Nintendo may introduce Blu-ray enabled Wii
By Danny Mendez
An unsuspecting informant accidentally stumbled upon a Blu-ray enabled Wii while visitng Nintendo’s R&D facility. Apparently the bathroom wasn’t that easy to find.
While searching for the bathroom, the unnamed informant took a wrong turn Willy Wonka style and opened the wrong door. Upon entering the room, he noticed a small group of Nintendo employees (engineers?) watching a movie on what looked like a Nintendo Wii. The informant recounted the details to the Sarcastic Gamer, but made it unclear if the movie playing abilites were a hardware add-on, a software upgrade, or a brand new Wii model. Regardless, he took several mental notes about the situation:
- The remote control to control movie playback attached itself to the Wii-mote nunchuck style.
- The drive slot glowed blue while the disc was in but faded to black when the disc was removed
- The Nintendo employees quickly ejected the disc and placed it in what was undeniably a Blu-ray disc case
- There was an extra Wii channel titled “Wii Watch” emblazoned with a Blu-ray logo
This discovery comes after Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime hinted at an upcoming surprise for the Nintendo Wii during a Gamehead interview. “The surprise is coming,” he teased, “by the end of September.”
“I can’t help but wonder,” says the Sarcstic Gamer, “if Sony’s Peter Dille knew about this upcoming feature roll out when he made his now famous ‘HD-DVD dead within months‘ claim a short while ago.”
UPDATE: Just to let my readers know, this information is based on a fake article, so none of this is real. I knew this all along by the way (Translation: I thought it was real). I was just trying to fool you guys (Translation: I let myself get caught up in a “breaking news frenzy” and forgot to check sources). I won’t let this happen again. (Translation: This won’t happen again).
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July 27th, 2007
This informant must be wrong. The Wii does not have the HD capability of playing Blu-Ray since it can only perform 480p. The Wii also has no HDMI output jack or capability. It is not Blu-Ray and I bet this story was completely made up.
July 27th, 2007
Yeah ok… because the best way to beat the competitition (i.e. Sony) is to pay them royalties for their BluRay technology? Sure… Btw, Sony has been saying HD DVD (there is no - in either BluRay or HD DVD by the way, check your info next time) is dead since HD DVD was created
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July 27th, 2007
This sounds totally fake…
July 27th, 2007
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July 27th, 2007
well maybe the games are 480p but an external drive may allow 1080p movies. its like replacing your nintendo connected to your tv with a more advanced nintendo 64, then wii, etc.
July 27th, 2007
Looks like somebody is trying to jump on the fake hype train…
July 27th, 2007
i totaly b3li3v3 this at 200% i would give that guy a big kiss with a bit of tongue ;]
July 27th, 2007
This is a message to the writer of the post, Sarcastic Gamer writes up fake stories on Friday “Sarcastic Fridays”. Just thought Id let you know.
July 27th, 2007
nintendo is wining the console war, if they want to create a new SKU with blue ray so be it
maybe they are thinking in hard core gamers and finally you can spect to have better graphics in your nintendo Wii. well if they release a new SKU more powerfull with blue ray i´m going to sell my Wii and i´m going to buy the new one may be is going to be really funny and pretty interesting to play hard core games with the wii mote controller 
July 27th, 2007
Well it could possible be a new model. IF thats the case then the Wii could in fact have blu-ray capabilities with the new model.
July 27th, 2007
this is such a sexy ass move nintendo has made, its such a turn-on for most nintendo fans nintendo BLOW ME away!!!!
July 27th, 2007
i donʻt see Nintendo doing this. why would they screw over the millions that have already adopted the Wii? that doesnʻt make sense.
July 27th, 2007
i thought the Wii graphics card could handle HD graphics but, the cpu wasn’t powerful enough to allow HD games to run at a steady framerate. That’s why HD feature is locked on the Wii.
July 27th, 2007
[...] he made his now famous ‘HD-DVD dead within months’ claim a short while ago." Source From: Nintendo may introduce Blu-ray enabled Wii - GAMER.BLORGE.com NinBoy’s Thoughts: I just knew Nintendo was going to release something like this. I think Nintendo [...]
July 27th, 2007
You guys do realize that this website puts up fake news stories EVERY Friday as a joke right? For this exact reason,..to see if someone is gullible enough to believe it. Mission accomplished.
July 27th, 2007
^^^I’m referring to the source site, SarcasticGamer by the way.
July 27th, 2007
Well, There were rumours of a HD Wii under works over 2 months ago. So this doesn’t strike me as fake at all. Very plausible to me.
I think that this will definately spell the end for HD DVD and will not necessarily damage ps3 too much as the Wii in simple terms is a novelty and is great for casual gaming but doens’t satisfy the hardcore base. Which is why most people buy a wii and a next gen console.
Sony are hoping that the ps3 will be the next console sitting next to the wii.
Lets wait and see what happens
July 27th, 2007
[...] ever seen their website. If this is true it probably IS another big nail in the coffin of HD-DVD. Nintendo may introduce Blu-ray enabled Wii - GAMER.BLORGE.com [...]
July 27th, 2007
This is fake guys….jesus christ. If you know the writers’ on SarcasticGamer ( which I do), ask them, Sarcastic Friday. Wow, the internet is stupid…
July 27th, 2007
[...] Link to Nintendo may introduce Blu-ray enabled Wii - GAMER.BLORGE.com digg_url = ‘http://www.lazygamer.co.za/wii/nintendo-may-introduce-blu-ray-enabled-wii/’; digg_title = ‘Nintendo may introduce Blu-ray enabled Wii’; digg_topic = ‘gaming_news’; [...]
July 28th, 2007
HDMI can be built in just like 360 Elite….& if this is true Sony & PS3 well be…..anyway Nintendo can’t get that far alone…Wii well be much expensive & theyr happy with the good price they made for it so why change it….with so much other facts I see its just a fake story & impossible one.
July 28th, 2007
tHIS IS SO FAKE…THE wII HAS’NT THE POWER TO SHOW HD MOVIES AND THE HARDWARE CAN’T UPSCALE …and if it was true wich it isn’t wat will be the cost of the new Wii?? dream on Nindies
July 28th, 2007
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July 28th, 2007
[...] they’ve got some big news coming up for their golden child of a console. According to the rumor in this article though, this surprise may be a bombshell big enough to put some hurt on Sony and Microsoft. What [...]
July 28th, 2007
guys this article is a product of Sarcastic Fridays on Sarcastic Gamer here is a podcast episode I did with Doc where he explains it: http://media.libsyn.com/media/theman661/Xcast_42.mp3
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July 29th, 2007
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December 6th, 2007
[...] they’ve got some big news coming up for their golden child of a console. According to the rumor in this article though, this surprise may be a bombshell big enough to put some hurt on Sony and Microsoft. What if [...]
March 14th, 2008
I know this is fake, but it still excites me now that the HD vs Blu-Ray war is over. They should make a more expensive Wii with the player on it…I would buy one instantaneously!