Iwata names next Nintendo console

What can you expect from Nintendo"s next generation console dubbed Revolution? Satoru Iwata promises that it will deliver "new ideas" for entertainment and of course be more powerful than the GameCube.

Satoru Iwata promises that Nintendo"s next console, codenamed Revolution, will deliver new ideas for entertainment.

Speaking to reporters at a Tokyo hotel earlier today, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that the company"s next game console is currently known by the codename "Revolution". As first reported by Associated Press, Iwata refused to give details on the machine for fear that competitors might steal the plan, but stated that a prototype being shown for the first time next year will deliver "new ideas" for entertainment and will certainly not just be a more powerful version of the GameCube. "What we need is not a next-generation machine but a next-generation way of playing games," said Iwata. "We need to propose a new idea so that the game industry can overcome its current crisis."

News source: GameSpot

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