Don't forget Nintendo not supporting it because it'd clearly be rushed.
Sigh, this whole situation is ridiculous.
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IGN Rumor: Nintendo Revealing New Hardware at E3 [Up: MCV + Videogamer]
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Don't forget Nintendo not supporting it because it'd clearly be rushed.
Sigh, this whole situation is ridiculous.
So you would pay at list $399 for a Nintendo console while you don't like Nintendo games anymore? Why?
Graphics Horse
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At least a new console announcement would put an end to the silly theories about them bringing out an overclocked PS4.
Portable overclocked PS4, backwards compatible with Wii U and 3DS, sub-$400, runs SteamOS
Graphics Horse
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There's zero details apart from Videogamer linking it to nonsense specs.
Now... Iwata has talked openly that they are working on a 'brother and sister' next gen handheld and console, so it could be that something from this strategy gets announced, but it will be a coincidence if it matches any of that Fusion rubbish.
Bill Rizer
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Nintendo never discard anything. They will obviously sell them us rebranded, eventually at ductaped pairs like they did with Wii/Gc.
Joking aside, iirc Nintendo declared interest in building upon WiiU's architecture for they future hardware convergence plans. What we could see this year could be the portable machine, hardware/software unveiling with next spring launch, which would make a lot of sense to me. Home machine launching Xmas 2015 would make sense too, imho.
Graphics Horse
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It's Nintendo's first foray into the Off Topic section of Neogaf.
the future.
Oh so it's going to be some sort of gimmicky add-on ala Wii Fit and not an actual console?
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Zeyphersan
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No one knows what it is.
Sir_Crocodile
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here there be dragons
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Graphics Horse
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It'll be seperate from a game system whatever it is, but not an add-on. Think balance board that doesn't need a Wii, but not that either.
The rumour is not necessarily anything to do with QoL though, I think it might be a bit to early for that.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Elitist.
It's not a next gen successor becauce if it was we'd have a press release statement by now just like with 3DS and Wii U. It said "at E3 we will reveal our next handheld/console" and contained the famous line "to whom it may concern" lol. It's likely a revision or a peripheral but could also be an early look at QoL.
www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100323e.pdf
http://kotaku.com/5795241/nintendo-confirms-wii-successor
www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100323e.pdf
http://kotaku.com/5795241/nintendo-confirms-wii-successor
im not about that life style
This. And last time I checked, people bought consoles for games, especially on the Wii U, so of course every Wii U owner would buy a new console day 1.
Zeyphersan
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Investor meeting on Thursday, who knows what's going to happen!!
Orniletter
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Does anyone remember the Pokemon mini ?
I could see Nintendo making something similar again, just with NFC figures as ....analogue sticks ? Like the recent patent suggested.
I could see Nintendo making something similar again, just with NFC figures as ....analogue sticks ? Like the recent patent suggested.
Graphics Horse
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Please wait until the end of the week, this year's financial briefing hasn't happened yet.
Sir_Crocodile
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I would buy such a device
(edited because it seems that I am misunderstood)
What games will be available on a console announced at E3 and launched in the next year?
If we do see something I think revisions are highly likely. However I don' think finally seeing the QoL items are out of the question. I've always thought it could very well be more game focused then one assumed. It being a third pillar situation the way the DS was originally billed between the home console and the GBA at the time.
It will be interesting to see if any of this pans out though.
It will be interesting to see if any of this pans out though.
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qizah
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Watch these journalists just riding off of one another's "sources" as proof and at E3 nothing happens because lolgamejournalism.
I honestly don't understand there are people who think this'll be a successor to the Wii U. In the long term, they're only going to fuck themselves. They should just ride this train wreck until Sony and Microsoft announce theirs. And then announce an equally powerful console, if not a little more powerful, to pull back the third party support.
That being said, I hope it's QOL related. Or better yet, just a fake rumour all together. I just bought a 3DS XL a month or two ago, so this would be terrible timing, haha. Of course I'm just being selfish here.
That being said, I hope it's QOL related. Or better yet, just a fake rumour all together. I just bought a 3DS XL a month or two ago, so this would be terrible timing, haha. Of course I'm just being selfish here.
Crimson_Fate
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I didn't buy a PS4 to play PS4 Exclusives . I bought it to play 3rd party games (which are going to be 99% of my purchases) in the best possible resolution and frame rate, I like Nintendo games just fine but not enough to purchase a console for them. The same reason I jumped from the 360 and will not own an XB1 this generation.
If Nintendo released console hardware which rivaled the PS4 then the 3rd party support would be there and you better believe that I would pay $399 day 1 for it
Man-is-Obsolete
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I doubt it is a new handheld or console, my prediction would be either;
1. Pokemon in the style of Skylanders. Nintendo has said they want to explore NFC options, and Pokemon is the perfect brand. They could even have a battle mode where someone could bring over their Pokemon and challenge yours.
2. Quality of Life - don't know how they'll do it, but they felt it was important enough to bring it up to investors.
3. Hardware revision to the Wii U. The cost has to come down and a great way to do that is to revise the console itself. Doesn't even have to be an commission of the Gamepad, though that would certainly help. if they could release a new version of the Wii U and get it to $199 combined with great new software, then they would be on the road to recovery, just many many miles behind where they want to be.
1. Pokemon in the style of Skylanders. Nintendo has said they want to explore NFC options, and Pokemon is the perfect brand. They could even have a battle mode where someone could bring over their Pokemon and challenge yours.
2. Quality of Life - don't know how they'll do it, but they felt it was important enough to bring it up to investors.
3. Hardware revision to the Wii U. The cost has to come down and a great way to do that is to revise the console itself. Doesn't even have to be an commission of the Gamepad, though that would certainly help. if they could release a new version of the Wii U and get it to $199 combined with great new software, then they would be on the road to recovery, just many many miles behind where they want to be.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Announcing a new console this early is suicide. The people that stuck with the Wii U get burnt and won't buy it, the people that avoided the Wii U will hold back even harder because they know if it does badly Nintendo will just kill it.
So it would need to be better than PS4, as if it's on par or lower what's the point? And why don't you just buy a PC, if that's you criteria?
Why? What guarantees that? What guarantee do the 3rd parties have that their game will sell on a new Nintendo hardware?
Try reading the OP. IGN talked about it but they never published this so they aren't getting clicks to any article talking about this.
Nintendo won't redesign the WiiU so all the hardware is in the tablet controller as you suggest in the second idea. The heat this device would be putting out would be harsh and connecting a tablet to your TV and wall socket to keep it running would probably be too off putting to risk selling such a device to users. Nintendo tries to make console gaming as comfortable as possible and this would have the opposite effect.
I do agree with your first idea that they'll make a new handheld. It won't be as powerful as the Wii U due to portability constraints but I think it will be designed to act as a replacement for the tablet controller and Nintendo will begin to sell a skew with out the gamepad on the assumption that this new handheld will be popular enough that everyone will still have the ability to use the second screen for future TV scale games.
With this skew they will drop the price by $80.
nrvalleytime
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Oh you.
It's fine if you don't like the Wii U. But don't act like it doesn't have any great software. That's an ignorant point-of-view.
Would love it if they came out and said in a really humble voice "we tested the market with the Wii U but what we didn't tell you is this was just a test bed for new ideas here is the real next gen console (12GB GDDR5, Core I5 equivalent, DX12+ Graphics card)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvRsl4rEM#t=42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvRsl4rEM#t=42
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You rushed. I asked what games will be there for a new console announced now at E3 and launching in the next year. I have a Wii U since launch and I love it.
Man-is-Obsolete
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They would still need to develop and manufacture the figures though. In a skewed way that could count as hardware.
It really isn't this simple. There are several reasons why Nintendo doesn't get third part support, hardware capability isn't the only one.
Graphics Horse
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Well, yeah but that patent was also for a new system with support for skylander type things so it could be both.
Spieler Eins
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Can't wait to finally get 3DS: Good battery Edition before Monster Hunter 4 comes out.
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