E3 is early! Nintendo’s press conference isn’t until June 5th, but they published a video today which provided some details on their upcoming Wii U.The full 30 minute video presentation can be seen here. This is a summary:
Wii U Controller (GamePad) Updates
- Now called “GamePad” – leaked photo was legit
- Circle pads replaced with clickable sticks
- Button/stick layout and back of the controller have been modified
- NFC Reader/Writer for reading from and writing to NFC supported objects
- TV Control button – GamePad can be used as a TV IR remote with OSD – kinda puts a new meaning on “Wii-mote” 😛
