Nintendo Announces To Release the Second Generation of Wii In 2012

The next generation of the superhot gaming console, which is perhaps the iconic product of Nintendo, Wii console, has been announced to arrive in 2012. This announcement was made on a press conference which took place on Monday; as Nintendo Co. did not reveal a single new feature in the upcoming generation of Wii. However, it did share its intention as the company disclosed that it has scheduled to display a functioning model of the new console at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which will take place from the 7^th to 9^th June 2011, in Los Angeles.

Nintendo was once the most dominant company involved in the market of selling video game consoles as it has till now accumulatively sold 86 million

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 Wiis since the launch of 2006. The reason behind Wii hijacking the market share was it pioneering motion-sensing controller. These controllers lead to a complete new era of sports-style gaming, like for example in a game involving baseball or boxing the players will only have to maneuver their body as they would do when actually pitching a ball or throwing a punch. Regardless of anything, it was at the time, the best gaming experience offered as most the user found it multi-purpose as they would only install an additional step-board, called Wii Fit which allowed them to actually perform dance steps or yoga in variety of games.

Stream of rumors about Wii 2 specs, price and release date hit the web

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Rumors surrounding the new Wii, also dubbed Project Cafe, are growing steadily the closer we get to E3 in June. Mid-April we heard that the new home system would be unveiled at E3, and the console would blow past the Wii’s 480p to running games at HD resolution (1080p). Now, thanks to IGN and their trusted yet unnamed sources, we have a better picture of Nintendo’s latest anticipated console entry.

IGN‘s Scott Lowe has uncovered new information regarding possible pricing, release date, hardware specs and design. The sources claim that the Wii 2 could run anywhere from $350 to $400, though the prices may depend on whether Nintendo decides to lower profit margins. Lowe’s article says that the new Wii will be manufactured by the Taiwanese Foxconn, and may be released as early as mid-October/early November; but Lowe speculates that Nintendo could decide to release in the beginning of 2012 in order to build up their software and hardware horde.