Two Nintendo Rumors(one for 3DS, another for...Wii Hi-Fi)

[jarrod]

Mr Khan said:

jarrod said:

Just for comparison, Wii was announced (as Revolution) 18 months before it's release.  The next system being announced at E3 would follow that perfectly for a Q4 2011 launch (and also follow Nintendo's usual 5 year console cycle).

 

Now, I'm not 100% they'll do something like this, but it's not exactly unprecedented or even unlikely.  Nintendo tends to formulate their plans around Japan, and Japan is looking like it's very much in need of Wii refresh...

Exactly. Its highly sensible, except the predicted specs. I imagine such a thing would outstrip the 360. Not considerably, but enough to be noticeable.

Oh I agree there.  There's decent cost SOC designs now even that outperform 360... I'd expect the jump there to be more comparable to DC to Wii.   I'd actually expect a powerful enough chipset with enough RAM to actually run old Wii/GC games in higher resolutions (like Dolphin).