The Wii has been one of the most successful consoles of all time – even though I don’t think it’s been great success when it comes to games. There are some great games on the Wii, but they all seem to be made by Nintendo. There are very few third party games that you can imagine anyone caring about in a few years time. There are also far too many minigame-type releases and gimmicks.
Even so, I’m not at all surprised that there have started to be rumours about the successor to the Wii. Apparently – although none of this is confirmed – the Wii 2 will be backwards compatible with all Wii games. This means that Nintendo are going to stick with their motion control which is definitely a good thing.
Another rumour is that the power of the Wii 2 is going to be more than the Xbox 360 and PS3. This is good news, although I think most people would be disappointed if a new console wasn’t able to beat the previous generations when it comes to power. Obviously most Wii games don’t rely on graphics, but if Nintendo want to start getting back the hardcore gamers as well as the casual ones then they’ll have to improve the capabilities of the system.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens with the Wii 2 and whether it’ll be such a success. I’m sure that the other companies won’t be far behind in announcing their new consoles either, so 2012 could be an interesting year for gamers!