Nintendo Wii 2 or Wii U as it is named today was originally called Project Café inside the might house of Nintendo.
Nintendo Wii 2 Project Café
Nintendo is now about to launch its latest console, which is named as “Project Café”. Various sources of the markets are projecting that this latest console would include two analog sticks, as well as trigger buttons and the regular d-pad. It (the latest console) would be having a gamecube controller as just a general feature. As a matter of fact, several reports are suggesting that the Project Café could be coming with a touch screen. (1)It is being expected that this sophisticated console would enable the players in directing the games from console to the controller screen. At least as of now, nothing can be stated with clarity about the exact kind of games that will be encompassed by Project Café. (1)
Wii U Project Café - Possible games
The following is the list of some of the games that can be expected to seen in Nintendo Wii 2:
- Super Mario Café
- Fire Emblem Café
- Legend of Paper Zelda
- Platinum Games IP
- Sonic Café
- Phantasy Star Online 2
- The Amazing Spider Man
- Tiger Woods 13
- Grasshopper Game
- Fight Night Café
- Doom 4
- Dragon’s Dogma
- Epic Games
- Valve Game
- Kingdom Hearts Café
Here, it needs to be noted that some of the above are games that would actually be there in Nintendo Wii 2, while the rest are just the ones that people are anticipating to be included (in Wii U | Wii 2 Project Café).
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When is Nintendo Wii 2 coming?
There are speculations in the market that the Nintendo Wii 2 would be brought out sometime in the year 2012, and there is a valid reason for that. In April 2011, the company briefly hinted about that release date, though there has been no formal official statement later. After that, there have been several rumors about the actual time of the year 2012 when this latest sophistication could be unveiled. As a matter of fact, there are some sections strongly opining that people would be able to see the launch (of Wii 2) only in the year 2014. It is being anticipated that the latest offering could be supporting several advanced features such as HD functionality, and that this delay is only for ensuring that the Wii 2 would indeed be having all these functions. (3)
Features that can be expected in Wii 2
The graphic processor of Wii 2 could be based upon the R700 architecture. It is also said that the CPU of Project Café is being developed by IBM, and would be inclusive of the triple core PowerPC chip of IBM. To elaborate further, the latest system of Nintendo would be far robust than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The talk in markets is suggesting that Project Café would be supporting both the display of 1080p HD and also stereoscopic 3D. (4)
There should not be any hesitation in maintaining that the controller of Wii 2 would signify as being the most striking of all the features. Apart from the two analog sticks and the d-pad, presence of a controller having touch screen is also possible. The screen is going to be suitable for playing games as well as display of menus. In the event of this feature being there in Project Café, users would be facilitated in streaming of games to the controller and going ahead with playing, even when the TV is switched off. Here, it has to be understood that an official statement of the actual design of screen is yet to be made.
There is a very strong hope that the Project Café would be enabling both GameCube games and also Wii titles. There is every reason to expect that the present Wii software and remotes are going to be compatible even with Project Café. At this juncture, entertaining too much guess work is not advisable; for no one is aware as to what actually Nintendo intends to do, with Wii 2. In fact, all the points discussed in this section signify as being just the overall market expectation. It should not be surprising if the Wii 2 does not include some of the features that have been mentioned here. (4)
Possible Design of the Wii 2 Controller
Wii 2 rumours
There is also one more rumor making rounds of the market that the Wii 2 would be with a camera facing the front, and which finds its usage in relation to in-game images. Based on this, it can be inferred that the camera is going to be somewhat similar to 3DS. (7)
Preordering Wii 2 | Wii u Project Cafe
As of now, few online sellers like the one based at Sweden (webhallen.com) are there to take preorders for Wii 2. Yet, it is being strongly recommended that users just await the official release of Project Café before placing any preorders. Presently, Nintendo is still in the process of building the Wii 2 and one is not fully sure about the exact features that would be included. Most importantly, if users choose to go ahead with preorders they need to pay a fairly high amount. And, the possibility of Wii 2 costing much lesser subsequent to the actual launch cannot be ruled out. On the other hand, when one prefers to wait till the release, they would be having many options for getting good deals related to preorders. With regard to preorders, Amazon is rated as being a good online location, and at the time of any new launch, it (Amazon) is amongst the initial retailers to be accepting preorders. It is preferable that consumers exercise patience and when the apt time comes; they opt for reputed portals like Amazon. (5)
Video
The link mentioned below leads to a video where, the expected features of Wii 2 have been analyzed.
- http://Wii.ign.com/articles/116/1162045p1.html
- http://greatgamingcrusade.com/2011/05/15/rumor-possible-project-cafe-games-list/
- http://www.gizmag.com/nintendo-Wii-2-unveiling-date-launch/18483/
- http://Wii.ign.com/articles/113/1135489p1.html
- http://wii2be.com/wii-2-pre-order/
- http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2011/04/23/project-cafe-is-wii-2-code-name-nintendo-stream-also-considered-new-details-on-controllers-say-rumors.htm
- http://www.inquisitr.com/107601/rumor-wii-2-controller-has-built-in-camera/