Mon, Apr 25, 2011 | 09:53 BST

Nintendo confirms new console will be playable at E3

Nintendo Japan has confirmed its next console will launch in calendar year 2012, and will be announced and playable at E3 this year.

The company confirmed this news via a brief press release which stated the following:

“We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles.”

The new machine is rumoured to have a touch-screen controller. Various other rumours are doing the rounds on the system’s power, specifications and lots more.

Nintendo also confirmed that Wii has sold over 86 million units worldwide since its launch in 2006.

63 comments

#51

ManuOtaku
25/04/11, 7:20 pm

#49 “I get that but if people are expecting better graphics and technology with Nintendo next system games you have too high expectations and thats where I was getting at. I already have a 360 and PS3, no need for me to pick up a new Nintendo system no matter how much better it is to the competitors. The games will look the same through out all the systems except possibly the first party games”.
Yes is true, but i think the best looking games on wii are nintendo made, of course with a few exception like muramasa, epic mickey and red steel 2, but mario galaxy 1&2 are the best wii looking games, both are close with the things done in banjo nuts and bolts on the 360, therefore i think the only ones that will exploit the power of a nintendo console for an exclusive, is non other than nintendo, and thats why so many gamers buy nintendo consoles all alone, for their games, but if you add a strong third party support that is the same vein as sony and microsoft, maybe will entice some new gamers to purchase their console, and then will entice more third party support, that will translate in some exclusives for the new nintendo console, i dont know but maybe they will and that is what nintendo is betting on, IMHO.

#52

Phoenixblight
25/04/11, 7:42 pm

@51

Anything is possible, I personally not a fan of Nintendo first party games except Zelda which I am not going to buy a system for one game. SO I will personally will be waiting to see the third party support for this system and what new features Nintendo will put on this new system.

#53

OrbitMonkey
25/04/11, 7:45 pm

I wonder it’ll be a “multimedia hub” like the ps3/360, or a dedicated games console with online capabilities? I’m also wondering If their multiplayer will still rely on friend codes…. how does that work anyway?

#54

hitnrun
25/04/11, 8:28 pm

Well, even if the big 3rd parties do what they always do and develop for the weakest system, it’s still a pretty big deal for Nintendo to have the frontrunner, since they will be developing to the system’s potential. I mean, I happen to think Mario peaked 15 years ago and Zelda even earlier, but many people still rabidly follow these franchises.

Plus you throw in Wii functionality (by reputation, obviously; PS3 and 360 have since caught up) and the cutting-edge 3rd parties willing to service the hot new sexiness, and you could have a recipe for success.

The two uncertain elements are the sluggish economy (any reasonable price for a next-gen system is going to be much higher than Americans will want to spend) and the 6 Billion Dollar Question: how many of those Wii buyers that suddenly swamped our hobby in 2006 will be interested in, or even conscious of, a new Nintendo console? Will they even consider buying the new system, or was the Wii really just an expensive George Foreman Grill?

#55

MushroomStamp
25/04/11, 9:16 pm

Will be called the WiiWii :)

#56

lexph3re
25/04/11, 9:56 pm

Come on d*ckstamp wiiwii isn’t even marketable. Now the WiiNii that’s a winner. Nii=2 in japanese

#57

Erthazus
25/04/11, 9:59 pm

@56, so Wiener?

:D

#58

lexph3re
25/04/11, 10:01 pm

Lol you got it erth

#59

Epic Fool
25/04/11, 11:01 pm

“I wonder it’ll be a “multimedia hub” like the ps3/360, or a dedicated games console with online capabilities?”

Media hub… Man I’ve got plenty of those by now, and I just wanted a games console in the first place actually…

*hugs GameCube again*

#60

Lounds
25/04/11, 11:17 pm

it gonna have same GPU as my PC lol, but atlest it will be able to output at true 1080p

#61

Moonwalker1982
25/04/11, 11:28 pm

Is the news about it being more powerful than 360 and PS3 confirmed? Not that it would be surprising, cause it should. Actually it should be MUCH more powerful than that, but oh well.

I just hope Nintendo realizes now that there are still lots of hardcore gamers. Sure…gives us the awesome as usual Mario games and Donkey Kong too. And please give us a new Zelda and not with that cartoony Skyward Sword look, but also give us some other great games that have nothing to do with those dancing games or fitness games. Great games…like SNES had loads of.

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#63

frostquake
26/04/11, 7:44 am

I expect it to be at least on par with the Xbox 360.

This could also put a Hamper on the NGP! Pretty smart of Nintendo to compete with the dollars, even if it is Hand-Held Dollars.

The NGP better get established quick, and have quite a few more then 4-5 titles at launch!

Because if the NGP is close to the Price of Next Gen Wii…most families will buy the Wii 2 instead of the NGP.

It is easier to share a New Wii 2 with the Whole Family then it is for the Entire Family to share 1 Hand-Held. And you sure are not going to buy 3-4 NGP’s for one family when 1 Wii 2 will cover the whole family!

Would have liked to see the NGP come out this March and have a good year on the Wii 2, but alas, this is not to be.

The NGP could suffer the same fate as the PSP 1 if they don’t have a HUGE STRONG LIBRARY!!! in which the PSP 1 suffered from greatly!!

Pretty smart of Nintendo to release the Wii 2 around the same time as the NGP!

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