Been seeing Wii HD rumors/threads with more and more frequency as of late. Just wanted to chime in on the subject and get some opinions from the members here.

Personally, I see the idea of a Wii HD as undesirable from a marketing stand point, and would go a step further to suggest this is not the direction Nintendo will take.  The idea of them trying to compete in the HD market just doesn't fit with the direction they've taken with the Wii and DS, and I don't see HD really helping them at all (puts them on an equal playing field with competion at best, from a graphics level, but there's nothing new about it).

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the next Nintendo system will have better graphical capabilities than the Wii, maybe even HD resolutions, but the graphics/resolution will be a small feature/focus of the system, with the primary focus on smaller size, cheaper price, and/or new functionality (expanded/refined motion control functionality).

Any thoughts on the matter?

Yeah. What we'll see next is the Wii's Successor. Not an upgraded HD Wii (though we may see a hardware revision that includes an up-scaler. Nintendo's priority now should be making the M+ an integral part of the console, through more bundles and more software.

I'm going to keep saying this. We need more Wii bundles.

The Sports Resort Wii bundle is a great start. But we also need a Wii that comes bundled with the Balance Board and a Wii that comes bundled with some sort of "hardcore" game that still benefits a peripheral. Perhaps a Red Steel bundle (hey, the game is still rated T for Teen) would be a great way to drive momentum for the system.

They said the next system was likely going to be HD. But it will be cost effective.

The technology doesn't exist to simply open up a new blue ocean in video gaming right now. If Nintendo wants maintain their dominating presence they have to do something.