'Wii 2 won't have hand controllers'

Leading microchip manufacturer Intel believes Nintendo's successor to the best-selling Wii console won't come with hand controllers.

"We imagine some future generation of [Nintendo's] Wii won't have hand controllers," said Justin Rattner, the company's chief technology officer.

"You just set up the cameras around the room and wave your hand like you're playing tennis."

Ofcource any of the 3 companies could also use this technology, not just Nintendo.

According to Business Week, the firm is keen not to miss the opportunity to get involved in the next generations of games systems after it was beaten to it by IBM for the current models.

[Grassroots]

seriously, just give me a controller let me play. I understand it appeals to a casual market, but playing games for about 18 years with a controller, this stuff just doesn't work very well for me, nor does the Wii itself. Still own one yes drunk Wii Sport, Brawl when released, SMG, and Zelda. That's really it.

[Jinxstar]

me to but I got metal slug anthology and rayman...

[MikeGdaGod]

then it will be able to do what the PS3 already can. PS Eye anyone?

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

Will Wii 2 have HD?

[TANOD]

Wii is a complete joke. It is 1/10 as powerful as the x360 and perhaps 1/50 as powerful as the ps3.

I simply dont it . Why do people buy wii without any games when there is PS3 and X360---those are atleast next gen consoles with next gen games

[TheSadTruth]

Whatever console Nintendo makes after the Wii, it will bomb GUARANTEED. If they choose to make a 2nd iteration of the wii, the casual market will NOT be adopting it. The first wii is a fad and if they release ANOTHER motion sensing console nothing is going to change, the casual market already has a wii why the hell would they need a newer one with the same gimmick? If they try to compete with Xbox 3 and PS4, the same thing is likely to happen as they will continue to get MINIMAL 3rd party support.

Nintendo should become a 3rd party publisher after this generation. They can bring their creative and incredible titles to real consoles.

[allatain]

the Next Gen console the nintendo makes will have to have the same Processing power as the next gen PS4 Xbox720
this is because the simple fact that Sony has already incorporated some sort of motion detection in its console, the SixAxis, its only a small jump to reach the operability of the wiimote for Sony even in this generation of consoles.
Sony already has a game with the ability to track the pointer of a gun to the screen, Time Crisis 4, which is an ok game,

[Relcom]

What a awful idea.

[ChickeyCantor]

" Leading microchip manufacturer Intel believes Nintendo's successor to the best-selling Wii console won't come with hand controllers.
"

so don't take it so seriously, actually i believe they will keep the GCN controllers.

not all games are playable with motion controlling ( games like Super smash brothers or any other game like street fighter just wont work with motion)

[Why o why]

one step at time

[mistertwoturbo]

Set up a camera and move your arms. That's weird, there's a small company with a console called Sony who's already done that. Weird. Something called Playstation Eye.

[moses]

No hand controls, it attaches to your Wii :D!

[travelguy2k]

LMFAO, THANKS, NEED TO GO CHANGE MY UNDERWARE!!

[TwissT]

Gaming is getting too active now. The reason why I game is too relax after a long day's work. Not to stand up and wave my arms like a fool.

[mistertwoturbo]

lol that's just funny

[Devr]

"You just set up the cameras around the room and wave your hand like you're playing tennis."

Ridiculous.

[INehalemEXI]

I like wii's controls its just I wish they came with a full powered next gen console.

If ninty drops the wii controls next gen what was the point of the wii's sales success.

Just a get money quick scheme?

[Chug]

No, thanks.

[name]

I'd rather have a vibrating body suit for shooting games. Sony? ahem.

[mistertwoturbo]

maybe even have a hit detection system. vibrates in different areas. coupled with the Playstation Eye so it knows where you're sitting. so you run around in a FPS and if you get shot in the chest, you feel it in the chest. if you get shot in well. the back, then vibrate in the back.

yes, sony *ahem*

[snakeak]

http://www.tngames.com/

[Filanime03]

To tell u guys the truth I don't think the next Wii will have the same impact as this current Wii console. The Wii certainly was overhype and people is so amaze of its motion control but on the next gen Wii with the same motion control people will probably be tired of it. The reason why Wii is selling so much is because of its new control and lots of people want to try it. I think the Wii will win this gen but on the next gen I think microsoft or sony will be the winner.

[Louisifer]

The eyetoy was just copied from the PC software for webcams, i remember playing with that stuff like 7? years ago at PC world. its gonna have to be more than just a webcam to be successful as a controller alternative.

[GIJeff]

leaps ahead of the wii. The PS Eye takes it to a whole new level. More sensitive and everything. Its very powerful, and very nice to use.

[Tyrael]

Nintendo, you've become the joke of the gaming industry.

[R M Spender]

nintendo makes good games, no need to shine sh!t with blueray and supposed 1080p. mario galaxy highest rated game ever, next to ocarina of time. best selling system now.... just wait for smash bros. nintendo will always be better than any other game company. oh and next nintendo will be the same power as all of the rest of the systems if they want it to be, nintendo has more money than god.

[Tyrael]

More money than God eh? Tell that to my 50 inch Sony LCD. The Wii can't make much use of that.

[allatain]

Instead of Players punching the LCD TVs when they play,

They punch each other,

the new version of boxing

[Greek99]

nintendo is really stup!d.

[Louisifer]

If Nintendo's a joke.. then what does that make the 2 trailing next-gen consoles?

[ZACGOL95]

I dont understand why people want wii?? stupid people O_ô

[MK_Red]

"You just set up the cameras around the room and wave your hand like you're playing tennis."
Uhh... isn't that Eye Toy?

[commadore65]

Intel's Prediction/Speculation.

[bootsielon]

Nintendo, always late in technology

[TruthbeTold]

will come with whatever the current handheld is at the time that comes after the DS. I'm sure it would be DS like, but have better graphics, motion control, and fold up to be only slightly wider than the current wii-mote. I really think that Nintendo is going to try to force handheld and console together next time around. They'll probably go cheap with a 720p max output, with enough power to really optimize that level of graphics. It will probably cost something like $329 or so since by 2010,11,12 or so, the parts it will take to do this will be significantly less expensive.

[wiizy]

just like nintendo was the only innovation with the wii....the next nintendo controller will once again catch gamers and non gamers off guard and win that generation also.. i wouldnt use a camera though. i would use a grid.... a screen that you control all your actions on.. a touch screen

[Daxx]

Don't sacrifice fun for innovation.

[ReBurn]

Apparently a lot of the kids around here don't realize what Nintendo did for video games. I doubt there will be a Wii 2, but if Nintendo creates a new system it certainly won't have traditional controls. I don't know why people beat on Nintendo. They've consistently done it right since the 80's.

[RecSpec]

The article does say any of the three companies could use it.
So whats stopping Sony or Microsoft from jumping on.

On another note, translating classics to this format would be bad.
I seriously doubt we are ready to jump our way through the first Mario game on that platform.

[ChickeyCantor]

grandma might break a hip.
XD god these mental images of families jumping in their living room XD
thnx for the laughter.

[RecSpec]

I just hope we wouldn't have to butt-slam any switches. Or pretend we are riding horses in Zelda.

[ChickeyCantor]

this is intel speaking why do people pretend its coming from the horses mouth?

[purin]

the idea is so tantilizing XD

[purin]

I would very much want Nintendo to implement this idea
I have been wanting this for a longtime
Sony's Camera peripheral does a great job of doing this (on a small scale)
...however it doesn't make it an imperative in many of their games
I can understand not wanting to do all the combos n SF4, but still...

[kspraydad]

soon to be releasing next gen versions for the PlayStation EYE.

MOCAP Boxing from Konami will be one of the first titles.

Of course there are already PSN games such as this:

[travelguy2k]

do away with the t.v. all together, you simply go to a tennis court and hit balls, i think it'll even be co-op capable

[TwissT]

And I bet that graphics will be off the hook due to it being played on the real life engine.

[essien]

I can't believe there are so many people commenting on this thread who think the wii is a joke. listen, we all realize that the wii is the least powerful of the next generation consoles but everyone knew that when they were buying one. I used to think that the wii was a fad too, but after buying one of my own (I had to for super mario galaxy) I realized it is something entirely its own. I don't even consider it in the same realm as the ps3 or the xbox 360. fact of the matter is that nintendo can do no wrong at the moment - look at the facts. the xbox 360 launched a full year earlier than the wii, and the wii caught up and surpassed the xbox 360's world wide sales a few months ago. nintendo can't even match the market demand for the wii and even had to remove commercials from tv. it is simply TOO popular. everyone wants one. isn't that strange? the wii has literally like three or four good games and people around the world want one, and some even want one enough to pay three, four, five times as much as its regular value. consider all these things and then say that nintendo should be a 3rd party publisher.

gameplay > graphics
gameplay > power

that is why the wii crushes the xbox 360 and the ps3. and don't get me wrong, I am a proud owner of an xbox 360 and I play it a lot more than I play the wii. I'm just saying, don't be a hater on the wii, it deserves respect for what it has achieved.

[jinn]

doesn't matter, wii 2 will still suck

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Mocap cameras already exist for the final user, it's not even new, Eye Toy was already that kind of device and it doesn't works good afterall.

Pointers and motion controllers were here before wiimote too, you can look to all kind of devices, with a good variety of function mechanisms, in all those Arcade FPS, some Soccer Arcades too (where you put sensors in you lag to shoot). And they just work that great on a limited range of genres, it's not like been so good/natural when playing Devil May Cry, Soul Calibur or Tomb Raider...

Gaming googles are also old... Don't work.

Gaming gloves like some Minority Report thing, old, don't work.

Brain Scan Readers are new, but already look more niche accessory...

We'll play with our hands for sometime. Assassin's Creed's Animus is far, far away from reality, sorry.

[B Man]

There was something similar done in the early 90s... though technologically speaking it was a failure... looks wise it made you look like a complete jackass. Stick with the controller or bring out true virtual reality.

[DaEnforcer]

Well we already had such a thing on PS2, it was called the Eye Toy

[R M Spender]

you win a reply by me and an all expense paid trip back to sleep.

[TwissT]

Really the gaming industry should keep controllers. Tons of gamers (like me) are just used too something in our hands and giving our fingers a work out.

[pshizle]

...nintendos best console n64 those were the days for me =)

wii is just dumb for casual gamers

360/PS3 is the route to go

why couldnt nintendo just take the $1billion MS offered...oh why NINTENDO GRARARRARAR

i want to be the 31st person to say EYE TOY anyone???

[aiphanes]

You are the Playstation Eye big sister!

[hok_22]

What the hell lets see now i think sony have alredy done this with their camera and all and they have also shown the demonstration lolz what happen to all those fangiels screaming sony copied nintendo and all that stuff

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Sony already beat 'em to it...

[Rayko]

Ok, I dont understand why people wanna have a PS3.Worse graphics than 360 and worse controller than both of them.360 and wii also got better games.

Anyhow I think Nintendo is the company that tries to do something innovative and still makes the most interesting games out there.Xbox 360 is totally dominated by wargames.Rainbow six, blacksite, Ghost recon, frontline etc etc are all crap games!! it really starts to piss me off when 85% of all 360 games includes grenades and a gun.Can western game developers start to produce GOOD games like mario, zelda, shenmue, Resident evil, FF etc?? I guess that will never happen.

By that I want to point out that you people should be happy that Nintendo is alive or else we would have a really really boring gaming world filled with only wargames.

[Skerj]

Seriously man, I mean who the hell wants to play Burnout Paradise or Gran Turismo 5 when we can play Cruis'n and GT Pro Series. COD4, UT3? Nah man f**k that I want Red Steel!!

[Skerj]

Simpsons did it!! Seriously though I doubt this will happen, there's no way Nintendo will create a system that totally eschews hand controllers. They'd be severely limiting themselves if they did.

[PopEmUp]

If you play a game without controllers and swinging your hands, if you'd imagine if you were playing a game like boxing and suddenly your dad was walking by and you were trying to punch a guy in the game and suddenly you punch your dad right on the nut that would be hilarious wouldn't it?

[Wiitard]

None of these systems have even been out this long? Why is anyone even discussing the next generation? How utterly ridiculous. Do you know how many changes the Wii 2 (or whatever they decide to call it) will go through before it is released. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it will be powered by human thought in the next year.

[Basch]

Would people STOP saying Wii 2?

[Wii60_FTW]

The last thing the NSA needs is more available cameras in our homes.

[NEO_X]

IT'S THE U-FORCE ALL OVER AGAIN !!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

I really hope this isn't true i was 6 and I still felt like a idiot using that God awful device