EatChildren said:
I'm just going to assume if the 6" screen is true, it's nothing more than a third wireless part of the controller package.
Nunchuck + Remote + Tablet/Screen
Three means of interacting with the system.
This is more realistic than integrating the screen into the controller, or having one to attach to it, because either option would mean abandoning the form-factor and functionality of the remote. Which would be madness. For a start the remote's pointer *is* your touch functionality, but adapted to a console environment. It was a stroke of genius.
So you have to ask why would Nintendo bundle such an extra expense with every system?
If it's standalone it becomes even more expensive and awkward, needing to be rechargeable, and people's expectations of the tablet would be to be able to take it out of the house. Which would make it ridiculously expensive. And all this expense is taking resources away from the console itself, which with the jump to HD and 3rd parties to consider is far more important.
The 6" screen rumour just doesn't add up in any shape or form to me. All it's doing is blurring the line between handheld and console in a way that plays to the strengths of neither. Taking the focus away from the TV and the social aspect of the console experience which Nintendo did so well with the Wii.