I really don't think next gen specs will matter much. Consoles will all be powerfull enough for HD gaming (1080), and nice graphics as current tech enables that for a price below 250$

What really matters is the controller redesign.

I really hope they improve the wiimote in a more hand friendly manner... As the pas nintendo controlers it'll keep the casual friendly large A button and the Trigger, but they should add buttons that are more easely reachable (VC sales will not be the same strenght next gen so no need or the NES controler...).

And I hate the size of the nunchuck, too small and too simple, it's for games that are not casual friendly (use just the wiimote for that) so they should improve it greatly.

Once again my obvious great ideas are ignored. Sigh*

*check my post on page 2 of thus thread.

What i want is the continuation of Virtual Console, at least 60GB Harddrive and Wii and Gamecube backwards-compatibility.

Like i said for a long time Nintendo is going to make it as powerful they can for $250 and still make profit from every console sold

Yup , At least 360 or PS3 level graphics.

Virtual console is a must , HDD is a must , backwards compatibility is a must.

I think that for $250 the can do wonders in 2011/12 when they will probably release their next console.

I seriously think that Ninty could have done a better job hardware wise with the Wii. for $250 they could have included at least a 1GHZ CPU and a more powerful GPU and a little more RAM.

I would say a solid state drive would be more likely, for power saving and durability.

Wii Too?
System ram will double
Video Ram will double

CPU mhz will double to triple, but be dual core. Sorry, but I doubt they will push the envelope of tech. Considering that the majority of games on the PC is still single core and Threading isn't standard on non big publisher games I really don't see Nintendo picking up a Quad core CPU.

All prior Channels will be in place. NA version of Wii No Ma and BBC iPlayer will be implemented.
Double to triple current Flash Ram
NGC legacy removed.
HD will be added due to the improve memory
TEV(SCREW THIS GOOD PIECE OF DIFFICULT TECH) will continue it's evil dominence as the main graphics shader.... etc

Wiiremote WM+ will be standard
WiiSpeak/WiiSee will be built into the "sensor" bar.

Possible add ins
Solid State game option though Disc is likely to still be standard. Sorry but even with HD MS managed to pull it off with just a DVD Dual Layer.

There will be a new input mechanism. It could be a merged input system or something new. It probably won't be the vitality sensor though. Maybe we will see that the Wiiremote has a non graphical touch pad on it? Similar to GHWT guiter but supports both Y and X vectors. Though I can't imagine the size or how.

Edit: Heres my prediction. The 1 & 2 buttons will be replaced with Pad Buttons. The speak/home/+- buttons will be shift just a bit up and the LED will be shift just a bit down increasing the area. Over the area will be a Touch Pad, the 1&2 pad buttons(similar to that of the Intellivision) will have just enough tactile feel. That's Wii next input. Touch pad. Though there is no screen it doesn't stop many artists using similar like tablets. Though this will be smaller.

I also forgot. Unless we here about infrastructure changes to Nintendo online. We will see the continue of the Individual FC system :\

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All i want for them is to include GC (and Wii ofcourse) BC, aswell for someway to transfer my VC/WiiWare stuff to the new console. Better Graphics that's a given of course, on the same level as PS3 i dont know probably wouldnt count on it but i'm sure it will be better than what the Wii has now so i'm good with that.

Thats pretty much it, i dont ask for much, all i want is BC really, damn them if they dont include it. Which is one of the reasons i haven't bought a PS3 yet and probably wont.

Oh yeah as some people have mentioned continue with their VC/WiiWare support, Microsoft will probably continue with their Live service like forever so will sony. However i'm not sure about nintendo they are quite slow when it comes to these things, one can only hope.

Would be awesome if they used those memory cards instead of discs for their games.

EDIT an even smaller console wouldnt be to shabby either!

THIS I like

Good God man. Every time you post it's full of insults & hate. If you want to say meh then say meh, but if you want to call gamers with a lot more street cred than you idiots then your the idiot. Again.

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