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epicberserk said:
noname2200 said:
epicberserk said:
noname2200 said:
puffy said:

Some info: 

-Tentative release date of June 2012.
-Controller screen resolution of 800x500.
-Can play games, watch movies, and more without turning on the TV by just streaming them to the controllers. Can stream to multiple controllers at once.
-Each controller acts a terminal, with the console doing all of the calculations to reduce latency, controller cost, and bandwidth requirements.

When did Nintendo confirm any of this? All I've seen from them is "new system, 2012 release, wait for E3." Did I miss something?

im guess you didnt read my opening thread comment last night at 12 midnight nintendo annouced wii 2 and they will show it off at e3 with an release in 2012

You guessed wrong. But then that has roughly zero to do with my post...


dont troll  my thread or your get reported

Wtf's your deal dude, all noname asked was how puffy got ahold of those last couple bits of info about the streaming processes and screen resolution of the controller, cool it bro.  I would like some confirmation as well, because every single site reporting on this has not mentioned a word about any specifications of anything.  All thats been written about until today has been rumors, and all thats been confirmed as far as most of us know is that a new console is coming in 2012 with an e3 reveal, nothing more.



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ninty_shareholder64 said:


No, it does not mean this, imo. Rumors also said that the cafe is compatible to the wiimotes and balance boards and every new-controler has a sensor-bar. That new controler just ads another possiblility of playing games. Ninty are not stupid, they will not cut the backwards-compatibility.

So you think developers will continue to utilize controllers from the previous generation, notwithstanding their open hostility to the Wiimote and the fact that wiimotes are likely not going to be packaged in with the new console?

The system will probably be backwards compatible. The new games will not.



Not only does the whole concept swayed them away from the Wii's blueprint of success (Blue Ocean strategy: Family Friendly, Simplicity, Attractive price), the controller is too extreme even for Nintendo
In addition, I believe Nintendo is backing themselves up into a corner because in the long run, they're merging the HANDHELD Consoles and HOME Consoles

They could've easily updated the Wii just as Sony and MS did with their systems or even Nintendo themselves with DS to DSi
They still could've done a price cut, colors, bundles, Player's Choice, and/or even released the Vitality Sensor



noname2200 said:
ssj12 said:

While the new controller sounds cool, doesnt it go against the concept they pushed this generation with getting up and interacting with your games? This sounds like they think their idea sucked and going to back to traditional controller styles for developers and gamers.

If the rumors are true (and contrary to what some   people   here seem to think, they haven't been confirmed yet), then yes, I think that's almost exactly what it means.


Not necessarily, if the new console is backwards compatible then every wii game made that requires users to get up and be active will still be there, they could be essentially combining the two concepts in an attempt to recapture the hardcore gaming segment while also maintaining its current user base.  Brilliant if you ask me.



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Maybe it's just me but I am not hyped about it whatsoever.



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qmoney88 said:
noname2200 said:
ssj12 said:

While the new controller sounds cool, doesnt it go against the concept they pushed this generation with getting up and interacting with your games? This sounds like they think their idea sucked and going to back to traditional controller styles for developers and gamers.

If the rumors are true (and contrary to what some   people   here seem to think, they haven't been confirmed yet), then yes, I think that's almost exactly what it means.


Not necessarily, if the new console is backwards compatible then every wii game made that requires users to get up and be active will still be there, they could be essentially combining the two concepts in an attempt to recapture the hardcore gaming segment while also maintaining its current user base.  Brilliant if you ask me.

But I'm extremely skeptical that new games will still use the old controller. No sytem has ever done that, as far as I know, and judging from how lackluster Motion Plus, and even Move, support has been, I have a hard time seeing devs making a concerted effort to make motion games on what will be the old controller.



noname2200 said:
ninty_shareholder64 said:


No, it does not mean this, imo. Rumors also said that the cafe is compatible to the wiimotes and balance boards and every new-controler has a sensor-bar. That new controler just ads another possiblility of playing games. Ninty are not stupid, they will not cut the backwards-compatibility.

So you think developers will continue to utilize controllers from the previous generation, notwithstanding their open hostility to the Wiimote and the fact that wiimotes are likely not going to be packaged in with the new console?

The system will probably be backwards compatible. The new games will not.

Who knows, maybe nintendo wants to continue to support the wiimote and create games for both the more traditional controller (if you can call it that) and the wiimote while creating games that support both.  Im sure this is how they will move forward.



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PSwii60 said:


They could've easily updated the Wii just as Sony and MS did with their systems or even Nintendo themselves with DS to DSi
They still could've done a price cut, colors, bundles, Player's Choice, and/or even released the Vitality Sensor


I'm not so sure that these are still viable options for the Wii, long-term. They might each boost the system's sales in the short term, but long term a system needs new games to keep any serious momentum going, and the release schedule is becoming increasingly barren. Third parties have jumped ship completely by this point. Nintendo might not have any options to remedy that aside from starting afresh. I'm not happy about it, but I don't think they have any other options anymore.



qmoney88 said:

Who knows, maybe nintendo wants to continue to support the wiimote and create games for both the more traditional controller (if you can call it that) and the wiimote while creating games that support both.  Im sure this is how they will move forward.

Perhaps, and for what it's worth I hope you're right. I'm just not convinced that's the case.



noname2200 said:
ninty_shareholder64 said:


No, it does not mean this, imo. Rumors also said that the cafe is compatible to the wiimotes and balance boards and every new-controler has a sensor-bar. That new controler just ads another possiblility of playing games. Ninty are not stupid, they will not cut the backwards-compatibility.

So you think developers will continue to utilize controllers from the previous generation, notwithstanding their open hostility to the Wiimote and the fact that wiimotes are likely not going to be packaged in with the new console?

The system will probably be backwards compatible. The new games will not.

Why not? It's a hell of a userbase. What's up? PS-->PS2-->PS3 compatibility to controllers from the previous gen. The Wiimoteplus is good enough for motion gaming. The new console will not be packaged with any controller (or two models, with and without new-controler) , imo, to keep costs down. A Wii owner could use the classic controler or the Wiimoteplus and later buy the costly new controler. There will be casual-motion games, imo, everything else would be dump.