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It's a tease very similar to the stuff we heard when talk about the Wii first circulated, but can Nintendo strike gold twice? Yoshio Sakamoto seems to think (or at least hope) so.
Sakamoto, a 28-year veteran at Nintendo, has apparently gotten a look at some early concepts for the Wii's successor. He was compelled enough to dish out a couple comments to Spanish video game website 3D Juegos.
Above: Yoshio Sakamoto, the co-creator of the Metroid series. He’s been making games for Nintendo for more years than the PlayStation and Xbox brands have been around, combined
Sakamoto was assumedly speaking through a Spanish translator, and we crunched that Spanish translation through Google Translator to see it in English. The result is surprisingly still comprehensible, but do take it with a grain of salt.
"We have never done what others have. We prefer to create something new that catches attention, and I think this will continue this time as well," he said, adding, "Surely the new Nintendo machine will leave you all with your mouth open."
Obviously we still have no idea what the 'Wii 2' (as we're calling it for lack of a better name) will actually try to accomplish, but we do know it probably won't have support for 3D output. Nintendo is also planning on being even more tight-lipped than it was with the Wii.
Above: It shouldn’t be too long before we start seeing crazy Wii 2 mockups, like this old (fake) Revolution concept art from codigocero.com
Meanwhile, no one is saying much at all about the PS4 or the Xbox 720 (362?). The current systems are a bit more future-proof than the Wii, and logistically, it'll be tougher for current owners to switch to new consoles after the hundreds they've spent in downloadable content and accessories. Also, Microsoft and Sony probably aren't going to abandon Kinect and Move quickly, so it's most probable that the next Nintendo system will come out first.
Maybe we'll at least get a code name soon, because everyone knows it won't be called 'Wii 2.' We hope the final name is something even more weird and sophomoric-joke-inducing than 'Wii.'
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