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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - The Wii is a gen 6 console (Hiroshi Yamauchi)

 

Wii and DS are gen 6 after all.

I'm shocked. 20 13.99%
 
That's bull. 45 31.47%
 
I don't care, the games were fun anyways. 57 39.86%
 
Too bad, missed opportunity. 21 14.69%
 
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happydolphin on 29 April 2012

Well guys, after all the debating, the verdict is finally in. Looking into some older articles, I just found out today that Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of NCL, as well as the Nintendo leadership, never considered the Wii or the DS next-gen consoles.

The former NCL president dismissed the quick arrival of a next-generation console.

"Nintendo has no plans to release a so-called 'next-generation' videogame console at the next year's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. We will rather make a new proposal that uses the GameCube at its core," he said. "Only people who do not know the videogame business would advocate the release of next-generation machines when people are not interested in cutting-edge technologies." Yamauchi added that Nintendo's leadership shares his view of the business.

Source: ign.com

Well guys, it looks like we weren't so far from the truth after all. Suddenly, it is all more than clear that Nintendo lacked vision in restricting its Wii console from offering next-gen graphics. Thankfully, the DS did not suffer the same fate in lost opportunity and continued to dominate its market.

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Pokemonbrawlvg on 29 April 2012

I'm not sure if serious... this interview was dated back in Feburary 13, 2004.



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benao87 on 29 April 2012

You are like the Gilgamesh of Nintendo forums.



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happydolphin on 29 April 2012

lol, I'll take that as a compliment benao87.



Mr Khan on 29 April 2012

Remember that Wii was originally conceived as a GC add-on, before Nintendo wisely figured that add-ons don't really change a console's fate. At best, Wii would have been Kinect or the Balance Board, rather than being... the Wii. It would have put GC well above Xbox, but not really turned the industry on its head as it did



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Pokemonbrawlvg on 29 April 2012

And to add to this, they didn't even reveal the Wii(or Revolution as it was called, awesome name) at E3 2004. They also teased that they were working on it. This is a joke thread right?



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blkfish92 on 29 April 2012

Alright I guess, but even if yes, does it matter?



           

IIIIITHE1IIIII on 29 April 2012

In other words: The GC is actually catching up with the PS2 0.o

ONLY 40 MILLION TO GO!!!


VGKing on 29 April 2012

It really is power-wise.

Put a PS2 side by side with a Wii and most people won't notice a difference.



happydolphin on 29 April 2012
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

In other words: The GC is actually catching up with the PS2 0.o

ONLY 40 MILLION TO GO!!!

I love this post. I don't exactly know why, but I just love this post. GC for life! :D