Rumor: Wii 2 codenamed Project Café

[FireGrey]

I have no doubt there will be a "Wii 2" in 2012, but I certainly don't think it will be announced at E3. And I would like to remind people to take rumors with a grain of salt.

Rumors about the Wii that weren't true, reported by the gaming media:

-That it would have a touch screen controller
-That it would not have a d-pad or other traditional buttons
-That it would have a "projector" that projected the action in midair
-That it would have a "pressure sensitive" controller (similar to the back touch screen on the NGP, actually)
-That it would use HD-DVD
-That it would launch in March 2006
-That it would have a form of head tracking where you could view the action from different perspectives by moving around the room

I didn't make any of these up, and in fact you can still even find them online, for instance here at Gamepro from June 2005.

You can't say the whole thing is fake because of some fake rumours...

 

[Sterling]

I have no doubt there will be a "Wii 2" in 2012, but I certainly don't think it will be announced at E3. And I would like to remind people to take rumors with a grain of salt.

Rumors about the Wii that weren't true, reported by the gaming media:

-That it would have a touch screen controller
-That it would not have a d-pad or other traditional buttons
-That it would have a "projector" that projected the action in midair
-That it would have a "pressure sensitive" controller (similar to the back touch screen on the NGP, actually)
-That it would use HD-DVD
-That it would launch in March 2006
-That it would have a form of head tracking where you could view the action from different perspectives by moving around the room

I didn't make any of these up, and in fact you can still even find them online, for instance here at Gamepro from June 2005.

You can't say the whole thing is fake because of some fake rumours...

He's just saying that rumors can and will be outlandish.

 

[KingVamp]

Yea,but a regularly touch screen not 6'', but maybe like 3''-3.5''(?) would make sense.

 

[VashTS]

i hope they make the controller have some type of mouse function, that would be sweeet for fps.

heres looking to e3, lets see what nintendo lets us in on. cafe is an ugly code name for a system.

 

[cwstjdenobs]

sounds like a stretched out ps2 controller with touch screen in middle

Well the PS and 360 pads are just SNES pads with analogue...

 

[jerome27]

The best part is the damn thing doesn't use blew ray.

Blew ray is a still born format.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

The best part is the damn thing doesn't use blew ray.

Blew ray is a still born format.

I'm pretty sure that's HD DVD. Bluray seems to be the norm for movies nowadays, transitioning from DVD to Bluray.

 

[tommzy2]

PS4 = 5 ghz processor, 6 fans, 2gb graphics, 1tb hdd, support 2160p resolution (if that exists)
media = 500 gb bluray dual layer discs, online store

shits all over everything.

(my speculation

 

[muckers]

The best part is the damn thing doesn't use blew ray.

Blew ray is a still born format.

I'm pretty sure that's HD DVD. Bluray seems to be the norm for movies nowadays, transitioning from DVD to Bluray.

Ding.

HD-DVD has been a dead format for years, which is why Microsoft only supported it with an external drive rather than built into the Xbox 360 - they were playing it safe.

 

[BlueStar]

The best part is the damn thing doesn't use blew ray.

Blew ray is a still born format.

I'm pretty sure that's HD DVD. Bluray seems to be the norm for movies nowadays, transitioning from DVD to Bluray.

Ding.

HD-DVD has been a dead format for years, which is why Microsoft only supported it with an external drive rather than built into the Xbox 360 - they were playing it safe.

I don't think he meant 'dead compared to HD-DVD'. Blu-ray is not going to have a lifespan that's even a fraction of that of VHS or DVD, I doubt it'll become even half as ubiquitous as the DVD format before it's forced out of the market by digital distribution and Bluray films go in the bargain bin with HD-DVD, UMDs and laserdiscs. The transition will be half-complete at best, with most people skipping it. I still don't know a single person with a Bluray player that isn't a PS3.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Just responding to some points made in this thread:

Touch Screen? Camera? LOL SO RIDICULOUS! It will never work.
The same was said about the features for the Wii. Now it's the best selling current-gen console as of right now.


Touch screens work a hell of a lot better than a controller for FPS!
Every tried to play an FPS on the DS? I'd rather have my standard controller, thanks.


Now, I'm wondering if the camera will be used for anything else. It would be kind of neat to see Augmented Reality games come to a home console.

 

[Law]

touch screens are great for people who can't actually aim, because all they need to do is tap the guy on the screen to kill him.

 

[Eerpow]

What if the screen is 6 cm?
Seems like a heck of a lot more plausible than the 6'' beast that's being rumored, I mean how would you hold that thing?

 

[Juanmatron]

Project Café = Project Fake

 

[Y05h1]

For all those skeptics thinking 6 inches is too large... it really isn't.

There's no reason a controller couldn't be significantly wider, whilst still being comfortable. The only argument against it would be price... but Nintendo can probably get pretty cheap LCDs. The thing doesn't even need to crunch too many numbers, it is just streaming from the console...

So it might still be at a 60-80 dollar range, not over 100. 70 would seem plausible, and I would be willing to pay as much.

 

[KingVamp]

Specially when the psp, psp2 and I'm sure the XL is around that size.

So conformable the XL.