Wii 2?

There was news on ign.com this week on a supposed Nintendo Wii 2 or a successor to the now quite popular Nintendo Wii. According to ign, Nintendo has promised to give everyone a first look at the new gaming console at this years E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) in June. According to sources, the first thing Nintendo has said about the new system is that it will support High definition graphics, catching it up with its competitors in the field of visual impressiveness. It will also be backwards compatible with Wii software so curent Nintendo Wii owners can still play their Wii games on this new console. This short bit of information still leaves many questions unanswered however. Will the new system display 3D just like the new Nintendo 3DS handheld, or will Nintendo skip that this time? How will the motion sensitive games from the nintendo wii work on this new piece of hardware? In regards to backwards compatibility, what about those Nintendo Owners who still have Nintendo Gamecube games, will these no longer be playable on the new system and if so, will they be available for download on the wiishop channel? There's alot to consider with this new announcement. One thing we can have for certain is that if Nintendo is announcing a new system, Microsoft and Sony cannot be too far behind in announcing new systems for themselves either.