third-party Archive

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.

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.

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.

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.

THQ hints at a possible Wii 2 announcement in 2011

THQ’s CEO sees reason to believe Nintendo may announce the Wii 2 this year.

Sega: “Wii is in a strange place…”

It looks like the third-party support for Nintendo’s little white box is starting to wane, as shown by the recent comments of Sega’s marketing VP.