We've been inundated with all sorts of mock-ups and leakages concerning Project Cafe, the rumored HD console being developed by Nintendo. The latest development is this supposedly leaked image, found on various forums and image hosts around the 'net.
"Project Cafe is simply the most developer friendly SDK the industry has ever seen," reads the text accompanying the image. "Deliver unparalleled next generation performance at current generation costs. It doesn't get any easier than this."
The image also boasts easy portability from PC and Xbox 360, as well as the ability to update games at any time and an integrated M-Live framework.
As with everything concerning Project Cafe, don't take the picture as incontrovertible truth. Looks pretty slick though, right? What do you reckon?
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12:20 PM on 04.22.2011 | 
WAIT....
READY!
I mean.
I can have it.
I don't think Nintendo would namedrop the competition or mention "easy portability from the Xbox 360". It just isn't Nintendo's style.
Also can't forget how much the Metroid Prime series could benefit....
Yes.
Oddly enough, idle speculation about said object which doesn't have my attention gets my attention nonetheless, meaning that said device being speculated about gets attention by association defeating the purpose of dismissing the thing out of hand.
That must mean that I'm intrigued somewhat but what I'm intrigued about is a matter of intrigue itself.
Is Nintendo finally going to embrace the internet and give us their version of Xbox Live?
It's not a cute marketing gimmick if it's Nintendo, it just smacks of lazy 2004-style tactics. Like on the level MS was doing back when the 360 was ramping up into rumor.
If it's not Nintendo leaking the pics, buddy, learn to use your phone.
In the age of the internet, I'm gonna side that this was either planted or it's fake. NDA's make people too flighty to just openly do this anymore.
If they come out at the same time, as the other two HD systems and PC, than there not really ports, there multiplatform games, at that point. If Nintendo's system really is more powerful, which all indication seem to suggest that it will be, than who's to say it won't become the lead platform, for a lot of future 3rd Party games? Developers always want to work on the latest and greatest tech, so why would that change, just because its a Nintendo console?
If the OTHER rumors are true, this is closer to a current gen device. Time will tell.
I don't really believe this image, for the reason that I doubt Nintendo would print something so highly leakable. What would be the point? The major developers will get the SDKs regardless, it's not like they have to be sold on them.
Seeing as how any basic level graphic design student could whip up something like this, stick it on a projector and take a shitty angled cell phone picture, I'm not buying it.
They would if they were only showing this image at a presentation to 3rd Party developers and never thought we would see it. Of course, that's only if it really is real, but why wouldn't they mention the competition though? They talk about Apple, Sony and Microsoft all the time publicly. Mr. Iwata even praised Microsoft for XBL, by name at GDC, so they absolutely talk about the competition both as they're competitors and to praise them as well. So they're not Sony, who just trash talks everyone else and act like they invented everything, 12 years before someone else puts it out first and then just copies it a few later!
In an age of smart phones it's pretty inexcusable (If it was real )
I'm ready
Hopefully this is just an early design/developer kit.
High compatibility with "PC" and "Xbox 360"?
Horrible console design?
This screams Microsoft, not Nintendo!
I so agree with you.
@Heojaua
Sad enough that you use a modem
Needless to say, it would be ridiculously foolish to not catch up on HD already, so we might have that ready.