It would be hard to have less third -party support than Nintendo has experienced the last two generations.

This time around, the developers assumed the Wii would flop and did not prepare games at the start. Then because it was so different, used that as an excuse not to develop or port. 

The result is that the Wii got a lot of unique games -- and many of them should have never seen the light of day.

I would also like Nintendo to do a little bit of studio shopping to make this question irrelevant.  But given the amount of IPs that Nintendo already has -- and its relationships with existing studios -- it may not need to spend its money to succeed.

Just remember, for the last two generations, there has been basically an 80-20 rule. On the Sony and Microsoft consoles, 80% of the top sellers have been third parties. On the Nintendo consoles, it has been reversed.

Mike from Morgantown

It'll be powerful enough given the budget / power constraints at the time of release. Whats more important than relative performance is overall compatibility, so just things like having enough RAM, big enough optical disc, direct X 11 GPU and at least two core CPU. It obviously doesn't have to set the world on fire but it does need to be compatible with current and future generation consoles so software can be easily ported given thats the mindset of the future.

 That, 3 parties are always complaining that they need to expand the gaming community, and... Wii did it. Nintendo made something to attract more people to play, but the 3 parties just ignored it. And as it was said, nintendo doesnt need the 3 parties to be on thier console to sell millions of games, but the third parties need nintendo so they can reach a bigger audience. They made a wrong approach to the wii, but instead of recognizing their error  and do something to fixed, they just blamed the wii... I dont know if wii2 will get more support from them, but I can say something, nintendo may release another "no so powerfull" console,  and they will still  sell millions of games/consoles, so is their decision whether  or not they support it...

They will have better 3rd party support if they have graphics and an online network similar to Sony and Microsoft. Deveoppors don't want to make two versions of every game (ie. hi-def and low-def). It takes too much time and if the low-def version doesn't sell well, it isn't worth their time. I also think developpers will be more willing to make quality Nintendo exclusives if they know they can make more money by selling their multi-latform titles on 3 consoles instead of 2.

Look at the 3DS. The third party support for the Wii2 will be like that.

That's BS, because logically it would be even cheaper to just make games exclusively for the Wii. And don't tell me gamers wouldn't have flocked to that system if there had been a flood of major games.

Developers just have a problem making games for Nintendo systems, period, and holding back major games from the Wii just them wanting to avoid it. The specs only mattered when it came to games that actually were put on the Wii.

i dont know it depends, by what i have noticed if their wasnt a holiday season nintendo games wouldnt sell 50% of what they do, that is because most wii gamers buy games in the holiday season, and they do that at a massive ammount(games other then mario,metroid,zelda and the other popular nintendo franchises) that is why out of all the nintendo games being published this year, only two arent in the holiday season, while one(metroid) is farely close.

what does that have to do with first parties, cod came on the wii, it sold 1 million units, if the same audience who bought a wii this gen will buy the succesor then i dont see a reason for rockstar,ea,thq to put games like red faction,gta, and battle field on the next nintendo console. if the next wii has a good 3rd party system that doesnt mean 360/ps3 gamers will jump shift, as i doubt that those games will be wii exclusive. the chances of a metal gear solid, a gta, a assasins creed of coming on the wii 2 is highely unlikely. nintendo's next console will also be for the casual market, hence the same audience, hence unless every good 3rd party launches during the holiday season they wont have average sales.

if nintendo wants a good 3rd party system they are going to have to change theur ways, which is never going to happen.

i thought the wii already has the most third party support...

If your referring to all the 'hardcore' games that the hd consoles get while the wii misses out on (and there are plenty...) then it probably comes down to how alike the wii's successor is to the next xbox and playstation systems...if developers can easily port a game from one system to the next (like ps3 to 360 or vice versa) then the wii may get those 'hardcore' games next gen.  However, If the wii 2 is significantly behind in raw power in comparison to the xbox and playstation then I'd say not. 

All of this assumed the next Sony and Microsoft systems will still have the support. Um, right now they're trying to imitate the Wii, and still haven't gained back a lot of the money they lost. Investors aren't going to just let developers keep doing what's losing money.

wii demographic don't like that kind of games.

i don't mean core nintendo player, but the high % of casual gamers the console have.

nintendo doens't even do if any 17 or m rated games so that demographic that third party aims for doesn't exist.

though if next console was porting friendly they will eventually happen, but even then not be surprise sony and microsoft version sell better with smaller userbase.

nintendo likely will try to make unexpensive console, knowing their success with the wii, though low specs mean games that are different may end up in the wii, they may not sell much but at least u will see some interersting things or remakes. (if they don't end up in portables PSP2 , 3ds)