Nintendo's Next Console Won't Arrive Before April 2012, Won't Be 3D

No 3D?  Surprising

Edit: Pleasantly surprised I should say  =)

" No 3D?  Surprising "

I'm excited to see what the console ends up being....

This could have been a really relevant console release if it had come out this year. The later Nintendo puts this out, the less notable it will be.

It gonna be the Dreamcast.

Nintendo has never been appealing to me, so doubt I will give the next console a go. But hey, maybe I will be surprised? 

" It gonna be the Dreamcast. "

I wanna play it. "Real gamers" sound so dire talking about it, and since they're 100% wrong every time, that means this console's really gonna be something.

Good on Nintendo for talking about this thing once the rumors started flooding in.  I'm kind of excited, no real reason though.

The only reason Sony is pushing HD is because they have TVs to sell.

Kind of glad it is not launching this year. This fall is looking crazy packed already. Not that next fall won't be but I'm not quite prepared to buy another console this year.

" Klepek servin' up a fresh batch of Grandma's cookies! "

Good I'm excited.  I'm sure it will come out around the Sept-Nov months of 2012.

Why would Nintendo put 3D on a console anyway?

Even they know it's not practical...

I would love to own a good Nintendo console again. I can only hope they abandon motion controls.

Patrick, you're fuckin' killing it on the news front. I can't actually keep up with everything that has been posted so far.

I love 3D but I won't be getting a 3D TV for a LONG time so I don't really care. If everyone still cares about 3D for the console after Project Cafe, then enough people will have 3D TVs for this to even matter. There just aren't enough people with them the last time I looked.

" @KaosAngel said:

" It gonna be the Dreamcast. "

The Driimcast. "

3D gives me headaches. 3DTV is gimmicky and fickle. 

Glad to hear that Nintendo is avoiding the 3D fad. I personally have no interest in it.

I could agree more, if he said 3d instead of HD. He meant 3d, right?

Patrick, you're a machine!

I wonder what two things Nintendo is gonna tape together this time? 

" derp
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Man, Klepek is a machine! 

Can't Nintendo just tack-on 3D at a later date via a firmware update like Sony did?  I can see it not being available out of the box, but I don't see much point in excluding the possibility at some point in the future.  

the thought of new consoles makes me kinda sad in a way. im kinda liking the current gen and really dont know where they can really go from here. and i have no intrest in another gimmick

I'm not sure what to think of this. As huge of a success the Wii was I'm not that interested in what they are up too. I know there will be a mario platformer, a zelda adventure, maybe a metroid game. Mario party and kart for sure. I would like to see titles that aren't just known franchises. With the rumours of them support third parties has me hopeful. I loved Zack & Wiki and Boom Blox for the Wii.

Either way I do really hope Nintendo doesn't make the online a hassle like it has been so far.

I tried 3DS for the first time today and I was saddened by the cold, hard fact that the 3D gave me a horrific headache.

I'm glad it's not associated with Wii 2.

" the thought of new consoles makes me kinda sad in a way. im kinda liking the current gen and really dont know where they can really go from here. and i have no intrest in another gimmick "

The only 3D i've liked so far is SSFIV on my 3DS. Other than that I don't like the dim from wearing 3D active shutter lenses, and seeing a single smudge or finger print on the lens would piss me off wayy to much.

" the thought of new consoles makes me kinda sad in a way. im kinda liking the current gen and really dont know where they can really go from here. and i have no intrest in another gimmick "

Maybe if you head a good tv you might think differently :D

At this point the current gen is really showing it's age, a year or two from now the minimum quality settings on a PC AAA game will be the best the ps3 or 360 could hope for. 

uh... this is dumb. because it can be easily implemented into any video game just like sony does with PS3

" thanks patrick youre way better than brad nicholson "

Ultimately, expect more information at E3, and expect Microsoft and Sony to rapidly announce competing consoles.

As a PC gamer, I can say with confidence that we've definitely hit a graphics plateau. I don't know if it's a genuine graphics plateau or the age of the current consoles stunting graphics, but I suspect the former. This next generation of consoles will show one way or another which theory is right.

No 3D seems like a good move to me.

I hope this doesn't make MS and Sony launch their next consoles earlier, I want this gen to last longer.

Not having 3D in their next console seemed like a total given to me. Obviously Nintendo isn't going to do that for a home console, where it would require the purchase of a super expensive 3DTV.

Ten year cycle eh?

"Ten year cycle eh? "

Well that's great news, I was worried this decade wouldn't start off with any new console and perhaps Nintendo's move will motivate Sony and Microsoft to follow suit. 

Skip 3d Nintendo for the console, go with things people will actually want like better online community, HD graphics, zero friend codes, less 3rd party garbageware games.

Well I'm a Puyrate and me canne' see 3D anywee.