Not really news, it's a given that they'd be working on their next console, they don't get paid to sit on their backsides...

I for one am pretty excited. Wonder what direction they're going in with this. Also, nice little subtext here: Miyamoto's run out of ideas for Wii. Wonder what he's working on now...

Remember seeing something about this a while back when the Wii took the world by storm. Because of comments about the graphics Nintendo said that the next one will have graphics along the lines of PS3 and Xbox.

Look forward to this new one, hope they give out more info soon

I read something in the Metro or London Paper about a headset that reads your brainwaves to control your actions on screen... I'm thinking something along those lines perhaps...?

Yeah, its pretty mucha giver that they're working on a new machine.

It'd just be nice this time if Nintendo went back to their roots and plumped for making for the most powerful machine on the market again, rather than one that barely is capable of running current gen games.

I feel a lot of multi-format publishers will feel that too as it held back the creative potentiala lot of 360 and PS3 games would have had.

...and lets not have stock issues this time.

Re: comment 4
Brain waves? Sorry kid,we're still in 2008 to my knowledge,time to get back to tthe future Mcfly!! Jesus just think of all the newspaper headlines! Stick to your Drums future boy!

@ Zildjian : you're dreaming, right ? ;-)

Have you not read stories / seen videos from TGS? Check the facts before speaking nonsense.

I mean there IS one mind controlled game existing already. Ok not sure if it uses exactly brain "waves" but brain something at least since you need to concentrate to do the stuff required on screen by thinking of doing the actions.

I saw people trying it (in a preetty long segment) and it appears to be hard game but looks like the develoepers of the head thingy and the game are getting there since it really works.

I'll look for the link to the video on GameSpot later when I can afford the time for it. (Not sure if they have it still on the site since it was shown in a live show.)

If they don't have head tracking this time they are stoopid. There are so many things you can do with the tech they have, I for one have made a game where you play with flaming torches, fun fun fun but I don't think it'd work as a mass release. Lots of death... but head tracking for sure.

You I liked the Wii but at first I was kind of dissapointed with it, I'll keep my attention the the new Xbox whenever it will come out.

I just bought a Wii, do I really have to buy a new one for the newer games coming out in the not-so-distant future? Ridiculous, even getting the Wii now is relatively rare.

re:9
Experiments,yep I think these tests go by that name.So I've got my money,where do I buy this "title"? Game? Comet?No Gamespot is where its all retailing at these days,apparently-thanks for the heads up!By the way what system do I use?360?PSX 3? Your Mom?

here's hoping it can demand more than the miniscule amount of playtime my wii's ever got.

Gathering dust is an understatement, it's practically buried in the stuff!

I think Nintendo are going to play this one very close to their chest as I don't believe this is a new machine. It will be an iteration, just like the core > premium > elite or the PS3 60 > 40 > 80gb etc.

It will have a bigger hardrive as they have said space is starting to be a problem and it may have a few other quirks but I don't see them reinventing the chip as that would screw over their current games and while they could make one and enable a backwards compatibility with the original Wii that would just bump up the price and its low cost was one of its biggest selling points.

Hope they can make enough of them.


But they won't.

on the wii 2 I seriously hope they dont be stuck on mario,zelda and metriod like they are on wii 1

I really hope that the Wii 2 will have a hard drive with at least 50gigs

Zildjian and Nintendude are correct in what they are saying with the 'mind control interface' there is allready alot of development gone on into this new technology and it is allready being used and developed into buisnesses and such things like robots and NASA. There also is allready a simple game made...
the device retails from about $50 retail price so it is not an expensive piece of technology, but revolutionary to say the least! there has been other mind control interfaces made in the past but such devices required a gel or liquid substance to be applied for the signals to be picked up by the sensor. the sensor used in this device is a patented sensor thet requires no liquids or gels, but just bare skin (no hair) such as the forhead to beable to control the device...
the company who has come up with tihs is 'NeuroSky'
...here is a link
http://www.neurosky.com/
well, i hope that cleared a few things up for some people out there... it will be interesting to see what developers come up with...

when i first saw this console i knew it was crap. everybody bought this because they thought, heck if friends come over we can have fun. and thats where it stayed .. only at parties. My uncle owns one and never played it anyways

the Wii 2 will just be another kiddie console, Nintendo better come up with something killer with a killer processor chip. I mean they made so much dow, on this little abortion. Why not conquer the world once and for all then?

**** you wes. Nintendo makes the best games. The wii is by far the best system ever. Especially for hardcore gamers. I think you are a little piece of ****

RE: 1
Well it is news because many consoles and development teams get canned so i for one looked this up and thus got directed here. So news it is! I am looking to buy a Wii and was researching how long it is going to be before the next console (if any were to come out)
RE: way too many posts:
Mind controlled UI (User interface) is of course the way of the future, the slowest part of a computer is its UI, the keyboard and mouse have been around since the inception of the modern computer. However the issue is the ability to pick up more complex brain waves(feel free to surgically implant an amplifier in your head). I could spin off and write a lecture on it but i wont digress. There is a simple game made with it, its the old Alien invasion, look it up in the Guinness world record books for the highest score in a game using your mind. The technology has been around for a good decade+ i recall in Primary school(Australia here) going on an excursion to the local science/interactive place and doing an experiment with your mind controlling which way a globe spun in front of you. It took allot of concentration and some kids could not do it..
RE: 19
Seems theres lots of kiddies on here that dont recall the original NES, super NES and then the Nintendo 64 which DID have the world in its hand. The Wii is targeted at family and the younger teens, and is marketed thus. The buying power of this market is huge, much more then you might think! (recall how the world sold out of the Wii before Christmas) Nintendo simply couldn't manufacture enough consoles to deal with the demand.
P.S flame at will, i wont be coming back, just thought id clear up a couple of assumptions made in the previous posts.