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New Nintendo HD Console Rumors Abound
pcgfx805 writes "Game Informer has reportedly received word from 'multiple sources' that a new HD console from Nintendo will be debuting at this year's E3. They report on conflicting information regarding the power of the console compared to the other current-gen consoles, but go on to speculate that 'Either way it will offer competitive specifications.'"
This year's E3 is scheduled for June 7-9.
Gamers have been waiting years for Nintendo to finally release its Wii successor, and Game Informer has heard from multiple sources that the company will unveil it at E3
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this summer if not sooner. We have confirmed with multiple sources that this new home system is capable of running games at HD resolutions.
Appeal to emotion.
There are conflicting reports, however, as to whether its graphics will be comparable to those on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 – meaning it could surpass or fall short of those systems. Either way it wil
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ll offer competitive specifications. Moving to HD should greatly help Nintendo and its new console in getting more multi-platform triple-A titles like Portal 2 or Mortal Kombat. This, in turn, will strengthen Nintendo's historically poor relationship with
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h third-party publishers/developers. In fact, Nintendo is already showing publishers the system in an effort to get them interest
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ted and allow them plenty of time to start developing titles in anticipation of the system's reported late 2012 launch. This advance support marks a change fr
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rom when the Wii launched. At that time, several Western publishers were outright surprised by the announcement, and it affected the software support for the platform. Nintendo president Sa
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atoru Iwata himself acknowledged that it needs to do a better job with its publishing partners at a 3DS press conference in the fall of 2010. "We need to dec
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crease the concern that only Nintendo software can sell well on Nintendo platforms and third-party software cannot sell in the same volume. We feel a need to
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o have closer ties with our third-party developers from the beginning." "Nintendo is doing this one right," said an anonymous source. "[It's] not a gimmick like the Wii." What else,
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beyond graphics, this may imply about the system is unknown. What kind of controls the system will support (we imagine a need for both class
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sic analog configurations and motion controllers) or what level of software and infrastructure Nintendo will provide for online gaming is also unknown. However,
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it's a positive sign that the system might be more than just an HD Wii. We've heard about an HD Wii for some time now, and the time is perfect – almost necessary
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y – for Nintendo to jump start itself with this new system. The company has been feeling the bite since Wii sales have declined from pr
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revious years, and this week's news that Nint