[NEWS]Wii 2?

Nintendo Set to Reveal New Console
New console is backwards compatible with Wii software.

According to multiple reports today, Nintendo will reveal a new console at E3 this coming June.

Game Informer first reported the details, saying the console is capable of running games at "HD resolutions." Our sources have said the the console is significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and that Nintendo's intent is to recapture the hardcore market. Another source said it is capable of 1080p resolutions.

Nintendo is reportedly showing the console to publishers to garner interest for a late 2012 launch.

Additional sources tell IGN that Nintendo will release a pre-announcement this month with a full reveal expected at E3 and that the console will be backwards compatible with current Wii software.

A report from CVG states the new Nintendo console will use an all-new controller - not an updated Wii controller - with sources saying it will have a built-in screen. Additional sources informed IGN the screen has touch capability.

Wii 2 Unlikely to Feature 3D
Fils-Aime down on the possibility of an all-3D future

Nintendo's next generation of home hardware is unlikely to follow the 3D path that its recently released handheld is pursuing.

That's according to comments from Nintendo's own Reggie Fils-Aime, who said that having explored 3D technology at length before it went with the solution put forward with the 3DS.

"Glasses-free is a big deal," Fils-Aime told CNN, "We've not said publicly what the next thing for us will be in the home console space, but based on what we've learned on 3-D, likely, that won't be it."

Nintendo's previously been coy in commenting on the Wii's successor, with Fils-Aime saying that the existing console would have to shift considerably more units before the company would consider announcing new hardware.