http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/what will good old ninty give us next?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
I will also say that this would be one of the coolest stealth marketing campaigns ever, short as it's been. I still maintain that one person could not have made that video, and especially not without Nintendo's help.

Anything short of that, though, and my disappointment will remain steadfast. They're the ones who have been hyping how revolutionary this system's gonna be (that's it's freakin' *name*, for god's sake), they'd better deliver. And no, playing a bunch of old games doesn't count as "revolutionary".
]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Still hoping to be wrong.. Revoluschaaaaan]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
I'm holding out for something that we don't even know about coming out....they managed to keep the new GBmicro a secret, so why not something bigger?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
OMG.... remember the stories about Nintendo licensing some kind of gyroscopic technology? This can't be real, can it?!? That video WAS fake, right??]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Besides, what is the point of going through all that trouble trying to save space (super small sized revolution) and then having this HUGE + UGLY head set holder thing for the VR glasses?!?!

Also isn't there a lot of speculation that the Revolution will only be a few times faster than the Gamecube? Is a single 2.5 GHZ chip really fast enough to make something like this really work well? Perhaps, but I'd say this is either fake or the Rev will be several times faster than we think it is. (or just have a really kick ass video card?)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
If you think about it, the technology is here today and could be pulled off affordably. Imagine a Metroid game where in certain levels/rooms, you put on the goggles and do a walk-through. Otherwise, you play most of the game while looking at your standard TV set/video monitor.

This bonus interactivity would require that you have, say, 6X6' of cleared floorspace. The Revolution console beams signals to the goggles wirelessly, and receives feedback from the goggles to determine your distance relative to the virtual space as seen in the goggles.

The images are seen in 3D through the goggles.

I'm not saying that an entire game would use this interface (at least not initially in the Revolution's lifespan in the market). I'm saying that some games could have this VR interactive element put in for certain levels or points in a game (like the Metroid example I just described).]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Anyways, I really doubt Nintendo made the video. Here's a thought for all of you conspiracy theorists: Who says the conspiracy has to be at Nintendo? If you think the video is "too professional" for an independant artist, why does it have to be Nintendo who did it? Ever heard of corporate sabotage? Perhaps Sony put it out as it got everyone all hyped up and expecting the world from Nintendo, and then Nintendo comes in with an under-performing, not all that interesting system when people were expecting stuff from three generations ahead. It'd be brilliant. Microsoft IS known for their aggressive business tactics...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Dude thats a guy, its Miyamoto the guy that did mario and zelda.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Well thats one place..]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.the-nextlevel.com/features/interviews/shigeru-miyamoto/miyamoto-candy.jpg]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Well thats one place..]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Well thats one place..]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Well thats one place..]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
second of all, while im not saying this is real (the hair around the HMC doesn't quite look right), if the console/base station were hollow underneath, it could be possible for someone to hold it like that.

the real big thing tho is this: in the videos we see one controller docked to the console when not in use. how would you ever stack multiple controllers on it?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
http://www.techbyteens.blogspot.com]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
in the race I think xbox will pull a dreamcast, without the stopping of hardware, M$ will just throw more money at it and hope the next gen will take off, PS3 is pretty good, but in the end, a graphics upgrade, with a likely hefty pricetag (think PSP) Nintendo might end up underpowered(keyword: might) but with a new take on controllers, having that could put them ahead of the normal controller consoles]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Don't get your hopes up. I mean, as I said I'm really praying for something like this too, but, Nintendo is as predicable as clockwork when it comes to annnouncements and I wouldn't be expecting anything else new to be revealed at all this week as regards to Revolution.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Of course, at 4:35 into the video we see the headset hooking up to a monitor and... is that a microwave? Oh, a TV.

Anyway, if Nintendo ends up "punking us" (as Aries said), then hell yes. I think the video screams fake at the end when that shitty Mario comes out, but the spot-on texturing and camera work of the N64 castle? Awesome.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/features/interviews/shigeru-miyamoto/miyamoto-candy.jpg]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
It will have high definition. Don't you remember some of the first revolution articles on IGN stating so? They said it'd support high definition AND the ability to plug straight into a computer monitor.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
That question mark box had me thinking too, and the brain comment, and the monitor hook-up and the absolutely crappy Nintendo conference. All us videogame fans must HOPE its all a big lie. Oh and the fact that Gamespot and IGN and all these sites don't have dedicated sites to the Nintendo Revolution but they have them for Xbox 360 AND Playstation 3 for the last few weeks....makes ya think...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Ninty should just make it!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
argg

controller ports on the Revolution, why? cuz Revolution games are going to only use the NintendoON?

lol maybe i'm just kidding myself ahha]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
argg

controller ports on the Revolution, why? cuz Revolution games are going to only use the NintendoON?

lol maybe i'm just kidding myself ahha]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Here's the damn picture that was used for this wonderful fake. Damn! People are stupid.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
Here's the damn picture that was used for this wonderful fake. Damn! People are stupid.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/
The video was released before E3 and Ninty's conference. Throughought the conference, Reggie and Satoru made references THAT MATCHED THE VIDEO.
I.E. Right-side of brain, 512, etc.

Plus the conference seemed somewhat lighthearted: as if they knew something the rest of us didn't. AND take a look at IGN. Normally during E3 they'd be buzzing with info. But they're not. Maybe they're partners.

Now, before you completely throw this info away. Do me a favor. Point your browswers to:
www.nintendoon.com

???????]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/18/nintendo-revolution-more-to-come/Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM