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Wii 2 to go beyond HD

Nintendo boss Iwata claims a resolution increase alone would not be enough to sell successor

There’s no way of knowing how far off the announcement of a successor to the Wii actually is, but new comments from Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata suggest that when the machine does arrive it will pack more than simply a high-definition upgrade.

“If asked if making the Wii compatible with high definition – just making it compatible with high resolution – will get players throughout the world to buy it, I would of course say 'do you think it would sell with just that? It needs something new’,” Iwata told investors, as spotted by CVG.

“If there were no rival makers in the world, I could give examples of the things that we are considering. However, for competitive reasons, I cannot give specifics today on the what or when of the things we're considering.”

Talk of the Wii HD first emerged late last year when Nintendo’s lead designer Shigeru Miyamoto admitted that HD is becoming increasingly important to consumers.

Indeed, analyst Michael Pachter has become notorious for his persistent claims that Wii HD is finished and ready for launch.

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Koch

games ?

posted by paul johnson Feb 02, 2010 at 3:09 pm
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paul johnson

what good games ?more mario,more zelda? more wii'ble avatars ? and online system that works? current gen visuals ? or more accessories ?
natal could just takes wii place, since the developers behind natal offered its tech to nintendo years before wii was launched and nintendo wasnt interested.

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Deluded

posted by Dale Thornton Feb 03, 2010 at 12:05 am
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Dale Thornton

oh yea, its that simple project natal will just take wiis place. first of all when the developers behind natal offered there tech i doubt it was even close to the current form its in today.
secondly, nintendo really did lose on that deal. if only it took natal the wii may have been profitable. too late now i suppose, guess the wii was doomed from the start. nintendo really shoulda taken the undeveloped tech and payed out on every wii sold to the natal developers. what where they thinking.
also i doubt natal willl be anything as responsive as they say. as said by technicians (who have done body motion capture since it was invented);
motion capture of the human body is not a easy thing to do. hence why we use multiple cameras, greenscreens and mark the body
(with those white balls).
as for this article i think this was expected from nintendo. as they never aimed to be the best looking graphics wise, just fun to play.
i think by the time sony release the 'wand', the ps3 install base will be enough to see it flourish over natal. which is mostly hype

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Deluded

posted by Jaybad Feb 03, 2010 at 2:30 pm
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Jaybad

How do you know its hype? Why is the wand better? Why are you an unrelenting fanboy?

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Natal Sucks.

posted by David Macphail Feb 03, 2010 at 6:16 pm
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David Macphail

The Wand is better because Natal doesn't work. According to developers, the input command for Natal gives up to 200ms lag time. Also, apparantly the device has trouble picking up different skin colours, which means that, unless you're white, it won't let you play.

A perfect invention from the company that brought you the "RROD".

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Hmm

posted by Guru Larry Feb 09, 2010 at 4:18 pm
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Guru Larry

Hmmm, he's talking about making all games 3D, Christ Cameron makes one film using it and everyone wants to jump on the sheep bandwagon >.>

The only thing I'd like in the next Nintendo console is have it comparable performance wise to Sony's and Microsoft's next consoles. Duck taping two Gamecubes together isn't good enough anymore.

I remember the times when they used to go out on a limb to make sure they had the best machine on the market.

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wii2

posted by cj sniper Feb 13, 2010 at 10:04 pm
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cj sniper

my ideas for wii2 first nintendo needs to have netflix. second better Hd graphics up to 1080p. then blue ray to support movies. then proper controller just like xbox 360 and ps3. motion things to go on your body so yourself can actually play in the game. then headset for online then better online to play with people from xbox 360 and ps3. then free demos from wii2 shop channel. more rated R games for hardcore gamers.then something just like project natal but better. then make classic games free on the wii2 shop channel after make classic game room for wii2.

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