What his there on the wii that can be slimed down ????????

Wii is already a slim console  because the technology it uses was already downsized as opposed to 360 or ps3 that had cutting edge technology that hadn't had the time to be shrunk

A wii 1.5 would be a massive mistake for nintendo, these analysts, some times i think they dont have anything inside there heads

That's a good point, Nintendo certainly does lots of revisions on their handheld hardware, but I don't remember them trying a similar approach to home consoles, besides just different colors. I do think a DSi like Wii upgrade would be a good idea, the console could just be in a new more attractive design instead of actually smaller. Add in a couple of nice features but not required for vast majority of retail games and it might boster the Wii for a year or so the way the DSi did.

If Nintendo makes a Wii 1.5 I won't get it. I rather get have the Wii's successor.

And which 3rd party's stock is Screen Digest pushing? EA? Square Enix?

I do not see how that could be a good idea, especially if he thinks they will then release a new console with in two years after that. For sony it worked because it was the same ps3 as far as games are concerned, just smaller, for xbox it may work because it is something that can be added to current skus. For nintendo I would thik their best strategy now would be to lower the price. They have only had one price drop right? Maybe add some colors but thats it.

Did you know that Nintendo already developed a motion tracking camera?  Full body tracking, just like Kinect.  But its use was limited by the nature of being a motion capture camera.  So they sold the rights to Ubisoft.

So Kinect was offered to them before hand, they also developed their own camera and in both instances concluded that it would not be as beneficial to them as you are suggesting it would be.

A Wii 1.5 implies a significant HW change. I would be surprised if Ninty went that way for a retail cycle of 1 yr-18 months only.

A Wii 1.1 I could see happening. It's now the least sexy looking console on the market (yes I reckon 360 phat (esp the white casing) is a fugly console, 360s is a different proposition all together), so a new case design at least is in order. Then again the DS is butt ugly compared to PSP and that didn't hurt sales one bit.

4GB internal memory and integrated motion , Zelda bundle I'm calling it now. lol

I've seen it and I have no reason to believe it has anymore capabilities than the Eyetoy. Hence, Nintendo likely got rid of it because it wasn't unique and looks like crap compared to the Kinect.

By the way, I know Nintendo said they turned down motion tracking. But were they implying they turned down the same technology being used by MS? Because that's a very important detail to this story.

And Kinect does more than the PS Eye?  So far, I find no differnce in the gaming capabilites of the 2.  And the style of the camera is irrelevant.  They could have designe the shell to look like anythign they wanted.  Ubisoft simply made it look like a basic web cam.  Which, by the way, is all the RGB camera in Kinect is.  It's a standard low resolution, low refresh rate web camera.

And yes, I am 100% positive they turned down the technology prior to it being offered to MS.  Sony also turned it down.