A Metroid screenshot (faked, but awesome nonetheless)
We’re now into the final week before E3, and at this stage, the rumour mill is likely going to go wild, so don’t feel compelled to believe everything you read online about the Wii 2. With that said, an alleged screenshot of a Metroid game on Project Café has surfaced. The screenshot is definitely fake, […]
‘Super secret shoot’ with Zelda Williams – is it related to Project Café?
Zelda Williams, the daughter of the actor Robin Williams, apparently took part in a ‘super-secret shoot’ with Nintendo about six days ago, according to her own Twitter account. It began with the following message… [blackbirdpie id=”72651576526897152″] …which she then followed up with these three pictures from the shooting, none of which reveal absolutely anything. There’s […]
‘Wii 2’ trending on Yahoo!
Wii 2 rumours must be getting quite popular, if what GoNintendo reader Juan found is any indication. Yesterday, the search phrase “wii 2” appeared on Yahoo!’s list of trending topics, and apparently stayed there for quite a while. It takes a lot for something to get into that list, so there must be a lot […]
Survey shows how many gamers want to buy the Wii 2
A national survey (of the US) was carried out with the intent to find out how many gamers want to purchase the Wii 2 based on everything we know about it at this stage (or at least, everything that rumours lead us to believe we know). The results were as follows: 27% intend to purchase […]
IGN builds the Wii 2 [Video]
The folks at IGN decided to something I’d call a little crazy, and built a PC with specs roughly equivalent to what Project Café is rumoured to pack. They made a video of it in action, which shows off the Frankenstein-like machine and several PC graphical heavy-hitters like Crysis 2 running silky-smooth on it, with […]
Tecmo Koei wants to have games ready for the Wii 2’s launch
Yoichi Erikawa, Tecmo Koei’s CEO, mentioned at an earnings briefing today that he wants to support the Wii 2’s launch with a few games from his company. He noted that Tecmo Koei has a solid reputation for being able to have games ready for new hardware platform launches, most recently having brought us Samurai Warriors: […]
Nintendo reveals E3 live stream site, reconfirms June 7 date & time
We already knew the date and time of Nintendo’s press conference at E3, but had no information as to where we’d be able to watch it. Now, though, we know that Nintendo will be live streaming the conference through their own website, just like last year, at e3.nintendo.com. So bookmark the link and remember to […]
Grand Theft Auto may be revealed for Wii 2 at E3?
Out of all the rumours that have been flying around about the Wii’s successor, one of the more popular ones has been that Rockstar Games has a Project Café development kit, which led many people to the conclusion that they’re developing Grand Theft Auto V for it (and it still seems a likely possibility, even […]
E3 promo videos for Wii 2 have been filmed, models chosen by their hands
This is definitely an unusual little bit of news. The Twitter user superannuation claims to have been told by an insider source that all of Nintendo’s E3 promotional videos for their new console have already been filmed, and that all of the models were chosen “based on their hands. In a further tweet, he elaborated […]
Counting down to Nintendo’s E3 press conference
Shortly after Nintendo confirmed the exact date and time for their E3 press conference, at which they will be revealing the Wii’s successor, I decided to have a little fun and put together a countdown timer for it. It updates every time you refresh the page, and is set to stop at precisely 9:00 AM […]