| makingmusic476 said: If this were a DSi -like upgrade, how could it use a Blu-ray drive to prevent piracy? All games would have to be made on DVDs to be able to play on both types of Wiis. If it's not an upgrade, that means this would be the first time Nintendo released a full next-gen console only four years after its predecessor. Hell, they've never even done it in five, let alone four. Why would they do that on the heals of their fastest (and soon to be best) selling console ever? This rumor is retarded. And if for some insane reason it turns out true, I would be so pissed. I'm annoyed enough by their antics on the handheld front (DSi exclusives/exclusive features... the hell?). For far more expensive devices it's too much. And I don't see how they could possibly let you keep your VC/WW games. It'd probably be as bad as the PSP Go in that regard, but at least there's little reason to upgrade to a PSP Go. A Wii HD would be entirely different, especially if they started making Wii HD exclusives much like DSi exlusives. |
I feel that this would be more like the transition from GBA to DS than from DS to DSi. Essentially, Nintendo would be releasing a console with blu-ray that was as powerful as 360 or PS3 or at least much closer to them in power than the Wii is. So, that they could begin to tap the 50% of the gaming market that prefers prettier graphics and enjoys the big multiplatform titles that don't come to Wii plus have the added advantage of having Nintendo's core first party titles on the system.
It wouldn't be seen as a competitor to Wii as it wouldn't be going after the same segment of the gaming market that the Wii appeals to essentially those that enjoy the Wii series games and the like. If you were more interested in the newer console's offerings than Wii's, then you could trade in your Wii, so that Nintendo could send them back out to the casual market, and only have to pay $50.00 to $100.00 for the new console.
The new console would probably be backwards compatable with earlier Wii games and might even upgrade their graphics to hd quality as blu-ray improves the quality of normal dvds. However, the two systems would be receiving very different types of games at first.
The new Wii's (it could be called Super Wii or Revolution) games wouldn't be playable on the older Wii, but as with Twilight Princess (and some early NES and SNES games), there would be versions of certain games made available on both consoles that catered more to interests of each audience.
About a year or at most two after the new console has been on the market though, Nintendo would begin to try to bring the casuals to the new console with an exclusive Wii Sports or Wii Fit game.
Essentially what Wii don't, Super Wii or Revolution will.
