[Definitive] Nintendo Wii Thread

[Joel]

THE NEW REVOLUTION SYSTEM SHOWN WAS NOT THE NEW CONSOLE!!!

my theory since it has 4 gamecube controller ports and 2 memory card slots:

the box shown is only an updated gamecube!!!

the nintendo revolution is in fact a totally different system!!!

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Interesting theory. That would be a neat trick to play on E3 people. :woot:

[-}x0{-]

it all fits!! i mean they made a gameboy micro, so why not a gamecube micro?

[christracy]

Im not saying that Nintendo is trying to compete with Sony and Microsoft. I don't believe that the power of the PS3 or XBOX 360 can fit into a console that is "3 DVD cases" tall. Nintendo has ALWAYS been about innovation. And thats what they're sticking to. Sony said "Spring 2006". By E3 2006, the tech demos and early demos of the new games that are comming to the Revolution will be stomped by the released consoles. You guys are getting me wrong, I WANT Nintendo to do it right. Im sure that's exactly what they are doing, but by next year, Im afraid the hype and anticipation wont be there for Nintendo. I believe next year, the consumer focus will be on software and not hardware. THIS was the year to wow us.

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how often does nintendo wait until their own version of e3 in japan before they truly unveil their product? your discounting the fact that there is still time for them to show off their wares for the public so dont think that next years e3 is gonna be a tech demo. to me they are on pace to have the hardware out before e3 and not have a tech demo.

[topher1078]

Another doomsday nintendo hater.  :rolleyes:

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Hey, I actually owned the Virtual Boy, so don't insult my Nintendo love. I want them to succeed, I want them to overshadow PS3 and the Xbox. But nothing Nintendo has done has made that happen yet. Granted, the release of the systems is still far off, but Nintendo has no hype going for them right now. Other than Zelda, there is NOTHING on the horizon for GCN even when there is over a year left in its life. And if GCN support is gone, why can't we see some Revolution hardware? Show us a Mario demo - that'd get people talking. Start advertising NOW for the free online service. More press releases, more demos, leak information without giving away too much, instead of this "it'll be revolutionary" crap. Don't release a console which is already less powerful than the Xbox, which will be released a YEAR earlier. Don't make small innovations which do nothing for gameplay, then just follow everyone else. They need to do something drastic and they need to do it now, otherwise they've lost the console war a year before it begins.

[TheLegendOfMart]

Interesting theory. That would be a neat trick to play on E3 people.  :woot:

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Didnt they already say that the black machine was the revolution?

I dont think theyed call it the revolution then say its the new Gamecube.

[b mitchell]

THE NEW REVOLUTION SYSTEM SHOWN WAS NOT THE NEW CONSOLE!!!

my theory since it has 4 gamecube controller ports and 2 memory card slots:

the box shown is only an updated gamecube!!!

the nintendo revolution is in fact a totally different system!!!

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You're WRONG :woot: :woot:

[Destian]

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If this had anything to do with nintendo marketing I doubt it would have been created just last friday. Someone most likely just grabbed the domain and forwarded it to IGN... very possibly the guy who made the fake video. He's looking for advertise his skills. The more attention he gets, the more he will be paid at his next place of work. He needs as much recognition as possible and buying a domain name for $7 is a cheap way to get some.

Also, if the thing they showed yesterday was a GC replacement, why did it have a full sized loading slot? There's just as much a chance for it to be a complete hoax by nintendo as there is for it to be a GC replacement. I mean, it's possible, he did say it would be even smaller in it's final form... perhaps he was speaking of the slot as well. The odds are just pretty slim.

[nav1]

You've people have been saying that this Nintendo On stuff and the like is a complot. Isn't that how real revolutions start?

[machorro]

after lots of reading and ppl speculating or not understanding the frase "Right Brain"

ppl the Right Brain is the part of the Brain that controls de imagination, the creativity... that is why he said it when he was publizising(sp?) eletropakton(sp?)... :p you ppl need to lay down the crack

[mattmatik]

after lots of reading and ppl speculating or not understanding the frase "Right Brain"

ppl the Right Brain is the part of the Brain that controls de imagination, the creativity... that is why he said it when he was publizising(sp?) eletropakton(sp?)... :p you ppl need to lay down the crack

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Yeah, I pretty much said that about 15 pages back. Too bad nobody is reading the "reality" posts :)

[username]

Fair enough i went a bit ott, but its not a very practical controller, i think its great that Nintendo is trying to innovate but they dont have what it takes.

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you know what, go hang out in the xbox 360 thread and try to up the post counts there if you are just going to troll after troll comments

i guess "what it takes" is making 23 your old men support a company by trying to advertise a product that you can't even buy yet

[kevcart3]

hmmm, this sucks..........

May 18, 2005 - The show floor is merely one hour from opening, and no one can see it. The lights are out at the LA Convention Center, meaning that the thousands of expectant industry professionals and analysts are left waiting until power is restored.

Although patches of power exist in the building (the IGN room, where this is being written still has juice), the grid is down on West Hall and the media lounge. Sources state that full recovery could take up to six horus. A similar thing happened in 2000, when the convention center lost all Internet access. We'll shed some more light (ahem) on this story as it develops.

IGN

[nav1]

after lots of reading and ppl speculating or not understanding the frase "Right Brain"

ppl the Right Brain is the part of the Brain that controls de imagination, the creativity... that is why he said it when he was publizising(sp?) eletropakton(sp?)... :p you ppl need to lay down the crack

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Yeah, you're probably right, but I sure hope you're wrong. It would be cool as hell if all this was true.

[Laughing-Man]

Also, if the thing they showed yesterday was a GC replacement, why did it have a full sized loading slot? There's just as much a chance for it to be a complete hoax by nintendo as there is for it to be a GC replacement. I mean, it's possible, he did say it would be even smaller in it's final form... perhaps he was speaking of the slot as well. The odds are just pretty slim.

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It could have been a prototype GameCube from years ago. They could have experimented using different mediums and one of them could have been a DVD drive. Nintendo has stated before that they have various prototypes of the conoles and they choose the one they want to use. Even in the Xbox360 MTV thing you could see how many they went through to get what they wanted.

[Gamenews]

It could have been a prototype GameCube from years ago.? They could have experimented using different mediums and one of them could have been a DVD drive.? Nintendo has stated before that they have various prototypes of the conoles and they choose the one they want to use.? Even in the Xbox360 MTV thing you could see how many they went through to get what they wanted.

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They never said that. It's time for your bed time.

They said they had several graphical users interfaces (OS software design) for the next gen console, and they will choose which is the easiest for nagivation.

[Amnesia]

I was tired of reading all this bickering so if I skipped pages.

If this has been mentioned, my apologies.

"Nintendo officially announced today at their E3 press conference that the Revolution will be backwards compatible. Nintendo, however, is taking the backward compatibility to a whole level?

It will be backwards compatible for the GameCube, N64, SNES, and the NES. While you won't be able to insert hard media into the device from N64, SNES or NES, they will make the games available for download."

Yahoo Japan News - source

translated info found at

http://www.nintendorevolution.co.uk/index....ewarticle&id=17

yes yes it was mentioned on the first page, just thought i'd mention more.

and I got to get a white one

[Laughing-Man]

They never said that. It's time for your bed time.

They said they had several graphical users interfaces (OS software design) for the next gen console, and they will choose which is the easiest for nagivation.

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Source: The Register

That said, this three-case thickness only applies to Revolution's "final form", so presumably it's safe to expect prototypes to look rather more chunky.

See the plural in prototypes as meaning more they have more then one.

[x-byte]

Do you have a highres of the last Rev. image?

[Gamenews]

I like the gratiousness of Nintendo of letting the fans choose which color should be the default launch color of the revolution.

That greenish one looks really modern, but I doubt many would like it.

To be on safe side, probably the best would be either the Silver, Black or white.

[Laughing-Man]

Do you have a highres of the last Rev. image?

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I put them on the first post of the thread.

[Amnesia]

there's this one

[x-byte]

I put them on the first post of the thread.

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Thanks. Any bigger? :p

[Amnesia]

here is more that are not on the first post.

smart to have ports just in case the controllers batteries run out.

[Destian]

The message seems to be that they are opening up the gaming world for people who don't consider themselves gamers. A VR helmet would be a move completely in the other direction.

Time for my veryveryvery long shot in the dark prediction... Perhaps this is both a home console and a portable. The next gen for both gamecube and gameboy.

First of all, it is very small. Even smaller than the prototype. It's too large to fit in one's pocket, but carrying some type of bag/briefcase around is a small price to pay for this kind of portable power. Most people cary something around anyway.

Next, they are stressing the wifi angle, and seem to be implying that it one-ups the compition in this aspect. Anywhere there is wireless internet you can connect to their service. Also, the "controllers" are wireless. So the system itself can remain wherever you're storing it (backpack, messenger bag, briefcase, purse, etc.) That's all the processing hardware tucked nicely away. The only thing a person needs to hold onto to play is the portable version of the "controller," which will contain nothing but a screen and controls. I think that would be pretty awesome. Imagine the PSP without any disc loading or processing hardware... just a thin (possibly oled) and buttons.

So, if you're at home, or at your friend's house... or wherever... you just use a standard wireless controller. If you want to have a portable console, you just buy the portable controller. How much would this cost? A lot less than a portable containing all the other hardware... all you're buying is a screen and some buttons.

Benefits of this? Obviously the stuff I mentioned: actually holding nothing but the screen and buttons, not a large price to go portable. Also, most importantly, no more designing for two markets. Developers create one game and it goes everywhere, and it blows anything found on a portable system entirely out of the water.

Here's a quote I found interesting:

"We would like to strongly support Nintendo's next-generation networking plans," said Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix. "The Revolution may embody a new platform beyond a portable or console, which makes possible a new structure in the network gaming system, changing the ways communities are built and supported. This is the kind of direction we've envisioned, and we will challenge ourselves to provide immersive interactive content in response to what Nintendo offers."

Is any of this likely? Probably not, but it's fun to think about, and hell, it would kick a ton of ass.

[Destian]

Oh, and I didn't think of this before, but what is that slot beneath the disc drive? Is it about the size of current GB cartridges?