Please, please, please let it be HD with OPTIONAL motion controls.

That is all I ask.

Ohhhhhhh shit

Supppppppppper Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiii come on ! that's a good name

and motion option im sure !

Super Wiintendo Entertainment System. SWES.

Awwww Yeeeeeah!

Let's hope they do a better job at keeping up on the hardware side of things. Don't get me wrong I have a Wii and I love it for the most part, but the fact that it just doesn't get most of the multiplatform titles is one of its biggest problems.

Awesome, so not only are they fully revealing it, but its going to be playable as well. That leads me to believe, that its pretty far along in development, both the system and the games for it. Late 2012 is sounding less likely. Its sounding more, and more like a Spring, or Summer 2012 release. Either way, E3 is going to be Epic this year. I just can't wait for it to get here, because the wait is almost unbearable!

supernestastic! just wondering if we could ever have 1 format system for all gamers? if this machine is all power then do ninty, broken Sony and big balls bill all kiss and make up and release all titles together? umh... that'll be a no then....ho hum

I'm really curious about it, i remember when Wii was announced people just talked about it everywhere, how reality would merge with digital and etc. And i wonder how much time will pass 'til Microsoft and Sony announce something big too.

First Nintendo console I won't be buying at launch. Prove to me that you can actually get dominant third party support and I won't have to wait to play games in between first party games.

Inb4 mspaint of two Wiis taped together.

Well, who wants to buy my XBOX 360? I really only bought it for the multiplatformers. Every time a good Wii game comes out I have to convince the kids I babysit to get their parents to buy it for them so I can play it. As long as they get some older multi platformers on there like dead space, bioshock, and portal 2 (not old but its gotta be on ther), I"m buyin dis.

Now I can finally OWN super mario galaxy 1 and 2, new super mario bros, super smash bros, donkey kong country returns, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Silent hill: SM, Red Steel 2, and No More Heroes 1 and 2. Yippee!!!

I want to see games before I waste any more money on a Nintendo console.

So it looks like Da Big N will be starting "The next gen", cool, curiosity is building!

@ Ace

This time it's gonna be 8 Nintendo 64s taped to each other!

AWESOME SOMETHING ELSE FOR ME TOO NOT CARE ABOUT.

i hope with this new console, nintendo doesn't copy awful stuff as patches, games full of bugs and micro-transactions, paying for a game in pieces

I got way to overhyped about the Nintendo Revolution, so now I'm calm, just waiting to see what Nintendo has to show, but not expect anything mindblowing.

@bobdebicker

Better wait until backwards compatibility is confirmed.

To anyone expecting "next-gen," curb your enthusiasm. Nintendo excels at perfecting current-gen tech, not jumping far forwards, a la Sony.

Just saying.

Well, good news, but sort of expected. I just hope it lives up to our expectations. Knowing Nintendo, it will be insane and misunderstood.

I wonder how many bits it will have!

They should call it the 'Buttjam Fartbutter'

C'mon 3DS integration. Either release games that you can play on the console and continue on the 3DS, or just let my 3DS be the controller. Either way it would be awesome.

Make it as awesome as the Sega Dreamcast: do some innovative things consoles have never thought of, make your infastructure badass, bring back Virtual Memory Units, and let me see Mario's stashe in ball dripping HD.

there sure are alot of negitive c**ts in this comment section.

Are they going to figure out how online gaming works?

ZELDA HD!!!!

HNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG!

I want to see games before I waste any more money on a Nintendo console. My Wii sits there and collects dust now you want me to buy another system?

Potrik:What's the deal over Wii in HD? HD and mediocre graphics don't blend well.

monster hunter in hd!

.....It better not be 3D

I'm interested to see if the rumored specs are right, and it really is more of a current gen system than next gen. If so, then I'm also interested in seeing what gimmick/innovation they've added in order to entice people to buy yet another console that will share multiplatform games.

I got super excited by the 3DS E3 presentation last year. Honestly, it's going to take a lot for Nintendo to get me excited this time.

Hmmmm. I'm excited to see this, but honestly, all I hope for is backwards compatibility and just better software support, geez. That's it. More variety in games. Get stuff like Pandora's Tower over to these shores, someone. Maybe they all won't be AAA titles but at least it'll be something new.

Also, idk if I'mm be jumping on this at launch. After just getting a 3DS, I'm not sure if I feel the need for a new console. But hey, maybe whatever thing they've got cooked up this time will blow me out of the water, kind of like how motion control and touch screens did. :p

I predict that it shall be called the "Wii^2", which you can refactor and pronounce as "WiiWii".

"First Nintendo console I won't be buying at launch."

Seems like a awful rash decision to be making now, considering that you haven't seen one single game for the system yet, or the system itself either, for that matter. Personally I would wait until after E3, to make a decision like that, but whatever, to each his own I guess.

Have a good launch lineup and I'm in.

Have a sucky one, and I'll probably stick with my current consoles for a while (and maybe get a 3DS instead).

One thing I want to bring up is: yes, this console will probably use tech that's outdated the moment it comes out, just like the Wii. But how much more power do we need exactly? I realize this is a bit of a silly question to ask since more is typically always better, but just think of everything we can do with the PS3 and 360 already. Due to the increasing costs and development times of HD games, IMO we haven't seen as many offbeat and creative games in mainstream titles. If you're looking for that sort of thing you have to turn to indie games. I think it's probably best for developers to hold their horses and focus on doing cool things with the tech we have now.

I'll be interested to see what Nintendo's marketing angle/strategy is with this new console.

We're at a shaky economic place, and Sony and Microsoft seem content to sit on a rather long console cycle a few more years. The 3DS just dropped, and frankly that needs some attention in terms of updates and software in a big way. Outside of hand-helds, Nintendo has cultivated a rather casual audience who seem to be still happy with Wii. Added in, Nintendo has long made odd choices in the console hardware market.

I'm not sure there is a big enough 'Nintendo only' audience to make multi-platform publishers salivating for another console to program for. I have a feeling Nintendo will really have to work to bring back a sizable 'hardcore' gaming audience. Lot's of first party support, some big IP's from 3rd parties. This just seems an odd time (shaky $$$ environment) to jump in that game.

I've owned Nintendo hardware since the original NES, but at this point I'd prefer them focusing on my new $250 3DS, which is currently collecting dust.

Yeah, if it's somehow more powerful than the PS3 I'm not exactly sure how much better it can get. Besides, we've been waiting to see what Nintendo can do with a HD Zelda for a longgg time now. And a HD Mario for that matter.

Cannot wait. All you negative cunts need not pay attention from this point on. The rest of us would prefer it.

Also

WHOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!

If its already playable, then they must have been working on it a while, and has 2008 or 2009 tech.


/sofikqualitytrolling

Colour me interested. As shit as the wii was (in my opinion, at least compared to other nintendo products) there are enough games to warrant a purchase. Hope they do things right with the new console.

Can't wait to see what happens at E3
hopefully this will be able to be compared to the ps3/360

Also if they are aiming for a 2012 release, there is a really high chance they will pull a twilight princess for skyward sword.

@ Potrik

Optional motion would be amazing. I have nothing against it, but I prefer regular stick and button schemes SO much more.

Also, this sounds amazing. As long as there is backward compatibility (Nintendo always does this, so I'm not worried) and awesome launch games, count me in. Seriously looking forward to what they have to show us.

I'm holding out for this. After seeing the wii's dire situation for 3rd party support it worries me that nintendo is planning to release a new console a couple of years before it's competitor.
How many devs are going to want to jump aboard another nintendo system when they know the other, profitable systems are due for upgrade?

This console can be more powerful than any console currently available but if it's only got 4 decent games (like my wii) then it won't be enough to warrant my purchase.

Woot!

yay! there's officially a new nintendo coming out next year!!!!!!!

Fuck, 2012? That's a pretty long while.

@Potrik

The Wii does that now, it depends on how the developer implements it.