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[Mallrat83]

Isn't Majesco just a publisher? Or do they also develop games?

Here's a list of games Majesco has developed:
Game Boy Advance
F/A 18 Super Hornet
Golden Nugget Casino
Golden Nugget [x]
Operation Armored Liberty

Game Boy Color
Battleship
Frogger 2
Galaga
Galaxian
Missile Command
Monopoly
NASCAR Heat
Q*Bert
Super Breakout
Tom and Jerry

PC
Drake

Xbox
Ultra Bust-A-Move

 

[GIR]

Aries "confirmed" that the 'revolutionaly idea' is in SOME way connected to the format the Rev is going to use, and the way the "discs" are "read" i.e. he hinted at double-sided discs but refused to comment on them)

It doesn’t take a genius to figure this out, likely one side will be optical/read-only and the other side magnetic/writable, think of the possibilities, has potential if true/possible.

 

[cubicle47b]

think of the possibilities

How is this different from a hard drive (aside from it being highly portable)?

 

[Hollywood]

There are two other Nintendo games in development for the Revolution. As I mentioned, Camelot is working on a new RPG for the Revolution. This is not a new Golden Sun game. The other game is a new Pikmin. This game was only in planning stages, so I’m sure it won’t be at E3. During my time at Nintendo, I learned that Miyamoto will not be involved with this game. That might have changed by now, obviously. I do not have any concrete details on either of these games; I’m guessing that Camelot’s game will be at E3, but I’m willing to bet Pikmin will not be there.

 

[element]

Here's a list of games Majesco has developed:
PC
Drake

IdolFX developed Drake.

I'm pretty sure almost that entire list was games developed by studios so small that they don't get print.

 

[Mallrat83]

I'm just the messenger, copy and pasted from the IGN Companies site. Speaking of which I just noticed they are listed as publishing The Darkness for the Revolution from Starbreeze (Chronicles of Riddick). I had never heard this news.

 

[Flo_Evans]

squeezing a handle and squeezing a button are diffrent how?

 

[GIR]

How is this different from a hard drive (aside from it being highly portable)?

Well I certainly wouldn’t call it revolutionary, but Nintendo could achieve what they were trying to do with the 64DD, and wouldn’t have to worry about memory card issues or hard drive space, a hard drive would also add alot to the cost of the system something I’m sure Nintendo want to avoid.

 

[UltraMagnanimous]

The gamefaqs company page has a list of 'Known developed games', dunno how accurate it is.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/11250.html

Edit: Ah, just had a proper look, it's mainly just their videos. So not very accurate at all then.

 

[dorio]

I'm a retard too. How does this pressure sensitive controller work and how is it usefull in games?

 

[Mallrat83]

squeezing a handle and squeezing a button are diffrent how?

Uhh, yea?

 

[Hollywood]

squeezing a handle and squeezing a button are diffrent how?

I can think of a few example off the top of my head which it would be very good for. First Person Shooters could be played easily with the handle squeezing. It would be better than the old Z trigger for the N64, not to mention the gyro control used for aiming. Racing games could easily use it to accelarate. Platformers can use it to hold down to run. Hold it down in a Zelda game to activate a lock-on. I can think of all kinds of uses for it that beat the hell out of using buttons.

 

[cubicle47b]

squeezing a handle and squeezing a button are diffrent how?

You're squeezing a handle with your hand instead of pressing a button with your finger/thumb? That would be my guess anyway.

Honestly, it sounds stupid. Just as stupid as pressure sensitive buttons are. The only good non-directional analog input I've used on a controller is an analog trigger. The dual shock 2 is annoying for racing games, enough that my brother bought a couple original dual shock controllers.

 

[Flo_Evans]

apparently according to that blog, in say waverace you would squeeze the handle of the controller to control the throttle. I really see no diffrence in squeezing the entire handle vs. one button - you may be able to apply more pressure, but the end result is the same.

 

[Hollywood]

There are two other Nintendo games in development for the Revolution. As I mentioned, Camelot is working on a new RPG for the Revolution. This is not a new Golden Sun game. The other game is a new Pikmin. This game was only in planning stages, so I’m sure it won’t be at E3. During my time at Nintendo, I learned that Miyamoto will not be involved with this game. That might have changed by now, obviously. I do not have any concrete details on either of these games; I’m guessing that Camelot’s game will be at E3, but I’m willing to bet Pikmin will not be there.

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Nevermind, this is false info too. Jackasses like to use his name and make fake posts. It's getting old for sure.

 

[cubicle47b]

Well I certainly wouldn’t call it revolutionary, but Nintendo could achieve what they were trying to do with the 64DD, and wouldn’t have to worry about memory card issues or hard drive space, a hard drive would also add alot to the cost of the system something I’m sure Nintendo want to avoid.

Those would cost more to produce than normal disks. Of course, developers would probably eat that cost. I just don't see it being that interesting (look at what's been done with the Xbox hard drive), then again, I remember Nintendo had some good ideas for the 64DD.

 

[WordAssassin]

I'm gonna venture the guess that the revolutionary media is re-writable GODs. Miyamoto stated WAAAY back when the N64DD came out that he wanted games to be able to have changes that stayed in the game. Like you plant a tree and come back to play the game a year later and the tree is grown. Or you shoot something and the bullet holes stay there. If the Rev is constantly writing and rewriting what you do to disk, this would finally be possible and you wouldn't need an expensive HDD add-on.

 

[midnightguy]

It'll be interesting if cube.ign start posting stuff re. revolution of their own accord - they weren't a million miles from the truth with their pre-gc dolphin rumours..

true. IGN had some really close to the target info on the pre-Gamecube Dolphin

 

[Hollywood]

apparently according to that blog, in say waverace you would squeeze the handle of the controller to control the throttle. I really see no diffrence in squeezing the entire handle vs. one button - you may be able to apply more pressure, but the end result is the same.

Well IMO a handle would be much more comfortable and easier. You don't have to use your thumb to hold down on accelarate the whole time and can use it for another function. The end result is the same with a LOT of different control schemes, but that doesn't make it better. You could probably play Gran Turismo with a Dance Dance Revolution pad, Power Glove, or whatever else and I'm sure hitting the input on whatever makes the gas goes 'the end result is the same'. Doesn't mean its as easy as using the controller.

 

[WordAssassin]

God dammit!

 

[Azure Dream]

That blog really needs a user registration system, at the VERY least so admin posts are distinguishable from just someone writing "Admin" in the name area...

 

[byproduct]

I think squeezable handles is a great idea. It makes the controller look less daunting to a non gamer and it's easy to understand that squeezing a handle will cause something to happen.

I know my Dad (who is 56 and a complete luddite) would easily be able to get the hang of a gyroscopic controller with squeezable handles, but he wont touch a dual-shock with all those buttons and three different things on the face that could be used to control direction. And that's what Nintendo has said it wants to do - attract people who traditionally wouldn't play games. Being afraid of the controller's complexity is a big barrier for a lot of people. Sqeezing and moving the controller would overcome that.

I can't believe Nintendo would make so many smart moves with one console (looking at the list posted above). This really sounds like cruelty to fanboys.

 

[Flo_Evans]

um.. why the fuck would you use the face buttons on the dual shock to control the gas in GT?


You use the left analog for steering and the right analog for gas/brakes... and besides, the best controller for any racing game is a wheel/pedal set. I guess the best for waverace/excitebike would be a handlebar/twist throttle, but eh.

I like the idea of a re-writable disk though!

 

[Hollywood]

Yeah I give up. It's hard to distinguish anymore. I can't tell if the Pikmin/Camelot info is fake or not, because there were people using his name to say it wasn't really him, when it was. If anyone wants to sort through that shit and post it, thats fine with me, but I'm not anymore.

 

[Hollywood]

um.. why the fuck would you use the face buttons on the dual shock to control the gas in GT?


You use the left analog for steering and the right analog for gas/brakes... and besides, the best controller for any racing game is a wheel/pedal set. I guess the best for waverace/excitebike would be a handlebar/twist throttle, but eh.

I like the idea of a re-writable disk though!

Well I don't play GT, but most racing games you hold down X or something to use gas. Either way I'dd rather use a squeeze control for a throttle over an analog stick or face buttons.

 

[cubicle47b]

um.. why the fuck would you use the face buttons on the dual shock to control the gas in GT?


You use the left analog for steering and the right analog for gas/brakes...

Gas and brakes should be two distinct controls, that's why. The Dreamcast controller is as good as controllers have gotten for racing games.

 

[goomba]

I doubt the rewritable disk because of the unreliability of media such as CD-R, CD-RW , DVD-R, DVD-RW etc.

 

[Thraktor]

It doesn’t take a genius to figure this out, likely one side will be optical/read-only and the other side magnetic/writable, think of the possibilities, has potential if true/possible.

Nah, I doubt they'd go with double-sided discs, for practicality's sake. I'd say it would make much more sense if they made a DVD-RW/HD-DVD hybrid one-sided disc. As in the innermost centimetre or two of the disc surface would be DVD-RW technology, providing maybe 500MB of storage, whereas the rest of the disc would be taken up with HD-DVD optical data of the game itself. It'd also make pirating a hell of a lot more difficult, as Nintendo would be the only company actually producing the media.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Gas and brakes should be two distinct controls, that's why. The Dreamcast controller is as good as controllers have gotten for racing games.

I don't want to get into a technical driving disscusion in this awsome revolution spec thread, but the only time you need to hit the gas and brakes at the same time is while rally racing. Even then it has limited use. The DC controller was pretty great for racing games, but it cramped the hell out of my hands.

 

[cubicle47b]

I don't want to get into a technical driving disscusion in this awsome revolution spec thread, but the only time you need to hit the gas and brakes at the same time is while rally racing. Even then it has limited use. The DC controller was pretty great for racing games, but it cramped the hell out of my hands.

It's more than sometimes having to use the gas and brakes at the same time. It's about feel. Using the right analog stick is certainly more accurate than using the analog buttons but I hate it as a control scheme because it's *so* different from the gas and brakes in a car.

Not that an analog stick is a good substitute for a wheel (or that gyroscopic controls will be either).

 

[God's Hand]

Can we all just erase this god damn site from our memories, all the posts, EVERYTHING and never go to it again? Wait till Nintendo tells you what the Revolution is about, not some has-been or quite possibly a nobody on a blog. This is getting ridiculous.

 

[ge-man]

Can we all just erase this god damn site from our memories, all the posts, EVERYTHING and never go to it again? Wait till Nintendo tells you what the Revolution is about, not some has-been or quite possibly a nobody on a blog. This is getting ridiculous.

Agreed. This sounds like nothing more than a bunch of guys taking the speculation that's already been going on professional sites and forums and are turning it into a megaton type of announcement.

 

[aaaaa0]

I don't want to get into a technical driving disscusion in this awsome revolution spec thread, but the only time you need to hit the gas and brakes at the same time is while rally racing. Even then it has limited use.

Michael Schumaker would disagree with you.

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=447804&sid=2df80c41be97d614e63c9581ae96866f#447804

 

[Deleted member 1235]

that honestly sounds like an "awesome wishlist" for the Rev.

 

[aperfectt00l]

that honestly sounds like an "awesome wishlist" for the Rev.

Yes, yes it does. now all we can do is wait pray and ignore the fact that it most likely wont be this good...

 

[callous]

- NST is busy developing a new Wave Race game. It seems that it features the most lifelike water ever seen both graphically and physically and comes really close to real life

Nooo, not NST again. Please let this be fake :/

 

[Hollywood]

I don't understand what is so out of the realm of possibility here. We knew the Revolution was going online. We knew wireless controllers. Its obvious a new SSB, Waverace, and other franchises will be in development. Gyros and pressure sensitive have been long rumored. There's nothing too far fetched there.

 

[CrimsonSkies]

"awesome wishlist"

Aye. Wishlist is the keyword.

 

[aperfectt00l]

I don't understand what is so out of the realm of possibility here. We knew the Revolution was going online. We knew wireless controllers. Its obvious a new SSB, Waverace, and other franchises will be in development. Gyros and pressure sensitive have been long rumored. There's nothing too far fetched there.

I think that much is gonna happen but i just dont really see everything that aries said happening.

 

[GSG Flash]

Can we all just erase this god damn site from our memories, all the posts, EVERYTHING and never go to it again? Wait till Nintendo tells you what the Revolution is about, not some has-been or quite possibly a nobody on a blog. This is getting ridiculous.

I agree, there's too much false info coming from unofficial people just browsing the site.

 

[Oxymoron]

Like you plant a tree and come back to play the game a year later and the tree is grown.

I am not falling for that again.

 

[OG_Original Gamer]

I can see these specs being real and coming from Iwata(Nintendo), since he's a totally different person compared to Yamauchi.

 

[dbish]

Here.
This Aries guy is claiming that he's working on a new vector man game for the revolution. If you don't want to wade through the crap here's the important stuff. Keep in mind that it could all be bs.

- the controllers are pressure sensitive
- the controllers feature gyroscopes
- the controllers will not feature any form of touch control
- the controllers are going to be wireless
- the controllers contain regular action buttons and triggers, though a D-pad is not certain yet
- the Revolution features very advanced voice recognition technology
- the Revolution will be more powerful than the Xbox 360
- the Revolution will feature a very advanced online service. Probably the best and most interesting of the three
- the Revolution wont support any form of stereoscopic imaging. At least not out of the box
- Square-Enix is developing an exclusive game for Revolution, further details are currently unkown
- Retro is working on a non-Metroid based FPS for the console’s launch which will be very mature themed
- Hal Labs is developing a brand new Smash Bros game, which will be available around launch as well
- A new Mario game is in the works which will show off all the console’s features right from launch
- NST is busy developing a new Wave Race game. It seems that it features the most lifelike water ever seen both graphically and physically and comes really close to real life
- Some completely new franchises are still at the works at Nintendo which will be featured on DS as well. Most of them are more mature-themed than we are used to with Nintendo
- Capcom, Namco, EA, Activision, Midway, Konami, Majesco and most probably some other companies, are currently developing Revolution software and seem to be quite enthusiastic about the machine

Ok, maybe everyone else is just skipping over this fact or something, but did anyone else see where it says "d-pad is not certain yet" (I bolded it above for effect). Is no one else deeply concerned by this fact? To me, playing any 2-d game with a stick is just...wrong...is it really just me?

 

[Juice]

To me, playing any 2-d game with a stick is just...wrong...is it really just me?

Meaning, "Is it just me that thinks any 2-d games will come out on Revolution at all?"

Yes.

 

[dbish]

Meaning, "Is it just me that thinks any 2-d games will come out on Revolution at all?"

Yes.

Dbish am cry

 

[Flo_Evans]

You are not alone dbish, it apears nintendo doesn't want fighting game fans to join the revolution. Hell they already made it unconfortable on the GC.

I had to buy 2 of these Hori pads to play SCII on my GC.

 

[ziran]

this broken saints thing sounds too much like a fan's rant, and that whole megaton nonsense.

the thing is this is only the beginning, it'll go on for several months because nintendo won't reveal everything about revolution until nearer launch.

 

[mrklaw]

probably as fake as can be, but I'd love for MS to be the weakest console next gen. Then we'd really see what they are made of.

And revolution will still get ignored by many 3rd parties ;_;

 

[ziran]

but I'd love for MS to be the weakest console next gen. Then we'd really see what they are made of.

it would be very entertaining to have a real 'bitch fight' battle between all three, and good for the industry. each company trying to out do each other. i'd like to see sony with a sweat on, and ms pouring cash into 360, far more than xbox, and nintendo working at full capacity.

 

[AB 101]

- Some completely new franchises are still at the works at Nintendo which will be featured on DS as well. Most of them are more mature-themed than we are used to with Nintendo

Would be nice to see. But I will believe it only when I see it.

I will be all over a new Wave Race though.