Revolution, The Return Of The King?

I've been reading some older reviews and listening to interviews concerning Nintendo next generation console, the Revolution. This post isn't any news on the system, sorry to get your hopes up. I just decided to be a bit like serious gamer (seriousgamer007.blogspot.com), and give you some info (of my own) on the Revolution. Here is my theory: The Revolution is BIG... not physically, it's tiny.

Firstly, here are some quotes made by the president of Big N, Satoru Iwata himself.

"The word DIFFERENT defines our approach for Nintendo's next system"

"Better technology is good, but NOT ENOUGH. Today's consoles already offer fairly photo-realistc expressions, and simply beefing up those graphics will not let most of us see a difference. For both game creators and game players, a new machine needs to do MUCH MORE"

"I want you to know that Nintendo is working on its next system, and that system will create a GAMING REVOLUTION"

"When the impact of the next home machines come (PS3 & 360), our Revolution will be there"

"The time when horsepower alone made an important difference is over"

"We must concentrate on creating new unprecidented gaming experiences, something no other machine has delivered before"

"When you see it, you will be excited, because you will experience a gaming REVOLUTION"

I have that last quote on my wallpaper, next to a pic of Satoru :P. These quotes were from Iwata's speech about the Revolution at e3 2004. That was the time when the Gamecube was losing in sales, and people began to dismiss Nintendo's home console as a threat. and yet the Nintendo president makes these bold statements. If he was lieing, it would be the end for Nintendo (for home consoles anyway, they're still holding 78% of the portable market, even after the release of the PSP).

I don't remember Nintendo ever boasting about their consoles in the past. For example Sony boasted the power of the PS1, the N64 turned out to be 3 times as powerful. They boasted about PS2's power, it was less than half as powerful in terms of graphics and processor compared to the Gamecube. They boasted about the PSP, and the DS is selling over twice as much in Japan. And now they're boasting about the PS3's power.

Anyway, back to the topic. Nintendo really must have some big ideas up their sleeve on their Revolution. They are boasting more, and being as secretive as ever. now lets see what we know about the Revolution. It has inbuilt out of the box Wi-Fi, and wireless online play will be free. It can download 20 years of past Nintendo games for a small fee, or with offers. It will have 512 megabytes of flash memory to sotre downloaded games. It has Gamecube controller and memory card ports on the side, for backwards compatibility. The console is about the size of 3 DVD cases, that's more or less the same size as the slimline PS2, while the 360 is almost as large as the Xbox, and PS3 is even bigger (and has grilling capabilities). And we know it will not support high definition.

And for the controller: We know they are wireless. We know they will have inbuilt gyroscopes to sense motion. We know they hold the Revolutionary feature of the system, and we know they are Nintendo's secret weapon which got the Nintendo President so excited.

In my opinion, the Revolution is already very cool, even without the Revolutionary feature. I'd already buy this console over the PS3 and Xbox 360, Smash Bros online with a wireless controller would rule :D. And Nintendo's saved the best till last, hopefully the controller's secret will be revealed soon... the Revolution will own.

In the words of serious gamer, BELIEVE, Nintendo will deliever!
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