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Nice! Although I think the software is the most important part of the business, it's always a good idea to keep up with the trends. Competition beware, Nintendo might start playing hardball >=D Also the idea of a screen on the controller? Nostalgia of Dreamcast memory cards anyone? Awwwwwwww yeeeeaaaaaaaah
Deal on wii 2 controllers! Only 89.99!!!!
An hd screen on the controller?? That sounds a bit expensive if you ask me. Could be cool though.
An hd screen on the controller?? That sounds a bit expensive if you ask me. Could be cool though.
Nice! Although I think the software is the most important part of the business, it's always a good idea to keep up with the trends. Competition beware, Nintendo might start playing hardball >=D Also the idea of a screen on the controller? Nostalgia of Dreamcast memory cards anyone? Awwwwwwww yeeeeaaaaaaaah
HD screen in the controller?
Sounds sexy, but wouldn't that jump the price up and kill joypad battery life?
Sounds sexy, but wouldn't that jump the price up and kill joypad battery life?
It would fit with their depressing release time frame for new zelda games.
Since it seems like they now essentially hold off until their current consoles end of life and as with Twilight Princess. Waiting and pushing the release back until they can release it for both systems.
If that ends up being the case, which I suspect it will ..... Nintendo just lost a bunch of sales because I'm going to wait them out next time around. Sorta like how I know there are going to be 4x revisions of the 3DS so there is no reason to rush out and buy one....
Since it seems like they now essentially hold off until their current consoles end of life and as with Twilight Princess. Waiting and pushing the release back until they can release it for both systems.
If that ends up being the case, which I suspect it will ..... Nintendo just lost a bunch of sales because I'm going to wait them out next time around. Sorta like how I know there are going to be 4x revisions of the 3DS so there is no reason to rush out and buy one....
Screen on controller...
Better than current gen graphics, but before next gen...
Company that lost large portion of the market...
Sound a little like the Dreamcast to anyone else? Not saying that Nintendo couldn't make that situation work better than Sega, mind you, because I think that this would be the best thing to happen to Nintendo in a long time. We'll probably see a Twilight Princess-esque situation with Skyward Sword as well. Just my thoughts.
Better than current gen graphics, but before next gen...
Company that lost large portion of the market...
Sound a little like the Dreamcast to anyone else? Not saying that Nintendo couldn't make that situation work better than Sega, mind you, because I think that this would be the best thing to happen to Nintendo in a long time. We'll probably see a Twilight Princess-esque situation with Skyward Sword as well. Just my thoughts.
I wasn't excited when I heard about this yesterday, but I'm starting to get on board.
I'm with everyone who's worried about the controller price, though...
I'm with everyone who's worried about the controller price, though...
@AvianFlame -- Ha! I was thinking the same thing in regards to the Zelda SS delay. Oh, Ninty! You think you're soooooo sneaky. : )
It can be as powerful and feature rich as they can physically make it, but without solid, hardcore 3rd party games they aren't gonna recapture this hardcore gamer.
Even as a kid I was all about Sega. Mario? Or TERMINATOR?! Donkey Kong or SHINOBI - no contest.
Still, bring the hardware AND bring the games and you may get a look in from me.
Even as a kid I was all about Sega. Mario? Or TERMINATOR?! Donkey Kong or SHINOBI - no contest.
Still, bring the hardware AND bring the games and you may get a look in from me.
Avian flame makes a good point.
Better than PS3 sounds great right now, but the Wii was, probably, even if just a little, better than the PS2.
It ain't gonna cut it when the PS4 and Nextbox come out.
Better than PS3 sounds great right now, but the Wii was, probably, even if just a little, better than the PS2.
It ain't gonna cut it when the PS4 and Nextbox come out.
I'd like to believe this is all true, but surely Nintendo don't want to turn away from the piles of cash the everyday public throw at them. Still, I hope they do. This sounds awesome.
cool, but i hope it will be 300-350$ maximum. glad they're keeping BC hopefully ballance board will work with it too - there are plenty of wii games i wanted to play but couldn't.
If Nintendo wants to recapture the hardcore market they should fix Metroid. The last one was hweird (although I like Samus's voice actress).
I never touch my Wii... hehehe... so I am not too excited for this. I still think the 360 and the PS3 have plenty of life left in them... I am not ready for a new set of consoles yet!
I love the Backwards Compatibility, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what an HD Touch Screen would do.
Holy crap, Maurice, you made me giggle like a schoolgirl with that Transformers ending. That and the delayed significance of the header was brilliant.
1080p resolutions!! WOW!
So nintendo's realizing that kinect and move are stealing their audience, and thought it's time for a comeback?
Nice, but I'll only believe when I play it.
So nintendo's realizing that kinect and move are stealing their audience, and thought it's time for a comeback?
Nice, but I'll only believe when I play it.
I hope its like the VMU on the DreamCast, that actually made it alot easyer to hide what plays you do on sport games and uncluttered the screen when playing RPGs.
While in the long run this will make the next gen nintendo system week, I feel that alot of devlopers have not been making games for the wii because of the lack of HD having to convert everything to 4:3 instead of a direct port of 16:9
THE VC AND THE WIIWARE CHANNEL MUST BE TRANSFURABLE OR THIS WILL FLOP FOR ME *coughf*
but it is nice to hear that nintendo actually cares after 4 years of me buying my wii, so what do I get out of being taken advantage of? nothing ><
While in the long run this will make the next gen nintendo system week, I feel that alot of devlopers have not been making games for the wii because of the lack of HD having to convert everything to 4:3 instead of a direct port of 16:9
THE VC AND THE WIIWARE CHANNEL MUST BE TRANSFURABLE OR THIS WILL FLOP FOR ME *coughf*
but it is nice to hear that nintendo actually cares after 4 years of me buying my wii, so what do I get out of being taken advantage of? nothing ><
If it has a screen it damn better be rechargable with an USB cable like the PS3 controller. Otherwise, battery whore!
I'm not sure how I feel about this. Maybe, maybe I'll consider buying it. I did consider buying the Wii, but back then, the lack of games I'd want to play a lot swayed my decision. We'll see this time around.
What's certain though is that this will put a lot of pressure on Sony and Microsoft.
What's certain though is that this will put a lot of pressure on Sony and Microsoft.
HD screen on the controller? So I can finally snort my grade A columbian cocaine without interupting my game. I'm sold. I hope it's made of gold, too.
"So it looks like Nintendo's latest hardware will have both the touch and the power."
You are awesome.
You are awesome.
So when the HD screen on the controller craps out, we get to spend wad of cash on a new one? Sounds like a ploy to me.
@Camiwaits
Exactly my worry, and though I have an intense love hate relationship with Nintendo, I don't know if I trust them enough anymore to not do something retarded like have regular old batteries for what sounds like another classic Nintendo gimmick. Prove me wrong you silly bastards.
@Camiwaits
Exactly my worry, and though I have an intense love hate relationship with Nintendo, I don't know if I trust them enough anymore to not do something retarded like have regular old batteries for what sounds like another classic Nintendo gimmick. Prove me wrong you silly bastards.
I'm not buying this.
The console having HD capabilities I can believe, but an HD screen in the controller is pushing it. That sounds REALLY freaking expensive and just isn't something I'd expect of Nintendo.
The console having HD capabilities I can believe, but an HD screen in the controller is pushing it. That sounds REALLY freaking expensive and just isn't something I'd expect of Nintendo.
While Sony and MS are still toying with the Kinect/move and motion controls Nintendo is already moving on to the next best thing xD
Also in b4 YO SON WE HEARD YOU LIKE TOUCH SCREENS SO WE PUT A TOUCH SCREEN IN YOUR CONTROLLER~! O_O '
What is the controller could be used as an Emulator o.o? Think of the Possibilities o....o A touch screen in a traditional controller? No more having to worry about Sticky buttons...we will see Nintendo we will see.
LoL @ people who said motion controls were gimmicks....until MS and sony copies it xD
Also in b4 YO SON WE HEARD YOU LIKE TOUCH SCREENS SO WE PUT A TOUCH SCREEN IN YOUR CONTROLLER~! O_O '
What is the controller could be used as an Emulator o.o? Think of the Possibilities o....o A touch screen in a traditional controller? No more having to worry about Sticky buttons...we will see Nintendo we will see.
LoL @ people who said motion controls were gimmicks....until MS and sony copies it xD
I still don't quite believe the rumours. I mean, you completely slash the current generation with a cheap console and for the next you make the equivalent of a launch PS3? Doesn't sound very money smart.
"Nintendo's intent is to recapture the hardcore market," because they can't do that now with the Wii? Unless this new console makes your farts smell like cookies, I don't want it. Not because it won't be cool and have cool games, but because I can't rely on Nintendo to cater to my interests. I skipped the gamecube after the N64 and I'll skip the WIIII after the Wii. I'm ok with that.
As far as the Wii goes, I'm more than happy with the current level of graphics that Nintendo churn out on their first party games and not really bothered about them being better; if I was, I probably would've bought a PS3 or 360 long ago. Just seems to me that most 3rd parties still haven't been able to get all that much out of the Wii, which I can only assume is for lack of trying since I dare say a lot of games on the platform still look worse than or barely surpass Gamecube games.
By recapturing the hardcore market, they mean the dude bro market. The people that play Madden and Cawadoody.
They've already proven you can have a fun family setting with the wii, a system with significantly less power than the big 2, and literally crushed that market. So, maybe now they will go the opposite way, and show what they can do on the high graphic end of things...
also, I am going to absolutely shit my pants when Reggie comes out and announces the new system and tag line: "We are proud to present: The Nintendo Gorilla Methamphetamine; "NOW you are playing with POWER".
They've already proven you can have a fun family setting with the wii, a system with significantly less power than the big 2, and literally crushed that market. So, maybe now they will go the opposite way, and show what they can do on the high graphic end of things...
also, I am going to absolutely shit my pants when Reggie comes out and announces the new system and tag line: "We are proud to present: The Nintendo Gorilla Methamphetamine; "NOW you are playing with POWER".
A pretty wild announcement, honestly. I was sure that this generation of consoles would last a really long time, but it seems like they will probably fall in this order: Wii (obviously), Xbox (no blue ray), PS3 (most sophisticated software). I think the PS3 has a lot of potential as a processor, but it will definitely miss out on all the new bells and whistles that even the new Wii might have! Exciting times...!
As long as it plays Wii and Gamecube games, I'll definitely trade in my current Wii for it.
Gamecube support is unlikely though.
Gamecube support is unlikely though.
@CAP
It's OK. We can share. You can have it on the weekends and wednesday, and I'll take it on the other days.
It's OK. We can share. You can have it on the weekends and wednesday, and I'll take it on the other days.
Oh Nintendo... you guys and you're wacky innovative controller schemes. Although I can see an in-controller touch screen working really well as an inventory or map screen.
Given the wireless nature of the Wiimotes, backward comparability may come from being compatible with the current controllers, with this new controller being something else entirely.
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