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    Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/21/nint...massive-rumor/

    According to a source close to Nintendo News which it has vetted as being reliable in the past, the system specs handed over contain some “questionable code names” as noted by the site.

    Nintendo News states repeatedly to take all of this is an extreme rumor for now, and we agree 100%.

    Still, in the off-chance this is slightly true, it’s nice to know Nintendo is working on a truly next-gen system to bring to market.

    Again, it cannot be stressed enough that this is a massive rumor, but as Destructiod notes, it still makes for an interesting talking point.

    Fusion DS

    CPU: ARMv8-A Cortex-A53 GPU: Custom Adreno 420-based AMD GPU
    COM MEMORY: 3 GB LPDDR3 (2 GB Games, 1 GB OS)
    2 130 mm DVGA (960 x 640) Capacitive Touchscreen
    Slide Out Design with Custom Swivel Tilt Hinge
    Upper Screen made of Gorilla Glass, Comes with Magnetic Cover
    Low End Vibration for Gameplay and App Alerts
    2 Motorized Circle Pads for Haptic Feedback
    Thumbprint Security Scanner with Pulse Sensing Feedback
    2 1mp Stereoptic Cameras
    Multi-Array Microphone
    A, B, X, Y, D-Pad, L, R, 1, 2 Buttons
    3 Axis Tuning Fork Gyroscope, 3 Axis Accelerometer, Magnetometer
    NFC Reader
    3G Chip with GPS Location
    Bluetooth v4.0 BLE Command Node used to Interface with Bluetooth Devices such as Cell Phones, Tablets
    16 Gigabytes of Internal Flash Storage (Possible Future Unit With 32 Gigabytes)
    Nintendo 3DS Cart Slot
    SDHC “Holographic Enhanced” Card Slot up to 128 Gigabyte Limit
    Mini USB I/O
    3300 mAh Li-Ion battery

    Fusion Terminal

    GPGPU: Custom Radeon HD RX 200 GPU CODENAME LADY (2816 shaders @ 960 MHz, 4.60 TFLOP/s, Fillrates: 60.6 Gpixel/s, 170 Gtexel/s)
    CPU: IBM 64-Bit Custom POWER 8-Based IBM 8-Core Processor CODENAME JUMPMAN (2.2 GHz, Shared 6 MB L4 cache)
    Co-CPU: IBM PowerPC 750-based 1.24 GHz Tri-Core Co-Processor CODENAME HAMMER
    MEMORY: 4 Gigabytes of Unified DDR4 SDRAM CODENAMED KONG, 2 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1600 MHz (12.8 GB/s) On Die CODENAMED BARREL
    802.11 b/g/n Wireless
    Bluetooth v4.0 BLE
    2 USB 3.0
    1 Coaxial Cable Input
    1 CableCARD Slot
    4 Custom Stream-Interface Nodes up to 4 Wii U GamePads
    Versions with Disk Drive play Wii U Optical Disk (4 Layers Maximum), FUSION Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) and Nintendo 3DS Card Slot
    1 HDMI 2.0 1080p/4K Port
    Dolby TrueHD 5.1 or 7.1 Surround Sound
    Inductive Charging Surface for up to 4 FUSION DS or IC-Wii Remote Plus Controllers
    Two versions: Disk Slot Version with 60 Gigs of Internal Flash Storage and Diskless Version with 300 Gigs of Internal Flash Storage

    Alright. Discuss.
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    Re: Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    I saw in the news yesterday that Nintendo have made a huge loss in the last financial year due to poor sales of the wii, i heard that they could start letting other(ms,ps) games consoles play nintendo games..........please let me buy Mario All Stars and Super Mario World on XBLA
    Given that they have made a huge loss it would not surprise me if they do have plans for a next gen console, they need money from somewhere.
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    Re: Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    The issue with Nintendo is they were the first to next gen twice in a row last two generations. Hence they made the worst consoles. If they really wanted to make Wii U successful, they should have waited to see the specs of the PS4 and Xbone.
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    Re: Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    The Wii U isn't a BAD console, it's just doesn't have high end specs, and Nintendo is, in my opinion, acting very slowly to get the 1st party games that everyone loves to market.

    If Nintendo releases a new console before getting some of the most loved Nintendo games to the Wii U then I think they'll lose some of the Nintendo faithful.
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    Re: Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    Originally Posted by Jarr3tt88
    The issue with Nintendo is they were the first to next gen twice in a row last two generations. Hence they made the worst consoles. If they really wanted to make Wii U successful, they should have waited to see the specs of the PS4 and Xbone.
    Actually, the Wii came out a full year after the Xbox 360.
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    Re: Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    All this Fusion stuff, man, I think Nintendo would be happy if Trials Fusion is releasing on these Fusion consoles.

    btw. I feel the specs are too low again. 2.2GHz CPU and 4MB shared memory is since it's about half the power capacity of Xbox One and PS4. Not that I care about less specs but because devs could abandon that console yet again, if the specs are true. And, how do these people figure out such detailed specs??
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    Re: Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    They better give me a legit new Zelda on my Wii U before they release this new console...
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    Re: Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    Originally Posted by Blastergamer
    All this Fusion stuff, man, I think Nintendo would be happy if Trials Fusion is releasing on these Fusion consoles.

    btw. I feel the specs are too low again. 2.2GHz CPU and 4MB shared memory is since it's about half the power capacity of Xbox One and PS4. Not that I care about less specs but because devs could abandon that console yet again, if the specs are true. And, how do these people figure out such detailed specs??
    They might be low on paper, but this is nintendo, maybe they want a lower start-price/production cost from the get-go, and more in-house nintendo games that are optimized for the one console, I don't think the main goal is to compete with Xbone and PS4 directly.

    A lot of major WiiU games got delayed (think mario kart 8 ) and the console launch price was much higher then it is today, I'm sure they need a better launch lineup/price this time around.

    Personally I'm the most interested in the hand-held, as I skipped the 3ds completely.
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    Re: Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    Nintendo has very deep pockets, even if the Wii U does end up bombing in the long run they wont be bowing out of the hardware business any time soon. Love those handheld specs.
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    Re: Rumor: Nintendo is working on a new console and handheld

    Also, if they call it the Wii Thrii or use Wii anywhere in the title, I will boycott them just for their stupidity...
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