Wii 2's Rumored Touchscreen Controller Makes Perfect Sense
25.04.11
Think a controller with a screen inside it sounds crazy? Actually, it makes perfect sense.
Nintendo confirmed early Monday that it is preparing to take the lid off a new home videogame machine , which it called the “successor to the Wii,” in June.
Nintendo’s official statement gave no specifics about the new machine, only saying that it would be playable at videogame conference E3 Expo starting June 7 and would be released in 2012. But reports from various enthusiast gaming press outlets in the past week, all citing anonymous game-development sources, have painted a more detailed picture. Codenamed “Project Cafe,” the system’s most distinguishing feature is said to be a controller with a built-in touchscreen.
This shouldn’t be too shocking to anyone who has followed Nintendo’s product development over the last decade. When the company first talked up the GameCube console circa 2001, it said you would be able to use your Game Boy Advance portable machine as a GameCube controller by linking the two systems with an optional $10 cable attachment (pictured above).
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