Rumours have been flying for days about Nintendo's new system, currently known only as the Wii 2. We rounded up the rumours that have been flying around on Saturday, only for Nintendo to trump us again on Monday morning, as they made the Wii 2 official. Unfortunately, there's been little in the way of solid information about the new system, and its controllers, which are meant to house 6.2" touch screens, making them a very interesting prospect indeed.
Now Nintendo development genius and the creator of Zelda, Mario and Pikmin, Shigeru Miyamoto has weighed in on the rumours at a recent event in Paris.
French website GameKyo provided a handy report of the development legend and Nintendo top brass' comments. When questioned about the new system, Miyamoto confirmed they were looking into the prospect of using the 3DS as a controller for the new system. This would certainly back up what we've heard about the Wii 2 controller so far, which sounds like a handheld system in itself, with a touch screen, buttons, and at least one analogue stick - much like a 3DS.
Ah, Nintendo. Always way before your time.
It wouldn't be the first time Nintendo have used a handheld to allow you to control a system, though, as way back when in the GameCube days, you could connect your Game Boy Advance via a link cable to the console, and play a surprising variety of games that made use of the two screens, from Pac Man, to Zelda, and even Final Fantasy. Sadly, it never really took off, as it was expensively prohibitive, but it'll be interesting to see what Nintendo come up with this year.
Apparently, the Wii 2 is set to allow for numerous control schemes, and it's likely that the 3DS won't be the only option - to us, we'd imagine it's more of a "if you happen to have a 3DS, you can use that as a controller too", rather than a "buy both our consoles or you won't be able to play our games" - but, as is always the way with these things, all will be revealed come E3 in LA in June.
