A whole load of rumors by somebody calling himself Surfer boy..

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valen200 said:

Gamerace said:

Grey Acumen said:

6) Nintendo will show at the E3 a "new" version of the Nintendo Wii: it will support 720p resolution, DVD playback and will have also a HDMI port. The price will remain the same of today;

 

I call BS, they STILL haven't hit a point where the Wii isn't selling out, they won't even consider updating the system until they do.

It's plausible. It's a fairly minor update, and could just replace the existing sku. Wouldn't be worth it for most people to upgrade but considering the # of people with HD-TVs this makes sense to do.

 

Not really a minor update. Going from standard to Hd is a decent sized jump. I could see the DVD playback, but that has been rumored for some time. I could maybe even see the HDMI output slot, so that is could be hooked to some people's tv more conveniently, but I don't see it becoming High Def. Nintendo made a design choice.that was a double edge sword. No Hd is cheaper to produce and make games for, but the graphics will never reach the same level.

They could just include a high quality scaler.  But then that begs the question, why only 720 and not 1080p?  

If this thing is released, I will not be a happy camper. :|