Great stuff here from Nintendo Lee, this man really knows what he’s talking about in all things Nintendo.

Just hope he doesn’t mind me re-blogging this fine article 🙂

In a thirty minute pre-E3 presentation Nintendo president Satoru Iwata (who was clearly in front of a green screen) brought us some brief snippets of Wii U information. He started with the phrase

“Creating something unique” which he said is something that Nintendo has relied on since the beginning and will be showcased at E3 on Tuesday. However Nintendo Direct still gave us some things, here’s a brief run down of what was said.

• The Wii U controller is now called the Wii U GamePad. Keeping it simple and is a tribute to the NES with the name, there goes my prediction of something like Portal/Stargate.
• The Wii U GamePad now has analogue sticks rather than circle pads. They also press in like the PS3 analogue sticks.
• The back of the controller has some mild changes with it being a bit more curved.
• The NFC reader has been confirmed. NFC…

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