For the past week or so the web has been on fire with rumors and speculation about Nintendo’s new console, currently being referred to by some by its alleged code-name “Project Cafe” and others by its rumored final name of “Stream.” Especially now that the company has itself acknowledged the system’s existence and pointed to a giant E3 2011 unveil.
It’s no surprise that people are insanely excited about Nintendo’s Wii successor — so far sources have indicated that the system will be more powerful than the Xbox 360 and PS3 (finally, Nintendo games in glorious HD!), and it will have a brand new control mechanism in the form of a touch-screen controller with a camera, eight buttons and two analog sticks. The system will also be backward compatible with Wii games — dare I speculate (or at least dream) that it will also up-res them to full HD? You know, like the Wii emulator for PC that made such games as Super Mario Galaxy look mindblowingly awesome?
