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[Pedigree Chum]

That looks awesome. I don't know HOW they could fit PS3/X360 power into that little thing. Lets see what games they show for this thing.

 

[DMczaf]

Wait a minute, how the hell would you download GC games? HDD?

 

[mj1108]

Nintendo New Sexy earns it's name!

 

[BuddyC]

 

[duderon]

I really don't care what the system looks like, i'm just curious as to what the "revolution" is. I'm sure i'll be dissapointed when i check GAF tomorrow.

 

[Zensetsu]

Purley aesthetically , much nicer than 360 or PS3. IN MY OPPINION, IT IS OK TO DISAGREE PLS DON'T BAN ME ETC?

 

[Error Macro]

It looks like a slot-loading CD/DVD drive from a PC that's not in a case. I need to see more pics before I make a real decision.

 

[Red Scarlet]

So where do Gamecube games go in that thing?

And no 'in the trash!' answers. :lol

 

[xsarien]

The system will offer a "free Internet-based player-matching service, similar to Xbox Live." The service will also offer downloadable versions of classic Nintendo games, such as Donkey Kong and Super Mario Sunshine.

Give me downloads of classic (S)NES games from Nintendo and other developers and I'm sold.

So where do Gamecube games go in that thing?

And no 'in the trash!' answers. :lol

Probably...in the drive slot.

 

[AniHawk]

The service will also offer downloadable versions of classic Nintendo games, such as Donkey Kong and Super Mario Sunshine.

There's about two things wrong with that sentence. Well, at least one for sure.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Slick!

 

[Timbuktu]

It doesn't beat the Mac mini

 

[ThongyDonk]

Revolution is "two to three times more powerful than GameCube," according to Nintendo.

The system will offer a "free Internet-based player-matching service, similar to Xbox Live." The service will also offer downloadable versions of classic Nintendo games, such as Donkey Kong and Super Mario Sunshine.

Matt

Techies?

 

[mutsu]

Give me downloads of classic (S)NES games from Nintendo and other developers and I'm sold.




Probably...in the drive slot.

Downloads of classics, with a reasonable price, and this machine is going to OWN!

 

[VALIS]

Man. All three consoles for me are just "eh" in appearance. Hopefully they all look better in person. Pretty indistinctive. Last gen they all wanted to stand out, now they're all going with the stealth designs.

 

[mj1108]

It doesn't beat the Mac mini

It's a lot closer to it than the PS3 and XBox 360.

 

[DMczaf]

So is Nintendo offering an iTunes type of service where you can download any classic Nintendo games over the last 20 years?

 

[Krowley]

Revolution is "two to three times more powerful than GameCube," according to Nintendo.

hmm that is not very powerfull, as i feared. if you go that small you have to lose something.

the stuff about downloading games is a big deal though... when nintendo offers something like that, it's liek the ultimate backward compatibility... tons of games potentialy. and you know third party's will jump on the bandwagon with that as well... because why not?

 

[Striek]

Its impossibly hard to tell if thats good looking or not from that tiny pic.

I'm anxious to know how much power they can stack into that tiny thing.

 

[effzee]

2-3 times more powerful? that puts it where in comparison with song and ms?

 

[Operations]

Techies?

Rather devastating news. According to UbiSoft, Xbox 360 is 14 times more powerful than Xbox.

 

[SomeDude]

It looks really nice....but damn is that little. Maybe the rumors of it being more powerful than the XBox 360 arent true?

 

[Virgin Wii]

2 to 3 times the power? Oh boy...

That bit about downloadable games means... HDD.

 

[duderon]

Revolution is "two to three times more powerful than GameCube," according to Nintendo.

The system will offer a "free Internet-based player-matching service, similar to Xbox Live." The service will also offer downloadable versions of classic Nintendo games, such as Donkey Kong and Super Mario Sunshine.

Matt

nm, dissapointed now.

You can buy our old games, REVOLUTION.

 

[DSN2K]

its the best looking of the 3 whats good for Nintendo but can they back it up with quality Software and strong 3rd Party support ? we will see.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

So is Nintendo offering an iTunes type of service where you can download any classic Nintendo games over the last 20 years?

That would rock! Earthbound get!

 

[Red Scarlet]

Probably...in the drive slot.

Wouldn't the disc get eaten and mangled if it wasn't perfectly centered though?

 

[sasimirobot]

Kinda boring...
Gaming is just looking so serious next-gen. *sigh*

 

[sc0la]

bumbed about 2-3X more powerful than GC, that wouldn't situate it very closely to xbox360 or PS3 would it?

 

[Lazy vs Crazy]

So is Nintendo offering an iTunes type of service where you can download any classic Nintendo games over the last 20 years?

Seems that way, yes.

 

[tetsuoxb]

I like it..

it will hide nicely in the shadow of my peni...PS3.

 

[xsarien]

Wouldn't the disc get eaten and mangled if it wasn't perfectly centered though?

Well, obviously whichever company the drive comes from has found a way around the issue.

 

[AniHawk]

hmm that is not very powerfull, as i feared. if you go that small you have to lose something.

the stuff about downloading games is a big deal though... when nintendo offers something like that, it's liek the ultimate backward compatibility... tons of games potentialy. and you know third party's will jump on the bandwagon with that as well... because why not?

This is the only thing I remember from the beginning of this gen:

The GC was supposed to push 6-12 million polys with all effects on. So... 12-36 million with all effects? How's that stack up?

 

[Ollie Pooch]

nm, dissapointed now.

You can buy our old games, REVOLUTION.

if this somehow includes a way to play tetris attack properly over the internet, im in

 

[ThongyDonk]

i'm scared

 

[Idioteque]

I actually think It looks better than the other two.

 

[fse]

The revolution is actually the new downloadable service...not a funky controller.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

So that thing must have a harddrive, right? You download the games from the service and then save 'em on your HDD, RIGHT?!

Metroid Prime is a neo-classic (even though I hate the game), but I never thought anyone would say the same about Super Mario Sunshine. :lol

 

[Mike Works]

2 - 3x more powerful than GC could be good or bad, depending on whether or not Matt's getting that from Nintendo themselves, who are always ultra conservative when it comes to the spec/tech game. I've got to go to bed now if I want to get enough sleep to watch the conference and then go to work tomorrow, but I'll be quite disappointed if the thing can't even match the XBox 360. It'd better.

But the design looks ace.

 

[suaveric]

Nintendo was the only one last time not to over-state how powerful their system was. 2-3 times more powerful might be better than it sounds.

 

[AniHawk]

nm, dissapointed now.

You can buy our old games, REVOLUTION.

If SE jumps on board, maybe I'll find a way to play FFIV without load times, or better yet, TERRANIGMA (that was Enix, right?)!

 

[Lazy vs Crazy]

bumbed about 2-3X more powerful than GC, that wouldn't situate it very closely to xbox360 or PS3 would it?

Nintendo is always overly modest and conservative when considering and reporting the power of their systems, while MS and Sony like to lie about theirs.

 

[Red Scarlet]

Oh, ok. Neat.

So is Nintendo offering an iTunes type of service where you can download any classic Nintendo games over the last 20 years?

Seems that way, yes.

That's neat too, as long as they don't regionalize.

 

[SomeDude]

Only 2-3x more powerful the GameCube? meh...

 

[Odnetnin]

is that real? Looks so strange. No controller's going in. Why did Cassamina leak this?

It looks so much like that big black granite slab from a space oddyssey 2001 (except for the white base)

 

[Ollie Pooch]

So that thing must have a harddrive, right? You download the games from the service and then save 'em on your HDD, RIGHT?!

Metroid Prime is a neo-classic (even though I hate the game), but I never thought anyone would say the same about Super Mario Sunshine. :lol

jesus, i hope this isnt the 'revolution'-ary feature.. it's a little soon for nintendo to be using downloads of metroid prime/sms as being a good feature.. well, unless they're cheap however, it would (possibly) rule out region coding

 

[Krowley]

This is the only thing I remember from the beginning of this gen:

The GC was supposed to push 6-12 million polys with all effects on. So... 12-36 million with all effects? How's that stack up?

well i'm not a tech guy, but it sounds weaker than the specs being touted with the 360 or ps3. by a large factor..

probably something akin to current pc systems, which means nintendo is going for a low priced next gen option... probably another 200 dollar launch, plus the added benefit of HUGE backward compatibility. it could work maybe. depends on what else they've got up their sleeve and how fun the games look.

 

[ziran]

sounds very poor technically, especially when compared to ps3.

i think nintendo will struggle, big time!

 

[Sho Nuff]

Give me downloads of classic (S)NES games from Nintendo and other developers and I'm sold.

Shhh...but did you know that you can already do this? ...I'll tell you how...meet me after school behind the cafeteria...bring a blank DVD-R.

 

[goomba]

W...T....F ..... 2 to 3 times more powerful

I refuse to beleive!