i don't think i would care.. i mean i will still buy Nintendo's Products and be 100% proud Nintendo Fan.. all i want is new features and get rid of that dumb arse freinds code system its a freaking nightmare lol

HD id a consequence of higher CPU/GPU Power. Its not a special functionality. Pcs were HD 10 years ago.

So why should Nintendo release a console which is not significantly stronger ? Nintendo would never need an upgrade again if they dont want to include HD in their next console. Everything else can be done with the WII too. With higher processing power the Console will be automatically able to display HD.

Nintendo would have to block the HD in the Console to not have automatically HD with WII2. the next Wii will have the power even with dated processors. It has nothing to dow ith costs anymore. Nintendo would have to make an HD Console without an HD output to make sure the Console cant display higher resolution. But I cant see the sense in such a decision.

If they make the Wii2 just twotimes as powerful as the WII they could launch the console at 99 Dollar in 2 years and still make profit with it. I can even imagine that in 2-3 years they will be forced to use chips which are so strong that HD will be there automatically. They would be the only one with extremly weak chips I could even imagine a Non HD console will be even more expensive then a HD Console in 2-3 years. The same reason 20gb HDDs are more expensive then 80Gb HDDs. The cheap PCs where build with old stock parts but they dont produce them anymore.

But Nintendo would need Millions of old chips.  Even if the people dont want HD  they have to buy it. CRT TVs are almost non existant. I havent seen one for ages in a shop. HD or not HD is almost not an option anymore.

Everybody has to buy HD stuff thats just the new Tv standard. If a company would build an VHS recorder today this recorder would probably cost 1000 Dollar or more. because there is no infrastructure you need customized parts and a DVD Player needs cheaper parts a VHS Player has pretty expensive electronic in it. But as DVD released it was trhee times as expensive as a VHS Recorder. Today its probably 10times cheaper. The new technology is only expensive on he beginning because there is no infrastructure for the products but as soon as the Companys change the machines and produce big amounts of something it is dirt cheap. Thats why old computer parts are sold at a high price. 1 gb SDRAM is more then 1Gb DDR Ram because it is rare and cant be manufactured again. Ofcourse Nintendo could build a Console with Netbook technology. But what exactly would be the benefit ? The price advantage will be nul.

FACT ! dhasudhausdhausdhasudhasudhasd , i think he would lose his job too ^^

Why is that a better question? Of course they will, when they need to. DS is still the best selling console(of all time), so why would they make a new one now? I'll also be very content to see the DS last another 2-3 years. I'm getting a DSi XL!

At this point it doesn't matter if the next console is in HD. Nintendo will still be crapped on by most 3rd party developers. Only a few would put serious efforts on the console. It's been that way with the N64, Cube, and now the Wii. People like to claim it's a conspiracy theory but there is no other way then to look at it I think as a industry wide plan to hurt or freeze out Nintendo.

I would hope Nintendo will simply forget about the rest of the industry. Those that do want to work with Nintendo in a serious manner should be given access but screw the others on the system. I have all three systems (for specific games) now but I think this is the final time I do that as I'm gaming less and less as each year passes. Nintendo will be the system I stick within the end though if it ever came to a point where I'd only buy one system and that's it.

Iwata has said that it will and for reasons stated by Netyaroze, it's highly unlikely that it wouldn't be. Even a moderate power increase over the Wii will mean the console is capable of HD and if they aren't going to go for a moderate power increase then why bother releasing a new system.

I understand Nintendo's stance of not wanting to put technology and graphics or the forefront but actively discouraging it's use is different and having a new system released in 2-4 years that didn't do HD would be a case of the latter, not the former.

Okay its obvious HD didn't matter this gen, Nintendo innovated in other ways (motion controls) but HD is becoming more and more standard every day as people buy HDTV's. I would be very disappointed if they didn't have the Wii 2 in HD.

Both gamers and developers want some more headroom for games. The Wii HD could support max 720p and have only 1.5x better performance and it would benefit from 3rd party support immensely. Don't be tricked into thinking HD is only about uncharted graphics, its not. The wii currently just can't handle mid to high intensive games. If the Wii was beefed up to handle mid level intensive games it'd hit the sweet spot of 3rd party interest.

That said, I still hope that Wii 2/Super Wii/Wii HD comes out with a standard ergonomic non-motion controller in addition to the motion controller its obviously going to have. If it weren't for the lack of a good non-motion controller my wii wouldn't collect so much dust.

As a Nintendo fan I would not pay over 200$ for Nintendo's next console. If Nintendo launched the console over 200$ I wouldn't deem it worth the extra money and would forgo owning one till the price dropped accordingly!

Wii 2 with no HD? I think, they should do it just for the Lulz. Would be a great Hardcore Meltdown.