Early 2005: Reveal Nintendo next console codename "Revolution".
May 2005: Show system's shell. Final design will be even smaller.
Sep 2005: Show system's controller. Still tweaking and not final design. Miyamoto admits spending all the time on the controller and has no time for the software.
Nov 2005: Show charts stating the gaming industry is shrinking. Revolution will save the industry by offering gamers countless possibilities. Tell everyone to imagine those countless possibilities.
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Jan 2006: Tell the world to imagine some more.
Mar 2006: Post a couple more new exciting quotes from developers of what they think about the controller.
May 2006: Iwata on stage to show the final design of the system's shell and controller. No GAMES shown. Suggest people to do a bit more imagining till SpaceWorld!!
July 2006: Comments on the WiFi plans of the console. Rumors of SSBM Revolution will be online. Nintendo fans speculate in 10-pages thread.
Aug 2006: SpaceWorld cancel. Reason is working hard to meet the launch date. Promising there'll be a lot of support for the console.
Oct 2006: Revolution officially delay to 2007. Tell Nintendo fans at least they have Zelda: Twilight Princess to play in November and Kirby Great Adventure in Spring 2007 to keep them busy.
Nov 2006: Zelda GCN bundle and Kirby GCN bundle announce in place of Revolution.
Dec 2006: 2 small pics of Smash Bros. Revolution 'leaked'. Rumors working on Mario 128 for Revolution.
Mar 2007: Miyamoto confirms in an interview that Mario 128 and Smash Bros. Revolution are being made. Playable demos in E3. Nintendo fans set countdown clocks.
May 2007: Finalize name, pricepoint, and WiFi for the console. Iwata demonstrates the new ways to play games: Super Mario 128, Smash Bros. 3, and Mario SuperSwing Baseball. Nintendo fans go apeshit.
Aug 2007: Mario DoublePower Tennis and Mario Party 9 announce. No comment on the non 'newness' on these games and the non 3rd party support. Nintendo fans do damage control in 20 pages thread.
Nov 2007: Launch with a whopping 1 game: Super Mario 128. Say it'll be enough. Smash Bros. 3 in 'launch window'. Promising more revolutionary games to come soon. Wait until next E3.
So..........just 2 more years to go! Hooray!
May 2005: Show system's shell. Final design will be even smaller.
Sep 2005: Show system's controller. Still tweaking and not final design. Miyamoto admits spending all the time on the controller and has no time for the software.
Nov 2005: Show charts stating the gaming industry is shrinking. Revolution will save the industry by offering gamers countless possibilities. Tell everyone to imagine those countless possibilities.
<------------------------------------------------------------------------ YOU ARE HERE
Jan 2006: Tell the world to imagine some more.
Mar 2006: Post a couple more new exciting quotes from developers of what they think about the controller.
May 2006: Iwata on stage to show the final design of the system's shell and controller. No GAMES shown. Suggest people to do a bit more imagining till SpaceWorld!!
July 2006: Comments on the WiFi plans of the console. Rumors of SSBM Revolution will be online. Nintendo fans speculate in 10-pages thread.
Aug 2006: SpaceWorld cancel. Reason is working hard to meet the launch date. Promising there'll be a lot of support for the console.
Oct 2006: Revolution officially delay to 2007. Tell Nintendo fans at least they have Zelda: Twilight Princess to play in November and Kirby Great Adventure in Spring 2007 to keep them busy.
Nov 2006: Zelda GCN bundle and Kirby GCN bundle announce in place of Revolution.
Dec 2006: 2 small pics of Smash Bros. Revolution 'leaked'. Rumors working on Mario 128 for Revolution.
Mar 2007: Miyamoto confirms in an interview that Mario 128 and Smash Bros. Revolution are being made. Playable demos in E3. Nintendo fans set countdown clocks.
May 2007: Finalize name, pricepoint, and WiFi for the console. Iwata demonstrates the new ways to play games: Super Mario 128, Smash Bros. 3, and Mario SuperSwing Baseball. Nintendo fans go apeshit.
Aug 2007: Mario DoublePower Tennis and Mario Party 9 announce. No comment on the non 'newness' on these games and the non 3rd party support. Nintendo fans do damage control in 20 pages thread.
Nov 2007: Launch with a whopping 1 game: Super Mario 128. Say it'll be enough. Smash Bros. 3 in 'launch window'. Promising more revolutionary games to come soon. Wait until next E3.
So..........just 2 more years to go! Hooray!
