Project Cafe

[Alpha Six]

Might as well do that with the 3ds though. I just don't like the idea that their next "main" console, is essentially another handheld.

Not really. Having a handheld component in a console doesn't automatically make the console a handheld. I think that this is pretty neat and has a lot of potential.

Examples: Mini-maps and GUI elements that don't obscure the screen! Console TCGs! VMU-style minigames! Hell, you could even carry save data onto the controller and bring it with you anywhere, or use your controllers to deliver/retrieve data to/from other consoles.

Arguably, the 3DS can do all of these with connectivity to the "new console," but I don't know very many people that are going to buy both a 3DS and the new Nintendo console for the sake of these features, since that'll probably dry out upwards of $600.

I'm glad Nintendo "jumps ahead" of gaming, I'd like to see more innovations in gaming like this. Maybe we're getting one step closer to finally properly pulling off VR.

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Also, about this console "showing no signs of motion control"-- they said that all Wii games and Wiimotes would be backwards compatible. (This might have been a rumor, but I remember reading this somewhere.) Having no motion control but backwards compatibility with a motion control system would just be silly.