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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 […]

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 […]

Getting ready for Nintendo’s investor relations meeting

A short guide to what we can expect to hear from Nintendo’s investor relations meeting tomorrow, and how you can follow it.

Yet another image of Project Café leaks out – this one’s of the back

Wow, so much for a set of images that everyone is convinced are fake. I just found a picture of the back of that console, which shows us where everything would plug in. There appears to be an antenna, two USB ports (or are they HDMI?), and some other attachment point that I can’t really […]

Official Nintendo document confirms 2012 Wii successor launch & playable E3 showing

An official document from Nintendo’s investor relations site confirms that the Wii’s successor will be revealed in playable form at E3 2011, followed by a 2012 launch.

Could ‘Project Café’ be the Wii 2’s real codename?

A curious anomaly on Wario World suggests that Project Café may actually really be the Wii successor’s codename.

A second image of the ‘Project Café’ SDK leaks out – fake or not?

A second image of the Wii 2 has leaked out, this time revealing the console unit itself in its full glory. Is it fake? You be the judge.

Miyamoto confirms existence of ‘Project Café’ – “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire”

Miyamoto practically confirms the existence of Project Café, in addition to revealing some other information on his current projects.

Is Retro’s secret project Eternal Darkness 2?

Is Retro Studios working on a sequel to the GameCube hit Eternal Darkness?