New Nintendo Console "Confirmed" for E3

[Wicky_42]

"significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360"

Spoiler

Mario's nose is growing...
I'll believe it when I see it.

Hey it wouldn't be hard - tech's advanced plenty since the other two were first made. The only question is if there's ANY IP that Nintendo has that would take advantage of even more power. Can't think of many WII games that really taxed the system in the way that, say, Halo 2 did of the original Xbox, or many that would really look better with HD graphics :/

 

[T-Bone24]

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

...what.

I don't know, I'm skeptical, although at least they're doing it right and giving publishers plenty of time to play around with the hardware, but more powerful than the PS3 and significantly so? I'll have to see it to believe it.

 

[matt87_50]

I guess the last guy who knew how to make tech components from the era that the wii uses, must have died...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-death-oldest-idUSTRE73E0RZ20110415

coincidence?

 

[samsonguy920]

Why am I not surprised N is the first announcing a new gen console? I don't think it is so much the Wii has been discounted to pawn store value as with Kinect and Move out now, Wii has nothing unique to it besides being behind both of the others in graphic quality.
But hey, it works with Netflix!

So, will they copy the 360 or Ps3?

Both. It will have multiple functions, most which will be blocked within a year, and will explode unless it is kept on a well-ventilated iceberg every minute.

It will even have motion controls. You have to move it/shake it/beat it to get any control out of it.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

They say it's NOT a gimmick this time. That had better mean proper controls and no 3D bullshit.

Do that for me and i might just get this when it starts functioning properly(i.e. about a year after release). Other than that i'm glad they finally hopped onto the HD train.Oh, and maybe we'll finally see a new F-Zero for the thing.

 

[MrA]

Nu-uh. No way. No way am I getting this. I was a hardcore nintendo fan. I owned a GAMECUBE for fuck sake. It was good! you know it had some good games! PS2? pffffft had nothing on the gamecube. Sure it didn't play DVDs but SO WHAT? The Gamecube had it's merits too.

Then Nintendo release a new console. Ahhhh motion control. It looked so awesome in the trailers.

Then they sailed the hardcore fans down the river, giving them mario every once in awhile.

NO, from that day on I promised MYSELF that I would never be duped again, never be given false hope. I will not be purchasing this machine.

...

you know, unless it looks totally awesome....

 

[Chewster]

Agreed I mean just look at that top games on the game faqs bored for he xbox 360 games
1. 01 Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. 02 Mortal Kombat
3. 03 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
4. 04 Mass Effect 3
5. 05 Dragon Age II
6. 06 Halo: Reach
7. 07 Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
8. 08 Fallout: New Vegas
9. 09 Crysis 2
10. 10 Dynasty Warriors 7

Not a single one of those properties originated in the 80s. You know, back when Link found his first boomerang, and hasn't stop re-discovering it since.

I don't know if we should harp on Nintendo because they keep using the same characters or because they maintain such tight control over their properties (that's good business), but some elements of their games could certainly use some changing up.

Additionally, the lack of price drop in their core games is disturbing (though I am not sure if that is them or some other factor I cannot account for). I like my Wii for the most part, but having Zelda still cost sixty bucks this long after launch, while allowing for boatloads of cheap shovel-ware, is bloody-well criminal if you ask me. How is a poor student to deal?

As for the console itself...mmm. Interesting, but since I am getting sick of the constant need to make more and more consoles, this annoys me somewhat. And I was under the impression that all this Kinect and Playstation Move nonsense were attempts at prolonging the life of their consoles since making new ones costs fucktons to develop and selling them at a loss for the entirety of their manufacture is not exactly fun for the whole company.

If this is indeed Nintendo "catching up" (I don't really buy that) than why are Microsoft and Sony already at the helm of their next projects, ready to start giving us release dates? They'll never bury Nintendo, no matter how hard they try to stay ahead since Nintendo always grabs up segments of the market that the others leave behind and these segments more or less include "everyone else who isn't really a gamer" and because their brands go back well before the both of them. And this is coming from someone who hasn't exactly been kind to Nintendo in the past.

Oh well. At least with this we'll maybe get some crazy new Suda 51 games or something.

 

[dsawyers9]

So, "Omega Bros" will be the new game of the next Nintendo system.
Now introducing new special character because the developer always wanted to be apart of the previous games but was held out until now: Goku!

Goku will be the new Noob character because the A button on the controller will do a Kamehameha which will destroy everything in a frontal cone, just like Mario's current Smash Ability, except Goku's will be spam-able.
The B button will be a charged attack that drops a Spirit Bomb on the map destroying all structures, but the ground and pushed your character into the ground for 5 seconds, no way to get out unless 5 seconds are up or Goku attacks you.
Goku's grab will spin you around and around like Mario's, but every time he lets you go, you always fly off the screen.
Goku's Super Power: Will proceed to transform into SSJ1, then SSJ2, finally finishing with SSJ3. After SSJ3 is completed, your character can no longer be controlled by your controller. Instead, he kills his enemy with a single punch that cant be dodged or shielded and continues to finish the story mode on extreme difficulty and unlocks all the achievements for you.

 

[JedivsPaper]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/04/14/details-surface-on-the-controller-for-new-nintendo-console.aspx?PageIndex=3

HD screen built in the controller!!!! I wonder what Nintendo is planning with this.

 

[Gamegodtre]

They'd better not push Skyward Sword to this new console. Then again, if they do, that means I have no reason to keep a Wii, which means I can sell it.

The Wee Too?

Nah. It'll be the Uss.

Silly, It will be called the Wii-Wii.

no it must be called the Poo or the Poo-Poo

 

[beema]

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

Right, because they did the Wii "wrong." That's why it was just a "gimmick" and sold TONS AND TONS of units to EVERYONE.

I'm so sick of seeing bullshit statements like this. From most perspectives, but especially from a business perspective, the Wii was a monumental success.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Well, Nintendo have essentially evaporated all my trust. With a new console, I'm going to wait at least a year before I see what games are out, and only then I may get it. Nintendo's utter draught of first + second party titles, plus nothing but shovelware after that, means the wii is the worst console I've ever bought, by miles. They've a lot to make up for.

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

...what.

I don't know, I'm skeptical, although at least they're doing it right and giving publishers plenty of time to play around with the hardware, but more powerful than the PS3 and significantly so? I'll have to see it to believe it.

It's not really that hard to believe. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law]

 

[Xanthious]

Right, because they did the Wii "wrong." That's why it was just a "gimmick" and sold TONS AND TONS of units to EVERYONE.

I'm so sick of seeing bullshit statements like this. From most perspectives, but especially from a business perspective, the Wii was a monumental success.

Ya know what else is a massive financial success? Farmville. Hell McDonalds sells millions of burgers on a daily basis but it doesn't change the fact they use grade D beef that I likely wouldn't feed to my dogs. And that's what the Wii is. The Wii is the bottom of the barrel shlock that appeals to the lowest common denominator.

Beyond that though the Wii was a gimmick and did do it wrong. Outside of horrible motion controls the Wii had fuck all to offer you couldn't already get on the Gamecube. The Wii's only success is that it was able to move off the shelves because it was being shilled to people that were essentially the Farmville crowd with slightly more disposable income.

Honestly, what else did it offer? Did it usher in an awesome online multi player experience? Hardly. The original version of Xbox Live was head and shoulders above the Wii multi player. Did it advance the hardware of it's predecessor? Again, fail. The Wii was a bloody Gamecube with shitty motion controls. Did it bring us awesome new IPs that change how we look at gaming? Well if you count belching out the same Zelda, Mario, and Kirby titles we've seen since the days of the NES then sure. Otherwise, again the Wii comes up short.

Bottom line is that the Wii was great at getting money out of casuals and non gamers but it's list of accomplishments begins and ends there. It was a last gen console with a shitty gimmick and in a fair and just world would of went the route of the Virtual Boy and been summarily forgotten about except to be mocked. However, Nintendo got lucky and caught dog shit covered lightning in a bottle.

 

[radioactive lemur]

It doesn't matter who the consoles aimed at.
It doesn't matter how powerful it claims to be.
It doesn't matter how cheap it is.
It doesn't matter whether or not it sucks in casual / hardcore gamers.

The first game for this console will be a Mario game, followed by a Zelda game, then a Metroid game...
Nintendo doesn't have a soul, it will just release whatever is guaranteed to sell untold squillions more copies and make them even more rich. So they can rehash and ruin your childhood franchises.

/rant

sigh...this argument pisses me off, do you not realize this is what EVERYONE in the gaming industry does? Why stop selling products that sells, This is simple business logic. Why is that Nintendo gets in shit for this while every other producer can get away with it. hell, Nintendo has a hard enough time juggling what ip's they have already.

Nothing wrong with doing that. I for one love it when tried and true series release new games and the ONLY reason I haven't sold my wii a long time ago is to play Mario and Zelda games when they come out. However, perhaps this analogy will help understand why Nintendo takes more heat for this phenomenon than other companies. Mario and Zelda are a lot like strawberries. You see, strawberries are both delicious AND healthy, making them almost as perfect a food as you can get. However, if your entire diet consists of eating a bowl of strawberries every year or so followed by long periods of starvation, that's a little fucked up.

Yes it would suck, but that is why you eat some banana and pineapples on the side. Nintendo produces the best strawberries, why do they have to get into the banana or pineapple business? just go out in and buy bananas and pineapples from other companies.

In other words, if you play and only play Nintendo games, your are doing yourself a disservice of missing the other ninety percent of what the gaming industry has to offer. To me, that's a little fucked up.

That works for people with money, but if you only can afford one console it is advisable to stay away from the wii, as all it has to offer is strawberries. Most bananas and pineapples are available only to HD systems.

 

[Sylocat]

Will they finally call it the "Dolphin?" Ever since that name was a working title for the Gamecube, I've wanted to get a Nintendo Dolphin.

 

[Stuntkid]

Will it run homebrew?

 

[C117]

I wonder if it's going to be backwards-compatible with GameCube games...

Also, I pray they won't release it for another year or three. I've just gotten a PS3 and my budget needs to recover.