New Nintendo Console?
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http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1161875p1.html
http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1162045p1.html
Not sure how much truth there is to this, but it would be interesting to see Nintendo contend for the hardcore market.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1162045p1.html
Not sure how much truth there is to this, but it would be interesting to see Nintendo contend for the hardcore market.
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Nintendo = Hardcore
Does not compute!
I find this quote a little weird: "Nintendo's intent is to recapture the hardcore market"
... Did Nintendo EVER have the hardcore market? Sure, I mean, some of the games on the NES and SNES were pretty darn hardcore, but there wasn't much to compare against.
Also - sounds expensive.
Yea this "touch sensation" is a great way to get sick fast if that is the case, oh you just coughed all over the "controller's screen" at my party no problem pass me the controller next, I can't wait!
Any game news is good news to me though.
Meaning no F-Zero, no Star Fox, no Pikmin.
And even in the ones they released the amount of games was still pretty low, especially in comparison to the N64, and less then the Gamecube.
Either way I'm just going to wait up until they actually release the things rather then listen to rumors. But with a name like Project Cafe it's a little tough imaging it's supposed to be for hardcore gamers.
Although if that touch screen portion acts anything like those memory cards from the dreamcast I could see it being pretty cool.
The next Nintendo console will be named something witty and after another body part (most likely the Jiingles).
It's going to be a 'last generation console' when compared to the newer market and consoles coming out (always playing sloppy seconds I guess, I guess they're into the entire facial market)
It's going to be slightly more expensive than the first generation Wii, but will still be making profit for Nintendo (even if everyone will say "But it's cheaper then XYZ!", only then to say "I wish I waited for a price cut").
It's going to have some fancy smashup tech inside, such as vibrating glass controller which astrally projects in your mind and has biosensors for eye detection (either that, or they will create a new FEEDBACK system so I can feel something when playing it!).
They'll make your same cake cut games in IP (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Smash Bros and maybe revive an actually GOOD fucking OLD gamer to which they'll defile the corpse, because lets face it, Necrophila with a Plumber, Elf and Space Girl is so ever hot).
And till we get some ACTUAL INFORMATION from Nintendo themselves, we'll get many 'leaked' information which makes my diarrhea look pretty, and with 'leaked' footage of said console, using having a cat in tinfoil hat being stuffed inside a toaster.
You're welcome.
They also need to lose the whole friend code system, the 3DS made the jump of it tied to the system, not they need to make the jump of untying it from the system, or do away with the random numbers altogether.
For those saying its a germ magnet or you don't want dirty fingers on it... How is it any different than a regular controller? You are touching them with bare hands any ways so you won't get any more sick than you would with a regular controller.
Boom that's the only way this will be for hardcore gamers, damn It the cats out the bag now.
And that's all I care about.
The N64 and GC would have been considered proper consoles... and the GC is still one of the best consoles out there of all time, the gems on that system...
I hope this new console is GC compatible as well, dying to finally play Wind Waker in HD!
hell yeah
The Wii is slightly faster than the first xbox.
So it's reasonable to expect that their new console would be slightly faster than the currently 5 year old console generation.
Andreas: I don't think nintendo really had a shovelware philosophy. Deciding to have a console that was super cheap to develop for (compared to xbox360 and ps3) pretty much drew those people in. I really hope that doesn't happen again too.
I feel like they're going to release a console that is capable of crysis 2 visuals, and then a year or two later, MS and Sony are going to release something capable of Epic's Samaritan demo, and we'll be in the exact same position we are now. It'll be a pain to port things to the nintendo console, and 3rd parties are going to get boned.
Have you seen the original PS3 dev kit?
That thing is like "Oh..hmm... where does the Zeppelin CD go?"
I haven't been excited for a nintendo game since Brawl, so probably not going to get excited over this.
Not to mention while it might be a bother for some it would work a lot on removing some interface clutter on the main screen and put it on the small screen, unless it just reprojects the big screen on the small screen. That would be a bummer.
haha. I like the 80's retro look tho... my old Sony stereo tower had this look
but it's still much nicer than the wii dev kit. We do have some PS3 debug stations which look similar (or maybe this is a debug station?). But the current devkit looks like the PS3 slim (nice!).
Seriously, a fucking screen? Really? I can't wait to see third party devs being forced to shoehorn some stupid function in for that shit to sell more, it'll be six-axis and waggle all over again.
Bleh. I never got a Wii, never will. I think I just want to think of Nintendo as that awesome company that vanished after the GameCube.
I think this ties well into the consoles are dying thread. Nintendo realizes if they don't suppliment their gaming with some sort of cool hardware their proprietary gaming device my vanish down the road.
Maybe they figure everyone else is already doing the powerful system stuff? I don't mind their experimentation, I think it can serve useful for the game industry. And I'm always up for some variety.
The controller itself (speculating if the posted controller design is like what they are really making) looks good as long as it doesn't end up being awkward to hold size wise. And the screen can serve a good use.
It tested well with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles as an inventory screen on the Gamecube, only drawback then was not many people had the Gamecube to GBA connector for each player. It also worked pretty well for Zelda 4 Swords when people would enter into buildings and whatnot. I could see it as a handy tool for action rpgs where going into your inventory doesn't freeze the gameplay.
Somewhat, though Wii took a step back by not having programmable shaders (Why something like Doom3 could be done on the original XBox but not Wii). Plus the xbox could do 720p/1080i.
this isnt exactly true, you can do programmable shaders and normal mapping on the wii, konami has done it, the conduit has normal maps as well. i have also worked on a few wii titles with shaders, mario galaxy has fresnel, and you have to program a shader to do that.
i am not saying its better than an xbox or anything because i have never personally worked on an xbox title, but i have written shaders for the wii, its just different, the wii uses a TEV (Texture Environment Unit), this is used for lighting and shading, and everything is custom, there is no shader model 2.0 or anything, problem is its way easier to not go out of your way to write custom code. the reason most wii games look like crap is lazy devs that are afraid to do any machine code and rely on api's to do everything for them.
I hope to Christ its not real.
http://www.slashgear.com/nintendo-confirms-wii-replacement-in-2012-preview-at-e3-2011-25148065/
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http://www.gamersmint.com/nintendos-new-console-officially-confirmed
lolwut? The gamecube controller most definitely did NOT have a screen. I have one right in front of me.
I don't think consoles will be dying anytime soon though. That theory comes from some mobile fanboy who needs to get his head out of his apps.
Still think the threat to major consoles is very real though, things happen fast this day and age. No one's saying consoles willl disappear in a year here. In 6 years? who knows.
What threat?, mobile gaming targets a whole other market, the nes didn't die when the gameboy came out, and the iphone most definately
Different experiences, different platforms, and the difference in being able to power a portable device and having to power another through an outlet.
Mock it all you want, the sales speak for themselves. As for Nintendo entering the hardcore market, I believe it's unlikely they intend to even compete head to head with Microsoft and Sony, I mean, why would they have to? They seem to be doing pretty well with their current market strategy.
Went looking around on the net for ref images (porn) and found a pic of this game running on PC (Wii Emulator). This looks really nice (well a little up in the textures, but the AA is awesome). I just want Nintendo to make a damn console that's not so niche. I did enjoy my Wii for a while, but I haven't played one since Dec 2008. And from the looks of it, I have not missed much.
Wii Native res VS HD res.
Here's a few more pics of Wii/Gamecube games running in HD:
Here's to hoping the next console is awesome.
Damn rite, I might now even buy any games for that actual platform! But I will be buying the Mario Galaxy games so I can see them how they should be seen. Also, Wind Waker! Boner!
No, none of those pics above have been modified like that. But injecting new textures into n64/gamecube/wii games is possible. Here's some examples of what you're talking about:
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holy shit!
i actually really wish my PS3 looked like that...
The wii was a massive fail game wise, although a huge marketing success; the Gamecube had some seriously gorgeous gems on there; but it was a severly underplayed console. The N64 was brilliant, but was overshadowed by the success of the PS1.
I seriously think they need another SNES wonder. Shitloads of quality 3rd party games, shitloads of quality 1st party games that aren't a total rehash from an older title (all the current Zelda's are still just feeding of the glorious corpses of Ocarina of Time & Wind Waker imho).
Weird ass controllers aside; this could be quite interesting imho.
But seeing that Nintendo made the first move, I'm also looking forward to Sony's and Microsoft's response!
this was not the original ps3 devkit, this was the one they sent out after the console launched, if you had the pleasure of working with the original its about the size of 3 of those stacked on top of each other.