3DS games as well as the games created for this enhanced 3DS platform could be streamed to the Wii U for large TV play, similar to the Gameboy player. Would be great for Smash 4 and the new Pokemon games.
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IGN Rumor: Nintendo Revealing New Hardware at E3 [Up: MCV + Videogamer]
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3DS games as well as the games created for this enhanced 3DS platform could be streamed to the Wii U for large TV play, similar to the Gameboy player. Would be great for Smash 4 and the new Pokemon games.
Screamapillar
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Next gen handheld probably near-finalized but being kept secret til next year. Nintendo doesn't want to miss out on full-on 3DS holiday sales this year, with Smash Bros. being on a handheld and all. Announcing a 3DS successor this year could only hurt 3DS. One year too soon for that.
Everyone is assuming it could be QOL, but that seems most unlikely, given that E3 is all about AAA hardcore console and handheld games and making the biggest splash. QOL seems like a better fit for a smaller-scale "Nintendo World" event or something like that, like they used to do with Space World before opting to do multi-vendor trade shows. Nintendo at E3 is gonna be all about Smash, 3DS, some first-party surprises, and most of all, Zelda Wii U. I think for software surprises, of which there are always a handful, I think an HD port of Dark Moon seems pretty likely. Mario Party for Wii U has got to be coming at some point. I think on the digital front, N64 games seem like a no-brainer here at some point. Maybe even with a little work done on them, like an HD Paper Mario or something like that. It's been long enough since the last home console Paper Mario that something ought to be coming down the pipe.
A revised Wii U model seems most likely. Smaller, higher storage capacity, cheaper? $249, reduced GamePad size, better battery in GamePad. Something like that.
If we're just throwing anything out there, then maybe a 3DS Player accessory for Wii U? That would sell some Wii Us.
Everyone is assuming it could be QOL, but that seems most unlikely, given that E3 is all about AAA hardcore console and handheld games and making the biggest splash. QOL seems like a better fit for a smaller-scale "Nintendo World" event or something like that, like they used to do with Space World before opting to do multi-vendor trade shows. Nintendo at E3 is gonna be all about Smash, 3DS, some first-party surprises, and most of all, Zelda Wii U. I think for software surprises, of which there are always a handful, I think an HD port of Dark Moon seems pretty likely. Mario Party for Wii U has got to be coming at some point. I think on the digital front, N64 games seem like a no-brainer here at some point. Maybe even with a little work done on them, like an HD Paper Mario or something like that. It's been long enough since the last home console Paper Mario that something ought to be coming down the pipe.
A revised Wii U model seems most likely. Smaller, higher storage capacity, cheaper? $249, reduced GamePad size, better battery in GamePad. Something like that.
If we're just throwing anything out there, then maybe a 3DS Player accessory for Wii U? That would sell some Wii Us.
Doesn't matter if it's more powerful, everyone will just hate it because it is purple.
outunderthestars
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McHuj
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Oops, I missed that then. That's too bad then.
MaximoffZero
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I think that Nintendo could really pull this off - A budget console ala the Ouya or FireTV, but with actually good games.
Mango The Magician
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I just did, and I'm still not seeing anything that could stand as factual information, just a lot of hearsay.
Natureboy99
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What would Nintendo Devs do with that much power? They are still learning last gen tech and haven't topped PS3's best games. Console power isnt their problem. It's now developer talent that they lack, at least on the graphics front.
ArchedThunder
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Not really. They could also do a lot of price deals and the next handheld likely won't be backwards compatible so people would still need to buy a 3DS to play those games.
MemoryHumanity
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That's the worst idea I've ever heard.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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That's usually where rumors come from.
boyshine
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I've been thinking about this ever since Nintendo said that a second GamePad would be coming, and considering how a potential $150 controller could sell - even if bundled with a game. And I always come back to the same conclusion: GamePad Plus. A GamePad that has double functionality, both as a second GamePad for multiplayer and a separate portable unit for Miiverse, Virtual Console and compatible eShop titles on the go.
PantherLotus
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Worst case: what's the one thing none of us want but Nintendo insists on?
Best case: Wii-Uculous Rift googles or something
Best case: Wii-Uculous Rift googles or something
Hip Hop
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No controller, no AC adapter, and no HDMI cable.
BinaryPork2737
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Please don't turn this into a console war. Please.
Yeah, that's what I think it is.
My 'safe' bets have been QoL launch in 2015, new handheld in holiday 2016, new console in holiday 2017. Now since Iwata has talked about wanting to be able to port between handheld and console with shared architecture to improve their lineups they could always release the handheld and console around the same time (meaning both in 2016, a Q1 and Q4 situation, same with Q4 2016 and Q1 2017) and just have a 'Portable" edition and a 'Home' edition or something like that -- but either way I don't see a proper Nintendo game machine coming until 2016.
That means if my release guesses are right, that we should get a QoL reveal this year (whether they want to do it at E3 or not is up to them), the handheld reveal next year and the console probably talked about with the handheld (if they're going with similar architecture they'll want to discuss it when they show the handheld) but properly revealed in 2016.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
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digoutyoursoul
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Another gimmick
Rizsparky
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This, I feel we have a few more years from the current systems.
Because the Quality of Life platform should be unveiled sometimes in 2014 and launch in 2015.
mentallyinept
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They talked about adding QOL as another major part of their business during the last investor meeting, how they are going to accomplish that is a mystery at this point.
Fourth Storm
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It's got to be QoL. It's not too early for a new 3DS technologically speaking, but Iwata just said that it's a profit-generating platform for them. They'll ride it out at least another year. Then again, with that patent that just surfaced...if they are using that modular approach, they will probably release sooner than later in order to be first to market with such an idea.
BRocknRolla
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This is what I'm hoping too. Something that's actually up with the times (Power, software OS, and back-end infrastructure).
It will have a lot of "cross-buy" features and pairing with the Wii U to build a strong software library. And it will pair perfectly with Nintendo's next console; a controller-less box that integrates with the handheld to make a truly hybrid console-mobile experience.
I can dream...
I'm sure it's QoL BS that will just make me further despair about the state of Nintendo
I'm sure it's QoL BS that will just make me further despair about the state of Nintendo
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Rösti
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Your questions are answered here: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/140130/index.html
Uncle Rupee
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Why would they show the QoL platform when they are trying to distance it from their main (game) business? Unless they really are trying to squeeze the QoL thing in as a "third pillar".
outunderthestars
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Not sure if they would unveil that at E3 though. Seems like the kind of location and time that would lead to immidiate backlash and mocking.
Screamapillar
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Backward compatibility or not, successors being announced always bring previous gen systems to a speedy conclusion sales-wise.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Is that a peripheral for the Nintendo DS(NDS)???
Aaronrules380
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I feel like relying on stuff like cross buy and a "portable console experience" is exactly why the Vita has done so much worse than the 3DS
Sounds kinda German.
MaximoffZero
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And still a better name than Wii U!
OnionPowder
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It's about time for a new handheld. 4 years of 3DS February 2015. Time for the 4DS
no fancy packaging, sold in egg carton material, no manual and no power lead.
Hip Hop
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That thought came into my mind as well when I first saw this. lol
tauroxd
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No console.
He's basically a troll/fanboy.
I know, I love this time of year.
A 3DSi (3DS U) wouldn't be a 3DS replacement. It would be like like the DSi, fully functioning 3DS, with added features for new games that support new the hardware. The new Pokemon, for example, could feature a larger world. Can still play 3DS games, so Nintendo would only profit.
Either way, if there's a console that desprately needs a redesign it's the OG 3DS. Something slim with a nice design, it doesn't even need to have new features.
Either way, if there's a console that desprately needs a redesign it's the OG 3DS. Something slim with a nice design, it doesn't even need to have new features.
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