Hot on the heals of news that Sony's been idea-shopping its so-called "PS4" to developers, the grapevine has it "from multiple sources" that Nintendo's started talking up its official successor to the Wii. What They Play "parents guide to video games" co-founder John Davison says he's heard it from several folks in the games dev and publishing biz that Nintendo's started showing "what's next" and buzz-calling it the "Wii HD," though it's apparently anyone's guess whether that would be the final name or not.
Think Game Boy to Game Boy Advance, says Davison, or "same candy shell, more powerful not-so-chewy center."
Tasty bits:
- High definition visuals.
- Greater priority given to digitally distributed content.
- Local storage (for said digitally distributed content).
- A game link for the Virtual Boy.
One of those is only 99 percent false, while the other three fall somewhere in the "who knows, but let's make a wish!" range.
Of course it's always possible that Nintendo's imminent press conference could include a wink or nod toward new hardware. Not likely, but possible. They've certainly got plenty of other dots to connect, like announcing their long rumored new Nintendo DS handheld, which an MCV source now "guarantees" is coming.
