There's no real love for the Revolution in the other thread or its title. Don't count Nintendo out yet... http://nintendonow.com/index.php?ca...35&PHPSESSID=c24344b74ec2f9bf72f944edbc92841c As the last words were spoken today at the Nintendo Press Conference, only one question was left in our mind…. So where’s the ‘Revolution’? Sure, the actual console was shown in physical form and some minor details were released, but was there anything truly revolutionary about what was shared. In the opinion of many conference attendees, the idea of being able to download 20 years of Nintendo content sounded utterly amazing. However, this new feature in no way creates the paradigm shift in gameplay that Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, had claimed there would be upon the introduction of the Revolution. So what does this mean and how does it relate to this article? Well, as it now stands, there have been multiple rumors and speculations about what it is that makes the revolution so revolutionary. In this feature article, some of these topics are going to be discussed and dissected. Why you ask?... There has to be a reason why Nintendo hasn’t blown the cover on their Revolution and we at NintendoNow are here to uncover that; Nintendo isn’t going to simply watch as Sony and Microsoft spill the beans - there has to be something more! While much of what is going to be discussed from here on out is complete speculation (so don’t take it as fact), some of it is just completely unexplainable! So let’s get down to business… ______________________________ About two weeks ago, a blog appeared on brokensaints.com that was meant to be a speculative posting about what Brooke Burgess, an industry insider, felt would be included in the Nintendo Revolution. Our forums began discussing this blog and many were convinced that what he said was true. It wasn’t until a few days later when a person on the blog going by the name of Aries, a man claiming to be a former Nintendo Employee, began posting everything he knew. At this point, the blog exploded with excited Nintendo fans hoping and dreaming that all of what Aires said would become fact. If you’d like to read these postings for yourself, head to our forums So that’s all good and dandy, right? Some guy claims to be a former Nintendo Employee and everyone believes him...but doesn’t it seem odd that his credibility went undisputed? Well, it actually was. In fact, Matt Casamassina of cube.ign.com had a lot to say about why he felt Aries was completely bogus. He claimed that nobody but people as high up in the Nintendo company rank as Reggie himself could have access to information such as what Aries provided. Nonetheless, GameSpot had a quite different take on what was said. In their conclusion to one of their rumor related assessments, it was said that only E3 could let us know for sure; they weren’t even able to disprove anything that Aries said. The more interesting part about GameSpot’s article, however, is that it linked to our forums here at NintendoNow (link shown above). Many people were going to the actual Broken Saints blog to see Aries’ prophecies, but somehow, NintendoNow truly put it on the map and GameSpot noticed this. Do I smell a Nintendo/IGN conspiracy? IGN/GameSpy did just become Nintendo’s online provider just days ago. Could this mean Matt was doing a little cover-up, or just playing along in an elaborate scheme of elusive Nintendo advertising? ______________________________ And here’s where it gets interesting! The following are excerpts from actual Aries posts: “Another thing I forgot to mention was on the backward compatibility; apparently the Nintendo’s new console will be able to play the games from past consoles such as GC, N64, SNES, and yes NES. I believe this feature shall intrigue many people out there and could possibly lead to what I call “New Classics” so look forward to that. For now I have to seriously catch some shut eye E3 will be here soon enough.” -Aries Is this not EXACTLY what was talked about today in Nintendo’s Press Conference? How could some random individual know about Nintendo’s 20 year content plan for backwards compatibility 2 weeks prior to the actual Nintendo Conference? This wasn’t the only piece of information Aries stated would happen and actually did. For one, he got the wireless controllers, Super Smash Revolution Online, and more. He even mentioned Square-Enix and their strong liking of what Nintendo had in store for us in the near future, and a little over a week later, a quote from Youichi Wada, president of Square-Enix said this: (The original article can be found here) “It gives the image of taking the real world seamlessly into the virtual world," he said. "the means of building a community will be completely different, and support and services will also change." -Wada "What increased our interest further, is that the next step is already being prepared for Revolution. [Nintendo's networking plan is] not just a portable, not just a console -- it's exactly what we wanted in that it's the birth of a completely new platform." -Wada "From here on, we'll have to challenge ourselves with content in response to what Nintendo offers. We would like to give strong support." –Wada Again, an Aries Prediction came true…but here is what is most intriguing: “I’m not going to give out the secret. It’s going to be very fun; wait until E3. Nintendo is going to roll out a trojan horse: something that looks innocent and weak and them bam, it will be unveiled. Just don’t make up your mind on the first day of E3. My credibility will be proven on May 19th. I have already given you a hint about what will happen in the next few weeks. Pay close attention to some of the Nintendo related stories that will begin to pop up. So far, many have already been reported. Pay attention. And on the 19th, don’t automatically try to write me off. There is a big suprise in store for everyone. I’ve said that 100 times, but I can’t stress it enough.” -Aries What does this mean? If you believe that Aries is telling the truth, then it means we’ve got much more to be excited about coming up on the 19th.
Man, I really hope they do come up with something huge. After what Sony showed I felt very let down by Nintendo showing so little of the Revolution. With their great first party games it would be very dissapointing if they put out a half-hearted effort for the next generation.
When I first heard E3 details and saw the picture, I thought it was just a better looking Gamecube 2. The free wireless online plan sounded like a good sell. Other than that, it definitely wasn't a Revolution. There was this cool fanmade video that caused a lot of commotion for the Revolution. It isn't real, but is it closer to the truth than we know? http://onefed.com/media/NintendoON.wmv
I actually like the 'classics' thing, where you can download all the old games to play - NES, SNES, etc. But I think there is a good possibility there is a lot more about the system than they are letting on. I did see one other positive, though; the design of the system. It's unlike anything they've done before. No Nintendo system has ever had that kind of look. Maybe it really does mean they are changing things up, who knows.
I like the classics idea too, although like Kevin P on G4 said, it isn't anything that a $20 mod chip on the Xbox couldn't do. I was hoping that the classics thing wasn't everything (or even their biggest announcement for that matter), and like you, I think they have at least one more thing up their sleeve. Kind of strange they showed the console, but not the controller. As it stands now, the console just seems like a suped-up Gamecube that could be a nice console to pair with the PS3 and/or Xbox 360. I guess we'll have to see Nintendo plans on making it the other way around. BTW, I also liked the design as well. Just small size of it seems to give it bonus points, and it already looks pretty nice anyways. I wonder if Nintendo will make it even smaller if/when Sony and Microsoft redesign their consoles later in their life.
I hope the big reveal (assuming there is one left) will have something to do with online capabilities. I'm not quite creative enough to brainstorm any "revolutionary" online ideas for Nintendo, but I'm sure there is a ton of cool crap they could come up with.
Check out the video Invisible posted. Even if the idea posted in there isn't true, it is a freaking sweet video. If it is, 2 thumbs up, and fantastic ad as well.
Here is some new pics of the Revolution. Notice the hook ups for GC controllers and memory cards. This makes me think the new controller is going to be very different and crazy. Maybe the controller will be the revolution. I like the look of the Revolution. Small, sleek, and not too fancy. New Revolution Pictures
So what's the deal with the old game downloads? Are you going to be able to keep them on some format or is it more like the old Sega channel?
Wow. That video was made by a Nintendo fan? Looks more like a stolen promotional video to me. Why go to all that effort to make a bogus video with slick production values?
Supposedly there is a viral campaign going on ala "ilovebees" or whatever it was. The video says Nintendo On constantly and if you go to nintendoon.com, it takes you to the ign page where the video is. IGN is Nintendo's new partner for their online network for the revolution. Why would IGN register a url for a fake video? The domain is registered to a certain Reggie F, could be the same Reggie who is head of Nintendo of America. The video had a rectangular outline with a "?", could that rectangle be the Revolution that was shown to us? Certain things that were promised by the Aries guy on a blog have turned out true. For instance, he said Square Enix were very intrigued by the Revolution before that interview where the guy from Square said the same thing himself. Also, certain things that were mentioned in that video, like left brain, right brain, were said during the press conference. Either fanboys have created quite a fantasy or Nintendo has something up their sleeve. Supposedly, the 19th is the day when all is revealed, so we'll find out tomorrow.
Having only just now seen the video, I imagine it is a fake. I mean, Nintendo revealed the new system, but that video makes it seem as if the real revolution is a completely different set of hardware. That would be pretty awesome, though.
it looks like a damn cd player nothing too fancy about it plus i've hated nintendo all these years anyway
Hey, thanks for the honesty, but why troll in this thread? *waves hand* THIS IS NOT THE THREAD YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
That would be something if, the system they revealed already, was indeed fake and they will blow us all away with this system shown in the video. It would certainly create alot of hype and buzz. But, that system in that video was sick!!!! Play games/create games/burn DVDs/virtual reality machine. Simply sick!!!
