Wii successor confirmed for 2012, playable at E3
Nintendo has confirmed that it is launching a new console in 2012, and says it will be showing it in playable form at E3 this year. Nintendo's Satoru Iwata says this will be "a new approach to home video game consoles."
Nintendo has confirmed a few of the less juicy rumors surrounding its next console. In an investor note released alongside its fiscal earnings today, the company stated it "has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii." The note also mentions that the company will show a "playable model" of the new system at E3 this year.
"We would like to propose a new approach to home video game consoles [with the new system]," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Bloomberg. "It's difficult to make 3D images a key feature, because 3D televisions haven't obtained wide acceptance yet."
The rumors surrounding the new system have run the gamut, claiming hardware power on par with (or above) the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, a code-name of Project Cafe, and a touch screen controller. This word from Nintendo doesn't give us any indication on the veracity of those rumors, but we'll know soon enough. E3 is June 7-9 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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Nintendo has confirmed that it is launching a new console in 2012, and says it will be showing it in playable form at E3 this year. Nintendo's Satoru Iwata says this will be "a new approach to home video game consoles."-
I thought the Wii was a new approach to home game consoles. WTF Nintendo. WTF!
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I guess they're just going to keep going at it from different angles till they finally make one where they lose money on it the whole generation.
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A) I was being sarcastic with that post.
B) If they ever virtual boy a home console they're likely fucked.
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And... they're doing something new again? (at least according to them)
Did you want them to be static?-
They've been on an "innovate - enhance" cycle since the NES and now they're going all "innovate - innovate" and it's messing with my mojo.
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Nintendo has to innovate because they can't compete with Sony and MS on their levels. Sony or Microsoft can dump an insane amount of money in to making a new console and can afford to lose $100 a console at launch. Nintendo can't do that so they need to innovate and try to grow the market in to areas that MS/Sony hasn't thought of yet.
Also Nintendo is a much smaller company that the other two and because of that can do these quirky things since they aren't as beholden to some giant corporate hegemony.
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What's not to understand about this? The Wii WAS a new approach to consoles... almost six years ago. That's more than enough time to present a newer approach.
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I hope it doesn't require you to use motion controllers and waggle in every goddamn game.
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I don't mind motion control for some games. It's pretty fun for tiger woods and party games. But I kind of just want to veg out on the couch and play Zelda and Mario without having to wave around a wand.
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I'm pretty excited to see what they've come up with. Even if you dislike the Wii you have to admit Nintendo is very forward thinking and innovative.
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When their consoles stop making bucket loads of money.
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This. And Nintendo seems to be the first in many innovations. L and R buttons, four face buttons, 3d gaming, digital sticks, motion sensors. They're doing pretty good in the console department.
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Probably the most important game controlling invention. 3D would still be dominated by joysticks on PC's if it weren't for that.
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Don't forget memory cards and rumble, either.
Seriously, Nintendo have always been well ahead of the curve (Except maybe with the GC)
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I hope that never happens. Nintendo is the only really innovative company left in the console market.
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TBH, that hasn't gone incredibly well for Sega...they aren't losing money like they were back when they were in the console biz...but they aren't exactly a huge success story either.
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Sweet, looking forward to getting my hands on it in June. Unfortunately, that is going to require waiting in line behind hundreds of morbidly obese bloggers for god knows how long :(
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What about this controller then? http://www.qj.net/wii/news/wii-2-controller-leaked.html
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That seems like a bad thing to decide before you see their next controller, but hey...
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most mockups look like shit IMO
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Hardcore games are for kids. Bocci ball is for adults.
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This is more possible than I would like :(
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I hope not... if the Wii2 is really a big leap over the Wii. A port really won't push the hardware much. I'd rather have a Zelda title really aimed directly at the platform.
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Agreed, I'd rather have a Zelda made for the platform later than a sad (for the system) port earlier.
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True I still find it hard to accept twilight princess as a Zelda game, maybe I'll just forget... why am I writing this post...?
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I wonder if Link will go back to being left handed on the new console once they remove the wiimote.
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Oddly enough I really want to know too.
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version 1.01
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I'm only interested if it is on par or better then the PS3/360, if it is I can see hardcore gamers flocking to it especially if it has a decent online, anyone up for COD 9/10 on a more powerful console? All those old grannys who loved playing the wii might just buy it too. Anyway maybe they'll pusy augmented reality more with this, I'm kinda excited.
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Yes, see, I want the nintendo games AND the current crop of good stuff, not just mario 15, etc, etc.
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Naturally.
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I know, right? I mean it's common sense and they've been unable to pull it off forever. Give me the current cross-platform titles AND your exclusives and I'm there.
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If regis filla what's his face in still in charge, yeah, not so much.
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Probably.
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