[Kobun Heat]

Hey three new mods, there's a fish over here in this barrel.

[gerg]

I know I said I'd drop the issue, but it's not like the 3DS is going to be the only focus of Nintendo's conference. Zelda and the Vitality Sensor are undoubtedly going to have a large presence, the latter with corresponding software; Wii Party is likely to get some sort of mention, alongside lots of other software. It's not like another two minutes focused on vague details of a far-away console are suddenly going to split the press' undiverted attention away from the 3DS.

[StuBurns]

Super Wii = Good! Hi-Fi = Fake and gay.

Yeah man, totally fucking gay, what's up with that man?
You're a cockhole

[Vinci]

That's also my point. You're talking in absolutes. Absolutes don't work, especially when speculating. There are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches (that is, presenting only 3DS vs. 3DS and Wii HD at the same time). There are potential benefits. I'm not going to list them, because others already have, and you keep shitting all over them because apparently you think you're more knowledgeable in the art of speculating. For the record, I think that while there is a chance of something like this happening, it is a very slim chance. But only because the Wii is still hot shit and it younger than the DS.

I said they could very well do this. As for the advantages listed, they don't seem very significant compared to the possibility of diverting people's attention away from their upcoming piece of hardware. The Wii's successor could easily be announced and unveiled at next E3 and it would amount to the same without affecting the 3DS in the slightest way.

Now, given they gave us far more information to work with, tying the two products together in some way as Fourth Storm mentioned, that's all well and good. But to just say, "18 months, new console, kthnx" is pretty worthless.

[blizzardjesus]

HI-FI: So it'll play records. Sold.

[DECK'ARD]

Very unlikely they'd announce a successor while Wii is riding so high.

Wii Hi-Fi is so out of left-field though that there might be something to it, not your typical made-up name rumour.

[Jezan]

Super Wii = Good! Hi-Fi = Fake and gay.

mmmmmm I love it already ^^

You won't last long if you keep posting like that...

[bloodforge]

Wii Hi-Fi sounds ridiculous enough to actually be true. This is the company that named their console "Wii" after all.

[gerg]

I know, I know, I can't help myself...

Now, given they gave us far more information to work with, tying the two products together in some way as Fourth Storm mentioned, that's all well and good. But to just say, "18 months, new console, kthnx" is pretty worthless.

... but you can't eat your cake and have it too. You can't imagine that whatever Nintendo will say would be so insignificant inasmuch as it wouldn't be worth their while saying it, and yet suddenly at the same time it would make the entire media collectively think "3D... what?".

[Jocchan]

Hey three new mods, there's a fish over here in this barrel.

Five new mods.

[TunaLover]

I agree with the subname not being the average extreme nerdy name, it give some credibility to the rumor.

Also "Hi" stands for "Hello" the same way "Wii" stands "We" in a friendly way.

[megashock5]

I don't care what it's called, bring it on.

(but, yeah, hoping for more than "on par with 360")

[blu]

According to what game developers told them, it will be announced at the right end of Nintendo's E3 conference, and it is planned to release around November 2011.

question arises: what will be announced at the left end of the conference?

plot thickens.

[Blueblur1]

Let the bannings begin!

[-WindYoshi-]

question arises: what will be announced at the left end of the conference? plot thickens.

Well, think of it as your average 2D platformer. In most of these games, you start on the left and move towards the right in search of the end of the level, in this case, the conference. So it's fair to say that the left end can contain anything from talk about sales to a reveal of big games like SMG in a video reel... there's even a chance of Miyamoto conducting a Wii Music 2 orchestra! The possibilities truly are, endless.

[camineet]

Wii HiFi actually sounds reasonable :lol but on par with Xbox 360? No way, it'll go beyond 360, since AMD have GPUs now with 10-20 times the performance of Xenos.

[Vinci]

... but you can't eat your cake and have it too. You can't imagine that whatever Nintendo will say would be so insignificant inasmuch as it wouldn't be worth their while saying it, and yet suddenly at the same time it would make the entire media collectively think "3D... what?".

I guess the major roadblock in the two of us seeing eye to eye here is that you have far more faith in the gaming media than I do.

[-WindYoshi-]

Wii HiFi actually sounds reasonable :lol but on par with Xbox 360? No way, it'll go beyond 360, since AMD have GPUs now with 10-20 times the performance of Xenos.

Now that I think of it, this would still be considered pretty "blue ocean" of Nintendo. They would be disrupting the flow of the market by deciding for themselves, and everyone else, when "next-gen" begins.

[TunaLover]

Chris Kohler is reporting that Nintendo will have a developer roundtable on tuesday at 6PM, the same event we got Smash Brothers, Zelda announcement, and Pikmin 3.

[schuelma]

I wouldn't be shocked if Nintendo announces the next Wii. Surprised, but not shocked.

[gkryhewy]

For a variety of reasons, I was actually thinking they'd announce the Wii successor at this conference. I bet this is legit, but the launch will be sooner than end of 2011.

[gofreak]

I don't believe this particular rumour, but I DO believe Nintendo should announce a refresh.

Why not? 2011 will be five years post-Wii. Their competitors are 'upgrading' their platforms now on various fronts, and they can do so without a new box because - arguably from a Nintendo POV - they were overspecced to start with. Wii wasn't however, and I think time's right for a new box.

[Jaruru]

I wouldn't be shocked if Nintendo announces the next Wii. Surprised, but not shocked.

announced the console name make sense, but shouldn't be a lot of details.

[brain_stew]

I bet they still exclude digital sound output.

:lol

I guarantee it!

[TouchMyBox]

On par with 360?

So in other words, only some games will be in "High Definition". Not interested.

I do hope it's the same architecture so Dolphin will be able to continue emulating any new Nintendo system

[brain_stew]

For a variety of reasons, I was actually thinking they'd announce the Wii successor at this conference. I bet this is legit, but the launch will be sooner than end of 2011.

Nintendo aren't going to launch two new major platforms in one year. 2011 is the absolute earliest time that it could launch.

[evangd007]

Except in Japan, where they don't use the "HD" term at all, but Hi-Vision instead :s

Ah-Ha! So it isn't Hi-Fi, it's Hi-Vi!

And to butt in on gerg and Vinci's debate about whether this announcement would devalue the reveal of the 3DS, I'd have to take Vinci's side on this one. The industry has been clamoring for the next Wii since, well in some places since the Wii's launch, and to the Western audience it is much more significant than the 3DS. As for the 3DS, it is exciting as Nintendo's new handheld, but having little to no competition in the West it simply isn't as big of a story as the new Wii.

In short the Wii Hi-Fi would overshadow the 3DS because the journalists say so.

[camineet]

I kinda thought some years ago that the next nintendo handheld would launch in 2010, and the next console in 2011 or 2012. Looks like im gonna be right.

[neostapler]

sounds like a new VCR from 1992

[Ninja Scooter]

Will it have a knob on the front to adjust the tracking?

[Mikey Jr.]

Wow, if Pachter was right, you guys are going to eat so much

[Corky]

so will this be nintendos thing now on?

That is to always be "behind" one generation performance wise.

[Vinci]

Will it have a knob on the front to adjust the tracking?

540 - 720 - 1080

You get to choose.

EDIT: Could help with screen tearing as well.

[Kard8p3]

Wow, if Pachter was right, you guys are going to eat so much

Thing is on the gametrailers show bonus round he said he no longer believes it to be coming. So if it comes now after he's changed his mind he still gets no credit.

[painful fart]

(They don't say it directly in the article, but I am pretty sure the logo is not real. They made it just to go with the article. ) The journalist from gameblog.fr are on a leash recently. After implying that they already saw Metal Gear Solid Rising running at Kojima productions, and leaking Mizuguchi's next game code name (Child of Eden), they are now affirming that Nintendo's next console will be called Wii HiFi. According to what game developers told them, it will be announced at the right end of Nintendo's E3 conference, and it is planned to release around November 2011. Here are the details that have leaked so far: It should be on par with the 360 It should not be called Wii 2 but Wii HiFi It will be very online-oriented this time Community aspects will be a big component It should be out around November 2011 They don't know how much Nintendo will be showing at E3 though: just the name? Maybe the design? The controller? So what do you guys think? Isn't it too early to show it if they plan on releasing in November 2011? Source: http://www.gameblog.fr/news_15992_e3...nnoncee-a-l-e3

I´d take this with a galaxy of salt. Why would they be in a hurry to announce their next console? They are still having the highest sales numbers of the current gen consoles.

[Fourth Storm]

Wow, if Pachter was right, you guys are going to eat so much

How would Pachter be right? He was saying it would simply be a WiiHD marginal upgrade(with, I'm assuming, scaling up to HD rather than natively rendering in it) and that it would be out this year! Any idiot could tell you that Nintendo would release another console 5/6 years later and that it would probably support HD resolutions.

On par with 360? So in other words, only some games will be in "High Definition". Not interested. I do hope it's the same architecture so Dolphin will be able to continue emulating any new Nintendo system

It was stated in an investors Q&A that games like Wii Fit don't necessarily need to be in HD and that it would just waste money. I don't see a problem with this philosophy.

[wRATH2x]

Oh wow Internet tough guy

Yes a joke obviously turns me into the e-thug to end all e-thugs.

[bluehat9]

I don't want to believe.

[Kilrogg]

so will this be nintendos thing now on? That is to always be "behind" one generation performance wise.

Well, thing is, if they end up becoming leaders every time they do that, then they're not "behind". They become the standard, and the others are seen as being high-end at best, overshooting at worst.

[anonymousAversa]

Someone was definitely Hi when they thought this up, be it the journalist or the Nintendo executives.

love it :lol :lol :lol

[DeathbyVolcano]

Why haven't we gotten any pictures of the convention center being set up yet? I thought that shit was, like, part of every PrE-3 weekend.

[wRATH2x]

Super Wii = Good! Hi-Fi = Fake and gay.

If you are really put off by anything that's "gay", then why are you playing around with the Wiimote?

[Blueblur1]

Why haven't we gotten any pictures of the convention center being set up yet? I thought that shit was, like, part of every PrE-3 weekend.

This. I want to see booths and be spoiled.

[Nils]

Chris Kohler is reporting that Nintendo will have a developer roundtable on tuesday at 6PM, the same event we got Smash Brothers, Zelda announcement, and Pikmin 3.

The "Pikmin conference" as I recall was boring as hell and Pikmin was only brought up in a "yeah yeah sure, you'll get your Pikmins too at some point, now shut up" fashion after Kohler(?) got too pissed off by the inanity of the conference and fired the Pikmin question.

[blazinglazers]

Grandmas know that 'Hi-Fi' means quality electronics.

Fun for them and their grandkids, now with 'internet.'

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Grey ocean = this will sell.

[[Nintex]]

Hey three new mods, there's a fish over here in this barrel.

Oh shit, he should do a barrel roll

[Dupy]

This. I want to see booths and be spoiled.

Was wondering about this too. Isn't it around this time that we knew about New Super Mario Bros. Wii?

[Mikey Jr.]

How would Pachter be right? He was saying it would simply be a WiiHD marginal upgrade(with, I'm assuming, scaling up to HD rather than natively rendering in it) and that it would be out this year! Any idiot could tell you that Nintendo would release another console 5/6 years later and that it would probably support HD resolutions.

Would the average Joe really predict another Wii console already? Also, I dont think he meant it was marginal. I think he meant an upgrade to match 360/ps3, which would not be marginal at all.

[Mako_Drug]

I´d take this with a galaxy of salt. Why would they be in a hurry to announce their next console? They are still having the highest sales numbers of the current gen consoles.

The name of the game is growth and declining sales, however high they be is like...the opposite of growth.

Besides, most people arn't going to by more than one Wii console. DS? Sure, one per kid no one cares but only one TV means Nintendo has to sell them something new to hook up to it.

[Oli]

There are four i's in that title. Which is pretty cool I guess.