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Wii 2 codenamed ‘Project Café’ + April pre-announcement + new specs [Updated!]

An outpour of information from a plethora of sources reveals new details on the Wii 2’s controller, technical specifications, and more.

Wii 2 confirmed for an E3 2011 reveal?

According to a reliable source, the Wii’s successor is set for an E3 2011 debut and a late 2012 launch.

Masahiro Sakurai wants to make an HD game

The creator of Kirby and Super Smash Bros. has spoken: he wants to make a game with highly detailed HD visuals.

Square Enix to open new ‘next-gen’ studio for Wii 2, Xbox 720, and PlayStation 4

Square’s opening a new studio dedicated to the next generation of home consoles. Have they already seen the Wii 2? It’s certainly not impossible that they have.

3D won’t be a headlining feature of the Wii 2

Reggie said that 3D won’t be a selling point of the Wii 2. However, he left the possibility open for it to be included as a feature nonetheless.

Reggie hints at Wii price drop, but does not denounce Wii 2

Reggie Fils-Aime hints in an interview that Nintendo’s ready to drop the Wii’s price should its sales slow down. However, he did not specifically denounce the possibility of a successor. Could we be looking at the next PlayStation 2?

EA declares Wii a ‘legacy’ platform, hints strongly at successor

EA dropped a big hint that Nintendo is slaving away at the Wii 2, and openly chucked the current Wii into the legacy platform bin with the PlayStation 2.

High Voltage: “All we want from the Wii 2 is HD output and more memory”

High Voltage Software speaks on what they want to see Nintendo add to the Wii’s successor.

How Nintendo is doing in Japan, and what you can do to help

Thankfully, Nintendo is unaffected by the massive earthquake that hit Japan…but others weren’t as lucky as them. Find out what you can do to aid disaster recovery efforts!

Wii 2 to launch before Xbox 720?

An analyst (and it’s not Pachter this time) has good reason to believe that Nintendo will beat Microsoft to launching a next-generation home console.