Nikkei: Project Cafe includes 6" touchscreen, camera

[Bladexdsl]

What would really be smart is to design a home console that doubles as a portable. Not a controller that doubles as a portable.

it's already like that the whole console is portable you can unplug it and take it with you and use the controller as a tv.

 

[gloweyjoey]

Iwata also said this

Whenever we make a new game console, we've done it without throwing away buttons and the directional pad... The reason for that it's better to have them, because buttons and directional pads benefit gameplay response... Taking this into account... Nintendo isn't planning on completely ditching buttons, nor is Nintendo thinking of taking tablets as they are today and implementing them in a game console.

In the article Feels Good Man posted, Iwata is also quoted saying "...this is only when we consider tablets as game devices and, for other purposes, I think tablets are very interesting, and they are a form of hardware that will continue to grow."

This controller might be more of a move towards competition with iOS. I don't see the controllers being like a 3Ds at all. I'm seeing more like a cheaply made iPod touch with buttons and maybe a camera, which wouldnt make the cost too much higher as webcams now a days can be purchased for less than $10.

also, I know a lot of people are saying the camera is pointless, and yeah we might think so, but to developers it is another tool that can be utilized for software development. Personally, I probably wouldn't use it, but to others it might be fun for different software.

also here is the full Q&A with Iwata on tablets and iOS competition

 

[Deleted member 473940]

What would really be smart is to design a home console that doubles as a portable. Not a controller that doubles as a portable.

it's already like that the whole console is portable you can unplug it and take it with you and use the controller as a tv.

Now that you mention it, this is actually good in a way.
The generation of portable console(not handheld). We take our consoles with us everywhere, and all we need to play is.. power source and controller!

.

Just hope the price isnt too high, and it has a decent screen!

 

[SamAsh07]

No no, you all got it wrong, what if Project Cafe IS actually a 3DS related news (Maybe an online hub where we all can finally chat and socialize with one another? Thus the name Cafe) or some game and there is no new home console by Nintendo at E3 2011??

Seriously people take a name and start speculations on it, I don't trust Nikkei or any site because nowadays, spreading false news is a click away, rumor starts with the name Project Cafe and builds up to the expectation of a new console, Nintendo admit there is a home console in development and straight away people jump into the wagon and start chanting "NEW CONSOLE NEW CONSOLE IS COMING"

Ok I know I'm expecting a home console announcement too but the name "Project Cafe" can be anything....remember last years "Project Sora"? Of course you do, it was some sort of team with their first game as Kid Icarus Uprising.

 

[Bladexdsl]

it's a new home console it's not fake

 

[Feels Good Man]

No no, you all got it wrong, what if Project Cafe IS actually a 3DS related news (Maybe an online hub where we all can finally chat and socialize with one another? Thus the name Cafe) or some game and there is no new home console by Nintendo at E3 2011??

Seriously people take a name and start speculations on it, I don't trust Nikkei or any site because nowadays, spreading false news is a click away, rumor starts with the name Project Cafe and builds up to the expectation of a new console, Nintendo admit there is a home console in development and straight away people jump into the wagon and start chanting "NEW CONSOLE NEW CONSOLE IS COMING"

Ok I know I'm expecting a home console announcement too but the name "Project Cafe" can be anything....remember last years "Project Sora"? Of course you do, it was some sort of team with their first game as Kid Icarus Uprising.

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

 

[SamAsh07]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

 

[machomuu]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Neither will I.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Well, for all we care, this screen controller could be optional?
Like Classic controller for the Wii.
Could be a special add on for the Console?
Anyway.. tuesday

?

 

[machomuu]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Well, for all we care, this screen controller could be optional?
Like Classic controller for the Wii.
Could be a special add on for the Console?
Anyway.. tuesday

?

So basically a peripheral. That wouldn't be too bad.

 

[gloweyjoey]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Nintendo press release @ April 2011

To whom it may concern: Re: Wii’s successor system

Nintendo Co., Ltd. has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii, which the company has sold 86.01 million units on a consolidated shipment basis between its launch in 2006 and the end of March 2011.

We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles.

Sales of this new system have not been included in the financial forecasts announced today for the fiscal term ending March 2012.

April 25, 2011

You are right, they didn't say the new console was 'project cafe' or anything else about it for that matter, so pretty much everything's up in the air until Tuesday

 

[SamAsh07]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Well, for all we care, this screen controller could be optional?
Like Classic controller for the Wii.
Could be a special add on for the Console?
Anyway.. tuesday

?

So basically a peripheral. That wouldn't be too bad.

Tuesday it is.

Oh shit wait, no, Monday first!! I want that Pokedex!! Then Tuesday it is.

 

[heartgold]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Well, for all we care, this screen controller could be optional?
Like Classic controller for the Wii.
Could be a special add on for the Console?
Anyway.. tuesday

?

So basically a peripheral. That wouldn't be too bad.

Tuesday it is.

Oh shit wait, no, Monday first!! I want that Pokedex!! Then Tuesday it is.

Yeah baby i want that pokedex toooo.

anyway i'm loving what i'm hearing

 

[Deleted member 473940]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Well, for all we care, this screen controller could be optional?
Like Classic controller for the Wii.
Could be a special add on for the Console?
Anyway.. tuesday

?

So basically a peripheral. That wouldn't be too bad.

Tuesday it is.

Oh shit wait, no, Monday first!! I want that Pokedex!! Then Tuesday it is.

Yeah baby i want that pokedex toooo.

anyway i'm loving what i'm hearing

Bruv, you turning gay after being single? lol
yeah i forgot about pokedex on monday lol.

Also, looking forward to NGP!

 

[Bladexdsl]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Neither will I.

well believe it cos it's real.

 

[SamAsh07]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Neither will I.

well believe it cos it's real.

Make me.

 

[heartgold]

@Tanveer: haha I wasn't directing at him, I love my pocket monster stuff lol I need a chick however I'm turning insane blad.

 

[Bladexdsl]

I'm preeeetty sure there was a press release where it said that Project Cafe was the Wii successor

Maybe there was, but I still won't believe the screen part

Nope.

Neither will I.

well believe it cos it's real.

Make me.

look at this

notice how it has an antenna there's also a slot on the back you plug in to charge the internal battery so you can use it portable. the controller is the TV when this happens. you'll see in 3 days.

 

[SamAsh07]

Those plugs could be the slots of AV Cables, Power Cables and so on, I don't see a plug to charge battery so your point is invalid, anyways I'm off to sleep, catch you all tomorrow morning

'Nite. The Antenna will most probably be the StreetPass function of the console.

 

[Bladexdsl]

why the hell would it have street pass it's a console not a 3ds