Its official, ‘Project Café’ is under way. Today, Nintendo has finally confirmed that they are developing the next generation home console to follow the incredibly successful Wii from November 2006. Not much has been confirmed yet, although many rumors have been circling for quite some time. IGN has a whole bunch of information on the currently unnamed console which all seems to point to one thing: The ‘Wii 2’ will be much more powerful than the Xbox 360 and PS3 - something that the originally Wii definitely was not. One of the most interesting and unique features of the Wii’s successor is actually the controller. It’s been reported that it will utilize a design similar to the ‘classic controller’ from the Wii, however, it will also contain a full touch-screen, perhaps to stream game images to or incorporate interactive elements.
One question on many people’s mind is, “Will it include 3-D elements like the just-released 3DS?”According to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, “It's difficult to make 3-D images a key feature, because 3-D televisions haven't obtained wide acceptance yet.” Aside from that, Nintendo has only released a statement saying, “We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held from June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles." It sounds like you’ll just have to wait until then to get your first real look at the system.
Original Article: Kotaku