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Naah, I'm not talking about that revolution. I'm talking about the Nintendo Revolution. According to Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6140464.html), full technical details will be revealed on the E3 next year. Nintendo had anounced earlier that the controller might not be the only surprise.

Here's the full article:

Revolution to be unveiled on May 9, 2006

Nintendo will take the wraps off the next-generation console at its press briefing before next year's E3 expo.


During its pre-E3 press conference in May, Nintendo disappointed many by revealing little about the Revolution. Other than showing off a mock-up of the console form factor and announcing the console would play NES, SNES, N64, and GameCube games, the game giant revealed little about the next-generation console. In the months since, it has let a few details about the Revolution trickle out, the most significant being pictures of its much-vaunted controller--which has been much-derided for its resemblance to a TV remote control.

Today, though, gamers got a definite date when Nintendo will absolutely, positively reveal the Revolution in all its glory. The Mario factory sent out a "save the date" e-mail this morning saying that in "a mere 165 days to go (give or take)" it will reveal "all the incredible details about Nintendo's upcoming games and hardware, including our next home console, code-named Revolution."

So when will be the Revolution's coming-out party? Unsurprisingly, it will be at next year's E3. Specifically, the console will be unveiled at Nintendo's pre-E3 press event, which is slated for 9:30 a.m. Pacific time on May 9, 2006. The venue will be the Kodak Theatre--home of the Academy Awards--in Hollywood, California.

I just hope that the Revolution concept really works for Nintendo. I wouldn't like to see them go the Sega way.

I just hope that the Revolution concept really works for Nintendo. I wouldn't like to see them go the Sega way.

Oh, I doubt they're going in that direction. Sega always made useless shit.

I hope they do better than Microsofts "Crashbox" :D

Leave it to Nintendo to be slow enough to pass up the '05 holidays. Any businessman worth his weight in dogshit would have readied the project for release right about now [as Microsoft has] so as to maximize sales.

I don't know who's managing Nintendo nowadays, but they ought to be fired the way they've been handling things since the N64. I haven't seen a competent business move from Nintendo in ten years, but then again I may not have been looking hard enough. They will be thoroughly owned [figuratively, at least at first] by Sony and Microsoft until their Board gets its head out of its ass and fires whoever is making their business decisions.

Leave it to Nintendo to be slow enough to pass up the '05 holidays. Any businessman worth his weight in dogshit would have readied the project for release right about now [as Microsoft has] so as to maximize sales.

I don't know who's managing Nintendo nowadays, but they ought to be fired the way they've been handling things since the N64. I haven't seen a competent business move from Nintendo in ten years, but then again I may not have been looking hard enough. They will be thoroughly owned [figuratively, at least at first] by Sony and Microsoft until their Board gets its head out of its ass and fires whoever is making their business decisions.

Have you ever thought that new ways to play games might be a wee bit more important than massive profits?

Have you ever thought that new ways to play games might be a wee bit more important than massive profits?
Than massive profits? Maybe. Than no profits at all? No, at least not from a company standpoint.

But I disagree with Melkor's assessment of the situation in this way. If Nintendo had rushed a substandard product this year, they'd have sealed their doom, especially after the Gamecube fiasco. If they release a quality product next summer, the buzz from the 360 will have died down, and they'll have the market to themselves with a lot of leadtime for game producers to have games ready for Christmas 2006. I'll admit, I'm putting the best possible spin on the situation, but when you're sucking hind tit like Nintendo is right now, spin is probably all you've got.

Than massive profits? Maybe. Than no profits at all? No, at least not from a company standpoint.

But I disagree with Melkor's assessment of the situation in this way. If Nintendo had rushed a substandard product this year, they'd have sealed their doom, especially after the Gamecube fiasco. If they release a quality product next summer, the buzz from the 360 will have died down, and they'll have the market to themselves with a lot of leadtime for game producers to have games ready for Christmas 2006. I'll admit, I'm putting the best possible spin on the situation, but when you're sucking hind tit like Nintendo is right now, spin is probably all you've got.

Yeah. Nintendo will have something completely different from every other available console, and at just the right time.

Leave it to Nintendo to be slow enough to pass up the '05 holidays. Any businessman worth his weight in dogshit would have readied the project for release right about now [as Microsoft has] so as to maximize sales.
Ahh but Microsoft fucked itself over with a low first-wave set of consoles for a release and the second-wave isn't expected until somewhere around February, I believe. I believe that was also planned for a lousy marketing plan to get more money by...missing out on the holidays.

One thing I left out of my little scenario up there--the PS3. When is that coming out?

I've never understood this mentality that contends that "different" automatically means "superior." Nintendo tried something "different" with the Lamecube, and they ended up with a horrific controller and even worse games. People who try to give Nintendo credit for their innovation are really just grasping for straws, since the sales figures more or less speak for themselves.

Look, I used to be the biggest Nintendo fan of all. I still have a working NES, SNES, and N64. I grew up on Nintendo, but I call them as I see them. The gaming public does not want Nintendo's brand of "innovation," they want kick ass games and bitchin' graphics, which is kind of funny because they'd have to pay a consultant thousands of dollars to get that exact advice. I've seen the controller for Revolution, and mark my words that console will be the final nail in Nintendo's coffin, unless they contract awesome games for it and release a different controller. Within ten years they will be subsidised to Microsoft and relegated to the Sega-esque role of developing games, if they continue to exist at all.

One thing I left out of my little scenario up there--the PS3. When is that coming out?
Around March 2006 or so.

I've seen the controller for Revolution, and mark my words that console will be the final nail in Nintendo's coffin. Within ten years they will be subsidised to Microsoft and relegated to the Sega-esque role of developing games, if they continue to exist at all.
And that does sound like the best-case scenario.

Personally, I can't wait to see if this concept works out well. You see, I used to love video games back in the day, but I can't stand any of the systems that have been coming out in the past few years. I'm almost thirty, and the prospect of learning how to "type" on these fucked up controllers with 24 buttons and multiple toggles is incompatible with my whole haveing a job thing.

I hope this is a return to intuitive interfaces. Gimme back my two button and toggle NES! :D I could be playing the games like a pro again in an hour, instead of a week.

The only way I'd see the Revolution as a halfway-decent success is if it makes FPS games actually include a gun. THAT would be true innovation. Not a remote control trying to pass for a video game controller.

Around March 2006 or so.
Never mind then--Nintendo is fucked.

Never mind then--Nintendo is fucked.
By the generation after the PS3, X360, and the Revolution, expect nothing much from Nintendo.

Well, the DS is different and I would say that makes it superior to other handhelds. Since the Revolution seems to be aimed more at a casual gamer market and as a second console (due to the low price, something between $150-$200), it just might work for them.

The only thing I see is that some of the "hardcore" Halo kiddies might be too embarassed to wave a remote around. :)

Here's (http://lostgarden.com/2005/09/nintendos-genre-innovation-strategy.html) an excellent analysis about Nintendo's strategy.

Well, it isn't going to win over the XBOX 360 or PS3 fans.
It might get some of the PSP market though.

I am really looking forward to the Revolution. I'm glad that Nintendo actually has the guts to do something innovative with console gaming, seeing as how graphics development (which is basically the only thing that separates consoles of different generations) can only go so far. I think that this console will open up Nintendo to a whole new group of gamers.

I lost interest in Nintendo for a while when the N64 came out; the graphics were ugly and the controller was frightful. Then the GameCube came out, and now I'm more of a Nintendo fanboy than ever. I hope the positive trend continues.

And for the record, Nintendo isn't doing as badly as people seem to believe:

http://nintendoinsider.com/site/EEEFylpkElFffmiBlr.php

http://www.cubed3.com/news/4145