Rumor: Wii 2 at E3; 6" Touch Controller [Up: Cafe Header On Nintendo Site, More]
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MisterHero
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holographic storage mediumevolution said:
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Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
miladesn said:
Funny how if one person beaks the NDA then the floodgates are open wide for everyone to talk. Nintendo doesn't like talk, they like to break the news. Expect a PR annoucment similar to the 3DS sometime in the next seven days.
Steve Youngblood
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Yes. Apparently this new system launching in 2012 will be capable of 1920 horizontal and 1080 vertical pixels in progressive mode. Based on this info, it's clear that the gauntlet has been thrown down. With the promise of this unprecedented technology, it's clear that things are about to get real.Zeal said:
ShockingAlberto
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I would expect that, even if Nintendo is shopping a new system around, it is not necessarily going to be shown at E3. It might, it might not, it might be pulled at the last second. Who knows? Temper your expectations, people.
why wouldn't they make a play for that market now though... their chances are better now than they've ever been.Darklord said:
it's not like the ps2 strategy of selling tons of consoles at $129 worked so badly for sony. i doubt a wii successor could pull in even a fraction of what wii did it's first few years without a new hook. the core don't need a hook - nintendo just need to get up to speed on some online and tech stuff and convince third parties to jump in. not easy, mind... but better odds now than they've had in a long time.
i'm still going to be surprised if they ditch the "wii" brand entirely for this console... that seems counter intuitive.
badcrumble
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it certainly doesn't go to gaming *scoffs*AniHawk said:
Error Macro
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Darklord said:
So, you don't think merely being a NINTENDO system with Wii BC (in HD!) at this point won't carry over their "casual" audience?
They can position the 3DS more towards the casual audience (which is probably going toward handhelds, anyway) and re-capture the "hardcore" market with their next console. The "hardcore gamer" probably buys a lot more titles per system, which means more $$$, and Nintendo sure likes the $$$.
NES? SNES? N64? (well, sort of)
Neuromancer
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NONSENSEShockingAlberto said:
TacticalFox88
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War has been declared. 2011 will go down in gaming history. I can't wait for the meltdowns, fanboy wars on GameFaqs, etc.
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ZombieFred
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AniHawk said:
I honestly thought we would be in for a much longer cycle, but now we're going to be into next-gen in less than two years. Damn.
MisterHero
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They won't have a projection of a slideshow at E3ShockingAlberto said:
the Wii2 will be rendering it at 16,000,000 pixels X 9,000,000 pixels resolution
Shalashaska161
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It all depends on when it's coming out. If it's coming out in 2012, they'll mention it, say it's coming, and that's about it. Exactly like they did with the Wii.ShockingAlberto said:
But if they're looking for a 2011 launch? They're going to strip it naked and show it off to the world.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Holy crap, mindblown.
Augh, if only I didn't have to work that day. I'll try to get myself out of it because I am psyched. Edit: No, I probably won't. I can wait.
I wonder if they're going to cut the "Wii ____" or "Wii" branding, though? It's been really successful for the expanded audience, and not all of that expanded audience has developed into core gamers yet (a few of my female friends, for instance). "Super Wii"?
Augh, if only I didn't have to work that day. I'll try to get myself out of it because I am psyched. Edit: No, I probably won't. I can wait.
I wonder if they're going to cut the "Wii ____" or "Wii" branding, though? It's been really successful for the expanded audience, and not all of that expanded audience has developed into core gamers yet (a few of my female friends, for instance). "Super Wii"?
cj_iwakura
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Wii drought? Blame NoA. They're not localizing any of the numerous Wii games that were released in the last year.
captmcblack
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This is it.
It's time for Nintendo to open that fucking warchest and do WORK.
If they're really serious about making a console that is legitimately - not "arguably", or "if you take advantage of all the quirks", or anything like that - they need to make sure of the following:
- it needs to have legit RAM. I don't care if it has some super future astroRAM that's ultra fast or something. They better have a minimum of 1 gigabyte of it in there, so developers can stretch their legs. Cheap computers and cellphones have at least that or more, so why can't a console?
- it needs to have a GPU that at least can comply with some modern Direct X standard. It doesn't have to be DX11 or anything, and it doesn't need to support the actual API (since I'd imagine you'd have to pay MS or something to do so)...but the graphics hardware at least should be able to do stuff that games do on the HD twins and PCs today. Would it be wrong to ask for at least DX9-tier graphical effects? DX10 might be wishful thinking, lol.
- it needs to have a reasonably large amount of internal storage, in addition to the SD card slot. Don't give developers ANY EXCUSE TO GIMP ANY FEATURE OF ANYTHING RELATIVE TO THE NINTENDO VERSION OF A PIECE OF SOFTWARE...BECAUSE THEY WILL. Maybe you can't have a 250GB hard drive standard...but 16GB of included internal flash memory? That's got to be doable cheaply in 2012.
- It's probably going to have to at least have as much media functionality as the current consoles, so make sure it can do all the Dolby crap and the 5.1/7.1 crap and whatever optical out/HDMI crap is out there. 3D support is whatever; it's not going to be a dealbreaker if it's not in there. That shit also better play DVDs out of the box at least. No BRDs, fine...but it needs to play DVDs.
- One username, one friend code, one friend list, all games. No excuses.
If they're gonna have full GCN/Wii BC, that's gold already. If they're going to support all the motion stuff still, that's gold already. I hope they don't fuck up on the price, though. $249 or less, and the gen is over for all competitors before it starts.
I'm strapping in for E3; if this news is true, it's gonna be awesome.
It's time for Nintendo to open that fucking warchest and do WORK.
If they're really serious about making a console that is legitimately - not "arguably", or "if you take advantage of all the quirks", or anything like that - they need to make sure of the following:
- it needs to have legit RAM. I don't care if it has some super future astroRAM that's ultra fast or something. They better have a minimum of 1 gigabyte of it in there, so developers can stretch their legs. Cheap computers and cellphones have at least that or more, so why can't a console?
- it needs to have a GPU that at least can comply with some modern Direct X standard. It doesn't have to be DX11 or anything, and it doesn't need to support the actual API (since I'd imagine you'd have to pay MS or something to do so)...but the graphics hardware at least should be able to do stuff that games do on the HD twins and PCs today. Would it be wrong to ask for at least DX9-tier graphical effects? DX10 might be wishful thinking, lol.
- it needs to have a reasonably large amount of internal storage, in addition to the SD card slot. Don't give developers ANY EXCUSE TO GIMP ANY FEATURE OF ANYTHING RELATIVE TO THE NINTENDO VERSION OF A PIECE OF SOFTWARE...BECAUSE THEY WILL. Maybe you can't have a 250GB hard drive standard...but 16GB of included internal flash memory? That's got to be doable cheaply in 2012.
- It's probably going to have to at least have as much media functionality as the current consoles, so make sure it can do all the Dolby crap and the 5.1/7.1 crap and whatever optical out/HDMI crap is out there. 3D support is whatever; it's not going to be a dealbreaker if it's not in there. That shit also better play DVDs out of the box at least. No BRDs, fine...but it needs to play DVDs.
- One username, one friend code, one friend list, all games. No excuses.
If they're gonna have full GCN/Wii BC, that's gold already. If they're going to support all the motion stuff still, that's gold already. I hope they don't fuck up on the price, though. $249 or less, and the gen is over for all competitors before it starts.
I'm strapping in for E3; if this news is true, it's gonna be awesome.
Adam Prime
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All they need is Super Mario Galaxy 1080p and I'll buy one. Day zero.
Coloress_Kafka
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Zeal said:
Time for the SDF and the Xbros to cast aside our petty resolution, anti-aliasing, and motion blur squabbles and unite under a single message of "It looks good enough on our platform" !!
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