DZComposer Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 It seems that Nintendo has pulled a fast one on us. The Wiis at E3 were just empty boxes. What everyone was playing were Wii Dev kits running on souped-up Gamecubes. Nintendo claims that it is Wii hardware in GCN cases, but I'm wondering if there is going to be a visual improvement over what we saw at E3 on the final hardware. Supposed area behind a Wii station at E3 GCNs visible during presss conference GCNs visible during presss conference Nintendo has confirmed this as true: Nintendo confirmed that they did indeed use GameCube housing, but that the "guts" or internal architecture was certainly from the Wii. "The Wii hardware we exhibited at E3 2006 was made specifically for the E3 show and is not the final mass-production version. Some of this hardware was cased in Nintendo GameCube housing," the company explained. SRC = http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=12739&rp=49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol-Ratcht Saporro Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 One word: BUSTED!!!! But, I'm at a loss for words. Why store the WIP Wii hardware in a souped up GC? Couldn't they just say that the graphics were not going to be like that of the E3 show? Oh, and another thing.....How were people able to use the motion sensor nunchuck control with the "empty box"? Oh, Let me just stop right there.....I might confuse myself a whole lot further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted May 20, 2006 Author Share Posted May 20, 2006 I've cleaned up my post a bit. This is actually pretty common. Sony was doing it too, and I'm sure the Xbox360s at last year's show were fake. Nintendo had to show Wii, even if the hardware formfactor wasn't finalized yet. So, they used an exsisting formfactor and dev hardware in souped-up-t-wii-specs cubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaz3 Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Hey, woah, slow down now. If that's 2 gamecubes, and Wii is supposed to be way smaller than the cube, how are the parts going to fit inside it? I hope Nintendo has got the sizes right and made sure everything fits. Oh and Sol, the Wii remote senses movement via a sensor bar placed either on top or at the bottom of you're TV screen. The cord for the bar is very long and could have easily been slipped under there. Now going completely off topic, the sensor bars apparently weigh very little, almost nothing making it very easy to attach to the TV. It looks quite nice and can be seen in numerous pictures at www.gamespot.com it might take a little bit of fishing around though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig11 Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Whats the point of doing all this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hioshen Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I guess because they didn't have the actually Body for the Wii ready yet ... I dunno >.< ...... But it is seemingly funny though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Fox Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 to prevent theft, cuz' they STILL haven't got the bugs out,shape-wize, and B/C they could...... Off Topic:(HI, Hiroshen!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XG Fox Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Hey' date=' woah, slow down now. If that's 2 gamecubes, and Wii is supposed to be way smaller than the cube, how are the parts going to fit inside it? I hope Nintendo has got the sizes right and made sure everything fits.[/quote'] That, or they're still working on consolidating the components. They'll get it, when has Nintendo ever ceased to amaze? But wow, I never knew that happened during that conference. Heh, when have E3 graphics ever matched up to the final product? XD And besides, I do believe that Nintendo's still working with ATI for graphics like they did with the GCN (correct me if I'm wrong), so you really shouldn't worry about getting absolutely insane graphics. ATI owns you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 Supposedly Wii is now already in final production, Analysts are predicting an Octorber release. Some have said as early as September, while other are saying Ninty is doing this to avoid stuff like Microsoft's supply problems and will still be launching in November. Though the concensus seems to be October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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