The following is a bot translation from the original french source.

Wii Too details

The info below results from a conversation direct with one of the American developers working on a project for the future console. Part of the remarks were authorized to us to be diffused, but the advisor refuses that one reveals his identity or the studio for which it work.


Beginning of the conversation:


Currently the code name of the console, and not its name of project, is Butterfly. The kits of developments answer this name.


The hardware is well built on an architecture similar to Xbox 360, moreover the kits of current developments are stations of travails prochent PC and not closed stations as it is the case of Playstation 3.


The console will propose well an exit HDMI and graphics active in this direction.


All that one knows it already more or less, which east am is a sentence of our advisor about the lever.


“With the new console of Nintendo one will not be obliged to be in front of the screen to play there. It is any time well about a console for the house and not a wandering support.”


A quite strange sentence which can leave your imagination to multiple theory.


According to the same contact, Butterfly (project Café was not mentioned during this conversation, there is can be a name of project and a code name comforts for different developer) will be called in final Wii some thing. Wii Fly, Wii HD, Wii 2 etc, for Nintendo it are important to preserve the Wii mark and mark NDS.


There is no yet exact plan for the conference of Nintendo to E3. With the various rumours of these last days that little to push the manufacturer to change his scenario. For the moment an American studio of Nintendo work on a technical demonstration which should be presented during the E3 conference. This demonstration is resulting from a game under development which did not enter yet in pre-production (what only means little still to change). It is about new a IP in the kind “Action”. To finish, at the present time, the console does not seem not planned for this year, it will rather be necessary to see 2012 for its launching, of this Nintendo fact could indeed reveal the console soon (in E3), but with the manner of the Revolution in its time and then take its time to speak about it.


End of the conversation.

So it sounds like, if all this is true, the new Nintendo console is going to be very similar in design to the Xbox 360, using a very PC-like architecture for easy developement, but a more powerful version. With a dual analog controller that has a LCD touchscreen on it, making it almost like a handheld/controller hybrid. This will also be the 1st Nintendo console to support HDMI video and digital audio.

I'm definitely all for going back to dual analog, because in my opinion that was the worst thing about the Wii, and its weakest link; no 2nd analog stick for camera control. It forced games to be designed in almost an N64-ish way since camera control was limited, and the games that allowed you to use the remote for camera had mixed results at best. Unless it was a FPS, of course.

American studio readying a tech demo? Obviously Retro Studios. If anyone can show off what a new console can do, its them.

I'm having some PC problems, I have a memory stick that isn't recognised by Windows 7. It just doesn't show up at all, no error messages or anything. But then I tried other devices in various usb ports and nothing seems to be detected. What should I do?

gamingeek said:

I just had a scary thought.

Nintendo said they experimented with 3D panels with the GC, but they didn't do it because it was too expensive. It's still too expensive to ship a 3D panel with a console unless its a small screen like the 3DS.

What if the console houses the hardware and it wirelessly beams the game onto the controller which IS the main viewing screen, but in 3D? It sort of fits with nintendo's philosyphy that if you want 3D, everything should be 3D not just for some games for those who can afford the TVs?

If that were the case, then I would not buy their next console.

I don't like the dual controller set-up.

If they can get rid of the nunchuk and the wire between, I am all for it!

I am also prediciting a HUGE push for online and the headset would make sense for that too!

The whole cafe concept seems to suggest a group of people together chatting and being social too!

Look at all the social things built into the 3DS!

Nintendo (lately) seems to be about listening to what players want... I think this system is going to be INSANELY robust when it comes to online, social gaming and community building. Headset MUST be considered for speech... prolly a big focus on FPS...

Retro will show Metroid Prime Hunters 2 as it's example of the new hardware at E3... mark. my. words!!

phantom_leo said:

Nintendo (lately) seems to be about listening to what players want... I think this system is going to be INSANELY robust when it comes to online, social gaming and community building. Headset MUST be considered for speech... prolly a big focus on FPS...

Don't know about the big focus FPS, but I bet they will do better in the online features department. I don't care much about online gaming features except for game demos.

phantom_leo said:

Retro will show Metroid Prime Hunters 2 as it's example of the new hardware at E3... mark. my. words!!

Ewww!

Ravenprose said:

Turn your head, and you can't see the screen anymore. Don't see that as a benefit, really.

I'm talking slight motions... Not looking from side to side!  

I think by now Nintendo has refined motion control enough to do read very fine movements...

...or were your referring to the 3DS...?  

Crytek want 8gb of RAM in consoles Say it's the biggest thing holding back graphics

8GB of RAM seems like overkill on a dedicated game console. Then again, what do I know about hardware specs? Nothing, really.