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[Graphics Horse]

Not particularly. I am very confident that at least one of their main QOL platforms will essentially be a Nintendo kindle device. A touch-screen tablet for adult / geriatric market with downloadable versions of Brain Age, English Training, Personal Trainer, Cooking Guide, etc.

The thing about the QOL initiative is they said it won't launch until at least next April, so I think this is probably something different that releases sooner if it's already getting rfi tested.
Having said that, I think leaked photos of the 3DS devkit came from FCC testing 1 month before the handheld was shown at E3. Either way I think it'll be shown at E3 whatever it is.

 

[bequietdrive]

Hmm. Interesting, I wonder if E3 will reveal what this is.

 

[Mpl90]

Except it's listed as a portable video player, and it's been approved for radio inteference testing, so it's most likely a wireless video display of some kind. The numbering doesn't mean much except have us wondering what 001 is.



Most likely if not their new QOL thing. But I think the console will be redesigned too if this is product 009.

This brings a question: do we have Wii U's gamepad Korean rating? If it's been rated as "portable video player", then we're done here XD

 

[Graphics Horse]

This brings a question: do we have Wii U's gamepad Korean rating? If it's been rated as "portable video player", then we're done here XD

Using the search on their site I can find all the handheld revisions, circle pad accessories and Revolution systems but no mention of WUP... it's out in Korea, right?

 

[vagabondarts]

It's the 3DS successor that doubles as a WiiU gamepad.

 

[L~A]

Using the search on their site I can find all the handheld revisions, circle pad accessories and Revolution systems but no mention of WUP... it's out in Korea, right?

Nope, the Wii U doesn't seem to have been released in Korea. Only the 3DS was released there, apparently.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Nope, the Wii U doesn't seem to have been released in Korea. Only the 3DS was released there, apparently.

Well in that case.. it's probably a Wii U then! but maybe a renamed one. Or something.

Crazy speculation: Digital only Wii U?

 

[LOLDSFAN]

I hope if it is a new revision of the Gamepad, that it has better battery life.

A Nintendo Zune?

I'd buy it.

 

[Tarin02543]

It's a device that exclusively plays Steel Diver.

I will buy three. I own only one copy of the game but I do not mind.

 

[PaulExcellent]

Redesigned gamepad?

Hold the fucking phone.
That would be amazing.

 

[Effer]

Knowing Iwata... fully portable Wii Fit? :\

Alternately, Miyamoto's new IP. A augmented reality window treasure hunt sorta device. (Just don't look for pikmin in traffic.)

 

[-Horizon-]

It better have not just one but a stable of that ram.

 

[catmario]

It's strange that this model starts at 009, not 001. Something like new media style? New blue ocean?

Nintendo always make me wondering. What could this be?

 

[elektrixx]

Its probably an even shittier Ouya.

I'd like a 3DS TV.

 

[Guevara]

Is it wrong to assume this is the least exciting possibility? Like a cheaper to produce Wii U tablet?

 

[Pudge]

It will be a video chat device used to haggle with dogs over digital pricing schemes.

 

[wanders]

Redesigned gamepad?

That looks great!

Wii u controller needs to remove all those logos do we reall need to know that the mic is there

 

[Tomohawk]

This is going to be something completely ordinary.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Redesigned gamepad?

Wii U Micro? I can get behind this.

 

[Jamix012]

3DS Player for the Wii U? (please?)

 

[bequietdrive]

3DS Player for the Wii U? (please?)

Why?

 

[AdanVC]

Ohhh, this is interesting... Realistically, it can be a Gamepad redesign. Nintendo is known for always do revisions of their current consoles during each generation, especially with their handhelds... Maybe a Gamepad that you can carry everywhere and use it like an iPad??

 

[Koppai]

Has 2DS been released in Korea yet? I bet it's that if it hasn't been released there yet.

 

[Oersted]

Has 2DS been released in Korea yet? I bet it's that if it hasn't been released there yet.

In bundle with Pokemon last year. Could be WiiU.

 

[Nilaul]

Its probably an even shittier Ouya.

I'd like a 3DS TV.

Maybe 3DSTV is compatible with all its games.

 

[Portugeezer]

Nintendo Smartphone maybe?

Yep

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

2DS

 

[Chopper Dave]

3DS Player for the Wii U? (please?)

My man! I would love to see this before I buy a 3DS sometime this year. Given how cheap the 2DS is I would imagine such a device would be very doable by now when it comes to cost.

Why?

...Why? Why the hell not? WiiU is a dual screen system already and being able to play portable games on a screen that is not miserably tiny would be great for me. I don't really think it applies to the description of the device in the OP though

 

[Wrestlemania]

I'd be pretty happy if it was some sort of repeater to allow the gamepad to be used in other rooms.

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

I'd be pretty happy if it was some sort of repeater to allow the gamepad to be used in other rooms.

^^^^^^ This times a billion.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Unknown? I want unknown! Is that new?

 

[LoveCake]

Could it be some sort of VR headset ?

 

[oatmeal]

Redesigned gamepad?

Holy shit I want that.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Can't be. They're starting with health, and I don't see how a portable movie player can help you with your health

Vitality Sensor reborn!

 

[LordOfChaos]

Speaking of redesigned gamepads, I've always thought a smaller screened one would be a great compromise between dropping it to lower the price and keeping it to make devs use it. It could lower the costs while keeping full compatibility with the established library and everything in development.

 

[1000 Branches]

Watch it be something completely ordinary and banal, lol

 

[impact]

3DS TV would be fucking awesome.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

3DS TV would be fucking awesome.

Isn't the 3ds screen like 240p or some shit lol?

 

[1000 Branches]

Isn't the 3ds screen like 240p or some shit lol?

400x240, yeah.
Maybe it just uses a really good up scaler? xD

 

[RMS Gigantic]

Nope, the Wii U doesn't seem to have been released in Korea. Only the 3DS was released there, apparently.

Based on this, I would say it's a pre-existing system, modified to be allowed to be released in the Korean market, like how the iQue Player was a modified Nintendo 64 for the Chinese market.

If it's a handheld, I could see it being classified as a "compact video player" by a classification board that rarely reviews video game systems.

 

[Opinionatedfish]

Redesigned gamepad?

Call it the Wii U Pad Pro and add in a front facing camera.

And that would be superb.

Oh! Also make it so that the same charger I use on the DSi/DSi XL/3DS/3DS XL/2DS will work on this one.

 

[Oersted]

Based on this, I would say it's a pre-existing system, modified to be allowed to be released in the Korean market, like how the iQue Player was a modified Nintendo 64 for the Chinese market.

If it's a handheld, I could see it being classified as a "compact video player" by a classification board that rarely reviews video game systems.

3DS, 2DS and Wii have been released in Korea. WiiU not.

 

[Link1110]

Omg!! Maybe they've partnered with oculus rift to make a new system!! Imagine what Nintendo could do with vr!! Maybe it can even be a handheld!!!

 

[shira]

Redesigned gamepad?

At least call it the Wii V

 

[Vinc]

Wii U Lite? The DS lite was pretty much the best thing that ever happened to the DS, so maybe this is happening. Include a wifi chip in the gamepad and its own little OS to allow for remote play from the web, make the system more attractive overall, announce a few great games, including Zelda, and relaunch the whole thing for 199.

 

[Fedele]

I really want to be wrong, but I think this won't be something huge... I'm kinda skeptical about Nintendo dropping the WiiU anytime soon.

 

[russian box]

its totally going to be a 3ds headset, VR all the way

called it

 

[Übermatik]

It's going to be a device that tells you if Nintendo are doomed or not, in real time.

*BEEPBEEP*YES*BEEPBEEP*

 

[RMS Gigantic]

It's going to be a device that tells you if Nintendo are doomed or not, in real time.

*BEEPBEEP*YES*BEEPBEEP*

Leaked image of the device:

 

[blu]

Wii U Lite? The DS lite was pretty much the best thing that ever happened to the DS, so maybe this is happening. Include a wifi chip in the gamepad and its own little OS to allow for remote play from the web, make the system more attractive overall, announce a few great games, including Zelda, and relaunch the whole thing for 199.

The gamepad has a wifi chip. It also has its own firmware. Remote play from the web would require adequate computational powers to run a web browser. In no way would that be a Wii U 'lite'.