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That would be so boring. So it could happen :/
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IGN Rumor: Nintendo Revealing New Hardware at E3 [Up: MCV + Videogamer]
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That would be so boring. So it could happen :/
Interceptor
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Yeah something like this. An infoscreen witch cumulates your different tracking devices like a wristband, pedometer ( all branded nintendo) etc or just gives you nutrition tips, weather, monitors your heart, blood etc etc. All unified with some gamey overlay.
Not sure if you are aware of what that means, but this really would not apply in either case.
ArchedThunder
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I'm starting to think it might just be easier to make an image explaining why this is factually wrong and posting that when people say this instead of explaining it over and over again.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
No BSD? Oh well, people always forget about that one.
Ok, what if you ran a browser on your home-computer desktop (or your phone, or your tablet, or your <insert capable browser device here>) to access, say, google docs on a POWER-based cloud. Would that make any difference to you in terms of modern-ism? Or is it all about what runs the browser?
What makes consoles much more related to PCs, which does not hold true for mobiles, as you note yourself? I do have to ask here, since our discussion tends to stumble on terminology here and there, and we'd rather avoid that.
Graphics Horse
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I expect 3ds revisions every 1 to 2 years, but it's only been 8 months since the last one, I think that a Wii u and/or gamepad revision is more likely for this year, but it might be nothing.
A brand new system is another possibility, there's no big lineup of software for the 3ds beyond e3, I can only find Smash Brothers, they could just jump onto something new instead of announcing a big bunch of 3ds games, but we'll see.
SniperHunter
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Please be at least 3 tflop
Come on nintendo
Come on nintendo
BRocknRolla
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So how exactly does that square with this?
IGN's Peer Schneider said:
So what's the deal? Peer Schneider is a hack without the same journalistic guidelines as IGN? Or IGN is backpedaling for some other reason? The words are there. There isn't a lot of ambiguity to Schneider's claim.
A shame. The podcast should have died at episode 60.
metalslimer
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The 2DS was a very different kind of revision though. I expect an actual 3DS/3DS XL revision sometime later this year and a discontnuation of the OG 3DS.
biggersmaller
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Non-gaming hardware has a long, sad history at E3. :-/
Wonderbook, vitality sensor, HD DVD drive, Kinect, etc.
Game Boy Advance to Nintendo Ds, 2001 to 2004. (That's okay.)
3DS to Future handheld, 2011 to (2014?) (Not possible, no one will buy Nintendo hardware again!)
BruceLeeRoy
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New sku no touch screen/pad - $199
Shikamaru Ninja
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The market can not support individual Iterarions of each Nintendo franchise anymore. They simply can not develop two different Mario Karts every generation anymore. Especially when the console space is shrinking and getting closer to diminishing returns.
It makes sense to launch console and portable machines that play the same software. How big would the IPad / Apple TV market be if it required individual software skus for each.
It really should be a clear decision at this point. Especially with a new platform existing parallel.
Don't do that to yourself bro
metalslimer
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And anything announced this year at E3 would probably be coming out sometime next year.
Sounds like something from 4chan.
Father_Brain
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Reading like a fanboy's wet dream is always a sure sign of credibility!
charlequin
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This is quite likely nothing, although if Nintendo intends to stay in hardware they need to be announcing a new handheld in, like, the next six months.
Nintendo sends a forceful yet polite maid/cook/personal trainer to live in your house, and she uses the Wii U gamepad to send your personal stats back to Nintendo's servers.
Nintendo sends a forceful yet polite maid/cook/personal trainer to live in your house, and she uses the Wii U gamepad to send your personal stats back to Nintendo's servers.
Interceptor
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They want to enforce the gamepad, not get rid of it. On the contrary, a touch device in the household will be key to qol and games. They will never get rid of it. ^^ Adding more hardware, especially a balance board wouldn´t make it cheaper though. The NNID will be key to use all your Nintendo devices together. But don´t expect a Wii U without a tablet, a redesign maybe, but for Nintendo, the tablet is key.
SuicidalSteve
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Wii DS
metalslimer
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Nintendo also wanted to create games that showed how useful 3D was. In the end, they offered another SKU to make the device cheaper. I don't think they actually will get rid of, but let's not keep pretending it is completely out of the realm of possibility.
I think a cheaper Wii U with a redesigned gamepad(to be cheaper) is more likely though.
Also, the shitstorm is going to be intense when Nintendo spends a signficant amount of time for the QOL.
I'll take three!
Exploratory
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If its a cheaper Wii U w/ Pro controller that'd be fine by me.
I was gonna come to post this. My bet is the yearly 3DS revision that gets released along side a big exclusive. 2012 was NSMB2 and the 3DS XL. 2013 was the 2DS and Pokemon X/Y. This will probably be a 3DSXLi or something lol.
Interceptor
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Agreed. They wan´t to approach this by software and to some degree we will get there. But they just can´t afford launching two devices at once. On the other hand they will ride out the Wii U at least till late 2016 but the 3DS won´t live this long. I still say 4DS at E3 2015. MAybe they would like to introduce it even sooner, but QoL is taking ressources and media buzz itself. I´ll stick to my prediction. ^^
MoogleWizard
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Why is it wrong then? The 3DS is only 3 years old. GBA to DS was because of the PSP, there's no such competition now.
SteveO1683
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I'd say a cheaper Wii U model that doesn't require the U pad and is released along side a system update that doesn't require the pad to be on when the system is up and running.
Listen to the show, if you haven't. I just did to get clarification. Peer is very confident about hardware but he doesn't know exactly what type of hardware. Otero told him to chill and not get carried away with what he was hearing. I assume one guy hearing about some non-descript hardware from an old ex-Nintendo employee and a third-party acquaintance isn't enough for a story. If Peer knew exactly what was gonna be shown instead and his sources were current Nintendo employees IGN might run the story.
dolabla
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Same here. I own a Wii U and would be perfectly fine with a new more powerful successor announced. My Wii U doesn't get played much (though that will change when MK8 comes out). If they do announce, they need to do everything in their power to get third party developers back on board.
schaft0620
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I read the thread about Nintendo digital at E3 and now I'm completely confused.
That would be awful for navigation and ease of use on the system.
charlequin
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Yes, the competition these days is significantly worse!
It's a conversation, and sometimes we get carried away. Peer did make the above argument, but we also framed the discussion around the context that we weren't sure. Unfortunately, the author made no effort to convey that in his news story.
If we believed what we'd heard, you wouldn't have found out about it on another site. We would have run that story ourselves. Just food for thought.
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