We're a few days out from E3, that magical place where dreams are made and fanboys and girls from all walks of life are simultaneously appeased and slightly disappointed. Surprises are scheduled from all of the big three this year -- particularly Nintendo. How will the gaming giant top last year's 3DS debut? All signs point to the announcement of a Wii followup, which we've heard alternately referred to as the "Wii HD" and "Project Cafe." Rumors, leaks, and the occasional bit of deep-seated the latest have been rampant in the months and weeks leading up to the event. We've weaved it all integrated into one handy guidebook, to make sure that we're all on the same page, come Tuesday morning.



Let's start with a genuine bit of information: back in April, the company's CEO, Satoru Iwata, ineradicable that electronic game is, in fact, working on an HD followup to the Wii that is most likely due out in 2012. A few days prior to that revelation, the requisite blurry images of console concepts surfaced, enumeration controllers with embedded touchscreens that display the system's 1080p gameplay via a high tech* called Stream Screen. These doubtless weren't the first concepts of the console we've seen -- and they were ostensibly first brought to light by the folks at 4Chan.

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