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Rumor: Nintendo to show new hardware at E3 - Yahoo News
The Electronic Entertainment Expo rumormill is starting to wind up, with talk of a new Nintendo console resurfacing not yet a year and a half after the Wii U's debut.
US site IGN fueled expectation of a new hardware announcement in the May 1 edition of its Nintendo Voice Chat podcast.
"They're absolutely going to show new hardware this year," said co-host Peer Schneider, after he and his co-hosts established an atmosphere of healthy skepticism. "I've heard it from someone who used to be at Nintendo, I've heard it from somebody on the third-party front."
No further detail was given on what exactly that new hardware might be -- console, controller, accessory or something else entirely.
UK sites corroborate
But British-based site VideoGamer chimed in with further source-led speculation originating from inside an unnamed game publisher.
"Nintendo will reveal new hardware at E3," wrote deputy news editor Dave Scammell. "Games compatible with the hardware will also be playable at the show," he continued, linking the rumor to a January chat about a refreshed handheld and home console duo, the Fusion DS and Fusion Terminal.
May 2 then saw UK trade news site MCV confirming "some sort of new [Nintendo] hardware at E3" was "the same thing that [MCV] has been told in recent days." Again, further details were not supplied and no connection made to the Fusion.
The original Fusion Terminal rumor had been met with suspicion in technical quarters, its supposed spec sheet viewed as being confused and contradictory.
Furthermore, superceding the Wii U with a vastly improved model so soon after launch might help it compete with the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and tablet gaming scene, but at the cost of snubbing loyal fans -- a dangerous gambit.
Clues from Nintendo's president
More likely, perhaps, is a project announced by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata at his company's January 30 investors meeting.
Iwata closed his presentation with a section on Nintendo's long-term plan of creating "a new platform business" that "improves people's quality of life in enjoyable ways," taking the theme of health as its first step and investigating "'non-wearable' technology."
"I plan to announce more details within 2014," Iwata had said. "I then plan to talk about its specific features and a clearer vision of what we really mean by the term 'non-wearable.'"
Nintendo is to broadcast a livestreamed event from E3 at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday, June 10.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo rumormill is starting to wind up, with talk of a new Nintendo console resurfacing not yet a year and a half after the Wii U's debut.
US site IGN fueled expectation of a new hardware announcement in the May 1 edition of its Nintendo Voice Chat podcast.
"They're absolutely going to show new hardware this year," said co-host Peer Schneider, after he and his co-hosts established an atmosphere of healthy skepticism. "I've heard it from someone who used to be at Nintendo, I've heard it from somebody on the third-party front."
No further detail was given on what exactly that new hardware might be -- console, controller, accessory or something else entirely.
UK sites corroborate
But British-based site VideoGamer chimed in with further source-led speculation originating from inside an unnamed game publisher.
"Nintendo will reveal new hardware at E3," wrote deputy news editor Dave Scammell. "Games compatible with the hardware will also be playable at the show," he continued, linking the rumor to a January chat about a refreshed handheld and home console duo, the Fusion DS and Fusion Terminal.
May 2 then saw UK trade news site MCV confirming "some sort of new [Nintendo] hardware at E3" was "the same thing that [MCV] has been told in recent days." Again, further details were not supplied and no connection made to the Fusion.
The original Fusion Terminal rumor had been met with suspicion in technical quarters, its supposed spec sheet viewed as being confused and contradictory.
Furthermore, superceding the Wii U with a vastly improved model so soon after launch might help it compete with the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and tablet gaming scene, but at the cost of snubbing loyal fans -- a dangerous gambit.
Clues from Nintendo's president
More likely, perhaps, is a project announced by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata at his company's January 30 investors meeting.
Iwata closed his presentation with a section on Nintendo's long-term plan of creating "a new platform business" that "improves people's quality of life in enjoyable ways," taking the theme of health as its first step and investigating "'non-wearable' technology."
"I plan to announce more details within 2014," Iwata had said. "I then plan to talk about its specific features and a clearer vision of what we really mean by the term 'non-wearable.'"
Nintendo is to broadcast a livestreamed event from E3 at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday, June 10.
I'll just continue playing my Wii U
Had me going for a sec.
I actually thought it was weird that they shot it down since Nintendo NEVER responds to these things.