Nintendo Revolution

[Darth Marsden]

The very first shot of the system, and the blurb that goes along with it:

New details regarding Nintendo's next-generation console, codenamed Revolution, have started to sprinkle onto the Internet. The machine, which will be revealed during Nintendo's pre-E3 2005 show on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, will sport a slick, black design and a front blue light.

Revolution will be "two-to-three times more powerful than GameCube," according to Nintendo, which also acknowledges that the next-generation race isn't solely about new technologies. By contrast, Microsoft's Xbox 360 console is 13-15 times more powerful than the first, according to the publisher. And Sony says it's PlayStation 3 is roughly 35 times more powerful than PlayStation 2.

Nintendo also revealed that using Revolution's new Wi-Fi connection, gamers would be able to go online to a free gamer-matching service. Interestingly, in a move similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service, Revolution users will be able to download classic and new Nintendo games over the Internet. Nintendo cited such examples as Donkey Kong and Super Mario Sunshine, which suggests that Revolutionaries could have access to games for all the publisher's previous consoles.

Front blue light? Okay, I'm sold!

[Darth Marsden]

The very first shot of the system, and the blurb that goes along with it:

New details regarding Nintendo's next-generation console, codenamed Revolution, have started to sprinkle onto the Internet. The machine, which will be revealed during Nintendo's pre-E3 2005 show on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, will sport a slick, black design and a front blue light.

Revolution will be "two-to-three times more powerful than GameCube," according to Nintendo, which also acknowledges that the next-generation race isn't solely about new technologies. By contrast, Microsoft's Xbox 360 console is 13-15 times more powerful than the first, according to the publisher. And Sony says it's PlayStation 3 is roughly 35 times more powerful than PlayStation 2.

Nintendo also revealed that using Revolution's new Wi-Fi connection, gamers would be able to go online to a free gamer-matching service. Interestingly, in a move similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service, Revolution users will be able to download classic and new Nintendo games over the Internet. Nintendo cited such examples as Donkey Kong and Super Mario Sunshine, which suggests that Revolutionaries could have access to games for all the publisher's previous consoles.

Front blue light? Okay, I'm sold!

[Archibaldo]

Wow. All these new system are awesome. Able to download older game? Hell, that's almost as good as backward compatibility.

I doubt what they say about the new systems being like 15 or 35 times more more powerful than the older one.

[Archibaldo]

Wow. All these new system are awesome. Able to download older game? Hell, that's almost as good as backward compatibility.

I doubt what they say about the new systems being like 15 or 35 times more more powerful than the older one.

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Jesus Christ, the fact that you can download older games makes me cum my pants non-stop. :)

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Jesus Christ, the fact that you can download older games makes me cum my pants non-stop. :)

[vegeta1215]

I saw the picture, but I don't know whether it's real or not - I was under the impression that the system would load discs the same way as the Gamecube does based on something I read previously

I think Nintendo is supposed to have their conference later today, so I'll wait till then.

[vegeta1215]

I saw the picture, but I don't know whether it's real or not - I was under the impression that the system would load discs the same way as the Gamecube does based on something I read previously

I think Nintendo is supposed to have their conference later today, so I'll wait till then.

[Dart Zaidyer]

Wow. All these new system are awesome. Able to download older game? Hell, that's almost as good as backward compatibility.

I doubt what they say about the new systems being like 15 or 35 times more more powerful than the older one.

Those statistics are probably based on how the system performs when it's doing nothing, just like last time.

[Dart Zaidyer]

Wow. All these new system are awesome. Able to download older game? Hell, that's almost as good as backward compatibility.

I doubt what they say about the new systems being like 15 or 35 times more more powerful than the older one.

Those statistics are probably based on how the system performs when it's doing nothing, just like last time.