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The long-rumored successor to the Wii is real, and it\u2019s going to be unveiled at E3 in June. Compiling data from various reports, it sounds as though Nintendo is going well beyond a \u201cWii HD,\u201d instead trying to revolutionize the industry once again with something unprecedented.<\/p>\n
Dubbed \u201cProject Caf\u00e9\u201d by Nintendo, the new console\u2019s existence and planned debut were first reported by Game Informer<\/em>, citing numerous anonymous inside sources. Corroborating reports stated that Nintendo\u2019s next-gen system will offer HD graphics thanks to system specs on par with the current-gen Xbox 360 (some reports suggest it\u2019s more powerful than both the 360 and the PS3), and a new controller that could be the \u201cnext big thing\u201d beyond the Wiimote.<\/p>\n The controller is said to include a 6\u2033 touchscreen, enabling it to work as a tablet of sorts, as well as opening the door to cutting edge new control schemes. An \u201ciPad with buttons,\u201d if you will. Some insiders suggest that the screen will be HD, while others say it will be standard-def.<\/p>\n The controller also includes left and right-side buttons, a standard d-pad, two triggers, and other inputs that have yet to be revealed. The technology behind the Wii\u2019s sensor bar \u2014 that little black bar that sits atop your TV, allowing the Wiimote to sense your movements \u2014 is being integrated into the controller this time, which means that motion controls will once again be included, but they\u2019ll be more advanced this time. Perhaps strangest of all, the tablet\/controller will also have a front-facing camera. (Anybody care to venture a guess on how that might be utilized in-game?)<\/p>\n Nintendo is said to be trying to correct its biggest mistake with the Wii \u2014 lack of strong third-party developer support \u2014 by having already filled in all of the major developers about\u00a0Caf\u00e9. Back when the Wii released, Nintendo focused almost entirely on its own game development, leaving third-party developers out in the cold. Five years later, Nintendo is paying the price for this oversight with a console that\u2019s become stagnant and\u2026 well, wholly uninteresting. When was the last time a new Wii title was able to generate the same level of excitement among gamers as, say, the latest Call of Duty<\/em>, Halo<\/em>, or Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em>? It sounds like Nintendo is finally ready to embrace the hardcore gamer again \u2014 while not altogether abandoning casual players.<\/p>\n On top of all this, a French gaming site called 01net \u2014 which correctly predicted the specs of PlayStation\u2019s next-generation peripheral \u2014 says that Caf\u00e9 has one other major aspect that no one has\u00a0yet\u00a0guessed or revealed. This last ace up the N\u2019s sleeve reportedly has developers all tingly with excitement. \u201cNintendo\u2019s plans sound unreal,\u201d says one source, who mentioned that \u201cpublishers are already planning launch titles and it\u2019s all very exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n What could this last surprise be? Could that controller touchscreen be 3D, using the same technology behind the 3DS? Will the front-facing camera somehow interface with the HD game on your TV in ways never attempted before? Will the controller itself also function as a detachable, handheld gaming device? Or is Nintendo preparing to unleash a completely new technology on the gaming world, just as it was the first to implement motion-sensing controls?<\/p>\n And what about those hardware specs? Even if\u00a0Caf\u00e9 is more powerful than the 360 and PS3, Nintendo could quickly find itself in last place again when it comes to horsepower, when Microsoft and Sony release their next-gen consoles. (Industry rumors suggest that Microsoft has\u00a0quietly\u00a0been working on the third-generation Xbox for a while now, though Sony\u2019s in no hurry to pump out the PS4.)<\/p>\n In the meantime, the price of the Wii is expected to drop down to $150 as soon as mid-May, while possibly even being packaged with a copy of the bestselling Mario Kart Wii<\/em>. This would be an attempt to squeeze the last bits of life out of the Wii before\u00a0Caf\u00e9 is unveiled. Moreover,\u00a0Caf\u00e9 is expected to include backwards compatibility with all Wii games.<\/p>\n Caf\u00e9 is expected to be in stores for Christmas 2012, but we should get a look at it much sooner. E3 kicks off in early June, and Nintendo will hold its annual \u201cmedia briefing\u201d early that same week, where\u00a0Caf\u00e9 will most likely be shown off for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The long-rumored successor to the Wii is real, and it\u2019s going to be unveiled at E3 in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeky-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3384,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions\/3384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}