Nintendo to announce new GPU at E3?

Disturbed1 · 04-02-2008, 01:32 AM

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According to inside sources, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime will reveal a post-production peripheral that Wii owners can attach to their consoles in order to give it a serious boost to graphical output. Consumers can expect the unit to be available by the end of Nintendo’s fiscal third quarter.

The new GPU will not be integrated into a new SKU for the Wii, but instead will be sold separately as add-on hardware for those gamers who are willing to shell out an additional $499.99. The price seems a little steep, but our source assures us that the new hardware will employ dual GPUs that will far surpass the processing power of both the PS3 and Xbox 360.

This unconfirmed bit of news has left industry analysts dumbfounded. What has prompted such a radical change in the Nintendo camp? Up until now it seemed obvious that the Big N was content to ride its simple, cartoon-style, first party titles and quirky gameplay all the way to the bank. Could it be that graphics actually do play an important part in the overall experience?

hope this isn't a joke...after all it is april fools

im lazy and don't want to post real link, but i'll post the website, click on it and just go to Game News up on top

linkage

iOwnage · 04-02-2008, 01:43 AM

This has to be an April Fools joke. That doesn't sound like the Nintendo that we know, and $500? For a GPU only? I highly doubt this is true.

14luke14 · 04-02-2008, 01:48 AM

Maybe... but going by the price that is deifnetly april fools material lol

rukus · 04-02-2008, 01:51 AM

april fools, and a poor one at that

now had it asid 150 for updated gpu, then itd be more believable.

Sovieto · 04-02-2008, 01:55 AM

too bad it still wont have the games.

Chrispy · 04-02-2008, 01:56 AM

Damn, it sucks that its an April Fools (I have no confirmation, but its kinda obvious). I think I'd actually pay that much if the graphics are really that impressive.

Don't know how it would work though. Would they only make games that are "New GPU Exclusive"? or yeah. Sounds too good to be true.

*walks away/cries*

Ah well, graphics isn't everything, as Nintendo has done a pretty decent job proving that this time around.

Disturbed1 · 04-02-2008, 01:59 AM

yea the $500 threw me off, everything else sounds believeable, but who knows guess we will just have to wait and see

CantGetAWii · 04-02-2008, 02:23 AM

Bad joke, seriously whats the point of buying a $500 add-on. Just make a new console.

rukus · 04-02-2008, 02:27 AM

everything else sounds believeable,

not so much considering there hasnt ever been a successful addition to a console like that.

ScuzzBuster · 04-02-2008, 03:26 AM

These corporate and media driven April Fools jokes ran out of steam 4 or 5 years ago. Now they are just annoying. I'm getting old and crotchety I guess, but I hate wasting my time today on crap that is obviously crap. It's not a good AFD joke if it's obvious it's a joke and completely ridiculous.

sagema · 04-02-2008, 03:30 AM

I guess I'll post my April Fools joke. Here's a new series coming out! It has a total of 1 episodes!

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/u...es/151549.html

crazyman2 · 04-02-2008, 03:59 AM

aww man, i shouldnt have even popped on here today, all the false hopes. first the brawl headset thread now this. Oh my deflatted dreams haha.

gododgers · 04-02-2008, 04:30 AM

The things that threw me off was the price and the fact that it said that it would "Far surpass the processing power of the PS3 and the 360". That's what threw me off.

edcoche · 04-02-2008, 08:32 AM

hardy har har

toomstone · 04-02-2008, 09:03 AM

mods can u ban threads on april fools day? harldyhahahaharhar

hansen91 · 04-02-2008, 10:46 AM

Here is the link

If someone hasn't found out... this is a joke...