It sounds more like you want Nintendo to do these things rather than you think they will. Granted I would like a Wii that does 720p as well but it just kinda seems absurd to re-release a better version of the same console a couple years after it first launched. I don't see that as good business sense, I see that as a potential massive fanbase alienation crisis. The only way it would work is if everyone was given a substantial amount on a trade-in.

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heres a questin for you. if everyone was given a lot of money on their trade in, and everyone did that, what would they do with all the extra wiis laying around?

Nintendo's next system may have backwards compatibility, and better graphics, but they aren't going to come out with like a Wii2 or something. "super wii" no... Theyre going to have a new "revolutionary" console. Obviously no one can say what they will do, but they dont need graphics and HD, and hd dvd to win this war. They have already developed the best console out right now, for the cheapest price of the three. What more can they do to their next console? All they have to do now is figure out how to make gamers (like your mom) who never play games, to play the console, and they capture all the sales of the people who never owned consoles before.