The Wii is Here.

[Shadow_knight62]

yeah really...the remote/controller is a great idea. And finally Nintendo comes out with a controller that is left handed compatable.

Oh god...i can't wait any longer!!!

[vashthestampede0987]

I bet you they will put a rumble pack in the controller and girls will use it as a dildo.

[suicidalmuskrat]

They've already confirmed that rumble features will be built in to the controller. Go grab the lotion vash.

[Shadow_knight62]

ahahahahahahhahahaha...yeah, i don't see why they wouldn't put a rumble pack in, they have had it on all their "new" controllers.

[ndthatsme]

I like the controller desighn and all, but wheres the X, Y, and Z buttons? Is there something I missed from all the pictures? I mean how can you play some N64 games without a Z button, and you definently cant play any GC games without those 3 buttons.

[nforcer06164]

Uhm... they are making skins for it (a shell that works like another controller), and there are GC controller ports on the system itself. Have you been paying attention to any of the info in this thread at all?

[ajenka]

Nintendo is gonna be awesome it's gonna be the Have to Have Game System. Sure X-box and Ps may have the power but nintendo has the innovativity the new controller is totally stylish and cool. Ds has been a testing ground for whats to come the free wifi in ds and McDonalds and other famous places. And the Touch screen were only tests for the Totally maneuverable Gamecube Remote. Once you realize the ability to move around such as flicking twsiting pulling moving up and down register as commands you've realized you've got a ton of opportunities. Add the shells such as extensions for the controller for more buttons or more conventional game pad shapes. Then you've got your regular controller with a 3d mouse style. Ds had a 2d free form movement ds has a 3d free form movement. Then they're gonna enable free internet for Revolution which is totally awesome. Hell If u've caught on a few quotable sentences uttered from nintendo. One of their future ideas is to hopefully one day do away with televisions themselves. This is all just a test for that day to come. (in case your stupid it pretty much means making a 3d world and interacting with it think holostations from various shows where they have a 3d world) totally awesome...

[nforcer06164]

Nintendo is gonna be awesome it's gonna be the Have to Have Game System. Sure X-box and Ps may have the power but nintendo has the innovativity the new controller is totally stylish and cool. Ds has been a testing ground for whats to come the free wifi in ds and McDonalds and other famous places. And the Touch screen were only tests for the Totally maneuverable Gamecube Remote. Once you realize the ability to move around such as flicking twsiting pulling moving up and down register as commands you've realized you've got a ton of opportunities. Add the shells such as extensions for the controller for more buttons or more conventional game pad shapes. Then you've got your regular controller with a 3d mouse style. Ds had a 2d free form movement ds has a 3d free form movement. Then they're gonna enable free internet for Revolution which is totally awesome. Hell If u've caught on a few quotable sentences uttered from nintendo. One of their future ideas is to hopefully one day do away with televisions themselves. This is all just a test for that day to come. (in case your stupid it pretty much means making a 3d world and interacting with it think holostations from various shows where they have a 3d world) totally awesome...

Who are you and what the hell are you talking about?

[Musical_Master]

Nintendo is gonna be awesome it's gonna be the Have to Have Game System. Sure X-box and Ps may have the power but nintendo has the innovativity the new controller is totally stylish and cool. Ds has been a testing ground for whats to come the free wifi in ds and McDonalds and other famous places. And the Touch screen were only tests for the Totally maneuverable Gamecube Remote. Once you realize the ability to move around such as flicking twsiting pulling moving up and down register as commands you've realized you've got a ton of opportunities. Add the shells such as extensions for the controller for more buttons or more conventional game pad shapes. Then you've got your regular controller with a 3d mouse style. Ds had a 2d free form movement ds has a 3d free form movement. Then they're gonna enable free internet for Revolution which is totally awesome. Hell If u've caught on a few quotable sentences uttered from nintendo. One of their future ideas is to hopefully one day do away with televisions themselves. This is all just a test for that day to come. (in case your stupid it pretty much means making a 3d world and interacting with it think holostations from various shows where they have a 3d world) totally awesome...

Who are you and what the hell are you talking about?

"Asked what he thought videogames would be like in the future, Miyamoto suggested removing what has always been a key ingredient for the medium: televisions. "It's convenient to make games that are played on TVs," he said. "But I always wanted to have a custom-sized screen that wasn't the typical four-cornered cathode-ray-tube TV. I've always thought that games would eventually break free of the confines of a TV screen to fill an entire room. But I would rather not say anything more about that."
-IGN

[Zarbon]

I cant w8 til it is released!! SMB3 is gonna rule! also i like that we can download games off the internet for FREE. Well, it was said at tokyo game show(or E3 05, cant remember) that they will allow free downloads. idk how long that will last or even if they will aloow it. If they do I'm gettin all the games I can.

[suicidalmuskrat]

No free game downloads. Unless some 3rd parties decide to release their old content for free, but that is outrageously unlikely. Nintendo has already said their back catalogue won't be free.

[Zarbon]

aww.... oh well, i'll still download some games

[jamuko]

Check this out.

December 6, 2005 - Just yesterday IGN Revolution launched with technical details on Nintendo's next-generation console, codenamed Revolution. And today more development sources have come forward with both clarification and even more tech specs. The latest news begins to paint a clearer picture of Nintendo's aim with its next platform.

We cannot stress this enough: Revolution is not being positioned as a competitor to either Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. Nintendo has instead chosen to design a console that will be very affordable for consumers. For that very reason, say developers in the know, the Big N has opted out of filling the system with a massive supply of expensive RAM.

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Exact clock rates were not disclosed, but one development source we spoke to had this to say of the Revolution CPU and GPU: "Basically, take a GameCube, double the clock rate of the CPU and GPU and you're done."

-snip-

"It's a gamble for the Big N," said another source. "It's not about horsepower for them -- it's about innovation and gameplay." [Jamuko note: <3 ]

-snip-

Software houses we spoke with also waxed on the immediate advantage to Nintendo's approach with Revolution, which is, of course, system price. Every developer was in agreement that Revolution should launch with a price tag of $149 or lower. Some speculated that based on the tech, a $99 price point would not be out of the question.

Wow. So the Rev will be about twice as powerful as the GCN, and will cost no more than a DS; potentially even less.

[nickadeemus]

It's so cheap and different, how can anyone not buy it.

[nforcer06164]

Genius, or stupid? I'm really not sure yet. Technical specs aren't really important when you see what Nintendo is really doing with this system. They don't have to compete. They're Nintendo. Nobody is going to drive them out of business, ever. Nintendo is synonymous with video games. Anybody that looks at Revolution and whines about graphics has a problem. I don't think the graphics difference will be big anyway.

At this point in console development, technical specs really don't matter. Graphics can't really advance at leaps and bounds like it used to. New technology is going to rule the arena. PS3 and Xbox 360 have lent themselves to conventional gaming. Nintendo is expanding itself into new areas, while still allowing itself to do whatever any other system can do in terms of general gaming. Look at the DS and PSP right now. Which have you heard more about recently, hmm?