Despite Nintendo's endless denials, talk about a Wii HD refuses to settle down. Now Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has enterd the fray, claiming that even if a Wii 2 did release with hi-definition compatibility, that would not be enough to on its own.
"If asked if making the Wii compatible with high definition -- just making it compatible with high resolution -- will get players throughout the world to buy it," declares the Nintendo bigwig, "I would of course say, 'Do you think it would sell with just that? It needs something new.'"
So, the basic messages seems to be that when the Wii 2 ships, it won't just be a waggle box with prettier graphics. We have no way of knowing what hair brained nonsense Nintendo will cook up next, but we reckon it might be one of those toy ovens with slightly warm lights that you're supposed to make really terrible cakes with.
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11:20 AM on 02.02.2010
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And btw: I would not say that Jim is a "little" man. I would not go so far, no.
I hope they introduce an account based online system.
if this happened, all the shovelware and cheap kiddie games could stay on wii, alleviating wii2 from receiving the same crappy stigma the original retains.
It seems people just get mad at Nintendo no matter what they do anymore and now they even get mad at what Nintendo hypothetically says they're going to do in the future. Even though its exactly what the people want them to do in the first place. So Nintendo just can't win with these people, because they're damned if they do and they're damned if they don't!
All we need now is a pull out truckle bed and sUpA-dElUxXxX portable porcelain throne, and the Wii become the saviour of mankind!! WOOHOO!!!
I don't know why people think it instantly means Nintendo's going to dump some other huge gimmick on top of everything. They want to appease you people and you just take a dump all over them.
It's a baby -- AND a clown. Two terrifying nightmares that have become one. I am off to horrify people with this image, straightaway.
Oh also - you may jest, but I think a gaming system with an EZ bake oven in it would do alright. At least all that wasted heat energy would go to some use. Plus, you know -- cake!!! Think about it.
They really need to up their laser, too. A huge disappointment arose when I put in my Metroid Prime Trilogy and it didn't work. It made me very sad. :(
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