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!

[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.

[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.

[ctrl-alt-delete]

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.

[AlexMax]

I really like how modest Nintendo seems to be with this offering. 2-3 times more powerful seems a lot more realistic than 15-30 OMG TERAFLOPS OF DATA.

That small picture of the Revolution that seems to be circulating more than makes up for any quams that I had about the design of the Gamecube. That is one sexy as hell looking machine.

Controllers.....please don't mess up the controllers.

[ctrl-alt-delete]

Yes, the conference is being held today. You can see the live webcast right here.

http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3live.html

Whatever you do, do not miss this!

I am so excited to see the controller.

That is interesting, vegeta, because I was under the impression that it would have front loading access...sort of like the CD players that suck in your discs. :-p

[vegeta1215]

That is interesting, vegeta, because I was under the impression that it would have front loading access...sort of like the CD players that suck in your discs. :-p

What I read previously was something like, "the Revolution will sport the same self-loading media that the Gamecube did." Maybe I misunderstood what they were saying, but to me that meant a tray that popped open - which I personally like cause there are less moving parts, thus one less thing that could possibly break.

UPDATE: They put some more pics of the system up on IGN. The Revolution is tiny!

[Solaris_Omega]

I have been reading that it will be able to play GC discs as well as the new 12mm discs which they are sporting. The fact that you can download old nintendo games is rockin though. There are alot of people saying that Nintendo has alot to do to keep themselves in the console race. I don't think they have a damn thing to worry about even if half of what they say is true...

[Archibaldo]

How big are the new disks? It's hard to tell from the picture. Are they going to be the same size as GCN disks or the size of PS2 and Xbox discs?