is perfect for lining up those rows of hotbars that are essential in most MMOs. A customisable touchscreen interface combined with the 3D spatial movement of a console controller could be a winner.”

Assassin's Creed III is coming to Nintendo's newest console. We don't have a release date for either yet, but details about how the game utilizes the controller have finally surfaced.

Courtesy of the latest issue of Nintendo Power, the tablet-style controller does a variety of things for players. It displays a persistent map of the game and allows you to quickly switch between weapons in combat. The screen also acts as an alternative view for Eagle Vision using the built-in accelerometer.

Additionally, the controller is linked to the Animus, allowing you to read character biographies and other database information. For more details, be sure to pick up the latest Nintendo Power.

Ha pasado casi un año nuevamente y de nuevo volvemos a las andadas. Tras dedicarme de lleno a la universidad, descubrir que mi tablet no se ajustaba a lo que necesitaba para el blog, y mi vida social he decidido volver a darle un chance a este blog nintendero. No con el afan de ser el primer blog en informar todo; pero si con la intención de informar como es debido.

No me tomare mas tiempo en esta breve introducción. Y nuevamente vuelvo al ruedo!!!