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No Nintendo Revolution at E3? News
News by Ellie Gibson
Nintendo may leave Sony and Microsoft to squabble amongst themselves over who's got the best next-gen console at this year's E3, according to reports.
Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 will go on show at the event, but reports from Japan say the Nintendo Revolution will remain under wraps. There'll be a few rolling demos of games currently in development, but no console and no revolutionary controller on display.
So why the decision to stay out of the limelight? Well, it seems that Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata is worried about rivals nicking all his best ideas at this early stage. That's how revolutionary the new console is, apparently... and also the exact same line Nintendo used to avoid showing Mario 128 at a previous E3.
So what exactly can we expect to see on the Nintendo stand? Well, most of the space will be devoted to promoting the new Nintendo Online service. It'll be demonstrated using the DS, and it's thought that the Revolution could have a wireless router capability for hooking up the handheld to the internet. All this will be explained at the publisher's May 17 conference.
Other stuff on show will include the new Zelda game - we're promised that a playable demo will be available. Plus Pokémon XD for GameCube, Emerald for GBA and Diamond and Pearl for DS - the latter two featuring online functionality.
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insidesource
18/04/05 @ 13:42
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"translates -> err we have nothing to show"
"Good old Nintendo, will they ever learn?" -->Sounds about right "revolution... you play it with your feet o_O" -->he he he I really hate to see Nintendo take another fall. Why build it up so much? Just take you're time and suprise us |
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Seems sensible to me.
A lot less column inches to devote to the revolution when Microsoft and Sony are busy grabbing attention. Not entirely convinced that the competition will knick all there ideas - if it's so revolutionary then it would surely be a bit late in the game to take advantage of by Sony and MS...? Fire out some detailed news when the fuss has quietened about PS3 and 360 and they can focus more on what revolution can do, rather than the fact it's not got quite as many pixels per nanosecond as MS or microparticle pleasure sensors as the PS3
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On the one hand it sounds reasonable - avoid being swamped in the media interest around the others, avoid unfavourable spec comparisons, show off when it's a bit quieter and get a bit more attention.
On the other hand it's a huge gamble, as the posts above show - people immediately start thinking there's some huge cock-up in the making. It's easy to be cynical at announcements like this, especially when they come from Nintendo. A shame, I think. It's been a long time since we've seen three new machines at the same time! |
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It's a gamble, and a big one at that. I'm not 100% convinced about this whole "Revolution" thing, but maybe waiting until Sony and X-Box have tired from squabbling is a smart move. On the other hand, maybe it's not. Who knows?
There is also another thing, and that is that design specifics are fickle things. We remember the DS last E3, and that the design changed before release - much to most peoples amusement. It's a pity. I, too, would have love to have seen this "revolution" of a console. But I put a little faith in Nintendo, there may be a method to their madness... |
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The Bodybuilder
18/04/05 @ 14:40
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>"So the Revolution is - it's invisible."
Indeed. It is the only vapourware that will be maerketed as......vapourware. |
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Nintendo are I N S A N E to pass this up. What people need right now is a confidence inducing show at E3 of a real and tangible "revolution". The last thing they need is to be further swayed by what's wildly known as every other console but nintendo's. The only reason Nintendo fans didn't walk away from last year's E3 completely disillusioned was because the Nintendo DS had a strong and concrete showing.
Don't do this, Nintendo, PLEASE don't just wither and die like Sega. Before you know it, Mario is a gun tooting lunatic, and the only innovation we'll experience is turning our Dual Shock 9 upside down. |
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'Time for Nintendo to concentrate on their own back yard and get out of Sony's IMO.'
erm...isn't that what Nintendo have always done? They always do things to their own beat, in their own way, whatever anyone says (which is something I admire). Just look at the online thing. They're only rolling it out when they're ready to do it. "Why is everyone so excited about PS3 and Xbox360?" "I don't think many of us are excited about these consoles, just mildly interested." "You're in the minority." No, he isn't. So the press may be predictably getting themselves all into a lather; but just what do we expect the new Xbox and PS3 to give us? To me its like upgrading your PC to play Half-Life 2 or Doom3, at their highest resolutions. Do we really need next-gen right now? Just look at games like the Conker remake, God Of War, Resi4, Riddick. Tell me developers are NOT starting to master current-gen, and there's still NO potential to their power...and I'll roll over. Or eat my face.
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QUOTE - No, he isn't. So the press may be predictably getting themselves all into a lather; but just what do we expect the new Xbox and PS3 to give us? To me its like upgrading your PC to play Half-Life 2 or Doom3, at their highest resolutions. Do we really need next-gen right now? Just look at games like the Conker remake, God Of War, Resi4, Riddick. Tell me developers are NOT starting to master current-gen, and there's still NO potential to their power...and I'll roll over. Or eat my face.
The Xbox isn't built like the PS2, where you see game graphics getting progressively better as the life of the console goes on. And anyway, if Sony would have stuck with their original launching of the PS3 it would have launched in Japan this year. They launched the PS2 five years after launching the PS one and now they're going to wait six to launch the PS3. While I do agree that it does seem very early to launch the Xbox 2 in Europe this year (it was--afterall--launched in Europe in 2002) I think it's probably perfectly reasonable to launch the system in the US this year. |
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sickpuppysoftware
18/04/05 @ 15:59
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Satoru Iwata is worried about rivals nicking all his best ideas
Has he never heard of patents? Aparently Americans are quite keen on them. |
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jumpdeveraux
18/04/05 @ 16:08
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Third place in the next gen race. Guaranteed unless their controller is a magic wand.
Wonder if this is disconcerting for any 3rd party devs, is it worth porting across any titles to Revolution when the bulk of sales volumes are highly likely going to be on MS/Sony machines ?? I don't think MS/Sony even consider Nintendo a competitor in this next race, it's purely MS v Sony (they can always poach any Revolution design ideas for XBox 720 and PS4). |
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Corben Dallas
18/04/05 @ 16:31
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"The Revolution will not be televised."
~clever clever LOL :D well not on MTV or E3 for that matter. :p Maybe its a smart(isH) move for N cause they're goin to be monstered by the Sony v Mircoshaft sex box 365 battle :D :p |
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Whatever happens, the next generation console war will be a lot closer than this generations. And don't you see what's happened? Nintendo has made quite a smart move...
Before, everyone knew the Revolution was going to be shown at E3, we knew it would feature Wi-Fi and all we wanted was a picture. Now, when it isn't shown at E3, there's much much more talk over it... 'Will it appear?' 'What is it really?' 'Don't let us down....' To us now, pictures would be great, whilst simple facts would do justice. You want stuff more when you can't have it, so when Nintendo isn't showing off its machine in all its glory, it's igniting ou imagination a lot... Because of saying it's not going to be shown, we've become much more interested. Heck, has anyone ever heard of a lie???
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'http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/605/605083/
next-gen-madden-20050418100035324-000.jpg Ta very much indeed.' Exactly my point. Whether it shows up or not, I'm still expecting Ninty to pull the rug under the carpet, like they did last year, with Zelda, stealing the show in fact.
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I had a feeling they would do this and to be honest I think Nintendo are going to have a massive turnaround (as far as Im concerned anyway because I hated DS and thought Cube could have performed better) - I say this is a good thing and I say the Revolution will be one.
Im interested to see the PS3 and xbox360 but the only new console I'll be supporting is the PSP (maybe the GBE if its sweet) because Im happy with what I have for the moment. A slight delay for Nintendo is a good sign and I have a feeling that by the time they come near to their unveiling our expectations will be more than satisfied. Go Nintendo. |
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The Old Bill
18/04/05 @ 20:40
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I'm sorry azmol, but try as I might I can't find lol anywhere in the dictionary. I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.
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