Rumors and speculation about wii
Price
While the price of the system is not yet announced, rumors abound. Each of the past four generations of Nintendo consoles have launched at $199 (USD). This has led to speculation of a $199 launch price for the Wii as well. Nintendo has stated that the Wii will be cheaper than the PS3 and Xbox 360, therefore $299 is the limit for the price of the console. Also, in a interview with CNNMoney, Satoru Iwata said that no first party game would cost more than $50.
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Hardware and specifications
Nintendo has hinted that not every major feature of Wii, and specifically its controller, has been revealed. According to Nintendo of Europe's Jim Merrick, they "have not shared everything that there is to know about the Revolution [Wii] or its controller."
An Ars Technica journal entry speculates that the controller may use a combination of IR and ultrasound to function, much like some existing, similar products such as "virtual whiteboards" and Nintendo's investment in Gyration, Inc. may also give a clue as to some of the technology used.
It has been inferred from an interview with EA Canada's senior vice president John Schappert that the "Nunchaku" will feature an accelerometer inside of it, so it can also sense movements similarly to the remote.
Ars Technica has also speculated that the Wii's CPU may be based on that "Xenon" chip in the Xbox 360. Since the "Broadway" chip is being developed by IBM, it is possible that it is simply a low-cost version of the Xenon, using only one or two cores instead of the three in the current Xbox.
IGN.com claims to have received information from third-party game studios regarding the hardware specifications. Among their claims:
The Broadway CPU runs at 729MHz according to Nintendo specifications.
The Hollywood GPU runs at 243 MHz and is actually an integrated "system-on-a-chip" that includes "GPU, DSP, I/O bridge and 3MBs of texture memory."
The system RAM is divided into 24MB of "main" 1T-SRAM and 64MB of "external" 1T-SRAM; access speed for both banks is the same.
The console runs on an extension of the Gamecube Gekko CPU and Flipper GPU architectures.
Nintendo has filed a patent for a method of playing games for older less capable systems on a more capable system. It seems likely that this relates to Nintendo's 'Virtual Console'.
Wii will have connectivity with the Nintendo DS.
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Games and developer support
Mr. Miyamoto said in an EGM interview that he is thinking of making a Pikmin game for Wii. [citation needed]
NGC Magazine claims that The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, when inserted into the Wii, will utilize its native "free-hand" controller. This claim gained further support after Nintendo of Europe's interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, in which he stated, "...because [Wii] can run GameCube software, when you play Twilight Princess on [Wii] you can take advantage of the [Wii] controller."
It has also been hinted that older franchises, such as Kid Icarus, will be reintroduced on Wii as well.
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