Nintendo's revolution unveiled.

Max · Post by **Max** » 2005-05-17 09:35am

From another site.

Link

UNVEILED: We have the first picture of Nintendo's Revolution system, including more key details by Nintendo.

After several months of intense anticipation that Nintendo fanboys around the world have consumed with utter intensity, Nintendo of America's Revolution system's veil of uncertainty has finally been taken off.

Based on the world exclusive report by USA Today this morning, the Japanese gaming mammoth's next-gen system will certainly be present at their 9AM PDT / 12PM EST Press-Conference, in viewable form.

No release dates or pricing points have been set as of this morning, but some of these details will be revealed soon.

Nintendo's system will also offer broadband access to a free Internet-based player matching service, similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live, having downloadable versions of every Nintendo game - from games such as Donkey Kong to newer titles such as Super Mario Sunshine. Nintendo has yet to decide if downloading these titles will be for free.

Nintendo also confirmed the processing power of the Revolution, stating it being two to three times more powerful than the Nintendo GameCube. "It's not all about having 'turbo power,' " Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan says. "It's about what you do with it."

This is hot on the news of estimates that Xbox 360's power is roughly 10 to 13 times more powerful than its original console, while Sony's PS3 is 35 times more powerful than its PS2 system.

Also stressed was the ease of developing games for the Revolution. Anaylyst Richard Doherty of the Envisioneering Group said to USA Today, "They do not need to make major changes from the games they were designing," he says. "They have better performance without having to do a lot of extra work."

Perrin Kaplan: "We've built Revolution around the concept of 'all-access gaming'." This is a term Nintendo utilizes to show the developer-friendly attributes of the system. "We're about sticking to the soul of gaming."

Ladies and gentlemen, expect more in several hours as GameCube Advanced will be updating live from Nintendo's media briefing at 9AM PDT / 12PM EDT.

Stay tuned.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2005-05-17 09:38am

Very stylish. I hope this helps bring Ninty out of it's rut but I don't have much hope.

Max · Post by **Max** » 2005-05-17 09:45am

I think the potential is there. If the online service is good, I don't see why not. They are getting good 3rd party support from what I've been reading. The one thing that bothers me is that the 360 and PS3 will be significantly more powerful. Casual gamers will see that as Nintendo being crappy, although PS2 had the same problem with being the underdog in regards to power.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2005-05-17 09:49am

I don't really care about blackhead-o-vision as long as the games are good. Unfortunately, it seems that lots of games that would previously have been Ninty-exclusive are either all platforms or XBox-exclusive.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-05-17 10:51am

I don't see XBox360 or PS3 as significantly more powerful. We have to remember that Nintendo's estimates have always been based on the actual performance during real gameplay, but the raw polygon, never achieveable under real conditions, specs that we've been given by both Microsoft and Sony for this generation and the last.

Max · Post by **Max** » 2005-05-17 11:04am

More pictures at IGN...

I'm a lazy n00b and didn't bother to dress my links.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-05-17 11:07am

Well Nintendo has me worried, by Archaic has a very good point. Microsoft and Sony tend to exaggurate their numbers.

If it turns out to be far slower than the other consoles, we'll have a serious problem getting third party games

One hour to go. Come on Nintendo. Don't let me down.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2005-05-17 11:26am

mplsjocc wrote:Nintendo's system will also offer broadband access to a free Internet-based player matching service, similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live, having downloadable versions of every Nintendo game - from games such as Donkey Kong to newer titles such as Super Mario Sunshine. Nintendo has yet to decide if downloading these titles will be for free.

......

Party in my pants.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-05-17 11:27am

Wow, nice quote you noticed there

Free, please be FREE!

Max · Post by **Max** » 2005-05-17 12:10pm

Archaic` wrote:I don't see XBox360 or PS3 as significantly more powerful. We have to remember that Nintendo's estimates have always been based on the actual performance during real gameplay, but the raw polygon, never achieveable under real conditions, specs that we've been given by both Microsoft and Sony for this generation and the last.

Exactly.

This all happened with the last generation.

The Xbox360 is a million times more powerful than the Xbox

The PS3 is a billion times more powerful than the PS2

and

The Nintendo Revolution is 2-3 times more powerful than the Gamecube...

:flashback:

The PS2 can produce 80 million polygons per character

The Xbox can produce up to 160 million polygons per character

and

The Nintendo Gamecube can produce 5-10 million polygons per character ...

The gamecube turned out to be a pretty powerful machine if you ask me. Nintendo seems to always be the modest company in the group. I think they'll be just fine in the power department.

(for those of you that will go off on my numbers, I exaggerated them for a reason)

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-05-17 12:10pm

Nintendo's system will also offer broadband access to a free Internet-based player matching service, similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live, having downloadable versions of every Nintendo game - from games such as Donkey Kong to newer titles such as Super Mario Sunshine. Nintendo has yet to decide if downloading these titles will be for free.

fuck me. i'm sold. i do believe i'll be buying a PS3 and Revolution (or whatever it ends up getting called) as soon as they're out. especially if nintendo offers this download service.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2005-05-17 12:24pm

Not another goddamned stylish design. Fuck Sony for making the PS2 stylish.

I want top loading GOD DAMN IT

Max · Post by **Max** » 2005-05-17 12:46pm

Free Live Nintendo Conference link?

[url=rtsp://gwmlive.streamos.com/256_ebms-e3video_050514.asf?ts=1116343007&ttl=43200&cs=D3D1F19EC1EFA53A8D145B0AE9065FDF97DDA37F]Lazy, lazy, lazy n00b...[/url]

Copy and paste that url into windows media player... so far it's just music though.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-05-17 12:51pm

Watching Gamespots stream, kinda bad.

2 billion games, Wow.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2005-05-17 01:26pm

Online Super Smash Bros game? Yes!

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-05-17 01:28pm

Hey, guys, I got a thread with running updates on the conferance, mind moving there?

/end pimpage.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-05-17 02:19pm

mplsjocc wrote:Free Live Nintendo Conference link?

[url=rtsp://gwmlive.streamos.com/256_ebms-e3video_050514.asf?ts=1116343007&ttl=43200&cs=D3D1F19EC1EFA53A8D145B0AE9065FDF97DDA37F]Link[/url]

Copy and paste that url into windows media player... so far it's just music though.

Free Link? That's the IGN Insider link!

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-05-17 02:22pm

Archaic` wrote:
mplsjocc wrote:Free Live Nintendo Conference link?

[url=rtsp://gwmlive.streamos.com/256_ebms-e3video_050514.asf?ts=1116343007&ttl=43200&cs=D3D1F19EC1EFA53A8D145B0AE9065FDF97DDA37F]Link[/url]

Copy and paste that url into windows media player... so far it's just music though.
Free Link? That's the IGN Insider link!

And it sucked, I had tons of problems with it untill I just changed to Gamespots stream.

Thats what happens when an 'insider' link gets published

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-05-17 02:41pm

Indeed. I had a number of problems too. Couldn't get the Gamespot stream sadly. I'll have to wait until it's downloadable. At least IGN already have some trailers up.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-05-17 02:43pm

Archaic` wrote:Indeed. I had a number of problems too. Couldn't get the Gamespot stream sadly. I'll have to wait until it's downloadable. At least IGN already have some trailers up.

Next time you want something from Gamespot, PM me.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-05-17 07:53pm

Hey guys, the "two to three times faster than GameCube" was an error!
I can dress my links too!

E3 2005: Revolution Official Name?
Posted by Conor - May 17th 2005 17:42
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Turns out 'Revolution' may be more than just a codename...

With less than half an hour until Nintendo's E3 conference begins, reputable site Club Skill are reporting that 'Revolution' (previously thought to be a prototype name for Nintendo's next home console) will in fact be the official name; either in that form or as "Revolution System" (RS). If this is true, it is very surprising news.

The article also claims that details published earlier in the day about the console's meagre power (in comparison with PS3 and Xbox360) were errorous, and that it will sport technical prowess on its competitors' level. This, at least, would be welcome news.

Stay tuned for confirmation of this news, and more, in the next hour or so.

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Max · Post by **Max** » 2005-05-17 08:09pm

Ace Pace wrote:
Archaic` wrote:
mplsjocc wrote:Free Live Nintendo Conference link?

[url=rtsp://gwmlive.streamos.com/256_ebms-e3video_050514.asf?ts=1116343007&ttl=43200&cs=D3D1F19EC1EFA53A8D145B0AE9065FDF97DDA37F]Link[/url]

Copy and paste that url into windows media player... so far it's just music though.
Free Link? That's the IGN Insider link!
And it sucked, I had tons of problems with it untill I just changed to Gamespots stream.

Thats what happens when an 'insider' link gets published

Hahaha, oopsy poo!

Anyway, I had a pretty good connection with that... there was a couple buffery parts...but on the whole I got to see it steadily through. It was fun.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2005-05-17 08:20pm

Praxis wrote:Hey guys, the "two to three times faster than GameCube" was an error!
I can dress my links too!

E3 2005: Revolution Official Name?
Posted by Conor - May 17th 2005 17:42
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Turns out 'Revolution' may be more than just a codename...

With less than half an hour until Nintendo's E3 conference begins, reputable site Club Skill are reporting that 'Revolution' (previously thought to be a prototype name for Nintendo's next home console) will in fact be the official name; either in that form or as "Revolution System" (RS). If this is true, it is very surprising news.

The article also claims that details published earlier in the day about the console's meagre power (in comparison with PS3 and Xbox360) were errorous, and that it will sport technical prowess on its competitors' level. This, at least, would be welcome news.

Stay tuned for confirmation of this news, and more, in the next hour or so.

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This is very good news, and makes Nintendo look even more skilled for putting so much power into such a little package.

Xephon · Post by **Xephon** » 2005-05-17 08:30pm

Ah, the next console wars. It's a great time to be alive. If you have money of course...

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2005-05-17 08:32pm

Can a mod please dress the obscenely long link in mplsjocc's post, and in the replies to it?

Thanks.

Ayup.

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