Great news guys, Blueprints for the center have surfaced on the net and it looks like they're putting their money to good use.

We should have known.

Most likely going to be used for the development of the DS2, WiiHD and software for the mass market.

It may seem odd that a company would invest a lot of money during a severe economic recession, but typically companies that can afford to re-invest during recessions are the ones that do very well after the recession, compared to competitors who cannot re-invest.

Oh, no, you DIH-INT!

They don't need to develop too much of that internally.

People, stop thinking in old market ways, save yourselves from the disappointment. How do you think the Balance Board came about?

This is for their disruptive sword, it's for new forms of interface. And by the way, let me just tell you all games Nintendo does are mass market, if you're talking about making distinctions between Zelda and Wii Sports, then all I can say is get ready, because soon enough there will be little distinction between the two. Laugh it off now, just wait and see until you see, how their core titles(which just means old market brands) embrace and dive into the new market.

The meltdown this year, which will be probably bigger than last year's, will be related to these franchises. A lot of people think they just want Nintendo to make new Zelda and Mario games, but that's not the case. They want Nintendo to make Mario and Zelda games in the ways they want them. Wait and see.

Azelover, do you know up market means? Go look it up. They are moving into upmarket, not down market their mid market franchises. That doesn't fit in with their corporate strategy.

Seems you're the one thinking in the red ocean by infering that all I meant was internal specifications. How do you think the Wii and DS were realised? Glitter and Miyamoto's blue piss? (yes that's where they got their strategies name from - not the book)

They'll have focus groups and product testing for a wide range of things in R&D including 3D projectors and things that'll never make it - just for patents sake really. Then they'll have their market research and relative spec design to see what works and what keeps cost down. So they'l work on WiiHD system spec, controller specs, interface and memory, wifi infrustructure etc. They'll also work on DS2 and whether a multitouch display or two touch screens or even going back to one screen works and what's best and most cost effective. 

They'll also look at what drives sales of Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Play and what lead to the lower than expected sales of Wii Music and research and develop those kind of games - ones they think will really move hardware and sell well.

I agree they'll provide more upmarket products for their new customers, however you should still expect the next Zelda to drop alot of the stuff it's done over the last three generations. It'll be something very different, and yet probably more similar to the original LoZ than any of the 3D games.

It is suspected the next LOZ will be different but it certainly won't be The Legend of Zelda: BabieZ like Azelover is suggesting it will be.

100 times the processing power (using Flops) is kinda average from generation to generation.