Reggie and Iwata demonstrate Wii U Chat
Among the many demonstrations during the latest Nintendo Direct, Satoru Iwata took the time out to call Reggie in America to test out the new Wii U Chat. Reggie even tried a little bit of banter in Japanese to appeal to the Direct’s Japanese audience. He didn’t do so well.
The Wii U chat seems to work simply and quickly, the camera quality isn’t the best but that’s to be expected really. The video quality of the call though seemed to be speedy enough to make sure you could tell what was going on.
The killer feature though seems to be that you can draw on the video screen, Reggie even drew Iwata a love heart. Awww.
You can only chat to your registered friends and you’ll need to update the console before you can use Wii U Chat. Wii U chat is of course free and can be used independently of the TV.
Nintendo of America’s Mini Direct
Japanese (subtitled)
HAHAHAHAHAHA REGGIE
Reggie is way too American to try Japanese and that’s why it was so awesome.
Laughed out loud at this. Was expecting Iwata to write “Let’s make love” to Reggie. It would’ve gone with Reggie’s love hearts.
Also I imagine this will degenerate into a **** drawing app at some point. It’ll be like Chat Roulette except instead of real ****s, we’ll have hand drawn ones. And it’ll be your friends instead of random strangers.