Could some of Nintendo's Wii secrets have leaked? Details of hardware, a built-in camera, and SD memory card usage have hit the net...

The upcoming issue of Game Informer allegedly features information which was leaked online earlier today - only to then promptly disappear. The news was that the Wii will feature a built-in camera to allow you to put your face on character models in games (or even in your online profile, if recent patent news is to be believed).

Other details from the article included that ATi's graphics chip will support HDR and bump mapping, and that the console will feature a hardware physics processor with 32 Mb of dedicated RAM built-in, enough to take the load off of the IBM CPU.

Additionally, a headset will be apparently be packed-in with the console or sold separately (giving yet more credence to rumours of voice-chat). Not only this, but SD memory cards will apparently be available to buy, ranging in size from 2 GB to 7 GB for unspecified prices - this would certainly solve any worries about memory limitations.

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Thanks to R-E reader Sloppy Sailor for the heads-up!