Nintendo Wii 2 with Blu-ray drive to launch in 2010?

Posted by Katherine Hannaford on Mon 2 Nov 2009

If Nintendo adds a Blu-ray drive to the Wii, then Microsoft will be the only manufacturer without a BDP gaming console

Don't let the recent painting of the black Nintendo Wii fool you: it's not actually a new console, it's a three-year-old plastic box that is in desperate need of an overhaul. Could the rumoured Wii 2, with Blu-ray drive, be the next proper upgrade to the Nintendo line?

Speculation has increased about the Wii 2 launching in 2010, with the gaming website MaxConsole crediting a Nintendo France marketing chap as telling them it will contain a Blu-ray drive and able to handle 1080p games and movies - just like the PS3.

It's expected to go on sale worldwide in the third quarter of 2010, and Nintendo will offer a trade-in for the first Wii. It's peculiar that trade-in information is being speculated on this early in the game, but it'd be unlike Nintendo not to offer such a scheme after doing similar with the DS portable consoles.

Link: Nintendo (via MaxConsole and TechRadar)

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By freebieconsoles

3|11|2009 15:26

Could be a good move. Interesting anyway. I would hope developers don't just port PS3/Xbox 360 games across and shoe horn in wii-mote controls. I would like to see an actual game pad, as although I think the wii has some great games I do wish I could just sit down and play without flailing my arms. Hope they don't rush into it and have thoughts things through longterm.

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By markster

3|11|2009 13:05

i am hoping this time nintendo will make a graphical powerhouse of a console. and not a childs toy. i love my wii, but the best games i like are on the PS3. ie tekken time crisis,ridge racer, and so on.

so i cant want to see Wii2, and are happy with the rumored trade-in scheme.

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2|11|2009 18:40

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