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#1 Gamer

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Posted 14 April 2011 - 05:02 PM

I just saw IGN's details, and they said things about the Wii 2!

Hopefully they saw this rather small site.

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HD graphics
Slightly more powerful then the PS3
Backwards Compatable with Wii games. (Who didn't see that coming?)
Probably released for late 2012?

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Posted 15 April 2011 - 04:23 AM

More powerful than ps3?

HUZZAH!!
It's important to know that these are still just rumours though, not to be taken as concrete evidence...yet.

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Posted 15 April 2011 - 07:14 PM

MORE INFO FROM IGN:

2 Analog Sticks
Touch screen of some sort
Totally different controller

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Posted 16 April 2011 - 08:21 AM

There are no specific details in any of the rumors outside the controller (at least as far as detailed information) and the fact it is being reported by "sources" many game media sites trust that it will be capable of HD resolutions. A lot of the rest is speculation as far as hardware goes. An example being the French 01Net article. Apparently "sources" stated that the "Wii 2" has similar architecture design to the Xbox 360 and new controller with 6" touch screen everything else regarding hardware is speculation from 01Net. These includes the three core custom IBM PowerPC CPU, the ATI R700 family GPU, and the statement regarding "at least" 512mb RAM. These aren't real specs merely 01Net's speculation. The concrete information if true regards the controller (which is incredibly complex with Wii remote pointer and motion control capabilities, Gamecube/Classic Controller Pro level traditional gamepad functionality, and a 6" touch scream {capable of streaming video and games from the console, maybe HD, and the obvious DS like gameplay functions}) which personal sounds interesting, but at the same time doesn't seem like it could possibility be real.

As far as hardware capability goes information given in the leaks seem extremely vague. Some game media sites "sources" stating that the "Wii 2" is significantly more powerful than current HD consoles others either don't specifically state any concrete info of capability outside HD resolutions like current consoles. 01Net's own speculation regarding Wii 2's specs likely come done to rather vague info such as it still using an IBM PowerPC CPU and an ATI GPU simply because it still retains backwards capability and remarks by "sources" as stated above apparently stating that the hardware design more closely mirrors that of the Xbox 360. So be careful of believing any rumored specs as far as hardware goes, but if your worried about power don't be. If 01Net's speculation is close to what Wii 2's internal guts ends up being it would easily be noticeably more powerful than PS3 and Xbox 360 by a factor ranging from 2x to 4-5x depending on the chips.

These maybe a controlled leak from Nintendo because of the NGP and falling sells of the Wii in both hardware and software. This would explain the reason behind it being extremely vague in some respects, put more concrete in others with multiple sources giving game media sites similar information. They want to build hype for E3 and possibly a pre E3 reveal, but at the same time not giving away all the details.

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Posted 16 April 2011 - 12:29 PM

I've been visiting lots of forums since I heard about these leaks, and there's one thing many Nintendo fans "fear": that the consoles MS and Sony will release as an answer would be much more powerful. this "fear" is based on the thought that all other consoles will most probably be released years after "Project Café" and thus will have much more up-to-date hardware.

According to the rumors, Nintendo is going "back to the roots" with this one, and there's one thing in Nintendo's history that could help "Project Café" to stay on par with the competition: add-ons. They've used add-ons for almost every console they made, and there's one special add-on that could see a revival: the N64 Expansion Pak. The Expansion Pak was some kind of a cartridge you put into your Nintendo 64, increasing the RAM by 4 MB (this amount is kinda cute from today's point of view). I'm not a technician or engineer, so I can't say whether this is possible, but couldn't they release some kind of Expansion Cup Pak for Project Café? It could consist of an additional processor and more RAM, boosting Project Café to the level of the competition. I personally think that most core gamers would spent some money for such a thing, and considering that Project Café is aimed at exactly these core gamers according to the rumors, this might come true once Project Café's hardware starts to get old.

On the other hand... what do you think of the whole Project Café being a mere add-on to the Wii? Probably a stupid idea, as just adding some processing power wouldn't enable the console to use these fancy new controllers, and adding the controller compatibility by an update doesn't seem like something Nintendo would make. I hope Project Café will be an entirely new console because I finally want to make homebrew software for my Wii without risking not being able to use my games for a while! xD

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Posted 17 April 2011 - 02:49 AM

I've been visiting lots of forums since I heard about these leaks, and there's one thing many Nintendo fans "fear": that the consoles MS and Sony will release as an answer would be much more powerful. this "fear" is based on the thought that all other consoles will most probably be released years after "Project Café" and thus will have much more up-to-date hardware.

According to the rumors, Nintendo is going "back to the roots" with this one, and there's one thing in Nintendo's history that could help "Project Café" to stay on par with the competition: add-ons. They've used add-ons for almost every console they made, and there's one special add-on that could see a revival: the N64 Expansion Pak. The Expansion Pak was some kind of a cartridge you put into your Nintendo 64, increasing the RAM by 4 MB (this amount is kinda cute from today's point of view). I'm not a technician or engineer, so I can't say whether this is possible, but couldn't they release some kind of Expansion Cup Pak for Project Café? It could consist of an additional processor and more RAM, boosting Project Café to the level of the competition. I personally think that most core gamers would spent some money for such a thing, and considering that Project Café is aimed at exactly these core gamers according to the rumors, this might come true once Project Café's hardware starts to get old.

On the other hand... what do you think of the whole Project Café being a mere add-on to the Wii? Probably a stupid idea, as just adding some processing power wouldn't enable the console to use these fancy new controllers, and adding the controller compatibility by an update doesn't seem like something Nintendo would make. I hope Project Café will be an entirely new console because I finally want to make homebrew software for my Wii without risking not being able to use my games for a while! xD


Even if 01Net's speculation is right on the money we would still be potentially seeing a large step over PS3 and Xbox 360. There are GPUs in the R700 family that easily could give capabilities at least near 8x what current HD consoles are capable of doing now. The issue would be to update the GPU to be capable of utilizing OpenGl 4.1 API, which gives Nintendo an alternative to fixed shaders so their Wii 2 games don't suffer from a learning curve catching up with more modern shaders. An a three core custom IBM PowerPC CPU could easily be three times or more as capable as Xbox 360's own CPU depending on what modern Power processor line it is derived from. PS4 and XboxNext may have more modern architecture, but certain real world limitation exist limiting hardware. Be assured its doubtful that the deference in power will be as large as Wii to PS360.

Hardware is becoming ever increasing in complexity in these machines so I doubt "Project Cafe" is being designed with the concept of being able to be ungraded at a later date. The good news regarding hardware for "Project Cafe" comes down to how Nintendo has seemly changed compared to it's classical way of creating Hardware. Classical Nintendo created a device it believed had a market and met their own internal developers needs 3D party weren't involved. Nintendo now though is a different arena the console itself is still originally built with Nintendo ideas and needs in mind, but as shown with 3DS its possible for 3D party to nickle and dime Nintendo to increase the capability of console. The 3DS itself arguable changed perhaps three times during development in hardware and there is no reason "Project Cafe" won't either especially if Nintendo wants 3D party support for the long hall. Since it appears early developer kits have at most only been in the hands of 3D party developers according to rumors for at most a year and likely less hardware is no where near finalized.

These new touchscreen controllers appear to use a different version of the Wii remotes motion sensing and pointer technology according to some sources along with the ability to stream video and games. The necessary hardware to utilize such a controller doesn't exist on the Wii an software update wouldn't accomplish anything and in the first place there is no obvious way to attach new hardware to the Wii. This new controller itself requires greatly different hardware to the Wii, so without a doubt this is a new console not an add on.

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Posted 17 April 2011 - 05:04 AM

so without a doubt this is a new console not an add on.


Phew, you saved my day! Let's hope it'll have as good backwards compatibility as rumored, cuz I don't want to buy a second Wii for my GameCube games in case some homebrew software wrecks my first Wii ;)

Just a question: is there a way to use the DS for homebrew software? I've got some ideas for funny games and I'm currently learning C++ (and after that it's Java's turn), so will I be able to make some own games for the DS?

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