Nintendo Revolution...
 

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I have seen the PS3 and XBOX 360, and am not impressed. I will buy them however, but the system I am personally looking forward to is this one. Although it is a little caddywompus, it looks sleek. AND, whats more, is that it ONLY PLAYS GAMES. No, "Velocity Girl making stickers and skateparks, or Mom talking to Grandma through the thing." And the best feature? Being able to download EVERY SINGLE GAME from thier older systems. Now for the younger generation, this means nothing. But for us older gamers, we no longer have to search across the country or pay some nerd 300 bucks for a copy of Chrono Trigger or Secret of Mana, but only a small fee and download the game, and then play it on the Revolution. Sure, PS3 has Killzone 2, and XBOX 360 has Halo 3, but what could Nintendo possibly have, right? Well, Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that there WILL be a game for each of its super famous characters (Mario, Samus, Link) and 2 will be available at launch....and even better, Nintendo is pushing to get Super Smash Bros 3 ready for launch. Now, that is alone makes me wanna get it. And for the record, I AM NOT A NINTENDO FANBOY!!! I have a PS2 and XBOX as well as a Gamecube, but in this round, Nintendo just seems to be the only one staying dedicated to gaming.

Oh, and for those of you who care, they released a SMALLER Gameboy Advance. Yes, smaller. As in be careful where your thumbs are, or you'll cover the entire screen small. An idea of how small it is, look at your credit card......yeah about that size......

And to people who missed me, sorry I been gone for so long, I was busy with work, and my personal studies. O.O.....do I still have my job as animator in the Game Crew??? You guys probably forgot all about me......

Nobody cares about the 'revolution'. I think Nintendo should take the route of Sega and make games for the good consoles.

I wholeheartily agree with D3v for once.

Suckanut.
I care and I also think the downloadable games is an amsome idea. Ive heard rumors they are deciding on wether they want to make that option free or not. If they did it would be insane, but I doubt they will. Still...

Yes. Just because they don't make the kind of games YOU like, they must suck.

:rolleyes:

THe whole download thing would OWN.

Id be able to play super mario RPG and the Mega Man games again!!!!!! Oh oh, and those 8 bit mario games I used to play at the day care when I was younger!!!!!

Maybe I'll get the system when the price is reduced.

It can also play DVD's so it wont just be games. That downloading thing sounds awesome. Also IMO this is the best looking system yet.

So many people will still mod which ever system they have in order to get those games it doesn't even matter that Nintendo are offering a downlaod of them.

so your saying i can mod my GCN or my xbox right now and play megaman 4?

Actually, yes you can mod your xbox. Don't know about a GCN.

My bro has a friend who has a modded Xbox that we sometimes borrow, has all the NES, SNES and a bunch of N64 roms on it, aswell as Xbox games and PS1 games. You can also rip Xbox games.

I love the concept of the downloads. I still remember Mario Paint, funny shit. It'd be awesome if they came out with yet another Mario Kart soon. I love double-dash, I play it almost every night with my brother and my dad (he's actually not too bad either).

Here's some pics of the console itself.

http://195.157.98.220/assets/article...iew_Revo_1.jpg
http://195.157.98.220/assets/article...iew_Revo_2.jpg
http://195.157.98.220/assets/article..._rev_flaps.jpg

Ohhh! Ohhh! I have that game still. + the mouse to go along with it!

This new nintendoo system looks like a portable cd drive O_o

Looks cool, but i'll probobly never buy a console after the whole, "Gamecube" incident.

The only thing I have against Nintendo is that they tend to overly focus on their tried and true franchises instead of putting more energy into new ideas. They have come out with many creative new games but I could care less about another Mario Party or first-person Metroid game. Now a side-scroller I could get behind.

well i personally like the idea of it "Just" playing games, because hopefully it will bring the cost of it down when compared to the other upcoming consoles. And the whole downloading games is the sweetest thing i have ever heard of as far as console gaming in a long ass time. I meand dam i still have my NES and still occasionally play it but it is getting old and sometimes i have to mess with it to get it to start games. One of my favorite NES games would have to be Battle Toads if you have played it before you know what i am talking about.

I once played only Battletoads for 3 months and never beat it.

What? how did you never beat it? I have played it for many hours just to beat it. The game is even better if you play it with a friend. Which Battle Toads game was it, because i think there were more than one.

Yeah Pokemon stadium and Mario Party is only fun so many times....then it seriously gets old and the zip of playing it is gone.

I'm just waiting on a list of specs for the system/launch date/price/list of games for the launch before I make and rash decisions if I like it or not.

have you tried playing Super Smash Brothers Melee it totally kicks ass and has never lost it's "ZIP" it is what i consider the HALO of Game Cube.

Sarcasm on the pokemon stadium, but SSBM is pretty fun to play if you get around to it, it's just the fact that there is so much more you can do. Iuno, I don't have a gamecube but if I did that's what'd I'd be playing while i'm waiting for Zelda.

Revolution looks awesome, so far. I love the design. Personally, I think it's the best-looking of the three. The PS3 looks like a printer and the controller is an abomination. Seriously, there was nothing wrong with the dual-shock design. Why the change? XBox 360 has an awesome controller, but I'm not terribly keen on the actual console. It looks like a PC tower. No real character or uniqueness to it.

However, the look of the hardware doesn't clue anybody in as to the nature of the console's "revolutionary" functionality, and we still haven't seen the controller. I'm definitely excited for it, but not 100% sold on it yet. Hopefully, the coming months will reveal more information about the system's real capabilities.

I heard a rumor somewhere that the controller is going to be touch-screen of some sort where you customize the buttons to your taste. This sort of goes along with what they've been hinting at with the downloadable functionality.

I'm not going to be satisfied with the downloading capability unless they offer at least a LOT of the games for the older consoles. I don't really give a damn about the N64 for the most part, but SNES and NES games are super fucking collectible. I've started working on my SNES collection again through ebay recently.

I thought it was supposed to be ALL previous nintendo games.

Ya, that's what I thought, but some guy they interviewed on G4TV from Nintendo said that they would have many favorites available for download. If it was going to be all, he would have said "ALL!!! ALL!!"

I've also heard that it's any game that has been on a nintendo system.

I have a Gamecube, last time I played it was months ago. It's a waste of space. I've got Metroid Prime, SSBM, and Super Mario Sunshine, and none of them are entertaining. SSBM was fun for about an hour, Super Mario Sunshine was a few hours. Metroid Prime is the only one of the three that I actually played more than a day, and I beat it and no longer have any urge to play it again.

Forgot to state my point. My point is, I'm not the only person that feels this way about the Gamecube, so I'm hoping Nintendo was smart about this new system. It seems like they have done a good job but until I know a few things I'm not sold on it either.

King, the exact same thing can be said about the PS2, or the XBox. I barely use my PS2. Aside from my recent binge with the Ratchet games, I haven't played the thing in months. There are also many people who share this same sentiment. Does that mean Sony shoould completely alter their gameplan simply to appease people like me? No. That's retarded, and it's retarded to expect Nintendo to do the same for you.

If the GCN isn't for you, that's fine. The XBox isn't for me, but you don't hear me howling at Microsoft to completely alter the soul of their business acumen, do you? You've grown out of Nintendo. Don't expect them to follow you.

Well guys here it is! Wanana!

http://images5.theimagehosting.com/n...controller.jpg

What in gods name is that??!

It looks like some kind of...cheap, plastic prototype...

As you may or may not have noticed, with all or most of the pics of the PS3 and its controllers at the bottom it said something along the lines as "subject to change".

Think about it, there is a long time before it's launch and they could possibly due anything they wanted to the system and controllers. It was just a the unveiling of a system, nothing said that what you saw was official.

Why the fuck is there an eject button?

Yeah that is pretty sweet but i am also confused as to why there is an eject button.

There needs to be, to get the disc out of the slot...

But the fact is, people don't normally say those things about the PS2 or Xbox. Nintendo has changed a lot since the SNES. It looks like they have a pretty good chance of winning me back with the new console.

In response to everyone's confusion over that pic, that's not the Revolution. Are you people retarded?

To King, honestly, Nintendo hasn't changed almost at all. That's the problem. Until recently, they haven't done anything to try and remove themselves from their tried-and-true business model, and it has caused the company a lot of damage as a result.

Only now are they realizing the true importance of strong 3rd-party support, online support and a more modern image. I personally love my Gamecube, but I'd be lying through my teeth if I didn't say it looked like a Fisher Price toy. The Revolution is Nintendo's answer to demand for a more modern appeal, and the design of the hardware itself really shows this. Not to mention the fact that it's fully wireless, online enabled right out of the box, backwards compatible with nearly every Nintendo console in history, and loaded with one or two more big features that constitute the theorized "revolutionary" aspect of the system. I'm more excited for this console than I have been for anything for quite some time, and I'd expect that anyone with love for Nintendo would be as well.

I'm pretty sure noone was serious about that picture...at least I hope they werent...

Backwards compatible with nearly every Nintendo console in history? Do you mean the ability to download all those games, or can you actually stick snes cartridges in there? :wierd:

lol. Its like they've never seen a nes controller before.

Downloadable from an online database.

If you can't stick in your NES FF cart and continue where you left off on your NES, it's not backwards compatibility.

Yeah, it shouldn't be confused like that. The Nintendo Revolution isn't going to be backwards compatible, except maybe with the Gamecube, I dunno. The games will be downloadable. It's been recently hinted that online play will be free and that downloading games will be made "easy and very inexpensive".

Semantics. You two knew exactly what I meant.