Official Nintendo Wii Console Messenger Bag Accessories

Official Nintendo Wii Console Messenger Bag Product Details

Released on 08/12/2006

• Nintendo: we still love buttons

  It hard to keep track of all the rumours swirling around with regard to Nintendo new console, but now Eurogamer reporting that, whatever else you may have heard, Nintendo will not be abandoning d-pads and buttons in favour of touch-screen only controls.

  And the news came from the very top, too, during an investor call with Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata. "When we look at [a tablet] from the viewpoint of 'developing software which uses a touch screen', I think it is an interesting device if it creates an experience that is in line with the trend created by Nintendo DS," he said. "On the other hand, we have never abandoned the + Control Pad and buttons for our game systems because we think these functions are advantageous when creating highly reactive games. In this meaning, I do not think Nintendo hardware will take on any of the current tablet forms as they are without buttons, to make our game devices. However, this is only when we consider tablets as game devices and, for other purposes, I think tablets are very interesting, and they are a form of hardware that will continue to grow."

  There you have it, then. As for which features Nintendo new machine will contain, wel all have to wait for this June E3 to find out.
  

• Drawsome Tablet coming soon for Wii

  Drawsome Tablet coming soon for Wii

  Ubisoft has announced that it will be releasing a new tablet-style controller peripheral for Wii.

  The Drawsome Tablet features an 8.5-inch screen that lets players create sketches that can be brought to life on their TVs, or else control games using stylus-based movements.

  It will come bundled with two separate titles, the first of which is Drawsome Artist, a virtual art studio that lets players sketch and colour their own masterpieces, with help from cartoon icons the Smurfs.

  Meanwhile, Drawsome Sketch Quest offers an innovative platform game experience, as gamers use their styluses to create bridges and trampolines to transport cute animal heroes through the world of PaperCity.

  The Drawsome Tablet follows in the footsteps of the popular uDraw GameTablet from THQ, which has proven a big enough hit to make the leap from Wii to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this month.

  It could also help to whet appetites for Nintendo's new console, the Wii U, which features a high-tech tablet-style controller that provides revolutionary new ways to interact with games.

  Published: 09/11/2011

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