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DarkNight_DS on 11 February 2010

Technically there are ways to work around the Wii hardware limitations, for example Nintendo could release an upgrade to the Wii using something similar to this:

- External Processor

- External Video

- Extra ram in the external box (Probably 256MB)

- Use the Wii to read data from the disc/SD Card/Internal storage and deliver it to the external box Via USB

- External box processes the video and data, sends an HD video back to the Wii's GPU to decode and display. (on the second USB port to not interfere with traffic on the receiving port)

- The Wii's GPU can support 720p and 1080i video's

If Nintendo went down this route, it wouldn't be the first time Nintendo did something like this.  I think it would be very possible for Nintendo to do right now IF they wanted to.  It would explain a lot of the rumors coming out at the moment.  No new Wii or DS, just a Wii upgrade.  How likely do I think Nintendo would do this?  50/50 chance.  No higher then any other crazy idea anyone else has come up with already.  Just a few thoughts I thought I'd throw out there.  Nintendo would need really cheap parts to pull this off, so don't expect NEXT GEN, this gen.

 

 



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arsenicazure on 11 February 2010

Well the wii could support 720p... all they need is component cables first.. and a lot of tweaking.. wii's games aren't polygon or effects intensive.. It shd be able to handle 720p or sub HD (660p) resolutions fine



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Bladeforce on 11 February 2010

I would agree if the Wii wasnt selling but as it is this topic is nullified



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DarkNight_DS on 11 February 2010

I think most people will come into this thread and NOT read what was written all the way through ;) It's not like I wrote a lot there folks and I never said that this WOULD be what Nintendo does. Just something they could do to support HD. They COULD also set it up so that if it detects the box it just up rez's the 480i from the Wii to 720p or 1080p and sends a video signal back to be displayed on your TV. Or they COULD offer a video detection switcher that connects to the current video out on the Wii and the external processing box at the same time. The external box could signal whether it's being used and when to switch to it.

At no point did I say this would happen or that it's needed.



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evo03 on 11 February 2010

I had this same thought as I think this is the only way an hd Wii would be accepted. It would need to be kept under $100 to really sell IMO. Can they cram what is essentially a whole console(by what the OP is asking for) and keep it affordable?



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regin2005 on 11 February 2010

Those could all be good ideas, but there is one important question. How much is this going to cost the consumer? And as someone in this thread has already said, the Wii is still selling pretty strong.



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megaman79 on 11 February 2010

Both the snes and n64 did this.



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darthdago on 11 February 2010

By the way, I love my Wii like it is. Even now, cos there are already some nice looking games out there.
But me by myself have thought too what Nintendo can do.
Simply upscaling games?
Maybe!
And I think such a box thing can be done for a very good price!
Like it was back in the N64-time with the expansion pack!!
I would love that idea!!
Go on Nintendo



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noodson on 11 February 2010

That's ridiculous. You can't just throw up some external box of ram or cpu like this nowadays. HD consoles are very complex architecture and it's a complete package.



NJ5 on 11 February 2010

How would you connect this stuff to the motherboard? USB with its puny bandwidth?

It's not the SNES era anymore when cartridges had almost direct access to the hardware...



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