Reggie: Wii U to Boast a "Full Range of Entertainment"

Presentation capabilities for business use?

The multimedia hub nonsense can go hang itself. Tell us about the games, please! Remember: this was billed by Reginald as the console for 'U' the gamer, not just 'Wii' the family.

Reggie's quite good at stating the obvious and throwing around rallying calls. It must be a pure joy to talk to him.

I want a pure gaming system. I don't mind if other things are tossed in there, but games are the most important.

Games! What about the games?!

I don't care about any of that stuff.

@Waveboy - Nintendo has already said the Wii remotes will be compatible and used with the Wii U. (So, don't pack them away just quite yet!)

Is he suggesting that it can also act as a media device? I would totally love this console if they included a Blu-Ray player.

Well that's good to know. But I really just care about Netflix, as I am hooked on it.

Eh...nothing really surprising. This was to be expected right? We all knew it was gonna be an entertainment hub....

Waiting for more surprising news and most importantly, details..

@8 and it saddens me because I think I mentioned I wanted the same up-scaling on some thread and was shot down saying they already said it wasn't going to happen. Which is a pity....I hope they reconsider...

It'd be suicide to put a console out these days that DIDN'T do more than just play games.

I think having an E-Reader added on would be pretty cool indeed... but I agree that they have to keep the wii motion plus and nunchuk options widely available. From what I have read/heard, the new controller buttons are annoyingly soft/mushy. I'm not digging that so much.

The Wii U just really needs the games to push consoles into homes. Nintendo hopefully learned its lesson with the 3DS launch: it doesn't matter how innovative or amazing a gaming console is, if you don't have the big games primed and ready when it launches, it won't sell. Here's hoping Nintendo EAD is already crafting the next Mario to launch with the Wii U.

Reggie is the King Koopa when it comes to saying a whole lot of nothing. The only "range of entertainiment" I really care about is HD and 3D Nintendo games.

Well yeah as long as we get heaps of good games they can do all the apps they want. Preferrably ones that feel unique on the WiiU of course.
But this got me thinking about if the WiiU really won't have multi-touch. Most people should be used to it in their apps and find it quite comfy. Will they bother with a different input scheme ?

This pad has all the buttons of the 3DS, AND a touchscreen. AND he said they wanted a dual-screen gaming experience. Imagine if this thing ends up being DS/3DS compatible with an HD upscaler? They have EVERYTHING they need to do it.

Maybe Pikmin 3 will be shown off with it!

Damn, will this need for multimedia game systems never end!? Having the ability to watch movies and listen to music does not enhance gameplay in any way and that's what a game console is all about: games. It's better to buy standalone media devices, that way when they crap out it's easier to replace them. You don't see DVD and Blu-Ray players that play video games do you? To be fair though, I suppose it's not entirely a bad thing to have media capabilities but that should not be the main focus of a game system! Everyone made a huge fuss over the GameCube not being able to play DVD's, which was stupid considering DVD is now obsolete anyway so they missed out on a potentially great system.

@Neram: Not to mention that I usually already have said media device before buying a console, rendering the hyped up multimedia features useless.

Games...
E-Reader...
Music...
NetFlix...
Hulu...
BluRay...
Internet...
What else would make this a "Full Range of Entertainment" System?

Dat Blu-Ray player.

Make it happen, Nintendo.

Indeed, firstly it should be a game system, & secondly I actually enjoy all the extra media features; the photo channel gets used quite often in my home at holidays. But definitely I want Nintendo to make it, & concentrate on it being first, & foremost a video game system.

If the system is a great/awesome game machine, & did fancy media tricks, then Nintendo would have my attn. But if they make it just a media machine, then as that guy says in Mario Golf: Advance Tour: "No Ticket, No Dice!", or is it "No Tickie, No Dice!"?

But yeah, I'd find it awesome if WiiU could (wirelessly) access photos/videos/music from my wifi networked pcs, similar to I think they're called SetTop boxes aren't they? Like Roku for example.

@WaveBoy: #7, & @Bezerker99: #10 Interesting points. I wonder if over the course of the WiiU, Nintendo will release tweaked/enhanced nunchuck controllers, & also another tweaked/enhanced version of the Wiimote, as of course that's already been tinkered w/ once to get the Motion+.

One last thing, I know I'm gonna sound like a parrot, repeating myself, but if all the WiiU will be is just a media-box, not game machine, then I probably won't want it, esp. if the competition can do gaming, & media center-esque functions.

I miss the days when gaming consoles were simply about gaming. I do actually like the PS and Xbox brands, but Sony and MS certainly brought stuff that has changed this industry and not for the better.