Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Nintendo Wii 2 Touchscreen Controller Confirmed

Nintendo already announced it will roll out the next Wii gaming console at the E3 2011 conference in L.A. this week, and now a reliable source confirms much-rumored details of the new Wii’s unique controller, depicted in the graphic mockup above.
Japanese source Nikkei [registration required], which has correctly predicted numerous Nintendo rollouts in the past, confirms that the next Wii’s controller will have a touchscreen with a “size of about 6 inches.” Beyond that, the controller will have a camera on board, will give users tablet-like control of games and will be powered by a built-in rechargeable battery.
Nikkei says the next Wii could be released in mid-2012. Although it’s being called the Wii 2 across the blogosphere and beyond, Nintendo is still not saying what it has named its next gaming console, code-naming it “Project CafĂ©” and saying nothing more than it will be “the successor to the Wii.”
That touchscreen controller could be useful. Numerous sites such as IGN predict games will stream directly to that touchscreen, with the controller capable of being used as a wirelessly connected gaming system itself, or to control a game played on a larger screen, or both.
For instance, a six-inch touchscreen could be particularly handy when playing four-player split-screen games, or to allow different games to go to different screens throughout the house at the same time. And the camera? According to gaming site Andrisang, that could be used to take pictures of players for use as avatars, or for in-game videoconferencing.

source : http://mashable.com/2011/06/05/nintendo-wii-2-touchscreen/

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