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PostPosted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:02 pm 
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and most intriguingly can be used as a Wii sensor bar

really?

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The rumours regarding new Nintendo hardware are continuing to snowball, with French website 01net adding to that already detailed by other publications.

The site was previously responsible for leaking the technical specification for Sony’s Next Generation Portable (NGP) way ahead of the company making any formal announcement in such regard, and now reveals that Nintendo’s latest console is known internally by the codename “Project Café.”

It reportedly includes architecture that is similar to Microsoft’s Xbox 360, but is “a bit more powerful” incorporating a custom IBM PowerPC CPU with three cores, a GPU from the ATI R700 family (with a Version 4.1 Shader Unit), and at least 512Mb of RAM.

As for the controller, it has a six-inch touch screen, a front-facing camera, D-Pad, two bumpers, two triggers and “possibly more,” and most intriguingly can be used as a Wii sensor bar. The site expects a late 2012 release, with a “big surprise” about the console set for an E3 2011 reveal.

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I'll be honest, that controller sounds fucking retarded.


Yep, not giving two shits about it.

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I'll be honest, that controller sounds fucking retarded.

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I'll be honest, that controller sounds fucking retarded.


I thought before Nintendo didn't want to have a touch screen for the home console :hmm:

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A 3 core processor and 512MB of RAM, what is this 2005? Even the NGP has a quadcore processor and 512MB of RAM and thats a hand held! Nintendo if you want to woo me in the spec department get quadcore processor, better graphics card, and 2GB of RAM.

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A 3 core processor and 512MB of RAM, what is this 2005? Even the NGP has a quadcore processor and 512MB of RAM and thats a hand held! Nintendo if you want to woo me in the spec department get quadcore processor, better graphics card, and 2GB of RAM.


That's excessive for a console dude. We're not talking PC specs, man, a console is a whole different ballgame.

That controller sounds stupid.I just lost all interest. They're obviously still trying to get by with gimmicks. This time, I don't think the public are gonna be so forgiving.

Oh shit I forgot we're going mad for the iPad every fucking 6 months when a new one comes out. Maybe some people will be stupid enough to buy this new console.

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I reckon this is some bullshit by someone whos gone "Alright, what else can we say this shit has got, considering in the past they've made impossible online, a fucking heart monitor, and a goddamn robot..." and are successfully trolling the shit out of us.

That said, it is Nintendo...

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I dont know, when I read touch screen, I immediatly thought of the Dreamcast VMU.

I kinda like the idea :3

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While I would absolutely love to call shenanigans on ALL of these rumors, it seems that they're too rampant to ignore right now.
As for the screen, I took a day to think about it, and I really like the idea.

Think of it like the AR games that we've been seeing on the 3DS lately. You hold the touch screen thing in front of you, like in between your eyes and the TV. You've got two screens displaying different depths of the environment, and you have direct control over both. You have a better way at judging what you're doing, and could make for a really neat fishing or archery game. Something like that.

I'm not sure what point I'm trying to get across here, but think of this screen like a makeshift 3DS. You know how the 3DS screen technically has two 'layers'? Think of this extra controller screen as that second 'layer', and think about what interesting things Nintendo can push along with it. While I initially think a lot of Nintendo concepts are crazy, I'm well aware that I shouldn't write them off right away. They aren't stupid, and they clearly know what they're doing. I'll wait and see how this goes.

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So this is going to be 4 Wii's duct tapped together? :um:

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A 3 core processor and 512MB of RAM, what is this 2005? Even the NGP has a quadcore processor and 512MB of RAM and thats a hand held! Nintendo if you want to woo me in the spec department get quadcore processor, better graphics card, and 2GB of RAM.


That's excessive for a console dude. We're not talking PC specs, man, a console is a whole different ballgame.

But it is 2011. at least introduce something better to the party instead of the same tech from 2005.

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A 3 core processor and 512MB of RAM, what is this 2005? Even the NGP has a quadcore processor and 512MB of RAM and thats a hand held! Nintendo if you want to woo me in the spec department get quadcore processor, better graphics card, and 2GB of RAM.


That's excessive for a console dude. We're not talking PC specs, man, a console is a whole different ballgame.

But it is 2011. at least introduce something better to the party instead of the same tech from 2005.


There's called this amazing thing called a business plan. You may better know it as a strategy.
Nintendo's not using cutting edge tech, because that shit'll burn a hole in their pocket. Last thing they need is to pull a FIVE HUNDRED NINETY NINE US DOLLARS at their E3 conference. They're (supposedly) making a new console with graphics that fit nicely with what he have now, and it's cheap enough to do that and sell them at an alright price now.

Nintendo's got the casual, and they know that casual audiences aren't going to shell out $300+ for new videogames.
It's a smart move, IMHO, especially because Microsoft and Sony are pushing the idea of keeping their current consoles around for quite a long while.

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I think Nintendo should aim a little bit higher. If you want to go for the core gamer who already own similar tech through the PS3/360, and obviously did not buy Wiis for the franchise strength of Mario, Zelda or Metroid, why would they buy a system of similar power now then? If they make it more powerful there would be an impetus to buy it for these gamers.

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I think Nintendo should aim a little bit higher. If you want to go for the core gamer who already own similar tech through the PS3/360, and obviously did not buy Wiis for the franchise strength of Mario, Zelda or Metroid, why would they buy a system of similar power now then? If they make it more powerful there would be an impetus to buy it for these gamers.


Well we're hearing that it's better than the 360/PS3 in some respects, but I can see what you're saying.
I'm really interested in seeing how this goes over for ol' Ninty. There have been industry analysts, and fans alike, begging for a 'Wii HD' for fucking ages now. I wonder how they'll respond to this.

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Calling it now.



I forgot how awesome that trailer was. Fucking Metroid and Mario at the end look incredible lol

btw, we can probably ignore my new thread. Had no idea this thread existed.

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