Prediction: "Cartridges" will return for the Nintendo home console

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RolStoppable said:

super_etecoon said:
If this means faster load times, I'm all for it. If it means compelte backwards compatibility with 3DS and DS machines that's be great, too. What doesn't make me excited is that they probably wouldn't include a disk drive in the machine to play WiiU or Wii games, which is something that I have appreciated about the last two gens of Nintendo.

I hadn't thought about that, but my prediction doesn't rule it out. It would still be possible to include components that allow for backwards compatibility, but that's the only thing they would be used for.

Although I do think that Nintendo might forego the inclusion of BC this time around, simply because it increases production costs while only adding value for a few percent of consumers. Another option would be to offer a more expensive SKU that features BC, but that goes against the principle of simplicity.

Perhaps they will include Wii/Wii U games on the Virtual Console? We are already getting Wii games now and since Iwata said that they plan to "adequately absorb the Wii U architecture" it may be possible to have Wii U games as well.