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[Mason]

This was posted at the NintendoPower forums in mid January:

There has been a TON of speculation on Nintendo's upcoming console but little is actually known about it. There are so many different ideas that no one really knows what to think. So here are some supposed "facts" about the Revolution. I can't reveal my source because I've been asked not to. Sorry guys. I would say that this info has at least a 65% chance of being accurate. My source has been right before and he's also been wrong. Here goes......

Ok first things first. Yes, Nintendo will utilize gyros in it's controllers. I think most people pretty much already took this as fact. Also, the Rev will indeed have dual processors. Also broadband is built in, no modem to buy. Nintendo has an online strategy in development. It will be implemented on the DS first. There are no current plans to connect the DS and the Rev....the GB Evolution on the other hand......

The Rev will have four controller ports. It will have a hard drive which will be used in much the same way as the 64DD was supposed to be used. Things like Dolby Digital 5.1 and high def monitor support are included. There is no type of virtual reality or any kind of headset planned. It is backwards compatible with Gamecube games. It will use the HD-DVD format and not Sony's Blu-Ray. Controllers are not wireless, but wireless controllers are planned. It will launch with an unnamed Mario game and work on Zelda has already begun. Super Smash Brothers is in mid development and will be a launch title.

Ok so what's the Revolutionary part? That's what you all want to know. Well my source wouldn't tell me. He said it would get him into too much trouble, and could give Sony and Microsoft an advantage at this stage in the game. But he did say this; "if you think too hard you'll never guess what it is. It's nothing "new" technically speaking. It's just something that hasn't really been applied to video games yet."

Remember? The stuff in bold has turned out to be true. How about the rest of it? HD-DVD? Built-in hard drive? It doesn't sound like the Nintendo I know but I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[citrus lump]

I wish something would get leaked, I'm tired of waiting. Of all the next gen systems, I'm most curious about nintendos.

 

[Striek]

All the stuff you bolded was heavily hinted at anyway, IIRC, like monitor support and BC (I think). The online stuff was a no-brainer.

 

[Porridge]

I wish something would get leaked, I'm tired of waiting. Of all the next gen systems, I'm most curious about nintendos.

Yeah, same here. I think they're going to call it the Nintendo Reggielution. I won't reveal my source though, sorry dudes...

 

[soundwave05]

The funny thing I have a feeling at E3 they're not going to show the system or what's "revolutionary" about it.

Probably just a speech by Iwata and Reggie and then some video tech demos of Mario Revolution and a montage of assorted Nintendo characters.

 

[Porridge]

The funny thing I have a feeling at E3 they're not going to show the system or what's "revolutionary" about it.

Probably just a speech by Iwata and Reggie and then some video tech demos of Mario Revolution and a montage of assorted Nintendo characters.

I don't think Nintendo's got a choice here. Not with heavyweight competitors like MS n' Sony. They HAVE to show something. I mean, I would not let it be playable. Not at E3 at least. Show us... tease us... I think that's a better move. But E3 will be big

 

[soundwave05]

Well if they do show it, and it is something pretty cool ... it'd be funny if Sony copied it and released a "revolution" controller as a option themselves.

 

[ManaByte]

I don't think Nintendo's got a choice here. Not with heavyweight competitors like MS n' Sony. They HAVE to show something. I mean, I would not let it be playable. Not at E3 at least. Show us... tease us... I think that's a better move. But E3 will be big

 

[Juice]

I'm growing increasingly suspect that Nintendo will really give away half of what's so revolutionary about it.

My guess is that it'll go something like the original announcement of the DS. All we knew was that it would have two screens aligned vertically. That was dumb as fuck as most of us were concerned.

Then we heard something about a touch screen, wi-fi, microphone, BC...

I've got a feeling that E3 will be a very similar cliff-hanger, but with an even longer wait for more information on the thing. I really hope I'm proven wrong, I can't take any more mindless speculation and fake sources.

 

[Kseutron]

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