HD Wii By 2011? 245
1Up noticed an interesting post up at WhatTheyPlay which put together some public information with more from private sources suggesting that the next version of the Wii console is planned for 2011. Quoting:
"Unlike previous console transitions from Nintendo, the new system will be presented as a true successor to the Wii, and is being dubbed by those that have seen the presentation as 'Wii HD.' There is no indication if this will be its eventual name, but the nature of the transition has been characterized as similar to 'the shift from Game Boy to Game Boy Advance,' where familiar, key elements were left intact while the core hardware was made more powerful. It is expected by all those that we have spoken to on the subject that the new device will retain the Wii name in part."
Let me guess... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Let me guess... (Score:1, Funny)
More likely the Nii, this is a Japanese company we're talking about.
Re:Let me guess... (Score:3, Funny)
As of today, it is now standard operating procedure that the first post gets modded as troll.
Back on topic, as much as I liked the name "revolution" (the name before "wii"), it's probably a good thing they didn't go with that. It still would have sold the same, they still would have wanted to capitalize on that by keeping the name on their next one, and you can't serialize that. The next revolution? Nintendo super revolution? Second generation revolution?
My money is on "Evewiione." "Wii" was supposed to be some crap about "we" like a community, so this would top that.
Re:Digg (Score:5, Funny)
Didn't you hear? Slashdot is the new Digg, and Digg is the new myspace.
Wii Too (Score:4, Funny)
Wii Too
Wii Two
Wii Wii
But, Given Nintendo's history, it is likely to be called the Super Wii, Ultra Wii, or Wii Advance.
If Sega were involved, it would be the Mega Wii. :)
The "Wii Wii" (Score:1, Funny)
I vote for the "Wii Squared", which will be better known as the "Wii Wii".
Re:Faster, hotter, more expensive, of course (Score:4, Funny)
Nintendo threw everyone for a loop this time. No high def? No hard drive? A strange controller? No way will that thing sell!
I think there's one way to top that. The next wii is $100 and you control it with your butt.
Re:Wii Too (Score:3, Funny)
It could have a name that functions as its own UPC bar code!
Re:Let me guess... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Let me guess... (Score:3, Funny)