Wii 2 to Launch with GTA V(?)

In bizarre murmurings that have had the entirety of gamingdom in a bit of a conversational tizz today, rumours are running riot that Nintendo’s 2012-bound new console, the Wii 2 (that’s so… boring) will be the first system to claim the as-yet unannounced Grand Theft Auto V. I’ve checked my calendar and it’s most definitely not April 1st right now, so it might pay to check out just where this insane idea first emanated from. Ah, what’s this, it’s sleuthy French site, 01.net…


Normally, you’d read something like that and write it off as nutty gamer speculation, but hold the phone – 01.net have a bit of a pedigree where this kind of thing’s concerned, having accurately leaked the specifications for Sony’s NGP well ahead of any official announcements. According to their unnamed but talkative source, Nintendo’s new console – codenamed ‘Project Café’ – will be unveiled at E3 in June, and rather resembles a tablet; “an iPad with buttons.” Allegedly it will also function on par with the power of the Xbox 360, but the most interesting thing to come out of 01.net on this front is that Nintendo plan to deliver a game very “early” in the console’s life-cycle.

Said game is wildly (and that’s wildly with crazy flailing limbs, and drooling) alleged to be Grand Theft Auto V, in line with Nintendo’s new-found bid to “win over core gamers.” Hey, you never know: they already worked together for the greater bad with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the DS...