Rumor Consolidation 2011
September 2010:-
Itagaki of Team Ninja hints at game Devil's Third being made for Wii2October 2010:-
Marvell QuadCore processors for new console - *This might have had something to do with Kinect, But I don't remember.
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IBM implies that Wii2 uses Cell based PPC *Confirmed*November 2010:-
Marvell Quad cores gets a large order: From large console manufacturer - *once again might be Kinect related.
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House of the Dead: Overkill 2 in the works -
EA reviving NFL BlitzDecember 2010:January 2011:-
UltraViolet Media Cloud service coming to a console - Most Likely Sony since Sony is a partner.
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New Pokemon game for Wii *New Pokémon game for 3DS instead*February 2011:-
Wii2 announcement coming soon according to THQ
*Confirmed*March 2011:-
Wii2 announcement coming soon according to EA
*Confirmed*-AMD working on CPU/GPU combined (Fusion based) chip for console due for release @ end of 2012; Told to bring schedule in for earlier release.
*Update* - This matches up with this rumor from back in Dec.
AMD Fusion based Xbox 720 in 2012?April 2011:-
Monster Hunter 3DS to be announced soon *Confirmed* Monster Hunter 3G & Monster Hunter 4-
SSFIV3D connects to home console - Hint @ Wii2 from Capcom and 3DS -> Wii2 connectivity
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Wii price drop to $150 on May 15th *Confirmed*-
Wii2 announcement @ E3: 1080p HD, More powerful than PS360, BC with Wii, release late 2012
*Confirmed*-
New Wii2 controller has HD screen built in *Non HD Screen Confirmed*-
Wii2 to use Bluray technology *High Density Optical Disc Confirmed*-
Wii2 actually aimed at early 2012 release (1st half 2012) *
IGN backs this up in their mailbag*
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Controller Screen is actually a Touch Screen *Touch Screen Confirmed*-
Project Cafe: Wii2 Controller is a Tablet: 6" touch Screen on Controller, front facing camera & doubles as sensor bar for BC
*Codename Confirmed* *All Confrmed*-
Dual Analogs, Streaming & Games Wii2 controller to rival 3DS, NGP, iPhone & iPad apparently
*Confirmed*-
1st & 3rd Party games @ E3 *confirmed* EA, Ubisoft & Capcom all but confirmed
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Wii2 = TriCore PPC & R700 class GPU w/ 512+MB Ram Another surprise to be shown @ E3
*TriCore CPU Confirmed*-
3rd Parties have had Wii2 Dev Kits for Months, Has better Motion Tracking than Move
*Dev Kits Confirmed*-
Pikmin 3 moved to Project Cafe *Confirmed* to be shown @ E3; Nintendo also in talks with R* for solid AAA support.
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Wii2 launch June 2012; Rockstar delivering game (?GTA V?) during launch window
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Wii2, 3DS & E3!? Oh Yes!!; 3rd Parties taking a front seat this time around.
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Retro working on Wii2 game; and it's
"a project everyone wants us to do" (Starfox? Zelda? New Original FPS?)
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Nintendo prepping Head Mounted 3D VR? sounds like the NintendoOn to me....
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Wii 2 will not be Dreamcast, it’ll be “the PlayStation 2 of next gen”; A true next gen console? sounds like it.
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Retro's new game is actually Eternal Darkness 2?-
"Where there's smoke, there's fire" - Miyamoto's comment on Project Cafe - He also said not to believe everything you hear though.
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Wii2 controller has a 6.2" screen and 8 buttons *Confirmed*-
IGN: The N Stream (Wii2) Details "confirmed"?-
1up says: No Friend Codes for Wii2 *Confirmed* I think
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Retro making DKCR sequel for Wii2?-
Project Cafe Codename Confirmed; 01net rumors now have even more credibility
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4Chan Cafe "Leak"?; Sounds like a wishlist to me.
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Rareware to make 3DS games?; not sure how likely this one is, but Rare did release DS games
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Nintendo Select = $19.99 Players Choice line? *Confirmed*-
Project Cafe E3 Publishers List?; More than likely fake, but the real thing will probably still be close
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Super Smash Brothers Café @ E3 2011?; Every Nintendo Franchise to be shown off in HD? Sounds good to me
*SSB Wiiu & 3DS Announced - Confirmed*May 2011:-
Haptic Feedback & Vitality Sensor Built In? *Fake*-
Project Cafe: 8GB onboard Flash, 25GB disc & 1080p-
Track Pad in the Cafe Pad?; Just because I don't believe it don't mean it's not possible...
*False*-
GTAV to be revealed @ E3?-
$350+ Wii2 starts production in October (
Foxconn to produce)
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MS to steal Nintendo's thunder @ E3? *False* Not at this E3 atleast
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Zumba Fitness 2 for Project Cafe? to be announced/released early 2012!?
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Pikmin 3 & Endless Ocean 3 screenshots? They're likely fake, but what if they aren't.... E3 is still so far away.
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IGN: Cafe to use a 4850? maybe 2GB's of RAM (1GB GPU & 1GB CPU)?-
Valve working on Café (Wii2)?;
*Confirmed* HipHopGamer says Gabe Newell is impressed with Café and it's ease of development
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The Last Story coming to Europe!?; If they translate it, it better come to the U.S. too.
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Wii VC transferable to Café? HD versions getting made?-
Project Café Spec Sheet?; Only time will tell
*Fake*-
21 Rumors & A Bet To Back Them Up; Gotta love a bet where we win either way!
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Metroid Café Screenshot!?; I call fake, but it still looks good to me. [
fake]
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HQ Camera's in Café?-
"Final" Spec Sheet and Comparison; I compare it to the previous Spec Sheet... (less than 6 days left)
*Fake*-
New Zelda for 25th Anniversary!?; Legend of Paper Zelda anyone!?
*4 Swords DSi - Confirmed*-
ESRB Leak!? Nintendo Current!? E3 Games Reel!? *
update*
*fake*-
Project Cafe @ EB Games Expo!?; Nintendo will be there, surely Café will be too. Will you be there?
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12 Skyward Sword Rumors; A Pre-E3 roundup of Zelda Rumors (with a bonus #13)
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Super Mario Café @ E3?; It would only make sense....
*NSMBMii - Confirmed*-
Nikkei Confirms 6" Touch Screen, Camera and Rechargeable Battery; Mid-2012 Launch Date expected
*Confirmed*-
Super Mario Wii 2!? as in Super Mario for Wii 2? *NSMBMii could be considered NSMBW2 - Confirmed?*-
Another 4Chan leak!? I want to believe it. So do you.; So. Do. You.
*Controller details are False*-
Project Cafe to be called... Nintendo? Just Nintendo.... that's it.
*False*-
Nintendo Beem?; I think it works... not as well a xStream ;P but it's probably [
fake] anyways.
June 2011:-
GTA V coming in 2012!? It's Likely.; Wii
u launch window title sounds likely too
July 2011:-
Iwata subsidizes 3DS price drop with executive pay cuts!?-
Street Fighter x Tekken is coing to 3DS!?August 2011:-
4 New Nintendo Selects this Month!? *Confirmed*-
Patents reveal uMote possibly uses Flash Mem, H.264, WirelessN, Multi-Touch and has a Cradle/Docking Station!-
Zone Of Enders 3DS - ZOE:3DS; Kojima Tweeted it with pics, so it must be true right?
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Magic Box says: New Fire Emblem: Blue Sacred Sword and Red Demon Lance-
01.Net says 2nd Analog Attachment for 3DS coming & then details some internal Nintendo Drama
*2nd Analog Confirmed*-Dragon Quest X to be MMO-like
*Confirmed*-
01.Net says that some Nintendo Game Designs may be a little more than borrowed; Truth may never come to light on this one
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Epic Mickey 2 in development!? Mickey & Oswald co-op?
September 2011:-
Monster Hunter TriG, Baten Kaitos & Mach Rider: Unchained to be unveiled @ 3DS event next week-
More games rumored for next week; Yoshi, Ace Attorney, Etrian Odyssey and more....
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Wii U uses 28nm chips & 1T-SRAM!? NEC & MoSys still in the picture
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Super Smash Bros. Universe!?October 2011:-
Luigi's Mansion 2 slide pad compatible? That would make it the only 1st party game so far that is...
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Some Sonic Dimensions Rumors and Details(?); Sega Dev [laughs] and says "
*Hoax*"
November 2011:-
Silicon Knights working on Eternal Darkness 2?; it's the only "requested" title from them that I can think of.
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Revised Wiimote w/touchscreen mentioned in Sonic Dimensions rumor? yet another wiimote attachment? :/
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Wii U to support 2 tablets!? they never said it wouldn't, but anything confirming that it will is good news in my book.
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Is EA gunning to be the sole Digital Distributor for Wii U?; Trying to get any edge over Steam that it can.
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Wii U Dev Kits have atleast 2 GB of RAM; it was also mentioned that it was tri-core dual threaded Power based CPU & GPU around 1.2 TFlops
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DQVII or FFVII 3DS!? - Something about 7th entry of popular JRPG released 6 months after spinoff....
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AMD's GCN Graphics Core a possibilty for Wii U?; Graphics Core Next & GameCube Nintendo... surely it's just a coincedence
December 2011-
Xenoblade April 2012 in the US?; Operation Rainfall would like to take credit for this one...
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Wii U Specs: 768MB of eDRAM & 3Ghz QCore PPC?; I call
BS on this one... but we will know soon enough.
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Real Wii U App Store!?; I can't wait for Angry Birds & Customizable clocks...
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EPIC Mickey 2 - Fall 2012 (Multi-plat & Co-op); I hope it's an improvement over the original (which I still have yet to play
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Consolidation List 2012
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