by Darren Allan 
Rumours are circulating that Nintendo’s sequel to the Wii console might be unveiled at this year’s E3 in June.
But first off, let’s sound a note of caution regarding these whispers – they’re of the more wildly speculative variety.
Zelda Informer highlights the current theorising, which suggests a Wii 2 being unveiled at E3 with a quad-core processor, Blu-ray drive and some manner of built-in mobile projector to allow gamers to enjoy the console without a TV (with the image projected onto a white wall).
It all sounds a little far fetched to say the least. For starters, not everyone has a suitably white wall in their home. Or in the right place in their house – you might have one in the bathroom, but probably don’t want to play Super Mario Galaxy 14 while sat on the toilet. That could bring a whole new meaning to the phrase “motion controls”.
And for a mobile projector to be included, it would have to be a pretty low quality unit to keep the cost down, with an unimpressive image quality anyway. Blu-ray would push the cost of the hardware up further.
There’s also the fact that Nintendo has clearly said, as recently as last week, that the Wii sequel won’t be out any time soon (and it won’t be until the company judges that developers have run out of innovative ideas for the original Wii).
Given all this, we’d be very surprised if the rumour came to fruition, and there’s a definite whiff of freshly spread muck about this one.
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