New Wii U Online & OS Info!

Wii U info (OS, and Online info that is) came out today from the Japanese ND:
- When you turn on the Wii U for the first time, you have to create a Wii U user account, with a Mii associated with it.
- You can have up to 10 accounts per system.
- Game settings, save data, browser bookmarks, and play history are all tied to user accounts.
- Each Wii U user account can also be tied with a Nintendo Network ID.
- In order to sign up for a Nintendo Network ID, you must give the fowling info: username, password, mail, date of birth and gender.
- The Nintendo Network ID can be used for: Video chat, eShop, Miiverse, and most other networking services.
- When anyone on your console buys something in the eShop, all user accounts can use it--not just the Nintendo Network ID that bought it.
- On the Miiverse boards you can post ordinary post, game screenshots, and drawings. You can also add a spoiler checkbox to any post.
- You can follow any other Wii U owner you see in the Miiverse boards and register them as friends.
- Miiverse is supported in all Wii U games, though the implementation depends per game. No additional work from devs needed for basic implementation.
- You can Video Chat with anyone on your friend list.
- After you have everything set up, Miiverse Plaza is what you'll see when you power on the Wii U.
- After the Wii U is done powering up you'll see this (see link):

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So what do you think?

Wii U Online-Focused Nintendo Direct Tomorrow!!!!

It will be 35 mins long, with a Miiverse/Online focus, it will happen at 3 AM PST/6 AM EST on the 7th, and will be in Japanese: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/direct20121107/index.html

Google Updates It's Look

Google has change how it looks once again (see under the search bar):

Click to make it bigger

An Analystic Post About The PS4 (Or How I Think The PS4 will be like)

All of the following is based on what has been happening in the video game market lately. It may or may not actually happen.

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When Will The PS4 Be Released?

Late 2013-early 2014. This answer is not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of need. If Sony waits until 2014 to release the PS4 it will be to late to get a big next-gen market share, even if they can release it in 2013 it will be hard to take a big proportion the next-gen market from Nintendo, by the 18th of November 2013 (based on what I have seen, if you want I can go into detail why I think this), 10+ million Wii U's will have been sold! If they wait until November 2014, 23+ million Wii U's and 10+ Xbox ---'s will have been sold, that's 33 million next-gen consoles sold. And you don't want to get in to a market where 33 million out of the 200 million (<lifetime--7-8 years--next-gen consoles sales combined) units have been sold. 

Controller

I'm willing to bet never playing my second favorite game again on this: The main controller will have a touchscreen on it. Why? Because having a second screen makes most games better (example: ZombiU, Rayman Legends, and LBP2).  Sony knows this--the the PS Vita-PS3 cross play shows that--but in order for third-party's to really support the second screen it has to be something that everyone has, and since the Wii U main controller has a touchscreen on it third-party's won't half-heartedly use the screen (won't seem like a wast of money). 

Power/Price 

Sony can't afford to have another weirdly-built, to expensive, console again. Last year Sony lost $5.6 billion, and the yens doing really good (<that's bad for Sony) so they'll want to play it safe (like they did with the PS1&2) so they will try not losing much money off every PS4 sold (like they did with the PS3) probably just $50. Based on all of this I think the PS4 will cost $350-$400, and will not be a super powerful console. It will be powerful, only it wont be another PS3. Thankfully based on the specs in the leaked Xbox 720 doc and what we know about the Wii U's specs, they wont need to make a super power console anyway (just powerful). For an example of how powerful I think it will be, go back to the 6th gen, only this time in the order will be:

• Gamecube: PS4
• PS2: Xbox 720
• Dreamcast: Wii U

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Comment below! 

Japanese Wii U/3DS Nintendo Direct Incoming!

A Japanese Wii U/3DS Nintendo Direct will happen at 4AM PT-5AM MT-6AM CT-7AM ET-today (the 25th). You can watch it here: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nintendo_direct/index.html

New Super Mario Bros. U Will Run in 1080p!

Earlier this year we were told that NSMBU would run in 720p, but today on NSMBU's official website (http://newsupermariobrosu.nintendo.com/) revealed that NSMBU will in fact run in 1080p!

Now we just need Pikmin 3 to run in full HD....

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate VS. Monster Hunter Tri on Dolphin Graphics

Here's a comparison I just made of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and Monster Hunter Tri on Dolphin:

It looks like Ultimate will have better graphics and therefor is not just a upscaled Wii game! Though the sittings may be different.  Got the PC pic from here:

Justin Bieber is in NBA 2K13

Why? WHY!!!?!?!? What's the point?!?! AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

In other news, the eShop is down until 8PM PDT.

PS4 Specs and Controller Leaked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two days ago I did an interview with my good friend Mr. Anonymous (he's a famous video game developer), about the not yet announced PS4! So sit back and enjoy the interview!
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TechnoHobbit: Hello, Mr. Anonymous, good to see you again! You said earlier today that you had a ton of PS4 info (including the specs, the price, and how it looks)?

Mr. Anonymous: Yep, so first of all I guess I'll tell you the specs:
CPU: An custom 8-core 4.25GHz POWER7 CPU with 4 threads per core, a total of 32 threads.
RAM: 128GB's of GDRR5 RAM for Games and 16GB's of GDDR5 RAM for the OS.
GPU: 8 custom AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition GPU's.
HDD: 20TB's

TechnoHobbit: What............? Oh you got the wrong specs right? Like last time when you gave me the specs for Watson instead of the Wii U's?!?!?!?!!!!

Mr. Anonymous: Nope that's the PS4 specs.

TechnoHobbit: AAAAAAAAAAaaahHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! The fanboys are right!!!! The Wii U will be last gen! In fact the Xbox 720 will be last GEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Anonymous: Good to see that you have seen the power! And that just the basics, here's more details:
The CPU has a theoretical performance of 326.45 GFLOPS, just so everyone knows the PS3's CPU has a theoretical performance of 214GFLOPS, while the Xbox 360 CPU has a theoretical peak performance of 115 GFLOPS, and the Wii U has a  theoretical peak performance of 223 GFLOPS (< leaked info)

TechnoHobbit: Wow.... How about the GPU's? In fact how did they get 8 of the strongest GPU's in the PS4 anyway?

Mr. Anonymous: It's Sony. Here's the specs of the GPU's

Feature	Radeon 7970 GHz Edition	PS4 GPU (remember there are 8 of these)
Graphics Cores	2048	2156
Texture Units	128	130
ROPs	32	35
Clock Frequency	1006 MHz	1035 MHz
Transistor Count	4.3 billion	4.38 billion

As you see customization made the specs are a bit better than the most powerful GPU on the market! To put this difference in to perspective lets look at the 3DMark Vantage scores (bigger is better):

Radeon 7970 GHz Edition	Wii U GPU	PS4 GPU (remember there are 8 of these)
34,216	7012	35,013 Or if you count all 8 of them working together: 280,104

TechnoHobbit: So how many times more powerful is the PS4 compared to the Wii U?

Mr. Anonymous: If you use my very complex mathematical formula....... The PS4 is approximately 70x more powerful than the Wii U in terms of raw power, so that's like 70 Wii U tied together!

TechnoHobbit: There is no way these specs could be true, do you realize how much power this thing would use!?!? And how much it would cost Sony?

Mr. Anonymous: This is Sony where talking about dude, not Nintendo. Sony cares about using the latest and greatest technology, and they aren't afraid to sale the PS4 at a lost.

TechnoHobbit: I still don't believe it. For one why does it need 128GB of RAM? The Blu-ray disc can only hold 128 GB max, so unless they want no loading times what so ever, what's the point?

Mr. Anonymous: Oh it doesn't use Blu-ray, like every PlayStation before it, it is using a new format of disc, this time it's uses HVD, these disc can hold up to 6TB!

TechnoHobbit: And how in the world could they use all this space? And GPU/CPU power?

Mr. Anonymous: One word to answer both qstons: 4K.  Or if you want a more complex answer: the PS4 can run graphically intensive UE4 games at native 3D4K 120FPS, while streaming 3D1080p+ to this!

Behold the PS4 Controller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TechnoHobbit: AGHHHHHH!!! That looks unconformable..

Mr. Anonymous:  Well it's not, way better then the Wii U GamePad........ and the GamePad is conformable!!! Some details of the controller:

1. Weighs 380 Grams
2. The screen is 6 inchs.
3. Has Multi-touch
4. The screen has a rez over 1080p, but since the screen doesn't have an aspect ratio of 16:9, I like to call it 1080p+
5. The screen is 3D like the 3DS's 

TechnoHobbit: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Once again I must say all this is technically impossible, this thing  (the PS4) must use 6000 Watts!!!!! And cost $5000!

Mr. Anonymous: Nope it uses 2000 Watts max, and Sony is aiming for a $1999 piece, and a late 2013 lunch!

TechnoHobbit: Well the console must be huge in order to hold all this tech!

Mr. Anonymous: 
Yes, it is huge, about the size of a mini refrigerator. Here is a pic of the prototype: 

TechnoHobbit: AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Anonymous: Bye, now I've got to go and hide from Sony!

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Japanese Nintendo Direct NSMB2 DLC

I think it's about NSMB2 DLC:

Happy 123rd Birthday Nintendo!!!

Today is Nintendo's 123rd birthday! So I would like to thank Nintendo for all it's 123 years of making life funner!

I'm Disappointed With the PS3 Super Slim...

I'm Disappointed With the PS3 Super Slim: I was hoping to get a PS3 this year, but sadly it looks as though I have to wait. I was hoping for a 8GB PS3 Super Slim for $150-$200. But unfortunately that didn't happen instead it was: 250GB for $269 with Uncharted 3, or $19 more than the PS3 Slim! Sure it comes with Uncharted 3, but I can already get it for $19 at a store. Sure it comes with 250GB, but all I need is 8GB's (and the 2TB--2000GB--external hard drive that I got for $70). So I guess I wont be getting a PS3 this year, because there is no way I'm spending $269 for 6-year-old tech! Especially when a next-gen console is coming out in 2 months so I'm low on money, and than I'm going to have to start saving for other next-gen consoles or if I don't care for them when they are announced, a big upgrade for my PC.

Japan Nintendo Direct Info Round Up

To tired to write anything so I'll give you links:

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/09/13/wii-u-has-2gb-of-main-memory-and-discs-are-25gb/

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/09/13/wii-u-japanese-release-date-revealed/

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/09/13/nintendo-announces-two-bundles-for-wii-u/

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/09/13/wii-u-gamepad-is-very-expensive/

Wii U Price, Release Date, Colors, Launch Games, and Zelda U Info Leaked!!!

Yesterday I did an interview with my good friend Mr. Anonymous (he's a famous video game developer), about the what Nintendo is going to announce about the Wii U tomorrow (you can watch it here: http://www.facebook.com/WiiU tomorrow at 7AM PT/10AM ET) and the specs! So sit back and enjoy the interview!

TechnoHobbit: Hello, Mr. Anonymous! I understand you want to tell me some new info about the Wii U?

Mr. Anonymous: Yes! First up: the American price, release date, colors, and launch games...........................................

TechnoHobbit: Yes? YES? YES?!!?!

Mr. Anonymous:
Price: 3 bundles:

1. $249.99, with the Wii U, GamePad and $20 eShop cash (Nintendo is losing $30 off every bundle sold).  
2. $299.99, with Wii U, GamePad, $20 eShop cash, Nintendo Land or NSMBU, one Wiimote, Nunchuck, and Pro Controller.  
3. $349.99, with Wii U, GamePad, $20 eShop cash, Nintendo Land or NSMBU, two Wiimotes, Nunchucks, and Pro Controllers.

Release date: November 11th for all bundles
Colors: Black, White, or Red.
Launch Games:
Retail games:

1. Assassin's Creed III
2. Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition 
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II 
4. Darksiders II 
5. FIFA 13
6. Just Dance 4
7. Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game
8. Madden NFL 13
9. Mass Effect 3 
10. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
11. New Super Mario Bros. U
12. Nintendo Land 
13. Pikmin 3 
14. Rayman Legends
15. Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Downloadable Games: 

1. 1001 Spikes 
2. Chasing Aurora
3. BIT.TRIP Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
4. Little Inferno
5. Mighty Switch Force! HD
6. Tank! Tank! Tank! 
7. Trine 2: Director's Cut 
8. Toki Tori 2

TechnoHobbit: Wow! Lots and lots of games! Good prices! Can't wait!!!! How about other countries?

Mr. Anonymous: 

Same bundles:

UK: £229.99, £259.99, £289.99. December 1st.

Canada: $249.99,  $299.99, $349.99,  December 1st.

Europe: €249.99,  €279.99,  €324.99 December 1st

Australia: $349.95  $399.95 $349.95 December 6th

Japan: 25,000 yen, 30,000 yen, 35,000 yen. December 1st

TechnoHobbit: I have no idea if those are good prices or not... How about the specs? Can you tell me them?

Mr. Anonymous: Yes, I can tell you.... but I'm not going to.

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Mr. Anonymous: OK, I'll tell you...
CPU: 360 3.5 GHz POWER7 eight core processors, or 2880 cores.
RAM: 16 Terabytes of RAM
GPU: None

TechnoHobbit: What............?

Mr. Anonymous: Oops!!!! Wrong specs... PS4 specs... Xbox 720 specs... Ah here we go Wii U Specs!
CPU: From what I can tell it's a 3 core POWER PC with some POWER7 tech added, runs at 3GHz, has a theoretical peak performance of 223GFLOPS, though under real-world gaming environments it's only able to produce about 100-120GFLOPS.
RAM: 1.5GB of GDRR5 for games, .5GB for OS and other things.
GPU: Highly customized E6760, according to some test I did on it, it would have a 3DMark Vantage score of 7012 if it was used on a computer.

TechnoHobbit: Sounds good, I don't have a calculator on me, so can you tell me how many times more powerful the Wii U is? (compared to Xbox 360, PS3)

Mr. Anonymous: In terms of RAW power? 3.5x more powerful than the PS3, 4.3x more powerful than the Xbox 360.

TechnoHobbit: Like I thought! I understand the UK Nintendo Direct is going to be "Phenomeniall"?

Mr. Anonymous:  Yes! Niall Horan from the boy-band One Direction is going to be in the UK Nintendo Direct. It will start with a video of birthday party were Niall is opening presents (tomorrow is Niall's birthday), one of those presents happens to be a Wii U.  Then it turns into a 25 minute long ad for the Wii U (with Niall as the star of course), announcing all the Wii U details that we didn't know before! Including more details on SiNG, like the fact that there are 20 1D songs in SiNG!

TechnoHobbit: Awesome! You also said you have some new Wii U Zelda info?

Mr. Anonymous:  Yes, and it's going to be HUGE!!!! The dungeons are so big they will take hours to complete. Even the characters are going to be huge! Here's some character models they are going to show tomorrow:

How Ganondorf will look like in the new Zelda!

TechnoHobbit: Wow! Why are they sumo warriors?

Mr. Anonymous: The game takes place soon after Twilight Princess. When Link, Zelda, and whatever their names are, take a nice walk in the woods, they find Fi and unleash a curse on themselves that turns them into sumo warriors. Some of them like it, but Zelda hates it, so Link goes on a quest to find a cure for the sumo warrior curse, but Ganondorf stands in his way!!
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Apple Event: iPhone 5

New iPhone just announced! It's 18% thinner than iPhone 4S, and 20% lighter. 2x faster CPU and 2x faster graphics chip. It can take 1080p video, and 28 megapixel panoramas.

My Thoughts on the Wii U and the Wii U Experience!

The Wii U Experience! 

It was ......AWESOME!!! The Experience it's self was very well done, and they had this awesome glowing table!

The games I played were Rayman Legends, Project P-100, 2 Game&Wario mini-games--Ski and Fruit, New Super Mario Bros. U, and 2 mini-games in Nintendo Land called Luigi's Ghost Mansion and The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest. But before I get deeper into what I think of the games....

The Controllers

Wii U Pro Controller:

The pro controller was awesome. It feels like a cross between an Xbox 360 controller and a PS3 controller, taking the best from both: super light like the PS3 controller, yet the bigger design of the Xbox 360 controller; nicer buttons like those on the PS3 controller, yet nicer trigger buttons like those on the Xbox  360 controller! And some things that are not found on either the Xbox 360 controller or a PS3 controller, like the Nintendo D-pad, and analog sticks that click really easily. 

Score: 10/10

Wii U GamePad:

Awesome! It was way lighter than I thought it would be, almost as light as the 3DS, and PS Vita, and the  design was very comfortable, I could see myself using it for hours at a time. The buttons and analog sticks are like those on the pro controller, aka super. The touchscreen is like a cross between a 3DS's screen and an iPad screen, very accurate like the 3DS's, and super responsive like the iPad's. Overall it's perfect in every way I can think of.
Score: 10/10

The Games

Rayman Legends

This game was extremely fun and made good use of the GamePad (though I used the pro controller). The level I played was this one:

I also enjoyed how it had some rhythm elements. Overall it was my favorite game I played at the Wii U Experience.

Score: 10/10

Project P-100

It was fun, yet it lacked something, then again I only played it for 7 minutes, so I think it will be better if I know the story behind it, and if I played it for an hour. It has very nice, colorful graphics.

Score: 7/10 

Game & Wario

Ski

Very fun (and uses the GamePad well). It only took me 19.8 seconds to finish the mini-game, but I could see myself playing this again and again trying to beat my time (and I'm sure there will be more levels). 

Score: 9.5/10 

Fruit 

In Fruit one player uses the GamePad to anonymously control one of the characters on the TV to quietly steal fruit, while up to 5 others try to guess which character is stealing fruit (I was one trying to guess). Fun, but I lost.....

Score: 8/10 

Game & Wario overall: Looking forward to it a lot! 9/10

New Super Mario Bros. U

I only played this game for 2 minutes. It was fun, but nothing special, then again that was just a demo and hopefully the game will be better (so far it sounds like it will be).

Score: 7/10 

Nintendo Land

Luigi's Ghost Mansion

In the Luigi's Ghost Mansion 4 players using Wiimotes hunt down the player using the GamePad, AKA the ghost. I was one of the 4 players using the Wiimote (and one of the best players). Very fun and hard.
Score: 9/10

The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest

In this game 2 players using Wiimotes use swords to kill enemies, while 1 player uses the GamePad's gyro features as a bow to shoot enemies. In this one I used the GamePad. The GamePad's gyro was amazingly responsive and accurate.  The game itself was both fun and hard.
Score: 10/10

Nintendo Land overall:  I was surprised at how fun and deep Nintendo Land was, and I'm way more likely to buy the Wii U day 1 if it's bundled. 9.5/10
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Now that I have played the Wii U, I'm more excited for the Wii U than ever before, and I think I will get it on day 1. Oh, and I overheard one of the representatives saying that the GamePad was not in its "Final Form," so who knows, maybe the GamePad will look different on the 13th? Now I can't wait until the 13th.... 

Going to the Wii U Experience!

 Tomorrow, hope to tweet while I'm there: https://twitter.com/Techno_Hobbit

Kindle Fire 2 Event: Paperwhite, Kindle Fire HD, and New 7-inch Kindle Fire

Today at the Kindle Fire 2 Event, they announced their new E-reader, Kindle Paperwhite! It has a screen with 212 ppi, and 25 percent better contrast, and it has a light built-in.  Paperwhite price: $119 without 3G, and $179 with 3G.

The NEW 7-inch Kindle Fire, has a new processor, 2x ram, and longer battery life for a low, low price of $159!! There is also a Kindle Fire HD, it has 1920 by 1200 resolution, OMAP 4470 CPU, 254 PPI, and two Wi-Fi antennas and dual bands that make it have up to 41 percent faster wifi than iPad! And 16GB of storage. $159 for the non-HD 7 inch $199, for HD 7 inch, and $299 for 8.9 inch. Wow that's cheep!!! And there is more!!! Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE wireless! $499. With 32GB of space. 250MB of data per month, 20GB of storage in cloud, $49.99 per year plus a $10 amazon credit! Wow, wow wow, that is really cheep (iPad owners pay $670 for a 16GB with 4G, plus $180/year for just the data).

Amazon Kindle Fire Event Live Blogs Roundup!

Today is the start of "The Week of Awesome Press Conferences"! First the Kindle Fire press conference (on right now), than Apple's press conference (the 12th), and then the best of all...... Nintendo's 6 hour Wii U press conference. But first things first, this is a few places where you can read Live Blogs of the Amazon Kindle Fire Event!:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/261884/live_blog_amazons_kindle_press_event.html
http://live.gizmodo.com/

Review: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

(Note: I may sound like a fanboy in this review) I have been wanting to write a review of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, ever since I finished it (6 months ago). It took forever for me to get around to writing it, and I'm awful at writing reviews (that's why it so short), but here it is!:
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, is, plainly put, the best game I have ever played. It has the perfect use of Motion controls, beautiful Graphics, awesome gameplay, dungeons, and story (it tells why there are 15 other games in the series), some of the best music I have ever heard, hard puzzles, and enemies that are hard to defeat (something lacking in most games). Not to mention the game lasts 50+ hours!  If you haven't, I highly recomed you go and buy the game NOW!

Graphics: 10/10 The graphics are better than most Xbox 360 and PS3 games!
Dungeons: 10/10 All of them are awesome, but wish there were more.
Music: 10/10 First Zelda game to have orchestral music, and it pays off beautifully
Gameplay: 10/10 AWESOME!
Final Score: 10/10

The Technology Hobbit Chat: New guy, Project C.A.R.S, HALO 4

TechnoHobbit: Welcome to the second edition of The Technology Hobbit Chat, I am your host TechnoHobbit, and to day I have with me.....

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Yo whats up. I'm DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat.

EwokLemonade: Hey guys, im EwokLemonade

TechnoHobbit: Is there anything technology or video game related you guys want to chat about today?

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: I'm blank Ewok any ideas?

EwokLemonade: No ideas.

TechnoHobbit: I guess I will choose a topic. . . There's this new racing game called Project Cars, that going to come out in 2013 it looks cool, here are some videos:

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: What game system will it be for?

TechnoHobbit: It going to be for: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, and PC.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: This looks pretty cool.

EwokLemonade: Yeah. I'm not one for racing games, but it seems cool.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: I like the side mirror thing.

TechnoHobbit: Yeah.

EwokLemonade: Yea

TechnoHobbit: Anyone want to choose the next topic?

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Techno do you play Minecraft?

TechnoHobbit: Nope not yet.

EwokLemonade: Minecraft is an awesome game.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Well Ewok and I do. But there is this new HUGE update coming for it and it looks awesome.

TechnoHobbit: I'm going to have to try it!

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: It is fun. Ewok and I play multiplayer together for like hours at a time and it is seriously adicting.

TechnoHobbit: I have heard that there some Zelda themed stuff on Minecraft.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Zelda themed stuff?

TechnoHobbit: Like the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past's overworld.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Oh. you can like make a map and like a story line and stuff. and then you can make a folder and save the map to that folder. then people can download the map folder and play your map.

TechnoHobbit: Ah

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: They are called adventure maps

TechnoHobbit: I have to play this game!

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Yea.

TechnoHobbit: Ok PS3 Super Slim: are the rumors true or false http://technologyhobbit.blogspot.com/201...    I'm thinking they are true, though it's weird that Sony didn't show it off at E3.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: I think the rumors are probably true, but I'm not exited.

TechnoHobbit: Same here

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: I have a PS3, but it isn't really my thing. The biggest argument from PS3 fans are that its online accounts are free, but PS3 is for singleplayer games. There is a reason you pay for Xbox Live its better.

TechnoHobbit: The one good thing is that used PS3 are going to be cheap! (If they go under $80, I may have to buy one)

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Yeah

TechnoHobbit: Anyone want to choose a topic?

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Well I can't wait for HALO 4 to come out.

TechnoHobbit: I still have only seen that one video they showed at E3, it looks cool.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat:

EwokLemonade: So, where were we?

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: HALO 4

EwokLemonade: Someones excited

TechnoHobbit: Looks really cool, though it has a bit too much shooting for my tastes.

EwokLemonade: Shooters are one of my favorite game types.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Yah but they're just showing off the new stuff.

EwokLemonade: But they can get old.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: You can pretty much do any thing in custom games.

TechnoHobbit: The main thing I don't care for is the controls. (Editor's Note: and a minor fear of blood)

EwokLemonade: Ah. You don't like shooting with the triggers? Or is it the movement?

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: I like the controls. Easy and simple.

EwokLemonade: I like the controls too.  That's probably because we are so used to them though. (Editor's Note: Yeah, I admit I have only played duel analog stick shooters for 50 mins in a store)

TechnoHobbit: It's how you aim, I don't like the second analog stick. (Editor's Note: When I play a  shooter, I use my PC)

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: I personally love the two anolog sticks it is awesome.

EwokLemonade: I agree.

TechnoHobbit: You see in real life I have a really good aim, in  duel  anolog sticks shooters I have a bad aim (Yes, I have a bad aim ​).

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Yeah in real life it is a lot more fun to shoot.

EwokLemonade: LoL. I don't think I have ever shot a real gun, but airsoft and bb's are fun enough.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Real guns are the best 

TechnoHobbit: I never have shot a real gun (I'm have a good aim in archery, and a few other things).

EwokLemonade: Archery I have done.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: I'm so jealous archery is the best thing ever invented 

TechnoHobbit: Oh, and I also have a good aim in some Wii games (like in Skyward Sword).

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: coolzi o's

EwokLemonade: I suck at aiming the bow in ALL Zelda games. I'm so ashamed ​

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: ​

EwokLemonade: Shut up princess, LOL.

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: *princess* 

TechnoHobbit: HA HA HA. I have to go now, bye and thanks for chatting! (hope we can chat again soon!)

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: Yah it was fun .

EwokLemonade: This is EwokLemonade Signing off.

TechnoHobbit: Bye!!!

EwokLemonade: BUHBYE

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: autro of clapy ness ​

EwokLemonade: 

DJ Fluffy Kitty Cat: MEOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!!!!!!!!​!
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Microsoft Gets New Logo

Today Microsoft changed it's logo for the first time since 1987, and their fifth time ever. So let's look at the history of Microsoft's logo:

Microsoft's first logo 1975-1980

Microsoft's second logo 1980-1982

Microsoft's third logo 1982-1987

Microsoft's fourth logo 1987-2012

Microsoft's new logo 2012-

Wii U Reservations are Starting!!!

Today in Fred Meyer I saw this!!!:

As cool as it is, sadly they are using the old GamePad and the Wii's logo on the reservation card.

Wii U Box Art!!

Earlier to day we found out that the plastic of the Wii U game cases is going to be blue. So I was wondering how the box-art from AC3, Just Dance 4, and Avengers: Battle For Earth, would look like with the blue case, so I did a little Photoshop and this is what I came up with:

Assassin's Creed 3 Wii U Box Art

Just Dance 4 Wii U Box Art

The Avengers: Battle for Earth Wii U Box Art

Here's other box-art (with the case) we already know:

Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition Box Art

Rayman Legends Box Art

Here's some box-art (with the case) I made and may not be how the final box art looks:

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Wii U Box Art

Nintendo Land Box Art

New Super Mario Bros. U Box Art

Looks pretty cool doesn't it?

Is The Plastic Of Wii U Game Cases Aqua Blue?

It looks like the plastic of the Wii U game cases are going to be either aqua blue or bright aquamarine -- see the pics below:

This one is aqua blue

This one is bright aquamarine

I personally like the aqua blue, but don't care for the bright aquamarine. What do you guys think?

Update:
It looks like they changed Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition's game case to aqua blue:

Yet Another Post Proving the Wii U's Power

Since some people still believe there is no Wii U ports, that look better than what the PS3/Xbox 360 ports. I have made this post to let them see for themselves weather or not, the Wii U has better graphics:

In the PS3 version: textures aren't as clear, the explosion looks less real, the sky is less detailed, the blimp isn't included, banners on the building aren't included and the draw distance is less (blurry buildings).  In the Wii U version:  Lots and lots of detail, better textures, large draw distance, and amazing sky.

Wii U version: better lighting.

(click on photo to make bigger) Note the Wii U version's extra contrast and defined edges.

(click on photo to make bigger) The Wii U version has much better textures (see the wood on the wall), more detailed grass, and larger draw distance. (The reason the Wii U version darker and has a reflection is because it was video taped  off a television screen at E3)

Well, what do you think? Witch has better graphics? Comment below!