Nintendo Wii News | Built-in Camera, Improved Hardware and More!

By Karn Spydar Lee Bianco 07.06.2006 60

DigitalBattle.com are reporting that an upcoming issue of gaming magazine Game Informer has been leaked, it allegedly contains some very interesting details about the Wii.

As previously speculated the console will include a built in camera allowing users to take pictures of themselves and scan them onto characters within the game. This technology was shown by Nintendo many years ago using the Game Boy Camera peripheral, could it really be making a comeback?

For those that are worried about the Wii being underpowered thus not allowing for an intense gaming experience similar to those provided by the XBOX 360 can rest easy if these reports are true. The Wii will feature a specific physics processor complete with 32mb of dedicated ram!

As if that weren't enough a headset will also be available (or may even be included with the console itself) putting fears of a poor online system somewhat to fear. Whilst Nintendo have revealed they will be sticking to the online system present with the DS, a headset reeks of XBOX live which is surely good news for broadband fans.

Finally the article states that Nintendo will release official SD memory cards that range from 2Gb up to 7Gb, however there is no final price as of yet.

Keep it locked to Cubed3 for more details soon...

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Blade2t3 said:
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm( Edited on 07.06.2006 20:58 by Blade2t3 )

Smilie Smilie Smilie Star for you my son!!!! Smilie Smilie

anyway if this was true i would eat my shoes!!!!! Smilie

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Der SegaHund said:
As previously speculated the console will include a built in camera allowing users to take pictures of themselves and scan them onto characters within the game. This technology was shown by Nintendo many years ago for the ill-fated 64-DD, could it really be making a comeback?
No it wasnt. There was a Mario Paint spin-off 3D modelling tool on the 64DD, and a dropped Perfect Dark feature that allowed you to use the GameBoy camera to put your mums face on guards.( Edited on 07.06.2006 21:05 by Rii1bmvrg.d2t3 )

Hehe, the facemapping is still there if you hack the ROM, it's hilarious Smilie

I hope some of this is true, would be cool. But like everyone else, not building my hopes up...

men...if this turns out to be true,then all that ish we read just myt hav some credit.("Wii will feature a specific physics processor")this sounds similar to what that guy was talking about.well,here's hoping...

Damn those peeps at Nintendo...WE WANT THE WII NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wii r da REVOULTION

"It does?"

Yup.
See the logo on the socket?
I think its only avaiable ordering from nintendo, or in limit supply or such though.
Unofficial ones are easier to find;
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-b8-77-1-49-en-15-communicator+headset-70-1c2h.html

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I'm pretty sure there's no official DS headset. Find a link to it and I'll relent and accept it, but it's one of the things that has bugged DS fans from the start, lack of official headset when there's a slot for one.

AH!!! No headsets!!!Smilie

I hope its true, but with our luck it wont be.Smilie
Plus, i havent heard a single developer talk about this PPU but then agian nintendo seems to have got all developers to talk about the controller and ignore any talk about graphics.
Even if its not true, im still buying a Wii cause im dying for that controller.Smilie

I believe there's a mention of "built-in physics simulation" in one of Konami's quotes.

Anyway, was that game with the classroom part of Stage Debut?

This sounds suspiciously close to that supposed bullshat rumor floating around... perhaps it's partially true? The camera, the physics thing... Hmmm...

The camera I might believe but...hmm...I don't know about the physics thingSmilie

it does?

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wow really cant wait thts great news and the SD cards! might not buy tht SD hardrive!! Smilie


GR781 said:
A 7GB sd card aint gonna be cheap, considering nintendo isnt exactly famed for cheap memory cards.. might as well hook it up to an external HD no?

But the prices are dropping all the time. Yes, a 7gb will be expensive, but at the moment, u can pick up a 1gb card for around

Isn't this part that enooooormous list of stuff which almost all looks like bull shit? To me the whole 'faces on characters' thing sounded more like you'd be making them in some kinda of editor rather than taking a picture

I suppose we can always hope though

Still a proud member of the 'omfg amazing water in games' society

What a bunch of unbelievable rumours!
Built-in camera? Where? screw off the A-button and it appears there?
Physics-processor? Why? The CPU is highly scalable! Use it instead! Or the GPU, but extra 32 MB of RAM? Why exclusively for Physics? Forget it!
And then a headset? What for? Chat in Metroid Prime 3? Give commands to your soldiers? A microphone like DS sounds more like Nintendo. A headset sounds like core-gamer-Microsoft-bull...winkle.

hang a DS unto Wii via WiFi (WiiFi?) and you have your headset, complete with small screens for... anything.

SD-memory sounds true. Ninty and Panasonic are partners, they already released one such controller for Cube in Japan. And when I check my DS-cards, they look suspiciously like SD-RAM. And why not take Panasonic-SDs, print 'Nintendo' on it and make it official. Nintendo-original-periferals are expensive, true. But they are the best there ist, too. Reliability and good quality come at a price, that's something of a law.

I find your lack of faith disturbing!

What a bunch of unbelievable rumours!
Built-in camera? Where? screw off the A-button and it appears there?

Under the flap at the front (which is actualy just for SD cards).

Physics-processor? Why? The CPU is highly scalable! Use it instead!

Because then you can have more, better physics, which makes games LOADS more fun.

Or the GPU, but extra 32 MB of RAM? Why exclusively for Physics? Forget it!

Because then you can have more, better physics, which makes games LOADS more fun.

And then a headset? What for? Chat in Metroid Prime 3? Give commands to your soldiers? A microphone like DS sounds more like Nintendo. A headset sounds like core-gamer-Microsoft-bull...winkle.

Actualy, a headset would make online team games possible. Are you retarded or just a fanboy?

hang a DS unto Wii via WiFi (WiiFi?) and you have your headset, complete with small screens for... anything.

Smilie

SD-memory sounds true. Ninty and Panasonic are partners, they already released one such controller for Cube in Japan.

No, they made a Gamecube which plays DVDs.

And why not take Panasonic-SDs, print 'Nintendo' on it and make it official. Nintendo-original-periferals are expensive, true. But they are the best there ist, too. Reliability and good quality come at a price, that's something of a law.

If they did that, I'd just buy the Panasonic ones, which would be cheaper. You would buy the Nintendo ones because you're a fanboy.

BTW I don't believe any of this bullshite either, but don't counter it with bullshite, that's just as bad.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.

If this is true then ninty are putting a lot stuff into the standard pack.
-Wii Console + Controller
-Operah
-Wii Sports
-Headset
-Camera

Actually, it has been proven fake. Sandisk is a leading SD Card manufacturer and they can't do above a 4 Gig card right now. So you really think Nintendo could develop an SD Card almost 2 times bigger than Sandisk's.

If you heard the rest of the supposed article you would believe me. It said that MGS4 would be on the Wii, with the graphics intact from the PS3 version. That Nintendo was developing 4 AO games (Adult Only), and that the Wii had a PPU in it.

This is good news I hope you can stick ya face on your chracter on wii sports just like they did with reggie, shigsy and Iwata at e3.

Oh lord please don't make me use headsets...Why can't it be like the DS and have a mic built into the controller! I'd rather shout at it than wear a headsetSmilie

Nintendo just recently finalized a patent on something related to this.

http://www.dsrevolution.com/article.php?articleid=1189
Here ya go! Smilie

( Edited on 09.06.2006 04:24 by Vaan8989 )

Der SegaHund said:
If they did that, Id just buy the Panasonic ones, which would be cheaper. You would buy the Nintendo ones because youre a fanboy.
I think you're confusing fanboy with absolute lunatic...

Still a proud member of the 'omfg amazing water in games' society

tiamat1990 said:
Oh lord please dont make me use headsets...Why cant it be like the DS and have a mic built into the controller! Id rather shout at it than wear a headsetSmilie

Yeah so that you have to stop aiming your gun every time you want to say anything. That would be fantastic.

Have you ever played an online team game?

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.

I've played Halo 2...fun as it may be I still do not like them...

Why can't it be like the DS??

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