Real time Wii U Chat and Applications outed on Wii U packaging
It’s amazing what some people will find in the smallest details and the folks at Nintendo-Nation.net have found some unannounced and rather cool details hidden in plain site on the packaging for the Wii U in North America.
The first couple of items we already knew or presumed would be there and that’s you’ll be able make and share Mii characters, you’ll also be able to interact with people via Miiverse.
However, the next two are the most interesting, the first of which states;
[quote]Download add-on content, full games, classic games and applications from Nintendo eShop (all contents sold separately).[/quote]
This confirms a couple of things. One, that the service will be called the eShop as well and that applications will be made available via it. Don’t expect anything like the App Store though.
The last and possibly the most interesting is the revelation of ‘Wii U Chat’. We’ve seen a form of this demoed during E3 2012 and that bizarre video that featured Non-Specific Action Figure. It’s likely there is text chat as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2HxfI1mAXg
omg doesnt anybody see the negatives to the face to face video chat. Because i dont know if anyone has heard of chat roulette but could you imagine a little kid getting advise from an older person about a game and he says lets video chat then he starts beating his meat in front of the kid . This is one of the reasons why i wont be using this feature its a complete stranger but it would be useful if its someone you know who can actually help you out not masturbate in front of the wii u tablet. please can someone tell me they feel the same way about this coz all my friends think im being stupid…
I think you’re being overly paranoid!!
I’m sure vid chat is between friends only! That would stop a chat roulette situation.
I’m sure the Wii U will use something similar to what the 3DS uses now for linking up friends. Also I am sure there will be parental controls to block anonymous video calls (if that will even be allowed).
Stop being a soccer mom :p
According to Microsoft, a surprising amount of people with the Xbox vision cameras just leave them pointed at their cats. Nothing nasty at all there. You may just end up with an endless stream of cats and not someone out for some happy snappy fun.