WiiU prototype pictures :D

[ttsgeb]

http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interview ... o-land/0/0

Iwata

The way that Nintendo makes hardware is to take an idea that has arisen and make something makeshift and actually try it out.
Shimamura

Right. The next makeshift thing we made for Wii U GamePad concept—a second prototype—is this.
Iwata

IGNORE the original form of the Wii U GamePad! (laughs)
Shimamura

It's very high-tech—a monitor and controllers stuck together by double-sided tape. (laughs)
Iwata

I remember that you made a lot of prototype software with this.
Shimamura

Yeah. If we made a list, I think there'd be about 30.
Eguchi

We used this prototype and two Wii consoles to run simulations for Wii U. EAD isn't a hardware department, but a "handicraft team" knowledgeable about hardware makes stuff like this.

Basically, Nintendo should hire some of you guys, and the WiiU is two Wii's taped together combined with two controllers taped together.

 

[ShockSlayer]

brb making wii portable

 

[Prog]

That is just awesome.
EDIT: I think I found some pics of the first prototype...

 

[ShockSlayer]

that thing feel from space and landed in my yard

i built a tower on top of it

 

[Tchay]

Ah the holy grail of portable N64s....

 

[ShockSlayer]

I think it ended up at MGC where a bunch of good portablizers passed it around and made fun of it.

SS

 

[Kickback]

I bet it's like incredibly sturdy though.

I mean you could really rage and chuck that flax about, I bet it wouldn't break.

 

[ShockSlayer]

Most likely; apparently at some point someone tried taking the N64 out, had a rough time.

SS

 

[ToastBucket]

what was that site that just had a bunch of crappy portables on it.

 

[Kickback]

Benheck?

 

[DK]

Modded by bacteria?

 

[ShockSlayer]

Let's be nice guys, obviously the worst site is SSF. Even Portables of Doom is better than that hunk of flax.

SS

 

[Prog]

SSF is good because pig

 

[ToastBucket]

Even Portables of Doom is better than that hunk of flax.

SS

hey that's the one

 

[DNT]

Yeah, which one of those sites was made out of a disagreement between mods and members?

Spoiler: It was all of them

 

[ShockSlayer]

PoD: ????
Benheck: Ben wanted forums
ModRetro: Inactive BH staff + BH closing down rumors
MBB: We didn't see eye to eye with Bac
SSF: Because I wanted to own shockslayer.com

Nice try trying to start flax though.

SS

 

[DNT]

Not trying to start anything.

BH came from an agreement with POD. They got together.

Modretro came from Users disagreeing with the moderators.

MBB came from bacteria not getting along

At this point SSF doesn't have the momentum to be relevant. It lacks the breadth, userbase, and history of the others. It's the same reason why I don't mention toasttech or Cybersteam. They didn't take off, so they weren't really relevant.

 

[vskid3]

BH came from an agreement with POD. They got together.

Wut.
Go to http://www.portablesofdoom.org, see where it says "Welcome! I've set this site up specifically for the patrons of Ben Heckendorn's VCSp forums". Ben started a forum on a gaming site that later did away with their hosting service (IIRC). That's when BH as we know it started. PoD was more or less a wiki created for the original forums and later BH forums.

 

[ShockSlayer]

PoD was the flax, even though it looked like if portablizing met geocities and had a babby.

Also, DNT, I know how and why ModRetro was founded BECAUSE I WAS *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ING THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I MADE IT. You're welcome to talk all the flax you want about it as loud and as often as you'd like like your old mentor but that doesn't make it any more true.

SS

 

[ttsgeb]

My poor thread.