New Nintendo Console "Confirmed" for E3

[Arizona Kyle]

just please nitendo go back to normal conrollers!

they have classic controllers and thats probly as good as your going to get mate

 

[Taunta]

So a gamecube 2.0? Color me excited! The GC is still my favorite console, about 70% of the use I get out of my Wii is playing GC games.

But the gritty FPSs can stay over in Sony and Microsoft-land. Hopefully that tidal wave won't spill over on this new console.

 

[Arizona Kyle]

"Nintendo is doing this one right," an anonymous source told the site. "[It's] not a gimmick like the Wii."

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In its own report, IGN [http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1161875p1.html] claims the new unit will be "significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360" and will offer backwards-compatibility with current Wii software, suggesting that the current Wii control scheme will also be supported, although it will presumably be significantly evolved.

I found the motion control to be the biggest gimmick (a view I share with many others). Not all of the Wii titles were bad or gimmicky though. Donkey Kong is my favorite Wii-game and that hardly uses the motion controls if you don't want it too. I've heard similar comments about Kirby's Epic Yarn. As for Mario Kart Wii and, SSBB, You can use gamecube controllers for those, in both cases I've found I have more control over what I'm doing.

While it sounds promising, the fact that the next console will be backwards compatable has me scratching my head over the control scheme since a majority of the wii games I've seen require you to use either the wii-mote or the wii-mote/ nunchuck combo.

Nintendo seems to have always been like that with peripherals though so I hope the next console comes packed with a standard controller. HD graphics don't matter too much to me at this point.

Well i hope for that too friend i dont care if they give us the classic contorller with it (as long as the contorller is bigger)

 

[Catalyst6]

But they just released the 3DS. Which is keeping the cash flow coming.

Hypothetically, at least. All I know is that I have yet to see someone playing one in public.

OT: While the new system might have good graphics and so on, I have my doubts as to whether it will be worth the money. They'll have to put a lot of money and time into making something along the lines of the PSN or Xbox Live. At the very least it needs to be online without worrying about codes.

The problem I have with the idea of a new system is that the Wii has been kind of... ehh. There are very few Wii games that I feel interested in playing; so much of their stuff is terrible. Not "kiddy", mind you, just *bad*. I don't think that an upswing in power will do a lot to change this, as most of the developers are building on PC or Xbox and will continue to do so, especially considering the power and popularity of the Kinect.

(Not a PR person for Microsoft, I swears)

 

[WaderiAAA]

I wonder what they will call it. I mean the N64 was named after how powerful the system were, then the game cube was named after the shape of the console, and then there was the Wii...

 

[Mikeyfell]

The Wee Too?

I guess they need to beef up their gear now that both competitors provide the same capabilities and are much more capable. Or, perhaps, they have a new gimmick planned.

"Two" in Japanese is pronounced "Ni"

so the next Nintendo console will be called the Wii Ni

 

[Avalanche91]

It was obvious that Nintendo had to be the first to bring out a new system. The wii being the weakest console, they need to show that they will remain relevant in years to come.

That being said, comparing the industry with chess, Nintendo got a nice 'check' position going on. If the core fans as well as even half of the 'casual' fans buy this new system, Sony and Microsoft will have some serious work to do.

Also.....excuse my inner fanboy

Spoiler

OMFG NEW SUPER SMASH PLEASE! NEW MARIO! MUSTBUY

 

[Braedan]

Because despite the claims, we're still seeing amazing end results from the old hardware.

Again, your statement has no counterpoints against abilities of Nintendo to outclass the ps3 in terms of hardware.

I'm saying it won't outclass it in performance. Given its a certainty this thing will be far more expensive than either the Ps3 or 360, and likely won't offer any better results, I'm curious as to what the attraction here is.

Oh, agreed it won't look any better, not at first at least. Graphics have hit the point where more graphical power required massive development increases. And I have no interest in buying a new system, I was just wondering what you were getting at.

 

[Micalas]

Ooh! Will is not be a total piece of shit?!

 

[WaderiAAA]

But they just released the 3DS. Which is keeping the cash flow coming.

Hypothetically, at least. All I know is that I have yet to see someone playing one in public.

OT: While the new system might have good graphics and so on, I have my doubts as to whether it will be worth the money. They'll have to put a lot of money and time into making something along the lines of the PSN or Xbox Live. At the very least it needs to be online without worrying about codes.

The problem I have with the idea of a new system is that the Wii has been kind of... ehh. There are very few Wii games that I feel interested in playing; so much of their stuff is terrible. Not "kiddy", mind you, just *bad*. I don't think that an upswing in power will do a lot to change this, as most of the developers are building on PC or Xbox and will continue to do so, especially considering the power and popularity of the Kinect.

(Not a PR person for Microsoft, I swears)

I believe the power of the console has a lot of inpact on the third party support. This generation, the Wii has been left out from a lot of multi-platform titles. The generation before that, the Game Cube was usually treated to MP titles. I don't think third party developers will mind making games for all the big consoles as long as they can make good graphics for their games.

 

[damse]

You know its funny recently the ps3 has been beating xbox360 in over all sales,also the power of the consel is not even being fully used cause it's just retardly powerful for a dedicated system.
So lets lets say wii.v2 comes out and ps3 prices drop then people go " Oh I wanted one of these but they were too prices lets buy one cause the graphic and games are actully pretty sexy." Suddenly hella lot more ps3 getting sold then sony is back on top.

Unless this new nintendo consel is some how gona beat current graphics with awesome game play.

 

[The Hungry Samurai]

This is not cool, I'm not financially ready to start saving for the next gen of consoles (which will be inevitably be put into motion as soon as nintendo jumps the gun like it always does.)

 

[funguy2121]

Interested. I reckon they announce it at E3, and release it late 2012, before Microsoft or Sony can get to launch.

What, before 2005? Even if this is true (which it probably isn't, given how this rumour pops up every single year), this is Nintendo joining the current generation, not starting a new one.

Which means Nintendo is launching a new console 5 years after the release of the old ones for a much higher price, with a lower install base.

What? This doesn't make any sense, This isn't Nintendo "joining" the current generation, that was the Wii, which is starting to fail.

Making a more expensive console is how each new generation comes about, what makes you think it will have a lower install base?

Plus, I haven't seen a single article about Nintendo making a next generation console and I've been reading the headlines on this site every day for two years (two years the day after tomorrow)

The Wii is 7th generation in timing only - its hardware (the thing that defines generations) is purely 6th generation. Thus, this will be them finally joining the 7th generation. As such, its launching to compete with the 360 and Ps3. So it will launch with a higher price point and an install base of zero, versus the Ps3 and 360's 55 million by that point.

The timing is what makes the generation, you can't call it a different generation just because they chose not to put expensive hardware in it. The Wii came out to compete with the 360 and PS3, which makes it part of their generation.

Hell, with that logic we could call the N64 not part of the same generation as the PS1 because it was only timing, and was behind in "storage medium" because it used cartridges instead of discs, it would turn the entire cataloger system of generations into a complete clusterfuck.

It hasn't even been announced yet, much less released! This will just be the first console of the next generation, one of them always comes first, just like the 360 came first this generation.

So you're saying that Nintendo's technology is going to be inferior yet again.

So, will they copy the 360 or Ps3?

No, you're thinking of what Sony does..

You mean like how Sony ripped off the Game.Com for the DS? Or how Sony ripped off the dual thumbstick design for the Gamecube?

...wait.....

No, silly, like how Sony ripped off the rumble pack AND ANALOG STICK for the PSOne. Nearly all major control innovations have come from Nintendo.

Someone doesn't know anything about gaming history.

Analog control comes from Atari, Rumble comes from Sega. Nintendo ripped off both.

I'm pretty sure 2D joysticks control is digital. When did rumble "come from Sega?" N64 predated by Dreamcast and Saturn, did it not?

Ah, so its different, because they took the same technology but made it for their console.

Outrun arcade, rumble feedback, 1989

Charlatanry 101: when trying to win a debate, especially a nerd-off, ignore the opponent's assertions and instead argue with something that is not even being contested.

 

[0p3rati0n]

Ten bucks says it's Wii3D.

I'm in *puts 10 buck in*

 

[S_SienZ]

Teeheehee would be incredibly funny if it were true. All that investment into Move and Kinect only for Nintendo to go all anti-meta counter with good ol' solid next-gen console.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Please have real controllers...please have real controllers...please don't make me stand to play...please have a great starting lineup...

C'mon, E3! I'm waiting for you. And, as always, I can hardly wait.

 

[JimJamJahar]

The first one is called the Wii.
If Nintendo doesn't call this new one the Number Two, they will have missed a fantastic opportunity

 

[Kl4pp5tuhl]

Yes, awesome. Now the old Wii's will drop in price or land at my local pawn shops for a third, or even forth, of the original price!

So waited for this to happen. If you're nearly as low on cash for games as me, it's best to stay one console generation behind. That way the wheat has already been separated from the chaff and you know what games to get too.

Can't imagine how some manage to buy games for 60 bucks.

Waiting 6 months isn't as long as one thinks. Plus, if you pile your savings together, the interest alone will cover the dropped price easily.

Have fun standing in line and paying full price for the "Wii-3D", in the meantime, I'll play Minecraft and have some actual fun.

(Man, what happened to supporting your console for a couple of years, like Sega di... oh, right. *hand on old wound)