Does Nintendo have a hardware reveal planned for Game Developers Conference 2010? One unnamed source has heard something along these lines. Speaking to VideoGamer, an employee "at a major international publisher" said, "Just heard a rumour that you may be interested in: Nintendo are going to announce a new platform at GDC." He added, "Some devs have already started work on it."
Nintendo already shot this tasty rumor down as such, so we don't expect to know for sure if the hardware publisher plans to finally unveil a new DS, Wii or Virtual Boy until GDC closes. Still, it's something to think about. Just like the fact that it can't rain all the time, Nintendo sure as hell can't keep releasing DS variants. Right? Right?
Devs already working on 'new Nintendo platform' [Videogamer]
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8:00 PM on 02.03.2010
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If its yet another DS system, it will be fucking ridiculous.
Nintendo WiiPlay360
That plays xbox 360 games and ps3 games and wii games on one playform.
with the motion control acting as natal and arc.
epic.
HD...thats it? Its not like developers and publishers will support it...we hardly get support with the hardware we have now...
Or maybe it's just some new DS that won't even have face buttons to make room for an even larger screen.
It won't be the Wii HD, they came out and said that was a stupid idea, which it is. I don't even know why you'd want that. No game would support the higher resolutions, meaning they'd have to release Wii HD games in order for you to make any advantage out of that.
There. That's my prediction.
*rimshot*
If it's an entirely new handheld, fine I can deal with that.
I could also deal with a new home console with Wii backwards compatibility.
I agree a Wii HD would be largely pointless, but many normal Wii games are capable of displaying higher resolutions than 480p. There are Wii emulators out there that can play back games at higher resolutions than the Wii and it shows. Super Mario Galaxy especially looks nice at higher resolutions.
Also, to back up the idea of it being a handheld, there was another rumour recently that Nvidia had picked up a contract to make new high-tech chips for a DS follow up. What Iwata said, and this upcoming announcement, would suggest the rumour was true.
Read about this in UK Nintendo mag, N-Gamer...
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Crunshii/why-i-don-t-like-were-the-wii-is-going--160915.phtml
I hope it is a new handheld though.
If its just a new Wii SKU though, than what would developers be developing for it, beside the Wii games that they're already doing right now? If its real, than it has to be a new handheld, because why would Nintendo kill off the Wii? Its making money for them, hand over fist and its only been out for just over 3 years.
This just sounds to crazy on both fronts, because they still have the DSi XL to be released in North America, so wouldn't announced a new handheld kill most of the DSi XL sales, before it even goes on sale? I doubt this is real, but you never know, because stranger things have happened!
Wii HD
ColonoscoWII
Double Down Reggie
Or, most likely, System that launches with a new open world, first person title. A game where you play as Mario, a rogue space marine with a drug problem, lust for hot women, and an insatiable appetite for kicking ass and chewing gum. He also reminas silent, armed with a crowbar, and will totally plagiarize off that new 3D 8 bit game hero with the sword. Unlockable zombies, cheat codes, and motion controls that inflicts real time damage as you get shot for being an idiot.
Totally calling it.
Seriously though, I hope it is something absolutely out of left field and totally kicks ass... so in other words... not another DS, not another handheld device, but something awesome. Some crazy thing they built using all of that damn Wii money. I still love you Nintendo, show me something cool.
I would laugh so hard if Wii games were cross compatib-- hey, that's an idea.
How about that. Gameboy New, with a camera one screen, sick free wireless support? It was supposed to be a three pillar thing, but that kind of fell off once the DS really hit it big.
Such a move would also put the shits up Sony's colon, who's desperate to get PSP Go to sell. Don't see that happening without a touch screen or UMD drive, Sony. There's also enough version of the DS out there, that Nintendo will look to possibly phase out the DS Lite, keeping the DSi, DSXL and the new one.
March 9th - 13th, not far away now.
To be honest I'd probably buy that. It would go well with my Xpress Refrigerator 360.
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