Here it be

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/17 ... 25078.html

A cute little bugger it is.

this thread is destined to become about which console will be better.

I'm excited for all three. Nintendo.com is having a countdown right now so in six minutes there should be a lot more info. I'm just glad to see that Nintendo didn't make it some funky headset or a pikachu doll with a touch screen on his belly.

"Today, Nintendo revealed its contribution to next-generation gaming to USA Today, and the newspaper hit the streets just hours before the company's scheduled pre-E3 press conference. The console will be called Revolution, and is scheduled for release sometime in 2006.


Nintendo is the last of the "Big Three" to reveal its next-gen plans. Microsoft took the lid off its future console, the Xbox 360, last week, and Sony unveiled the PlayStation 3 yesterday at its pre-E3 conference.

The Revolution design didn't follow suit with its curvaceous competitors, the concave Xbox 360 and convex PlayStation 3. In fact, its simple rectangular design can be easily mistaken for a modem at first glance. However, like its competitors, the unit can stand vertically or lay supine. The black console can fit snugly in a grey stand, where it is pitched upward at a slight angle for vertical positioning, or be removed and laid flat (and look eerily similar to Apple's Powerbook batteries).

Revolution's enigmatic controllers were not revealed, but they will be wireless. Rumors have been awash that the controllers will be unlike any before, possibly losing buttons in favor of touch screens or incorporating some sort of gyroscopic functions.

By Nintendo's own admission, according to USA Today, the system is two to three times as powerful as its current-generation console, the GameCube. Sony's PlayStation 3, announced yesterday, is reportedly dozens of times powerful than its predecessor, the PlayStation 2.

However, Nintendo told the newspaper "It's not all about having 'turbo power', It's about what you do with it." What Nintendo plans to do with it is still under wraps--the publisher has not yet announced any games for the system.

Eschewing its previous business ideas, Revolution will be online-friendly, and support a broadband gaming service similar to that of Microsoft's Xbox Live. Its most significant contribution to online gaming will be the ability to download games, and not just simple puzzlers or platformers from the NES days. GameCube titles will be downloadable, though it's not clear whether the games will be saved to a storage devices or memory cards.

For those who would rather just pop in their hard copy of Mario Sunshine, Nintendo offers a simple solution: backward compatibility. As indicated before, Revolution, like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, will be able to play all the games from the current-generation GameCube, as well as DVDs through its blue-LED-illuminated front-loading media drive.

Be sure to check back for more information on Revolution. GameSpot News will be updating this story throughout the day."

According to each respective company:

PS3 is 35 times more powerful than PS2
XBOX 360 is 12-15 times more powerful than XBOX
Revolution is 3-5 times more powerful than Gamecube.

If its going to be that underpowered it better truely be a revolution or at least be really cheap.

Yeah but what does that really mean anyway? For all we know they could all be blowing smoke up our asses. The graphics on the Xbob 360 didn't look that much more advanced than the first Xbox.

I just hope this time around there will be more games that are available for all three consoles. There were too many games that I was interested in that were only available on PS2 and Xbox.

i have no idea on which of these sysytems to buy. i wanted an xbox360 but someone said it will not allow xbox1 games to be played on it. that sucks

The ability to download old console games and not have to pay monthly internet fees makes it worth the price alone.

Very true. I expect all companies to be blowing smoke up our asses at this point. Sony has a history of overembelishing the capabilities of their hardware. I also agree with the graphics on XBOX 360.

NES downloads are going to be free???

XBOX 360 will be backwards compatable with the "best-selling XBOX games." God knows what that truely means.

Definitely. If I can download and play Maniac Mansion (I surely hope so) or even Super Empire Strikes Back on the new Nintendo, I'll totally vomit or blow my pants. Either way I'll be sittin' pretty.

They probably won't be free but very reasonably priced I'm assuming. What I meant was the online gaming aspect is free I believe.

The new Zelda trailer just blew me away. Not sure about werewolf link, but the rest of it looks amazing. http://www.zelda.com/universe/game/lege ... railer.jsp

Wireless Controllers,

What are you rolling your eyes at??? All 3 Next-Gen consoles come with wireless controllers standard.

And thank God for that. I have 4 systems hooked up right now with 16 controllers with fat cables dangling from underneath my TV. Now I can just pile controllers into a drawer and whip them out with little effort.

I have 10 systems hooked up. I try to keep the wires as neat as possible. Not messy, but a whole lot of clutter

Actually the rolling eyes should be moved down to, here, not up there.

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I'm not that big of a gamer.

It was at one time 11, however, CD-i is now in the closet. I also have my PSP, GBA, GB, and Virtual Boy nearby. I used to have it set up so I could play any console on either TV (either the Widescreen or the regular Trinitron). I abondoned that setup as it was growing increasingly complicated and didn't maximize connection quality.

Holy shit, I remember CD-i.