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EA, Ubisoft and many others have dev kits and are showing immense support for what Wii U means for their development teams, franchises and the future of the industry. We will be announcing more great development teams working on Wii U down the road.

I love the fact that 3rd party developers seem to be gravitating towards Nintendo’s new system and it will be pretty interesting to see how things pan out. I do have to admit, it will be nice to see an HD Call of Duty title next to an HD Mario and Zelda in the video game store. Stay tuned.

Shigeru Miyamoto recently sat down withGameInformer magazine to discuss all things Nintendo and a question popped up about the circle pads found on the Wii U’s controller.

Check out the question and answer below:

How similar is the hardware of the Wii U’s circle pads with the 3DS’s?

The circle pads that we’re using for the Wii U controllers are of a more advanced state than the one we created for Nintendo 3DS. They will perhaps have a bit more precision. The mechanism that allows those circle pads to work is still very different from, for example, the mechanism we used for the control stick on the Gamecube controller. In that sense it’s very tough to compare the precision or how the circle pads will work in that sense, but personally I feel that we’ve gotten them to a point that when you sit down and play with them you get used to them very quickly and they feel very nice.

Although I was hoping for a more traditional analog stick, a “more advanced circle pad” may suite gamers just fine. More as it develops.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime’s explains the lack of actual Wii U footage from third-party developers. Here is what he had to say:

Developers have underclocked development kits, and worked hard to deliver titles running on that hardware to demonstrate live at E3. However, due to titles not looking much better than what is currently available on Xbox 360 and the PS3, Nintendo decided late in the game to not show those titles and focus instead on tech demos. In particular, THQ stated that Darksiders II was running on development hardware and could have been shown. Also, Epic vice president Mark Rein tweeted during E3 that Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines was being made for Wii U with Unreal Engine 3, showing that Epic is bringing its tech to Wii U.

Given that the Wii U is not arriving until sometime next year, this report seems to make sense. I hope that Nintendo finalizes their hardware soon and gets it in the hands of 3rd party developers so we can get some fantastic launch titles.

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Nintendo’s President, Satoru Iwata, has stated that there will be no significant manufacturing issues that will affect their business, and they are confident in their estimates for the launch timeline in regards to their upcoming home console Nintendo Wii U.

Nintendo was ready to show the Wii U at E3 this year and based on their estimates, it will be ready for launch in 2012.

Good news for future Wii U owners. Stay tuned.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has inadvertently announced that popular online video streaming service Netflix is officially coming to the Wii U. In a news story that shouldn’t be all that surprising (I do have Netflix currently on my iPhone), it’s still great to hear that the service will make its way on Nintendo’s forthcoming system.

Source via MyNintendoNews.