Nintendo Revolution Will Get Built-in WiFi

In an interview with Japanese weekly Nikkei Business, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata reveals the next generation Nintendo console will have built in WiFi and innovative controllers

“The next-generation console will follow along the same line as the DS [for wireless LAN],” he said. “The ideal is for users to be able to connect to the Internet without having to think about it.”

Rumors are spreading on the web suggesting that the new Nintendo console code-named Revolution, might have touch screen controllers, although Iwata has not confirmed that.

“For the next-generation console, we plan to introduce a friendly user interface so that, for example, a mother who’s watching her child playing a game might say, ‘Oh, I’d like to try that too,’” he said.

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