slosu Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 (edited) http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/wii-2-a...itting-in-2010/ What does everyone think? I'm excited but I hope they still produce games for Wii One for a while anyway. Steve Edited October 27, 2008 by slosu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 as long as it doesn't have any optical sensors or gyros I think I'll love it. and as a bonus, it means I'll probably be able to afford a wii once the old ones hit the $30 that gamecubes currently are. Who knows, I may like the old wii. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdog_147 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I'm allright with a Wii 2 in 2010 as long as they don't abandon the old Wii too quickly. Oh, and have BC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 By 2010, the current Wii will be 4, going on 5 years old. I know it seems like the system is only now getting off the ground, but that's about par for a console these days. Personally, I'd like to see them stretch it to 7 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 i'm so disgusted with the current Nintendo system, it will probably be the last one I own, so could care less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 By 2010, the current Wii will be 4, going on 5 years old. I know it seems like the system is only now getting off the ground, but that's about par for a console these days. Personally, I'd like to see them stretch it to 7 years. I really like the Wii and am excited about a new incarnation. It's the only nextgen system I own as the other 2 dont have games I am interested in. Though a bluray player for cheap would be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 What's all this about the Wii 2 in 2010? The Wampanoag tribe has had wetus for 500 years, so they are clearly not "next generation" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 By 2010, the current Wii will be 4, going on 5 years old. I know it seems like the system is only now getting off the ground, but that's about par for a console these days. Personally, I'd like to see them stretch it to 7 years. Agreed. I enjoy my Wii, and it feels like 3rd parties are finally starting to "get it" just a little bit. I'd like to see this generation stretched out longer, though I doubt it will happen. The only things I really want from the Wii are a real storage solution and the Wiimotion Plus (integrated into the Wiimote would be nice). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Nintendo in replacing old console with new at end of life cycle shocker!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Will this mean people will finally get to see Wii consoles in their local stores just waiting to be bought, rather than having to prowl around and catch one at the right moment before somebody else does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Will this mean people will finally get to see Wii consoles in their local stores just waiting to be bought, rather than having to prowl around and catch one at the right moment before somebody else does? Isnt that the truth, had to get all the ones for the relatives on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) Shouldn't it be called Gamecube 3? Oh and this means the Wii will have a much shorter life than the Xbox 360 if the next Gamecube comes out before the next Xbox version since the Wii was released a year after the 360. Edited October 22, 2008 by HammR25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Oh and this means the Wii will have a much shorter life than the Xbox 360 Not really. The Wii came out in Nov of 2001....It just didn't have a funky motion controller packaged with it at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroogur Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Realistically how much better can graphics and such possibly get? I mean the Wii aside with the 360 and PS3 the graphics are amazing but at what point do you reach the pinnacle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Nor did it have the balance board. Nor did it have the ability to download NES games. Nor did it have awesome online abilities. Nor did it have the wonder of Tetris Party, which I am now hopelessly addicted to after a long Mario Kart obsession (come to think of it, I don't remember multiplayer Mario Kart being available in 2001, either). It's true, graphics can only go so far. The best things about the Wii are not necessarily what chips it uses or how the graphics look--it's how much fun you can have with it. And I have a crapload of fun with mine, every day. This "repackaged Gamecube" assertion is tired. The Wii is (apologies to my beloved Atari 5200) the most fun console I have ever owned. If Nintendo makes something even more fun in 2010, I just may buy it. Not really. The Wii came out in Nov of 2001....It just didn't have a funky motion controller packaged with it at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) does anybody else think 'swordfight' when they hear 'wii 2'? 2010's a ways away, but nintendo has the two best selling game systems on the planet right now, and I don't know that they're going to really wind down by 2010. Maybe really late 2010... By the time wii is replaced, I expect the world will be ready for a nintendo console very different from wii. which is why I also think it will be more of a standard system. powerful graphics, directional control on the left, buttons on the right. I suspect there will be fewer buttons than gamecube next time around. I'm no wii fan, but nintendo's riding a really nice groove, and I imagine they'll make it last as long as possible. I'd guess late 2009 for a facelift on wii. introducing new colors, upping its storage capacity to bring it larger online downloads, maybe even introducing slightly redesigned controllers (mostly cosmetic redesign). And yes, dropping their price--probably to $150. Edited October 22, 2008 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 This "repackaged Gamecube" assertion is tired. The Wii is (apologies to my beloved Atari 5200) the most fun console I have ever owned. If Nintendo makes something even more fun in 2010, I just may buy it. Why? It's simply a fact. Are you suggesting that any of the reasons you mentioned that make the Wii so great in your eyes couldn't have been an add on for the Gamecube? Tired as it may be...sounds like the Gamecube is your most beloved console. It's just called somthing else now. No need to get defensive because I agree. The Gamecube is a great little console for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 This "repackaged Gamecube" assertion is tired. The Wii is (apologies to my beloved Atari 5200) the most fun console I have ever owned. If Nintendo makes something even more fun in 2010, I just may buy it. Why? It's simply a fact. Are you suggesting that any of the reasons you mentioned that make the Wii so great in your eyes couldn't have been an add on for the Gamecube? Tired as it may be...sounds like the Gamecube is your most beloved console. It's just called somthing else now. No need to get defensive because I agree. The Gamecube is a great little console for sure. The controllers could certainly have been GameCube addons, but third developers would be wary of creating games that take advantage of them if they didn't ship with the system. A better example - WiiWare wouldn't be having titles like World of Goo or Defend Your Castle if the wifi/wii shop channel infrastructure wasn't preinstalled on every Wii (that would have been an expensive, clip-on-the-bottom-like-the-game-boy-player gamecube addon), because the installed base, and the chance for profits, would be much reduced. One could argue that more traditional WiiWare games such as Tetris Party or MegaMan 9 would have come out on disc anyway -- but to me the exciting part is that games created by very small teams (like Goo or Castle) have access to the modern console market via Microsoft, Nintendo, and to a lesser extent Sony. That's all for now, I'm going to silently pine for Space Giraffe on WiiWare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 You are correct. The Gamecube (when augmented with a wide array of nonexistent hypothetical add-ons) is my most beloved console. I am glad we could agree. Now off to some Mario Kart Wii--er, I mean Mario Kart Gamecube Augmented with a Wide Array of Nonexistent Hypothetical Add-Ons. I will call it GAWWONHA. Play on! This "repackaged Gamecube" assertion is tired. The Wii is (apologies to my beloved Atari 5200) the most fun console I have ever owned. If Nintendo makes something even more fun in 2010, I just may buy it. Why? It's simply a fact. Are you suggesting that any of the reasons you mentioned that make the Wii so great in your eyes couldn't have been an add on for the Gamecube? Tired as it may be...sounds like the Gamecube is your most beloved console. It's just called somthing else now. No need to get defensive because I agree. The Gamecube is a great little console for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I will call it GAWWONHA. Play on! Yep! Now you're getting it. That's what I mean, Doesn't matter what you call it, you could call it GAWWONHA or name it after your peter, at it's heart, it's a Gamecube. The only reason many of the add ons are now nonexistent hypothetical, is because Nintendo killed the GC and made everyone rebuy it with the existing actual add-ons. More power to them. WiiWare is cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 it makes sense, making an HD version of the wii in '10 or '11 will work out great for Nintendo as HD market penetration will be much higher. part of the problem with the current gen, is price and maybe... just maybe the HD push was a little premature for the mainstream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballbuster Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 part of the problem with the current gen, is price and maybe... just maybe the HD push was a little premature for the mainstream Not really. PC gaming has been high def for years and MS offered the option to hook up to a pc monitor. I had my 360 hooked up half the time to my monitor until I bought my HDTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 (edited) no I actually think mainstream is driving the HD push, and us gamers are just along for the ride. almost every sports fan in the US has an hdtv. The bars he goes to have at least a dozen and all his friends have them too. how much more 'joe average' can you get? No, a 480p wii was a poor choice. well I guess it really does up to 576i... which really isn't much better. Even last gen xbox and ps2 had a small selection of 720p and 1080i titles. Now that might have been jumping the gun Edited October 24, 2008 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpddytim Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Nor did it have awesome online abilities. I'm sorry, I like my Wii as much as the next guy but "awesome online abilities"......That made me lol. Nintendo's way of doing online is far from awesome. Friends codes blow and their online multiplayer support sucks. -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Even last gen xbox and ps2 had a small selection of 720p and 1080i titles. Now that might have been jumping the gun For the PS2, it was jumping the gun. I have one Xbox title that runs in 720p, Virtual Pool Tourn. Ed., and it looks beautiful. The only drawback is a loss on the framerate slightly when compared to 480p. However, the PS2, I have Gran Turismo 4, which had 480i, 480p, and 1080i. And I have to say that, at least on my HDTV? 1080i mode looks God-awful. It looks like they took the original 480p image and tried to upscale it to 1080i, and the pixels really do show. I much prefer 480p mode on that game. So for the PS2, yes... jumping the gun. As for the Wii, I think Nintendo understood that they had two options. They could make the upper limit 480p and have it look decent. Or they could "emulate" 1080i (as GT4 does) and it would look terrible. So if they couldn't render true HD, they made the right choice in limiting things to a manageable 480p with a 60fps+ framerate on most of its games. Even in spite of this, I have found very few Wii titles that just look completely ugly. And the graphics seem to be improving as time goes along. For reference on how third parties are getting the gist of it, including how to manage the controls to make a game work, I'd like to direct your attention to The Conduit. (LGT: IGN). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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