Miyamoto: Cafe rumors "where there's smoke there's fire" and lots more

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HappySqurriel said:

As a guess, if Nintendo is planning on releasing a system in 2012 the hardware will (mostly) be completed and development kits would be in the hands of developers given how long it takes to produce modern games. As far as the rumours go, some elements may be based on some legitimate leaks, some elements may be made up by random people, and some may be jokes from people 'in the know'; and in all three cases, there would be significant differences between the reality and the rumour because it was not a direct leak.

Or, to put it another way, a "Rumour" from Apple is a press release handed to a "journalist" who is told not to release the information with a wink (which ensures fairly accurate information about what a product is being released) while Nintendo tends to keep their plans secret until they release details so rumours tend to (at best) be pieced together bits from unreliable sources.

This year E3 is going to be more of a spectacle than Wrestlemania.......

I am also curious of what this new IP is about, but we won't be seeing it until next year's E3 I venture. Either way it is good to hear Iwata expanding to the younger teams.

Dev kits are probably in the hands of companies already, or will be right after June; a Nov. 2012 launch provides enough time for the leftover Wii titles to release, one price drop, and one year plus of development time. However I wonder how they will handle production, mainly of the DS models. Wii is PSP-Go-dead in Japan once the N6 drops.