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Sit back, grab a cup of Hot Coffee, and discuss any and all rumors pertaining to Nintendo's Project Cafe leading up to its reveal at E3 2011.
Credible Rumors:
- New console using a R700 AMD GPU [CVG]
- Also using a TriCore PPC similar to the one in X360 [CVG]
- Minimum of 512MB RAM [CVG]
- 25GB Optical Disc & 8GB of on-board flash [Kotaku]
- No built-in HDD included, SD card dependent [Kotaku]
- Controller has a 6.2" touchscreen on it [Kotaku]
- Controller also has the standard set of controls & buttons (d-pad, dual analog, 4 face buttons, 2 shoulders & 2 triggers) [Kotaku]
- Controller also has a camera & gyros/accelerometers [Joystiq]
- Backwards compatible with Wiimote
- More powerful than PS360 (significantly or just a tad bit is undefined) [Game Informer/IGN]
- Production starts as early as October 2011 [Fudzilla]
Reasonable Rumors:
- Devs have had dev kits since sometime last year (just after E3 2010) [Edge]
- Rockstar has something to show (GTA V?) & so does Retro (DKCR2?) [01net][Fudzilla]
- Possible name for system is Stream [IGN]
- $350-$450 price point [IGN]
- Optical Disc is Blu-ray based [Blu-ray.com]
- Launch date June 2012 [01net]
- No Friend Codes [1UP]
- IR sensors in the controller
- Size of original X360 & resembles modern SNES [IGN]
- Backwards compatible with Wii, GameCube [My Nintendo News]
Wild Rumors:
- Console to be called "Nintendo" [GameInformer]
- Trackpad on back of controller [Juegos DB]
- Haptics & Vitality Sensor built into controller [Loading]
- Retro's game is Eternal Darkness 2 [Zelda Informer]
Things Confirmed:
- Nintendo to work with an outside company to help build better online [Wired]
- System will support High Definition graphics (1080p assumed)
- System will not launch on or before March 31st, 2012 [NCL]
Thanks to BMF and BlackNMild2k1 for compiling this list of rumors. Sources will be included where available. Updates will be added to this OP.
Nintendo's official E3 2011 site
Countdown to the Nintendo's E3 Media Presentation
Previous Project Cafe thread
Two Project Cafe threads ago
Mod Update
- New console using a R700 AMD GPU [CVG]
- Also using a TriCore PPC similar to the one in X360 [CVG]
- Minimum of 512MB RAM [CVG]
- 25GB Optical Disc & 8GB of on-board flash [Kotaku]
- No built-in HDD included, SD card dependent [Kotaku]
- Controller has a 6.2" touchscreen on it [Kotaku]
- Controller also has the standard set of controls & buttons (d-pad, dual analog, 4 face buttons, 2 shoulders & 2 triggers) [Kotaku]
- Controller also has a camera & gyros/accelerometers [Joystiq]
- Backwards compatible with Wiimote
- More powerful than PS360 (significantly or just a tad bit is undefined) [Game Informer/IGN]
- Production starts as early as October 2011 [Fudzilla]
- Devs have had dev kits since sometime last year (just after E3 2010) [Edge]
- Rockstar has something to show (GTA V?) & so does Retro (DKCR2?) [01net][Fudzilla]
- Possible name for system is Stream [IGN]
- $350-$450 price point [IGN]
- Optical Disc is Blu-ray based [Blu-ray.com]
- Launch date June 2012 [01net]
- No Friend Codes [1UP]
- IR sensors in the controller
- Size of original X360 & resembles modern SNES [IGN]
- Backwards compatible with Wii, GameCube [My Nintendo News]
- Console to be called "Nintendo" [GameInformer]
- Trackpad on back of controller [Juegos DB]
- Haptics & Vitality Sensor built into controller [Loading]
- Retro's game is Eternal Darkness 2 [Zelda Informer]
- Nintendo to work with an outside company to help build better online [Wired]
- Nintendo working closely with 3rd parties to bring games to Nintendo platforms.Satoru Iwata said:In the field of networks in particular, however, I admit that we cannot do business in pace with the changes in the world and the requests from consumers only within our company and with development companies we have long been in touch with. I am not sure which term suits us as collaborations for this purpose, [mergers and acquisitions] or partnership.
- System will support High Definition graphics (1080p assumed)
- System will not launch on or before March 31st, 2012 [NCL]
Thanks to BMF and BlackNMild2k1 for compiling this list of rumors. Sources will be included where available. Updates will be added to this OP.
Nintendo's official E3 2011 site
Countdown to the Nintendo's E3 Media Presentation
Previous Project Cafe thread
Two Project Cafe threads ago
Mod Update
Amir0x said:Any discussion of or links to Emily Rogers blog and her rumours will result in a ban. She has forged and leaked about a hundred different false rumours and documents at this point and she tried to diss neoGAF for calling her on it. This is not up for discussion.