A peek at this fall's Wii kiosks?
Alert the rumor patrol -- our big daddy blog Joystiq stumbled across pictures on the Internet and they may be news. This time it's the (possible) demo kiosks for the Wii. Note that this picture does not feature a widescreen television. If real, this could reflect part of Nintendo's marketing to mainstream consumers rather than just gamers, as mainstream audiences tend to be less likely to have the best and brightest tech. A display like this would give regular folks a good idea of how the Wii could look in their living room.
On the one hand, we think that the best marketing scheme for the Wii is the console itself -- just let people play it, as Nintendo has pledged to do. But after discussions of interference from other electronics at E3 affecting the exchange of data between the Wiimote and the console, we've gotta ask: how will the Wii play at your local Best Buy or Wal-Mart? They can't exactly ask everyone shopping to turn off all wireless devices, now can they?
But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Despite the poor quality of the image, this seems like a good possibility.
