The proof?
The same Australian company, Melbourne IT, that hosts the domain nintendobeem.com hosts the official Nintendo domains for NintendoWii.com and Nintendo3DS.com, according to our search of WhoIs, which tracks the ownership of websites. The Beem site doesn’t load right now, and certainly doesn’t direct to Nintendo.com.
But it’s a good theory, right?
The problem is that Project Beem was the name attached to a submission to a Wii 2 mock-up contest run by IGN last month, a fact the super-gamers at NeoGAF have been sorting out. The person who submitted the Beem, 27-year-old Canberra-based Aaron Carr, has registered NintendoBeemShop.com and NintendoBeemGames.com.
Our take on the name Beem? We’re not buying it.
Thanks to everyone who sent this tip in.
Top photo by Aaron Carr for IGN’s mock-up contest
Collision
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 8:17 AMThat mockup looks like the PS2 and the Wii had a baby.
I like it.
JPhillips
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 10:26 AMI think it looks more like the NES and the Wii, but any who.
Kyle_Katarn
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 1:52 PMWincest.
Richard Smack
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 8:21 AMITS A BEAM!!!! A BEAMMMMMMMM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRMbvb_z18M
losturtle
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 11:22 AMWell their last consoles were called the “Gamecube” and the “Wii”. It’s not like “Beem” is any more stupid.
chuie
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 12:34 PMYeah but there’s always a meaning in the name. Gamecube I’m guessing is fun in a cube and Wii is the togetherness that the console creates. “Beem” makes no sense from that point of view. Also I really doubt the console’s going to look like that; none of their home consoles have looked remotely similar in the past and this one just looks too much like the Wii on its side.
Alinos
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 2:42 PMdepends maybe they master holographic technology and the BEEM will BEEM it to your living room
JHunt
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 11:56 AMI thought it would have been the Nintendo Pu. Lololol get it!?
PsychoSmiley
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 12:35 PMAnd out comes my sandvich all over my keyboard…
TKing
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 12:23 PMis it just me or does this just look like a square ps3 haha
Tali
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 2:00 PMMikuru beam!
Lord Bob
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 3:11 PMCan’t wait for the reveal. These rumors are worrying me. I wan’t a real console not a bunch of high-def handhelds that are limited to the wifi area of my house which is the impression I’m getting so far.
Please Nintendo, don’t shit on me again.
coolguy
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 4:16 PMI like the modern take on the original NES
SOMEONE
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 5:17 PMerm. did anyone notice that the domain nintendobeem.com is under redemption, which means its going to be deleted and made available for public registration again.
I dont think nintendo are likely to let a domain expire if it was the name of their next console.