So this is the audio interview that worked out pretty well. We had the fantastic opportunity to interview the man, the myth, the legend, Patrick Seitz at NDK's Sweet 16.
Welcome to our NDK special podcast. We have visited Nan Desu Kan, saw the panels and spoke with some of the guests. Now we will pass on what we saw to you, our listeners.
The rather limited notes are at the podcast page.
There are two major things that go hand in hand at NDK, cosplay and pictures. You never can have one without the other it would seem. As such we did take a decent amount of pictures this year. They are now up for your viewing enjoyment.
So you have your Wii U pre-ordered, but now you have to figure out what you are going to play. This is a system launch so that typically means 1, MAYBE 2 good games when the system is brought out and then 6+ months before the next game that is actually worth anything comes out. Well in order to combat this Nintendo is releasing 50 games during the Wii U launch window (November 18, 2012 - March 31, 2013. Here is what that window looks like for us early adopters.
And the battle for the Wii U can officially begin on November 18, 2012. You have two differently priced options for this system, they are as follows:
There you have it, two different systems with two different price points. I honestly don’t see the reason someone will get the Basic bundle over the Deluxe one, but that just means that I am not the target audience of it. They also announced that there will be around 50 games in the launch windows (11/18/2012 - 03/31/2013) for the system to try and make it worthwhile for those early adopters. Games are going to run around $59.99 each for the Wii U at launch as well. More to come later on which games are planned to come out in this window, but it looks pretty strong, or at least interesting.
That leaves me with two questions.
1) Can Nintendo repeat the success they had with the Wii?
2) Who out there is going to try for a day one (or two) purchase?
