Wii 2 on tap for 2011?
Wed Oct 1, 2008 1:49PM EDT
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It's a big week for Nintendo rumors. First talk of a Nintendo DS with MP3 player and camera starts to make the rounds. Now comes an even bigger rumor: Nintendo will release a follow-up to the Wii in 2011.
The news comes from What They Play, an online video game guide for parents. In its story, the site describes the neew Wii console as a "true 'next generation' Nintendo" and "far more than a simple refresh of the current hardware." Currently dubbed "Wii HD" (a name that's no worse than "Wii" to begin with, I guess), it is said to revolve around the same kind of gameplay while upping the ante in the performance department. That would likely mean graphics that finally crawl out of the 1990s as well as real internal storage like a hard drive.
What's the proof of all of this? What They Play cites the usual "multiple sources" in the game industry but also notes that Nintendo is now spending $370 million on R&D in a year vs. just $34 million in 2003. You don't spend that kind of money without something in the pipeline.
And, of course, a new console makes nothing but sense. The Wii has captured the imagination of the world... because that's what you have to use to fill in the gaps where the Wii's graphics aren't up to snuff. Casual gamers are totally sold on the Wii, but hardcore gamers—the ones that spend all their disposable income on this stuff—are still playing their Xbox 360 and PS3. Can a next-gen Wii offer the best of both worlds: Innovative gameplay combined with an immersive audio-video experience? 2011 is barely two years away...
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7 Posted by yawhoever on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:55PM EDT Report Abuse
They also better fix the sunlight problem. (If sunlight shines directly at the controller, the pointer on the screen will move very erratically.)
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8 Posted by charleneg94 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:21PM EDT Report Abuse
Either the Wii2 will work like the original or it will be advanced and have new features hmm...
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9 Posted by lrvman@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 6:58PM EDT Report Abuse
And in five years there will still be Wii shortages. :)
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10 Posted by tailwaggin4@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:54PM EDT Report Abuse
Waaaaaaaaaah! I just bought a wii in August! i barley got started, and i am an idol to my buds for it. If another friend gets a wii 2, i will not be able to use my old wii data and i will be out of business
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11 Posted by lynnie19681 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:01PM EDT Report Abuse
more graphics and definetally more games and the ability to play wii 1 games on it. it also needs some kind of kick something that makes it really interesting to buy wheather it be better online contact or more free shop stuff. this needs something that makes it special. definately a gears of war or a new halo for this new system.
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12 Posted by patrick43251278145634521 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:01PM EDT Report Abuse
Well duh there coming out with a new nintendo system simialar to the wii and beter, but its not going to be called the wii, Its something like "Evoultion" Or crap like that im not too sure,,,,,, But then again there Making a super smash brothers 4? And there has to be a new nintendo system
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13 Posted by stephenfisenne@ymail.com on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:41PM EDT Report Abuse
i think this is an awesome thing, the wii is fun, i hope this is mind blowing from the wait.
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14 Posted by bleeholden on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:09PM EDT Report Abuse
i personaly thought the wii was a great game machine it got kids off there butts and made them work to play the game i think that mcdonalds should bye the units and give them to the fat kids trying to get money from them for being fat i just hope with the new unit the controler is just like the old one or better
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15 Posted by coons_aa on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:29PM EDT Report Abuse
Well peeps what I think is this. Nintendo made a lot of cash selling its wii, and people all know the ps3 cost sony cash foir each sold. the 360 made a little but most of there cash is from hard core games. I think nintendo prob made a boot load of cash on there gamble and they will have the the funds for the R&D so they will dominate the market next time. I could see them with a HD Hardcore game machine at a good cost couse they had more R&D to make it smaller and cheaper. Also I if its a hardcore machine I can see the name revolution comming back! Just my 2 cents.
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16 Posted by hammoudb on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:15PM EDT Report Abuse
wow, it would really look kool if the wii 2 had more advanced options such as a built in phone or camara or mp3 in too. And i hope they do something about the graphics cause that would be kool too.
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17 Posted by dxu04 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:50PM EDT Report Abuse
i hope it can still play old wii games and theres a new game system from sony called phantom
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18 Posted by dakotazgirl101 on Thu Oct 2, 2008 7:50PM EDT Report Abuse
i think that this is awesome!! a DS with a camera and an MP3 player is a lot closer to the PSP than it was!
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19 Posted by clm90@att.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:27PM EDT Report Abuse
don't we have more important things to invent? use your creativity on more important things. lets try to make world peace by 2011!!! we don't need a new game system. put your efforts to better use!!!!!
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6 Posted by son_of_soren on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:33PM EDT Report Abuse
This might be ok news...if it said Q2 2009 but 2011? That is so vague and far away that not only will there be a new xbox by that time, but if the current trend of lackluster family fun games coming out on the Wii continues, who will care if the crap rolling out is in HD or not?