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Revolution info leak?
- Thread starter Jonnyram
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Mermandala
Member
The parenthetical pacman was helpful in that I read 22 as ZZ. Microsoft up next with SkidooboX23.
Assuming this thing is true....
What if there "rub" feature meant that thats ALL it was. No A & B button, no d-pad, no analog stick. A touch pad is already analog and would replace the need for a stick. It could create a lot of versatility in the controller. For the sake of ports and BC, buttons could be "painted" onto the controller like reference points.
What if there "rub" feature meant that thats ALL it was. No A & B button, no d-pad, no analog stick. A touch pad is already analog and would replace the need for a stick. It could create a lot of versatility in the controller. For the sake of ports and BC, buttons could be "painted" onto the controller like reference points.
SpoonyBard
Banned
Touchpad? Nice. I hope 3rd parties will force them to add a d-pad and a c-stick too 
If the console acts as a wlan hub I wonder what the range is. If its over 500 meters then this is excellent news for me... if it's only like 150 meters then it not very usefull. Unless there's also an ethernet port.
If the console acts as a wlan hub I wonder what the range is. If its over 500 meters then this is excellent news for me... if it's only like 150 meters then it not very usefull. Unless there's also an ethernet port.
soundwave05
Member
A touchpad is so freaking obvious though, I just can't see it.
Its something anyone off the internet could say.
Its something anyone off the internet could say.
JackFrost2012
Banned
soundwave05 said:
It's almost as if Nintendo overhyped a piece of gimmicky interface technology as some sort of revolutionary interface!
D
Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
is this the place to ask what all that demasked shit was about? anyone remember that? Was that guy just a cock or what.
soundwave05
Member
john tv said:
You wanna bet?
Between the DS and EAD working on Zelda Reborn and probably Mario 128 also for the GameCube AND Game Boy Next development, I seriously, seriously doubt Nintendo, who's about as fast with console launches as Morgan Freeman was in "Driving Miss Daisy" will get their console out in 2005.
Kobun Heat
Member
:lol :lol :lol :lol oh MAN it's late. Good show!Mike Works said:
same old shit/same old shit/same old shit/analog start button
this is almost too improbable to be fake... sure a lot of people had the idea of a touch pad, but who thought of a GC shaped controller, with buttons, and a touchpad SKIN all over the whole thing including the buttons?? also, what kind of faker would come up with such an ambiguous and seemingly sensless name? only nintendo themselves would be likley to choose such an innapropriate name.. also any faker worth his salt would have made a better picture to back up his claims. i believe this is possibly real. and if it's fake, he has avoided the pitfalls of making his fake too obvious. it sounds just exactly like the kind of wack ass system i would expect them to make (which is actually pretty cool IMO)
soundwave05
Member
Krowley said:
Why is this too improbable to fake?
All that's really shown here is that the system would be a self-server for wireless play system-to-system play and that the controller has touch functionality.
Anyone could make this up.
The name Nintendo 21, again, would be shot down by the marketing department in five seconds. Don't be so guillable. He also spelt "Kyosera" wrong.
I reckon it's a fake. The system design obviously draws inspiration from the Cube and quite frankly I don't think the Revolution will looking anything like the Cube. Also, while I'm personally a big proponent of caddies I doubt the Revolution media will use it.
Easy, easy. I don't know anything special. I just heard some rumors, that's all.
They announced and launched DS in under a year so I see no reason why they couldn't do it again with Revolution. They've said time and again that they'll be there when the other guys launch new hardware, and Xbox 2 -is- coming out this November, so... I don't think it's all that unreasonable.
They announced and launched DS in under a year so I see no reason why they couldn't do it again with Revolution. They've said time and again that they'll be there when the other guys launch new hardware, and Xbox 2 -is- coming out this November, so... I don't think it's all that unreasonable.
MightyHedgehog
Member
I could believe that Nintendo would launch as early as this year...indeed, I'd say it's best that they, too, launch ahead of Sony...and alongside MS. This would be the DP that I've wanted to see (lol) happen to the market leader.
Why wait for Sony to scoop up the market and beat them both down again? Instead, get out there a bit early...show everyone what you've got and define what next-gen is supposed to be...certainly, Sony, as market-leader, gets benefit of the doubt from the masses while MS and Ninty do not. That means, to me, that they must get out there earlier and work harder than Sony. Hehehe. You can already see how people have given Sony the benefit of the doubt in terms of hardware when there is so little fact to go on.
Why wait for Sony to scoop up the market and beat them both down again? Instead, get out there a bit early...show everyone what you've got and define what next-gen is supposed to be...certainly, Sony, as market-leader, gets benefit of the doubt from the masses while MS and Ninty do not. That means, to me, that they must get out there earlier and work harder than Sony. Hehehe. You can already see how people have given Sony the benefit of the doubt in terms of hardware when there is so little fact to go on.
Kobun Heat
Member
Yeah, but when you heard those rumors you were at the hot springs with Iwata, Yuji Horii, and the Pope.john tv said:
soundwave05
Member
They rushed the DS to market and look at the software they had (the lead title is a port of an 8-year-old game).
Nintendo is not the market leader in the console market, they couldn't afford to launch Revolution like that.
I'm thinking Revolution will launch in June 2006 in Japan, ten years after the N64 (wowza, has it been that long?), a few months after the PS3, and about the same time in North America as Sony.
Nintendo is not the market leader in the console market, they couldn't afford to launch Revolution like that.
I'm thinking Revolution will launch in June 2006 in Japan, ten years after the N64 (wowza, has it been that long?), a few months after the PS3, and about the same time in North America as Sony.
Ya, but you forget that Iwata doesn't think about the US market much. Whenever he talks about "being there" it's always in reference to Sony's launch, never ever MS.
Nintendo is way to fucking japan-o-centric (ya, there's a word, I just don't know it -- a product of my eurocentric upbringing) and it's going to bite them in the ass.
soundwave05 said:
the average faker would have spelled it right. they would go out of there way to make sure that little things like that were taken care of. touch functionality is not improbable, but the way it is described as covering the whole controller including the buttons is very strange and i have never heard that kind of speculation. the self server thing is something i have heard before, so i wouldn't be surprised to see a faker use that. the 2005 part is also improbable because most people expect it to launch in 06... the average faker would have automaticly used that. the lack of specs is also interesting, because most fakes have tons of specs. this is more like some guy knows about the system, drew a little picture of it on his own, isn't really a techie, but knows how it is supposed to work.
the nintendo 21 part could be a code name, referring to any number of things from 21 years to 21st century or 21 ways to play games... revolution may be a FINAL name for the product, but it may have been being worked on under the name 21 for several years. (much like the DS was once called the nitro)
it very well may be a fake. but i am not willing to dismiss it out of hand.
not a great argument -- kyocera is spelled 京セラ in japanese, and unless you knew the proper english romanization was 'kyocera', kyosera (or even kyousera) would be more likely choices. besides, the original info is in japanese, so are you criticisng the original poster?Krowley said:
i don't even actually see a mention of kyocera in the original 2ch post (or the discussion that follows it, by using ctrl-F for 京セラ
but i don't feel like researching where they came into it or poring through all the posts to see if it was spelled differently when it came up.wait, are you arguing that because there's a mistake it's more likely to be true? that almost sounds more reasonable to me. i've been hanging out on the internet for too long. =P
ferricide said:
yes, that was my argument
fakers are usually meticulous, and have tons of details. people who are telling the truth simply expect to be believed and don't to great pains to make their info seem credible. basicly the seeming carelessness of the way the info is presented along with some very strange details and the lack of fanboy oriented predictions makes it IMO more likley than any other Revolution rumour i have heard. there is no way the revolution is gonna be revealed and everybody is gonna be happy with what they hear right off the bat. several other "leaks" recently have been too rosey, with nothing that would cause any worry among N-fans... thats not nintendo's style.
and on the spelling thing.. you are correct. since it is in japanese i have no idea if it is spelled correctly or not.. i was responding to soundwaves argument above where he mentions that it was mispelled, and my sleepy mind did not connect with the fact that the original rumour was in japanese.
Chittagong
Gold Member
I just hope this rumor would have said that everything will be revealed sometime in late February so we could have really blown this out of proportion to CNN and NBC caliber news reporting. Now there is too little time for it to be proven fake - hence it can't reach Megaton proportions.
I call RUBATON.
I call RUBATON.
soundwave05
Member
Wouldn't the timing of the announcement also be off?
What time would it be in Japan at 11 AM-3 PM here?
That doesn't sound right either.
What time would it be in Japan at 11 AM-3 PM here?
That doesn't sound right either.
Chittagong
Gold Member
wazoo said:
Last year just before the announcement we knew
- It's a new type of game system
- It's a Trump Card
- It's a Third Pillar
- It might be related with origin of our video games (wasn't however)
- If only 10% likes it Nintendo is successful
So it appeared to be something extraordinarily different.
I think nobody was expecting a GB-extension with two screens one of which was touch screen. When the Dual Screen approach was announced, everybody was thinking Nintendo had secretly invented some fresh, brilliant gameplay idea for two screens use. It was the map screen.
Hell, even the night before the E3 unveiling there was a pretty well received fake image of twisting and bending control wheels and no normal interface.
Then the next morning in the cover of USA Today - it's a GB with two screens, playing Mario Kart, with map on the other screen. Teh surprise!
shpankey
not an idiot
to be honest, i really think they almost have to. to have a decent shot at leading i mean. if you think about it. if they wait, then what will they have going? they will have let microsoft nab all the early adopters, geeks, tech-heads etc and gain lots of momentum and have a big library of games already out and the start of second gen titles.MightyHedgehog said:
not only that, and more importantly they will also go basically head to head with the launch of what's sure to be the HYPE of entire history, Playstaion 3. and that's going to steal a ton of thunder. so Revolution would be behind the 8 ball right off the bat again.
i think Nintendo wants to LEAD. i think they believe they can LEAD. and i think it's not out of reason that they will want to come out with Xenon in 2005 to accomplish that. imo, it's the only shot they got, to lead at least. and if they do let Xenon get a year head start and come out with PS3, well.... they can just keep getting used to that 3rd place and become more and more niche.
besides, remember that Revolution is using a lot of the same technology at Xenon. same CPU company, same GPU company. so if Xenon can hit 2005, I bet Revolution can too.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
All GAF members should change their avatars tomorrow to this one if this is true :lol
I don't believe it a single little bit BTW
I don't believe it a single little bit BTW
Soulbrighter
Member
Nintendo is 18 generations ahead!
soundwave05
Member
Revolution could come out in 2005, but with what software?
How much third party support?
There's no friggin' point in releasing Zelda on the GCN if that were the case since no retailer in their right mind would even stock GameCube past this summer.
Nintendo needs a phenomenonally strong lineup of launch software, not just some decent software and a rub controller.
I just don't see it happening. I think they'll launch a few months after the PS3 in Japan, when the hype train has settled down a bit, and then early fall 2006 in North America.
How much third party support?
There's no friggin' point in releasing Zelda on the GCN if that were the case since no retailer in their right mind would even stock GameCube past this summer.
Nintendo needs a phenomenonally strong lineup of launch software, not just some decent software and a rub controller.
I just don't see it happening. I think they'll launch a few months after the PS3 in Japan, when the hype train has settled down a bit, and then early fall 2006 in North America.
JackFrost2012
Banned
Scrow said:no... it's whatever developers choose to use it for. Something Nintendo can't do for them
or themselves!
I sincerely hope this isn't true (But half suspect it is). I've been expecting some kind of idiotic "online" method that was built around the idea that Japan was densely populated. It's a great way to completely shutout a large portion of the west, but since when does Nintendo care about us
Enigma said:I sincerely hope this isn't true (But half suspect it is). I've been expecting some kind of idiotic "online" method that was built around the idea that Japan was densely populated. It's a great way to completely shutout a large portion of the west, but since when does Nintendo care about us
It's way to get at the Red states. Move to densely populated blue states and vote Clinton '08.
Zerodoppler
Member
This sounds stupid enough to be true. Squeeze controller to make Kirby blow air, and release for him to suck in enemies. Squeeze right side of controller to make FLUDD spray to the right etc. Who needs buttons?
if i'm not mistaken some japanese devs (capcom, sega and some others) had DS kits for a pretty good while before it was ever announced and we had no idea. the zelda thing is troubling though. it does seem unlikley that they would release zelda just before the launch of the next system, unless the 2005 date is japan only... then zelda 05 could come out much earlier in japan and the backwards compatibility of the future system would make it more acceptable.