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August 17, 2011 04:51 pm GMT
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Redesigned Wii To Launch Before Christmas, Looses Gamecube Backwards Compatibility
Nintendo is prepping a slightly retooled Wii for a pre-holiday release. This streamlined model sits horizontally (as a game console should) instead of vertically like the original. It's also slightly smaller, lacks the ability to play Gamecube games, and will likely hit at a lower price.This move has standard procedure for game makers ever since the original NES. In an effort to revive sales and take advantage of new, lower-priced hardware, game makers will release an "updated" version of a particular console. This of course is the last act for that particular system as most of the time its replacement has already been announced. In this case, Nintendo announced the Wii U at E3 2011.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9yf0DKwJfeI/
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