Emily Rogers’ fishy list of Project Café developers
Remember Emily Rogers? Sure you do. After all, she’s given us some of the most interesting stories about Project Café in the past couple of weeks. Now, though, she’s hung her credibility over a cliff with a document she just published. It is supposedly a list of third-parties with Wii 2 dev kits that Nintendo […]
Nintendo likes buttons, and isn’t going to ditch them
Most gamers will agree that physical buttons are a necessity for any kind of serious gaming, and dislike buttonless devices like the iPod Touch and iPad for the very reason that they lack tactile controls. With all the rumours about Project Café sporting a touchscreen controller, there’s no need to worry about losing the very […]
GAME predicts ‘huge interest’ in Project Café
Speaking to CVG, the UK retailer GAME shared its predictions that there would be massive widespread interest in the Wii’s successor. Neil Aschurst, the head of the company, commented on how the Wii left its mark on living rooms across the world, and what that means for its successor. Here’s the full quote: The Nintendo […]
Has EA been developing for Project Café since August 2010?
A listing on LinkedIn (dug up by PixlBit) seems to confirm some very interesting information. Timothy Randall, a programmer at EA, apparently worked on audio support for an “unannounced Nintendo platform” as far back as August 2010. The 3DS had definitely been announced by that point, so that leaves Project Café as the only possibility. […]
Another leaked image of Project Café
Exclusive: a Wii 2 Blog reader shared a picture of what he claims is an early, pre-final build of Project Café.
What Iwata said about the Wii’s successor at the investor relations meeting
We have decided to release Wii’s successor in 2012. We plan to display it in a playable form at the E3 show to be held from June 7 in Los Angeles. The specifications are to be revealed at the show. I am afraid I can’t say any specific here today but, at E3, the company […]
Retro Studios is not working on Eternal Darkness 2 or Zelda, Wii 2 may fall prey to flood of ports
Emily Rogers has made quite the name for herself over the past week or so, starting by giving us hope for Pikmin 3 finally seeing the light of day on the Wii’s successor, followed by an outpouring of tempting tidbits. Today, her sources confirmed that Retro Studios‘ secret project is neither Eternal Darkness 2 nor […]
Sony: “We’re not afraid of a little coffee stain.”
An unknown Sony employee (well, not entirely unknown; we know her first name is Sandy) has just gone on record trash talking about Nintendo’s next console with the following line: We’re not afraid of a little coffee stain. Oooh, Nintendo’s not gonna like that, Sandy. Does the line imply that Sony has secretly been working […]
Why the Wii 2’s rumoured touchscreen controller makes perfect sense
Chris Kohler of Wired.com has written a wonderful editorial on why it makes perfect sense for Nintendo’s next home console to have a touchscreen controller. It touches on Nintendo’s past attempts to add extra screens beyond the TV to the living room, and presents several likely reasons for why the Wii’s wireless connectivity to the […]
Project Café to ‘offer a new way of playing games within the home’
Iwata seems to be warming up for tonight’s investor relations meeting. At a conference earlier today, he assured us that the Wii’s successor will ‘offer a new way of playing games within the home.’ The full quote is as follows: As for the details of exactly what it will be, we have decided that it […]