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jarrod on 18 February 2011

Throwing out my random timeline after thinking about it: 

-console announcement around TGS (Sep 2011)

-interface/case reveal at GDC (Feb 2012), maybe a game reveal or two to show off it's features

-games blowout at E3 (Jun 2012), 3DS-like focus on 3rd party support

-JP launch first (Sep 2012)

-NA/EU launch soon after (Nov 2012) 

 

...in terms of 1st party development, I think EAD Tokyo is going to have a launch game for it, maybe the next 3D Mario even, or maybe a Wave Race revival or something (Koizumi does love his water physics).  For 3rd parties, well... I hope you like ports.

 

I think this E3 is going to be almost all 3DS though.  Nintendo's going to have an insane lineup for the thing, and they'll want to try and spoil NGP's rollout.



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trestres on 18 February 2011
jarrod said:

Throwing out my random timeline after thinking about it: 

-console announcement around TGS (Sep 2011)

-interface/case reveal at GDC (Feb 2012), maybe a game reveal or two to show off it's features

-games blowout at E3 (Jun 2012), 3DS-like focus on 3rd party support

-JP launch first (Sep 2012)

-NA/EU launch soon after (Nov 2012) 

 

...in terms of 1st party development, I think EAD Tokyo is going to have a launch game for it, maybe the next 3D Mario even, or maybe a Wave Race revival or something (Koizumi does love his water physics).  For 3rd parties, well... I hope you like ports.

 

I think this E3 is going to be almost all 3DS though.  Nintendo's going to have an insane lineup for the thing, and they'll want to try and spoil NGP's rollout.


Very likely, I agree.



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Conegamer on 18 February 2011
trestres said:
jarrod said:

Throwing out my random timeline after thinking about it: 

-console announcement around TGS (Sep 2011)

-interface/case reveal at GDC (Feb 2012), maybe a game reveal or two to show off it's features

-games blowout at E3 (Jun 2012), 3DS-like focus on 3rd party support

-JP launch first (Sep 2012)

-NA/EU launch soon after (Nov 2012) 

 

...in terms of 1st party development, I think EAD Tokyo is going to have a launch game for it, maybe the next 3D Mario even, or maybe a Wave Race revival or something (Koizumi does love his water physics).  For 3rd parties, well... I hope you like ports.

 

I think this E3 is going to be almost all 3DS though.  Nintendo's going to have an insane lineup for the thing, and they'll want to try and spoil NGP's rollout.


Very likely, I agree.

I agree with this agreement, however, I expect there to be some sort of teased announcement at this E3, as well as loads of 3DS and Wii stuff (Xenoblade, TLS, DQX, Zelda etc.), so the Wii certainly has some good games coming out for it, even if the sales have been a bit on the low side for a little while

Sounds pretty likely though, can't wait



 

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Ninten78 on 18 February 2011

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NightDragon83 on 18 February 2011
IamAwsome said:
foxtail said:
NightDragon83 said:
Pavolink said:
NightDragon83 said:

Nintendo may give some *hint hint, wink wink* statements about the Wii's eventual successor at E3 or at one of the late summer/fall trade shows, but absolutely nothing concrete until early next year or the following E3.  Don't expect a new Nintendo system before Nov 2012.

 

In fact... read my lips... new Nintendo console goes on sale in Nov 2012 with an MSRP of $299, and is roughly as powerful as a 360.  Yes, I'm THAT confident that this will be the case... you heard it hear first, folks!

I think it will be more powerful than 360. But the true important "thing" about Wii succesor will not be power.

If by more powerful, you mean in the same way that the Wii is techinically "more powerful" than the GameCube, then yes, the Wii 2 (or whatever its eventually named) may indeed be more powerful than the 360, but not by any discernable means other than general tech specs.  Visually I expect Wii 2 games to be on par with current gen 360 / PS3 games, but then again, this IS Nintendo we are talking about here, and we know how much they love to skimp on the hardware to minimize cost and maximize profits, so nothing is guaranteed.

But I agree that the most important feature of their next console will not be HD visuals, but rather how they take the next step in regards to the innovative gameplay that the Wii established.

Pre-Wii Nintendo historically put out a system on par with or even more powerful then the competition, but they have made some major design mistakes with their console too. 

For example, the SNES was overall graphically superior to the Genesis.   But the N64, while technically having more horsepower than PSX, was crippled by cartridges which limited textures, cgi capability, sound quality ...etc. 

The Gamecube too was more powerful than PS2 in most areas but had two major flaws, the Disc size (1.5 GB on GC vs. 4.7 GB on PS2) and the amount of main system RAM (24 MB on GC vs. 32 MB on PS2). 

All of these flaws made games harder to port.

When Nintendo releases their next system they need to make sure it has enough RAM, a storage medium with same capacity of whatever Microsoft uses and CPU and GPU adequate to make ports of future games possible. 

There's no point in Nintendo making an HD system if it's not going to have future HD games.


I always thought "Blast Processing" was real.

On topic, if Nintendo were to release their console early, making sure it has enough RAM, a good storage medium and on par power could be hard. Knowing Sony, they could release a system that could EASILY top Nintendo in all of those catagories (they did it with the 360, Dreamcast, and NGP). Power-wise, this seems like a lose-lose situation for the reasons I just stated. On the bright side, If Nintendo launches early, it may catch Sony and Microsoft off guard.





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tendoronie67 on 18 February 2011

New consoles and a New Gen is not needed i dont want a wii announcment untill next year and 360 the next and ps3 following that i still want another 2 or 3 years from this gen ! ! ! !



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Jumpin on 19 February 2011

The perfect time would be November 2011. This is when I think it will be released based on Nintendo's general 5 year console lifespan.

It doesn't look like Nintendo is very interested in supporting the Wii much more, that is probably because they are already developing software for their new console. I would like to see something that gets integrated well with the 3DS, but I know it won't be the Wii.



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oldschoolfool on 19 February 2011

I could see most new system's coming out at the end of next year at the earliest.



rockleemexico on 19 February 2011

yeah nintendo will show the new wii in.... probably E3 2012 but not this year with zelda coming and xenogears and maybe last story, it will not be a smart decition to show it this year, and just because the wii was not the best seller for what one week or 2 it does not meant that they must put something new.



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