Wii Street U Uses Google Maps to Create 'An Immersive Experience' (Video)

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Nintendo says (http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/n4tuSuxCIbxWj4-QqKgX3aI2lctLCn8u), "With Wii Street U powered by Google, you can step into Google Street View with an immersive experience that feels like you’re actually there! View a 360-degree Google Maps Street View of locations all over the world using the Wii U GamePad motion controls. Use the GamePad touch screen to type in an address or location and explore, or instantly travel to over 70 fascinating, hand-picked locations around the globe." It all looks lovely, but can't we do most of this with Android phones? And couldn't a smart developer make the Google Street View Android phone experience even more immersive, so we wouldn't all need to buy a Wii U (http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu)? Nintendo, we love you, but the Wii U still looks pretty dead (http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/02/25/176204/is-the-wii-u-already-dead) unless it gets some major rethinking, and this Street View app doesn't seem to be it.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/05/30/1731252/wii-street-u-uses-google-maps-to-create-an-immersive-experience-video