NOTE***: The following post is SPECULATION and EXTRAPOLATION based upon available information and industry connections. Please do not take what’s written below as FACT or GOSPEL…otherwise, you do so at your own reputational risk 
Well, after reading through yesterday’s posts and seeing that a couple of you were already pretty damn warm, I figured it was time to put an end to ‘dancing the cooch’ and just give up the goods. As you’ve read in the last couple of posts, I’ve yapped with journalists and developers who are pretty confident regarding some of the Revolution’s features. I had been hearing about these bits and bobs for months, but as a diehard Nintendo fan there was nothing to really spark my passion – especially considering the Cube’s lacklustre software showing several YEARS into its life cycle. But, for the sake of the lazy multitudes, here’s a quick feature recap:
GYROSCOPIC CONTROL: Several sources have suggested that the new control scheme will SUPPORT positional shifts a la Kirby’s Tilt ‘n’ Tumble. This means that not EVERY game will require you to pull a Pisa, but that Nintendo is championing the integration of this feature into at least one of their launch games. Talking with several developers, we agreed that this could work well for navigation games and maybe some sports experiences…but it’s nothing they’d be eager to program for.
TOUCHSCREEN INTEGRATION: I’ve heard from more than one reputable source that either a DS style touchscreen or an actual proprietary PDA device with be part of the new controller. As you discussed yesterday in COMMENTS, this makes sense with Nintendo’s technology partners, the creation of the DS, and Nintendo’s push towards ‘tactile’ experiences. Not a hard thing to program for and most likely a smart move, as Microsoft and PS3 will almost assuredly support some sort of integrated screen/handheld configuration.
WIRELESS: I popped up some clues yesterday regarding what I’ve heard about their wireless plans, and can most assuredly state that the unit will ship with wireless controllers like X-Box 2. But as IGN and others have pointed out, Nintendo’s pushing hard with their wireless technology and partnerships, and my sources support that it will go well beyond mere controller connection and into the realm of some serious data transfer: touchscreen/pda and machine, player-to-player, Rev to DS, Rev to PC, and Rev to Rev (both in-home and with locally based wireless ‘tribes’).
Okay. No major revelations there, but I bet its got you thinking about future game design and interactive potential, yes? Yes…but for me, the first twinge of excitement regarding this machine didn’t come until the final pieces of the long-rumoured DISPLAY puzzle fell into place:
- the IGN boys posted this regarding a patent for Nintendo’s upcoming display technology, which I linked to a few days ago. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to glean that this conceptually portrays a form of 3D image projection.
- at a major film conference called ShoWest just last month, a panel featuring George Lucus, Robert Zemekis, James Cameron, Robert Rodriguez, and a satellite feed from Peter Jackson has studio reps, journalists, and theatre owners seriously jazzed about their plans to integrate cheap digital stereoscopic 3D (like recent IMAX features or the oldschool Captain EO experience at Epcot) into ALL major chains by 2007. Lucas even showed several minutes of the original STAR WARS with remapped visuals that popped off the screen and hovered in front of audience members. When an agent friend of mine was chatting with Rodriguez (there to pump Sin City and discuss his experiences with Spy Kids 3D), he mentioned how they were aware of a game machine beating them to the mainstream 3D market.
- the next day, I contacted another strangely influential industry pal/pundit and shared my thesis purely for fun’s sake (and perhaps some extremely lame bragging rights). The final shiny block of tetrisy knowledge slid into place when he excitedly shared the following – that the Big N had shown a real-time 3D add-on for Gamecube behind closed doors…AT LAST YEAR’S E3. It has since gone MIA. This is the sound of four rows dropping.
More details and potential software discussion to follow…for now, I’m eager to hear YOUR thoughts. How will stereoscopic 3D gaming usher in the ‘Revolution’ that Nintendo has been trumpeting? Will it end up nothing more than a Virtual Boy style gimmick, or will custom 3D glasses become the big fashion accessory of 2007 and beyond? With graphics chip codenames like Hollywoood and Broadway, does this signal Nintendo’s plans to make more cinematic games that mimic the upcoming 3D theatrical experience? If (and, from what I’m hearing, this will be a VERY big IF) Nintendo shows their hand at this year’s E3 by giving everyone at their annual press conference a pair of 3D glasses to wear, will players care?
Im the first ???
Soooo, that was it ??
Im still waiting for the god’s real Revolution Revelation, hurry up
By the way, Iwata san said that Nintendo was developing a way to control ways that would also captivate a mother i.e. making her want to try the system.
I don’t see where is the really atractive thing on your revelation.
Interesting. A lot of people have speculated those Revolution things, but I guess this brings those rumours closer to the truth now.
So that add-on for the GameCube…is that how they’re going to extend its life until the end of 2006? Because right now it seems like Zelda is the last title to come out for the system, unless they have big surprises at E3.
Thanks for this.
OK, well I’ve heard the rumors about the touch screen and the gyroscopic controllers and all that stuff already, so no big suprise there. The 3D add on thing is an obvious suprise there, but I cant get too excited about it until I know more about it. The wireless controllers/wireless connectivity is an excellent idea to make things more efficent and easier. There will still be no telling if this system will be a success for failure until it is completley unvieled and all its features are discussed. All of us Nintendo fans must pray that this system works, because in my mind after the failure of the Gamecube and the lackluster of the DS, this is Nintendo’s last chance to stay off the streets and stay in the home console race.
Sooo…a Cube add-on instead of a completely new console? Hmmm…could be just a demonstration of the technology of course since the rest of Revolution was far from finished by then.
It all sounds cool. Not all that revolutionary (at least not yet), but its got some nice ideas. Although I had hoped that the gyroscopic part would’ve been a bit more advanced instead of just being able to turn and twist the world of character, the complete package might turn out succesful.
It’s a bit worrying to hear that developers aren’t really eager to develop for it though(at least for the gyro part).
That sounds interesting… the touch screen sounds the most promising, as it gives a near unlimited array of control configurations for programmers. I just hope the controller doesn’t come out looking too clunky… I’m looking forward to E3.
Sorry…(and yes, this is the real Brooke) – I made an edit to clarify that the GC 3D add-on has since been shelved…in favour of the Revolution core display system.
This definitely cold be a step in the right direction folks..Think about it… A 3-d game displayed in quality 3-d that is controlled by physical movement…..Does that not sound like a major step towards our science-fiction fantasies of true Virtual Reality??? BTW…Nintendo has tinkered with this concept well before the Virtual Boy..Anybody remember Rad Racer for the NES?
Ah, so it’s for Revolution instead. Well that’s pretty cool and new then. I’m interested.
Only 23 days until the big conference…
Ah right.
BTW, I was kinda planning to posting this on the videogames site I work for, but how can you prove to me that this is all fact and not simply made up? I know you guys are developing a next-gen game, but next to that…it all sounds a bit rumourish to me. Otherwise I could just post these revelations as rumours of course instead of factual information.
Question:
you’d need an add-on to do stereoscopic display? Wouldn’t that be purely a software issue?
Second, with regards to the Lucas et al Digital 3D demos, I believe they didn’t require glasses? They weren’t stereoscopic, IIRC. Though I guess you weren’t drawing direct comparison..but no machine is “beating them to it” in terms of the same type of 3D, unless Nintendo includes a digital projector in every revolution.
sounds good on paper, but we need to see it in action. The REV TO PC is kinda official since one of the nintendo official said so a long time ago. Now, since i have a wireless router, i still don’t imagine the benefits. Could you guys help me to figure it out.
Thanx brooke, there was never a bomb BTW jeje lol
dude the way you tell it it makes it dissapoitning but anyways here you go some clarifiing:
If its touchscreen we’ll have to look down at controller during play makeing it terrible if its gonna be three d we willneed projectors set up everywwhere i mean if its on the machine itself: behind the couch, nope. in the vcr shelf, nope. i heard that the pic they showed there actually is something to do about how we see the picture its self and that they plan to do something using that to make the graphics better.
im quite a fan and noone can convince me that crap like that is gonna be made. unless the japanese really have lost it….
Cheers to the future of gameing!
I like the gyroscope idea, it’s got potential. So does the touch-screen, I guess, although I have more trouble imagining uses for that. As long as both innovations SUPPORT a more traditional control scheme instead of REPLACING one, I’m happy (since the Revolution will be backward-compatible, the controller will have to be mostly conventional). Tech specs matter, so does the wireless stuff- but after staying faithful to Nintendo through four hardware generations, none of these revelations make me less likely to finally stray into the Sony or Microsoft camp.
The 3D projection idea is intriguing but not overwhelming- it’s hard to get excited w/out seeing or experiencing any of these things- the games, and how they use this technology, are what will matter- if third parties balk, and if Nintendo persists in creating increasingly gimmicky software, all the cool hardware in the world won’t make a difference.
Sounds like it could be great for gaming, but like you said yesterday, think the gaming public’s ready for this?
I personally doubt it.
I love Nintendo and I wish they could be on top of the market, but I can’t see the gaming public embracing this right now. To the average Joe gamer, seeing XBox 2 on MTV is going to be a hell of a lot more attractive that some gyroscope/touchscreen/wirless system you need to put 3D glasses on to enjoy.
I give Nintendo mad props for going out on the limb and trying to innovate – but to have your innovations work in the long run, you’ve got to embraced by the general public. If you aren’t, you get no money, third party games aren’t made, and the decline from SNES to N64 to GC will conitnue…
I’m crossing my fingers this won’t happen, but I just really don’t think the Madden-centric gaming community in the US is going to go for this… assuming this is the real deal of course.
Let’s hope I’m wrong.
im gonna go ahead and pray they will still have buttons and triggers, but hopefully add the touch screen in the middle, if you look at the wavebird there is room in the middle, so lets hope for another z button by the L trigger, same a,b,z,y button layout, change the c-stick into another analog stick, and an unlimited amount of buttons on the touch screen, the 3-d is pretty cool as long as the games dont have to be 3-d. the gyroscope is definatly reason enough to develop games for, it just adds another thing to do besides simply pressing buttons. connecting to a pc…damn….the revolution will be a beatiful thing for suuure. but one thing i hope they tell us at E3, that it will have a hard drive.
oh, and GAMECUBE DIDNT FAIL YOU FUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It sounds futuristic
Nintendo only need to do same Microsoft does in their propaganda:
Telling the people :”this is what you want”
I am in.
Gyroscopic is for Game CUbe, the other futuristic concept is sure for the Revolution,
When did Nintendo stop making the NES?
Nintendo is already in deep trouble,now they want to change how people play videogames?
Why not stick with the same formula that Microsoft and Sony we’re using and will be using with their next-gen consoles?
it won’t be appreciated by the gamers,that’s for sure…
I wouldn’t count on a touch screen on the controller. Iwata already confirmed that it wouldn’t have one back in June.
http://cube.ign.com/articles/522/522136p1.html
And, just to be sure imaginations don’t run in the wrong direction, Iwata stated “We have no intention of making a two screen console akin to the DS.”
The other idead do seem very likely, though.
Have you seen this patent? It’s a Nintendo pattent that, though in illustrations looks like some kind of alternate version of the DK Bongos, in it’s actual patented idea seems like something that would mesh very well with the Gyro idea.
http://thenintendorevolution.blogspot.com/2005/03/nintendo-patents-2-operating-apparatus.html
I’m inclined to agree with your friend when I say “sounds good. but…”. I mean, who wouldn’t want to play games in 3D? Imagine how immersive that would be! As Revolution will be backwards compatible and the 3D imagining system was originally conceived as a GameCube add-on, I’m also equally excited by the prospect of being able to play my existing GameCube games in 3D (assuming the technology works that way). Metroid Prime, Resident Evil 4, and the upcoming Legend of Zelda, anyone?
However, at the same time, this 3D imaging system doesn’t exactly change the way we play games as Nintendo has been boasting. It only changes the way we experience them–the way we perceive them. After all, GameCube games don’t offer ‘a new way to play games,’ and this system was originally designed for them. Maybe it will only take one Revolution game demo to prove me wrong–Nintendo’s a clever company when it comes to game design. Who knows how 3D imaging will influence their game development? Another worry, however, is how does this imaging system work? I’m dreading the possibility of glasses, to be the truthful. Just as gaming is starting to come into vogue, I don’t really want Nintendo to make gaming ‘nerdy’ again by requiring players to wear bulky or unfashionable glasses. But then, again, this technology might not even require such monstrosities.
And then there are the other features. Touch-’screen’-like controller function. Sounds cool. Wireless controllers and network. Amazing. Gyroscopic control? I’m a little distressed that no one is really getting exciting about the possibilities here. Brooke said that the developers he had talked to weren’t exactly jumping for the joy over the feature. That it would be good for navigational and *maybe* sports. Yeah, certainly. But what of first person shooters? What if we were to control movement with an analogue stick and ‘looked’ with the controllers tilt sensitivity? Even great dual-analogue FPSs suffer from a lack of precision when compared to PC games such as Half-Life2. The tilt controller would make aiming so much more intuitive, and I suspect that it could ultimately have great benefits for other genres as well. I wouldn’t underestimate gyroscopic control.
But yes, it’s just one feature of many isn’t it? That’s what really excites me, I think–that Revolution could be far more than the sum of its parts. 3D? Wireless? Gyroscopic control? Tactile feedback? By themselves, these are all interesting and ‘cool’ ideas, but if you put them together, you create something very immersive. The 3D puts you in a world, the controller fuctions allow you to interact with that world in a more intuitive way, and wireless lets other people be there with you. Sounds great. But again, as Brooke has continually pointed out, it’s about the games. What Nintendo does with this technology *could* really be revolutionary. Or it could be a joke. We’ll see.
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I’m a gamer; I’m interested. Please, don’t speak for me.
I have to see how all this works. It really bugs me how the gyros and touch are added features. I thought the gyros could be used as some advanced vibrating pack whre you turn the car using an anlogue stick and the controller turns, or if you crash you fell the controller swing around crazily. The touch aint a bad idea, that is just an xtra little thing, and rightfully so. As for this whole 3d thing, it really depends how it works, how the games use it, and what nintendo does. I dont wat to have to wear glasses, but if i do, maybe they can be sleek and comfortable? not just crappy paper glasses. And the games better be good.. IM still leaning to the xbox360, I have to see the rev in action
So about the steroscoping…. the Real Revelation of this entire blog. How in Nintendo’s good name, are they going to get the thing to work without putting evryone in 3D glasses? I say it the REAL REVELATION, because no on seems to undrestand exatly how cool this is going to be. I was messing around with steroscope rendering on my Lightwave 3D program, it is by far a cool intergration to the camera output of that program. This type of thing will add life to existing game forn the Cube if true. HD steroscoping. I smell rereleasing of many spectaular visual films.
I thought this sort of 3D application required a special type of display. I am cautiously pessimistic on this one until I research more about it.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA! If guys in the movie-business are thinking about using this kinda technology in movies…then I think it will work for gaming also! If there is anyone that can pull it of, I think it is Nintendo! It at least makes them unique as opposed to Microsoft and Sony! I really do not hate having Sony and Microsoft in the marketplace, but it´s the same thing over and over again! Not very willing to take big chances. Tough Sony did come with the Eyetoy…..mad props for that one! If Nintendo can make this work for them….even if it is just the hardcore Nintendo fans…then bring it on. I loved my N64, even if it had a big lack in the 3rd-party games. It had some of the best titels in that generation…and beyond.
Brooke, please post the rest, of what you want to share, quickly…because you are the only one willing to talk about the Revolution, at this point. And E3 is looking to be low on the revolution end! Sorry to kill your social-life just to be in the know
And what are your ideas on what Nintendo is cooking? I mean, you want to know what we are thinking…but what about you? You may have more information…so is it at least worth getting excited over..or should we start thinking about a market-place with no Nintendo?
Do some of you here also think Nintendo dropt the gamecube in favour of the Revolution? They stopt making games for it al long time ago! OK, we have a new Zelda coming…but if you think of it…the N64 had a better support from Nintendo than the Cube has!
This whole thing is a lot of cool things in one. Now, my take on this.
- I don’t believe the stereoscopic thing will work with current video technology. If it’s something that can simply be plugged into your TV and played, then someone would have heard of this by now. The Rev. will either be a portable or semi-portable system. Wouldn’t you think that a projector would be needed for that?
- I don’t care terribly for the idea of gyroscopes in my controllers, but that’s just me. I grew up on Atari, NES, Genesis, SNES and more recently have had N64, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, Gamecube, plus all of the GB, GBC, GBAs, a DS and a PSP. I’m used to my buttons. I like my buttons. Though the bongos are good for a spin once in a while, I’m not ready to give up my gaming heritage for twisting a controller just yet.
-Wireless internet just means that I’ll have to buy a wifi router. I work in IT and am a security freak. I use wired internet for a few very good reasons.
-While Crystal Chronicles and Zelda : 4 swords were awesome games, (and some of my favorites Cube games), I don’t like the idea of having to LOOK at my controller while playing. We’ll see where this goes.
-Backwards compatibility is always a good thing. I probably wouldn’t have gotten the PS2 or DS without it.
My gut feeling is that the Revolution “controller” will actually have two parts…one discrete “node” for each hand with a gyroscopic motion sensor, analog stick, and analog trigger. So the motion control won’t simply be tilt left, tilt right, blah blah blah…the Revolution will track the RELATIVE changes in orientation and acceleration between the two nodes. With two sticks, two triggers, two gyroscopes and full-on wireless (not to mention this supposed 3D), the Revolution really will be amazing.
Well, i just didn’t get the 3D thing. When you guys say that we may need a special glass, are you talking about expensive glasses with special built-in displays or glasses like those of the sega master system?
Plus, the controller with a built in screen sounds to expensive too and just remember that it didn’t work with the Sega Dreamcast.
I was expecting that Rev should feature some sort of revolutionary wi-fi technology, and i still waiting for that, but this time, i don’t think that it’s gonna happen. (sorry for bad grammar)
That shit sucks you fag.
There’s a number of things wrong with your “theory”
Aside from Iwata already stating that touch screens won’t be part of Revolution’s controller, how much do you honestly think this is going to cost?
Jesus, you fanboys will believe anything, won’t you?
Yeah, uh, this is pretty silly.
Morons…this is “speculation” its not proven fact. The only thing tastier about this than one of our theories is that this dude is on the inside of things and has a slightly clearer view of what to expect. Don’t rip em apart for it..For some reason 3-D never crossed my mind even though it seems totally feasible. Also don’t forget that this feature, if a part of it at all, is only 1 of a few “revolutionary” features. Taken alone..yes it seems like a gimmick..but put them together and allow some wiggle room for exactly how Nintendo will design their games around this stuff..and potentially you have an incredible gaming experience. The only thing that sucks is… even if they provide a tech demo of this..How are we to see it w/o actually being at E3.
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if you se the results.. Nintendo Revolution is kicking the ass to PS3 and XBOX360….
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I think that something like this http://www.stereo3d.com/img/aeye2000med.jpg wouldn’t be to bad. Technically wouldn’t it be possible for a fps game to have some type of targeting system on the glasses? Add this to the already immersive idea or gyroscopic aiming and you have a truely different experience. I think that the touch pad could work if they had a fully programable “touch area” to suppliment a traditional button and joystick system. The wireless network would be a much better version of the whole gba-cube connectivity debacle. I just hope they have a recharger for the wireless controls and not just AA bateries.
I can definatly seeing nintendo getting much more “buzz” releasing a semi-virtual reality system than if they just made a system with better specs. And this could potentially attract new users to the market. Just think of all the people who see a revolution at best buy and try on the glasses. WoW it’s 3d. People love futuristic sci-fi movie crap and want to try it.
Why are people uptight about wearing glasses while you play games… Like sitting in your living room playing video games doesn’t look nerdy as it is….WHO CARES?!?!?!?!?! If wearing dorky glasses makes a game immersive…then who cares. Wear the dorky glasses..its not like youll ever wear them out of the house.
I’m pretty sure Nintendo already stated a touchscreen would not be on the controller (although I suppose that could change).
As far as the screen that IGN showed from Nintendo’s patent, I honestly don’t think it’s stereoscopic 3D.
After reading the patent it simply sounds like it’s for improvements on the in-game camera, which zooms in and out depending on the positioning of key figures. Just a way to keep all the main characters on screen at once. Certainly nothing that screams 3D in the stereoscopic sense.
On a rethough, that means that the NRev must have a headset device like the Xbox, only with glasses instead of just the ear peice, and mic.
Didn’t Iwata come out and state that the Rev will NOT include a screen of any type on the controller?
Also, it might be a good idea to actually READ Nintendo’s patent filing instead of making a wild guess based on a single concept sketch.
Read Nintendo’s patent, and see that it makes absolutely no reference to 3d imaging or goggles. Instead it mentions several times that the patent is to help give better perspective when gaming from a standard 2d television.
Sorry, but these guesses seem just as wild and baseless as what every fanboy on every messageboard is saying.
A gyro works essentially like a trackball inside the controller you control through tilting and turning (the turning part is key as tilt sensors are not gyros so they can not sense turning), but I was hoping that the controller would follow the slogan “touching is good, but feeling is better.”
http://www.demo.com/demo2/demonstrators/video/novint.asx
I was hoping for something revolutionary, though this 3D stuff is nice, it is only evolutionary. There must be something else. And it must be related to gameplay rather than the display.
I have my faith in the Big N. It is nice to see they are trying something different. In a way, when it comes down to it, this system may not even be comparable to PS3 or 360, it may define a new field of its own which would be good! Changing how we play games is a good idea and I cant wait to see it (or whatever it turns out to be) at E3.
If this is indeed what revolution will be..and if it is *that* awe inspiring..Then this is exactly what Nintendo should do to make a splash worthy of the type of impact only a tsunami could inflict. So x-box is getting its big MTV debut..big deal.
Nintendo should friggin mail a set of cheap paper 3-d specs with every major newspaper publication around the globe. Also hold a huge block party in times square worthy of New Years. Then simultaneously around the world via satellite feed… Just beam their 3-d demo straight to the masses to see first hand what this could do. I can see it now… A packed time square with nitnendo 3-d streaming out of every megatron digital display with 10,000 people with their hands in their and jaws to the floor. Like I aid..if this is real quality 3-d..I guarantee no one will talk about anything but revolution right through to release. It could put Nintendo right back in the #1 spot over night.
Listen, I think you guys might be confusing Touch screen with Touch pad, which are two very different things altogether.
SnsoryOverload– all kidding aside, that would be a sweet idea.
Ok, let’s just pretend for a minute that Nintendo intends to utilize all of the inovations that Brooke has mentioned.
If some sord of headgear is required, say glasses or whatnot, wouldn’t it make sense to get rid of the tv all together? That would be a great leveler wouldn’t it? Everyone would have the same size screen, and that screen would be a human being’s maximum field of view.
You could put the gyroscope in the visual display device (the glasses) and the movement of your head could dictate what you are looking at. That’s not to say, however, that you’d have to crane your head 360 to look at something behind you. You could always control your actual movement with the hand-held controller.
The funny thing about all this (my) speculation (about virtual reality) is that it’s already been done. You can go to any mall arcade and play virtual reality games using the same technology.
I understand that Brooke hasn’t said anything about virtual reality in his post, but I think that the above suggestions would be more plausible and offer a more immersive gaming experience than just having things “pop off the screen” at you. What about those of us with smaller tvs?
Anyway, I’m none too excited about the whole idea of stereoscopic 3D. 3D glasses make me sick, and 3D motion pictures died out during the 80s (with the exception of Imax, Disney, and Spykids 3D).
What I AM excited about are Nintendo’s future wireless capabilities. I think this will have an enormous impact when the DS goes online later this year. Many gamers aren’t located near hotspots, and allowing them to bypass these would be most appreciated. Apparantly Nintendo has pulled their heads out of their behinds about the whole online gaming thing.
Brooke’s revelations make alot of sense. If they do turn out to be true, the Revolution could have some serious Virtual Boy potential-just as Brooke pointed out. Let’s just hope Nintendo’s learned from past mistakes.
Its not like its out of reach for nintendo to do..they have an untapped 8-billion dollars in the bank..Its about time they start getting in the marketing arena with sony and microsoft. The only reason why Nintendo is behind is solely because of marketing. Theres this common misconception that Nintendo is some tiny little compant compared to the other 2. In truth, Nitnendo is as big as sony and microsoft have ever been. They just don’t flaunt it..its time they start.
Another thing I forgot to mention: 3D stereoscopic games have been available for the PC for a few years now. The googles just keep getting cheaper and cheaper.
But there are reasons why it hasn’t taken the world by storm.
•Most people don’t want to put on a headset every single time they play a game.
•More importantly-turning a game onto stereoscopic modes cuts the framerate in half because it has to keep two different camera views in the framebuffer at all time.
This means in order for Nintendo to make their games run smoothly in 3d mode, they will have to downgrade the graphics considerably. Considering that the XBox 360 (and possibly the PS3) will be more powerful than the Rev, then that will push the big N’s graphics back a further notch from the competition.
What we can completely know for sure is that Nintendo is doing something excitingly different. Despite alienating itself from the rest of the industry, Nintendo is doing something that sets the stage for the next level of gameplay.
Just imagine at this year’s E3 or next – rather than Iwata or Miyamoto introducing the new Nintendo, Mario himself being invited outside of his world and into ours in a way never really thought possible. I revel at the thought.
I understand that this is extreme foresight but, it is at least more plausible now with what we’ve come to know. And third party support? If you were a third party and you knew that you could create a game where the level of interaction is much greater than whats out there now, you’d capitalize.
I think videogames have become an ostracized niche in today’s entertainment industry. Really if you think about it, it makes sense that gaming will herald in a new form of entertainment: Interactive entertainment. Nintendo has been around for quite a long time, and despite sales dropping because of content – you’re bound to see the company show off something different. I welcome that, and I think we should all just anticipate something that delivers an awesome experience.
I would bet that they have more than 8 billion. I believe that is what their(pas t 5 years) console only has mearly made them. There is alot more money than just that.
Whats with all this talk that the revolution wont be as graphically capable as the others. Nintendo has already confirmed that the revolution will be able to output the same quality graphics the PS3 or Xbox360 would. The point they’ve been trying to get across is that graphics alone won’t enhance gameplay.
Nintendo said that there would be no touch screen on the controller.
Just an afterthought:
I believe the reason Nintendo has become so distanced from gamers today is because of their dedication to this project. The reason Nintendo did not endorse online gameplay earlier was because it did not want people to pay for such a service. Wireless networking has come to a point now that it could possibly be facilitated with ease, and a gamer need just turn on his/her Revolution and get online right away. That I think is what any gamer would want. Instant free access. The Nintendo DS is an example of such an endeavor.
The same goes with interface. When the GC was released, its controller received many great reviews. Obviously, a lot of technology and thought went into that product. Even the creators of Xbox used the controller as inspiration for their interpretation of an input device. Well, Nintendo can’t provide any less quality a product.
Time and time again, people in and around Nintendo have stress that graphics are not the only thing left to be improved on the next generation of consoles. And I don’t believe Nintendo intends to forget about graphics. It is important to the whole idea of immersion which is what Nintendo seems to accomplish. As an example, there was a rumour that the next console may utilize a dual core processor. Obviously this is definately a move they would make to output something on a graphical equivalent to the competition and a little something more.
All in all, Nintendo is dynamic, and its evolution is one that aims to improve on what it has already shown. Yes, Nintendo has made some grand mistakes, but under new management its going to be really interesting to see how Nintendo caters to a cynical generation of gamers and a dis-enfranchised group of Nintendo lovers.
As I stated on a previous post, the patents shown do not scream stereoscopic 3d to me. IF it turns out to be 3d then I would be extremely happy…but the thing that concerns me is how would they get it to work on all of the various types of television sets.
Even Imax glasses are not perfect with an obvious flicker on on occassion, and you still get a ghosting effct from time to time. On a television set it will be even harder to get a quality image.
You can get imax style shutter glasses now for home 3d viewing but they have even greater limitations. Once again there’s the annoying flicker/ghosting and just as important, they won’t work on a large number of tv’s .They won’t work on plasma screens,100hz sets or any sets with things such as line doubling. They will only work on a old standard tv.
Hopefully “IF” 3D does come to Revolution then it will be far better than what has been seen before, because anything less than perfection would be off-putting.
Personally I think if we see 3D on any system it will be the next gameboy. Nintendo will need something different to the PSP and a built in 3d screen (without the need for glasses) would be the obvious choice.
That was stupid. You told me in an e-mail that this news would be worth the couple days of wait. Plus I believe Nintendo has stated there wouldn’t be touch screen control. The idea of gyroscopic controllers does sound interesting, though. I wouldn’t suppose Nintendo would stray too far from the current way to play games. I would think that they are trying to add something to their console that will make developers wan’t to make games for the Revolution and have trouble porting to other consoles.
I though that the reason that steroscoping did not catch on in the computer gaming sector was because the devices were bulky?
Wow, what a waste of time. Another gimmick that points to uselessness. Way to pump up useless information that may or may not be true. So how many extra hits did you get to this worthless webpage? Congratulations everyone fell for your clever ruse to pump up awareness of your lame Broken Saints franchise… Why don’t you go stick your head in the toilet and flush.
if you’ve got this right (and from the ign patent it seems pheasable) this could be the most dagerous step in nintendo’s history. It could either see the enormous leap forward in the world of games we all hope for or the end of the only company that has the ability and the courage to make the industry progress. I’m very interested to see how this whole thing turns out i’m also very excited about the prospect of the 3d star wars(went a little off topic at the end there)
Yesterday i Re-read (and listened to the podcast) the word of Iwata at GDC. And, IF all this stereographic thing it’s true, I really don’t think how this would be related to the points that Mr. Iwata mentioned in the conference.
-One thing he said was that “in revolution, the biggest ideas, not th biggest budgets, would win” I think a that a llamative stereographic game would necesarilly have a great budget, because it needs to re-create a great athmosfere, a surrounding enviroment, and good graphics. This thing goes tied with another words of Iwata, I think that he said them last E3 (or maybe wasn’t Iwata, but was on latest E3) when he said that tha level of today graphics it’s great, so, it’s worthless to keep putting the effort on them (By the way… I wasn’t very suprised with MADDEN NEXT GEN… sure, it’s better, but… it’s what we really wanted… in that way i’m with Iwata).
-The other idea was simplicity. Nintendo wants to apeal not only the harcore gamers, also the none gamers (DS’s Nintendogs or Electroplankton). He said that the company wants to create a machine that can make mothers want to play it, not just watching. With that, i would say that this idea is not very llamative for people that is not gamer. For me, that i’m a Nintendo whore, it’s cool, but for others, it’s kind of complicated. Worse if they should use glasses.
Considering that, I’ve got two kinds of feelings: Stereographics it’s way too cool and wonderful. Just imagine an sport game that shows you the whole court and players running like real life… a Zelda that get us into Hyrule like never before… a Metroid when we could actually BE Samus and shoot the hell out tons of space pirates… or a Resident evil, with zombies popping out the screen!!! holy macaronni!
On the other hand, this is far too way of what nintendo has been saying: the “nerdy glasses”, the relatively high costs of this, the Virtual Boy attempt (would they step over the same stone again?), that by the way, means that they are not reinventing the way of playing…
My bets on revolution are har to explain. In some way, are similar to what Oracle said. If I had a free host to upload an image, I would inmediattely draw my idea, because I think that get all Nintendo’s ideas…
Finally… reggie once said that this console, unlike GC, will be “very sexy” in terms of design. What’s the sexy part on cheap cardboard glasses?
Erm, I don’t know about this. I tend to suspect that this is just a way to get more people to visit your blog.
None of this is at all new. It’s just totally recycled from various news sites.
In addition, Iwata has specifically mentioned that Revolution won’t feature a touch screen.
I am personally tired of seeing the same old rumors. Let’s just be content to wait for more details from Nintendo.
i hope everything is true except the touchscreen
Well…if this was just some average Joe’s blog..I’d be quick to scream scam with the others..but I found my way here through IGNcube which is the most reputable source I know of. Needless to say..An endorsement on their front page deserves credibility. I for one believe you.
A few of the ideas sound promising (especially the 3D display)….but the touchscreen controller is scaring me. I dont know about anyone else…but I like to feel the buttons on the face of the controller when I’m pklaying so I dont have to look down.
How on earth does one arrive at stereoscopic 3D from that patent? It doesn’t sound like anyone actually bothered to read it.
you dont have to look down, you could bring the controller up to your face you know!!
and to everyone thats mad, this is all speculation with higher then usual probability of being true.
off the subject, i want a DS, id much rather have a ds then a psp, simply because it has 2 screens, 2 screens!!!! 2 SCREENS. TWO. SCREENS. THATS TWO FOLKS.
christmas 2006???????????????????????? FUUUUUCK THATS a lot of months away
Well I think that the steroscoping part has to be inglarged expained. The blog says that the five directors were talking about a digital steroscoping device, that would rebreath life into their movies of the past and of the future, and also offer an edge in experince over HD TV sets. but when I went to the site linking from the blog, Lucas had said that he would have loved to redo his EP III movie in 3D with this tech, untill he found out that it would add 5 million to his budget. Guess he’ll wait for the return off of the movie, he has a year after all. Another thing the site was talking about was that the industy would not be ready untill 2007, and aparently, this device is something that is cost effetive and cheap to include. That
would go with Rods commments that a Game machine may jump the gun ahead of them and implement the tech in their next machine -before 2007. So it the way the tech works that has to be explained, ‘ cause my limited imagination can only think about glasses. Jaws 3D… get it.
I’ve got my awful drawings ready!!!!111!!!1111!!11!!1!!!1
I need to upload them into a freeserver, i think that they’ll be ready tomorrow… my model incorporates a gyroscope AND a touch pad… not a touch screen. With touch pad i refer to a fully customizable touch screen, but jsut to arrange buttons, that will be touched by your fingers… It’s no so difficult… come on, you don’t need to be watching all the time… I don’t need to see the button “A” when I have to press it. It’s just matter of memory and putting your fingers in the good direction.
Just wait until i can show you my horrible drawings and you will all understand
poopy thinks nintendo needs more than 3d. 3d colision detection based on and i toy like camera and controler would be nicer. Poopy know this.
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The patent merely describes how to draw the screen for different viewing angles. Ever see 4 people huddled around the N64 playing Golden Eye? Now if Revolution knew where the controller was relative to the screen, it could warp the quadrant view of that player so that even though he is 45 degrees offset from center, his view would be straight on.
Put it all together.
Also, a touch pad doesn’t require a screen. Touchpads have been around since atleast the 70′s. A touch pad overlay to a screen is what the DS has. You don’t need a screen underneath. So you could have the touchpad move a mouse pointer that would show up on the screen. That would fix FPS aiming. Nothing new there.
Put it all together.
Also, a gyroscope could turn a controller into a steering wheel. That would save you the money there. Heck a flight-stick.
Put it all together.
A wireless headset. Ala XBOX Live! A simple addon.
Put it all together.
Broadcom features seamless wireless security across multiple devices.
Put it all together.
What is revolutionary is the presentation not the technology.
well, it sounds cool but I still don’t understand how you could apply this to typical games. It just seems so weird to think of yourself being in a Zelda game and fighting bad guys. How could digital, made-up things become virtual reality? I’ve also heard about the Revolution being able to feel things at http://www.demo.com/demo2/demonstrators/novint.html it all looks pretty cool, but how could they ever make it into RPG format?
The 3D display idea has always been around Nintendo, but has never really hit off, as much as i’d like to see it, i personally can’t see it happening (not right now anyway), there’s still a long way to go before 3D display will be capable with a decent display and not being mega expensive.
Nintendo’s problem is that they don’t listen to what people want and they try to force things onto people (and not always being right about it). Gamecube failed because it wasn’t a multi-media system unlike the PS2 and Xbox. Online gaming was ignored because they thought it wouldnt be popular. Bad judgements which cost Nintendo. This time around they have to follow the market, give people what they want whilst also adding new elements, not forcing people a new concept and nothing the consumers were looking for as extras.
I’m afriad to say it, but Nintendo need to make their consoles easy to mod. I’m no fan of piracy, but it’s hard to ignore the fact that easily moddable consoles sell more (PSOne, PStwo, Xbox etc.), it was even rumoured that Sony themselves brought the idea to the public that modding the console was possible (some people think far fetched, but it’s certainly helped them win the console wars)
You’re a hack, this shit’s fake.
Iwata has said we’ve been thinking too hard about it.
Also it’s supposed to be “old technology that’s never been applied to gaming”
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FYI, a couple of you keep talking about this being a ‘traffic grab’…well, considering that we already average 5K visitors per day, what’s the big whoop about doubling that for 3 days with folks who we’re well aware won’t be hanging around long afterwards?
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I believe you Brooke, there is no reason not to. However this is America and over, way over, 50% of Americans are blind rats and only follow the sent of cheese…stinky downright devilish rotten cheese.
I am excited to see how this pans out, I called one of my contacts to see what was going on and the damn bastard had gotten fired so that really set the tone for my day.
I really truly hope that all of this is for real, to those who have problems go ahead and have your problems all i know is that I will be enjoying my self and be deeply immersed into my games.
John G, Iwata never said those things. Ever. They were said by some random person on a nintendo board. WAY TO GET YOUR QUOTES MIXED UP D00DER.
Nintendo has already said that the console will be able to connect to a computer monitor and that there wont be any touch screens on the controllers.
So Brooke, the question is: If your guesses turn out to be correct, would you have any intention of developing for this thing? Or would the whole “brave new world” bit be too much of an incovenience?
How about everyone just shuts the hell up and stop sounding like a bunch of idiots, and just wait until E3 so we can see whats true and whats false.
Wow. Nothing like speculations on a popular topic to bring out the ever-so-skeptical assholes. ^_^ Note the words ‘SPECULATION and EXTRAPOLATION’ right at the beginning of the post. The man got some insight, pieced the puzzle together in some very probable scenarios, and wanted to share his thoughts (which hold much higher merit than the tactless commenters in here, you should know who a person is before you bash them). There’s nothing wrong with that.
I am glad you shared your thoughts, Brooke. ^_^ I think that all the ideas sound interesting. Personally, I would love to see the gyroscope worked into the controller. Just think about how much fun it would be playing Mario Cart with the paddle acting as a steering wheel. I’m definately one who moves the controller around while I play, and this idea would make it all the better. ^_^
I’m also really liking the thought of it going wireless. The less cords to get in the way, the better. There might also be a possibility then of having more than 4 players to a system if you don’t need to worry about ports. (Not sure on the technicals behind that, but it’s an interesting thought.) I’m hoping to make my laptop wireless eventually, when I can get some money. (Right now, when I hook everything up, camera, tablet, printer, etc, etc, etc… there’s so many wires and gadgets it’s like Raimi’s home setup. lol ^_^) I’d also really like to see the Big N tap into wireless internet play, especially if they can do it without charging monthly fees.
For the 3d thought, I’d like to see it happen. One of the above posts made mention of having glasses that showed the individual player the play field from their point of view. Now that would kick ass. And I’d imagine that it would be possible. They already have the games on the GC that integrate the GBA to show separate POVs of the field, so if they master the 3d technology without falling back into the Virtual Boy area, then I could see it as a very intriguing possibility. And for the glasses…I wear glasses everyday, who cares? If it makes the gaming experience more enjoyable, pass ‘em over!
The ideas are great, and hopefully the games will meet the technology. Can’t wait to see if you’re on the mark, B! ^_^
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Nintendo never said they wouldn’t include a touch screen on the Revolution, they said it wouldn’t be a system like the DS, which could mean anything, including to quench the potential Revolution portability rumors.
That’s right Mgobue… I also remember that somebody said that the DS should be a clue of what we should expect from Revolution, so the Touch pad it’s my secure bet… Just wait until the moderartor accepts my prevous post, an then you will see my Revolution idea.
So, it hasn’t been ruled out yet to have a treadmill-like device attached to it. If you can add depth perception, what stops you from having to walk, jump, or silly walk your avatar through the game? As for the gloves, that would have been great to translate some of the interactive aspects for Myst 4 like trying to pull on chains to calibrate a machine or turning the pages themselves would be sensitive on how much torque you could apply with your mouse.
*Imagining the sensation of touching D’ni linking books thousands of years old*
PLEASE BARE WITH ME AS I AM ONLY USING MY VERY LITTLE KNOWLEGE OF THINGS TO COME UP WITH A THIN OUTLINE FOR WHAT COULD BE REVOLUTIONARY”
While I am no expert, I do remember my IT days in the Navy. Nothing the sort of 3d gaming ever came up in my training. However I do remember a technology called “Tempest”, which allowed infomation to be pulled from a screen (computer or Tv) using the screens frequency and then rebroadcast in some kinda flux. Since all Tv’s and Monitors use a freq. of 60hrz for the screen, Imagine if you will a full duplex transmission between the tv and the Revolution on the freq of 60hrz:
Revolution hooked up to the TV using Traditional methods, i.e. RCA, s-video, Componet Cables:
Now Imagine another signal from the Tv srceen in 60hrz that the Revolution picks up and then Retransmittis 0.005sec later that the Tv tries to pick up:
Last, insted of glasses, you would use a special light bulb that you could pulg in to any light fixture to see the second image being sent from the Rev. back to the screen on the same freq of 60hz only a tad later and in flux, kinda like a hologram and BAM, 3D gaming on a regular Tv with no glasses.
Now I know that has many, many holes and I’m probably missing some key facts to using “tempest” but with the limited info and rumors we have, this is the only crap I could come up with. Feel free to inject sense into this maddness of a post.
PLEASE BARE WITH ME AS I AM ONLY USING MY VERY LITTLE KNOWLEGE OF THINGS TO COME UP WITH A THIN OUTLINE FOR WHAT COULD BE REVOLUTIONARY”
well the spaming has started so I’m out. thankd brooke for sharing your thoughts. I don’t know how it could all work together to make a truly unique gaming experince, but then again I’m not the brightest upto date man in technology. I just hope that whatever Nintnedo delivers it special. I want to leave you all with a comment Iwata say a while ago.
“…There is the TV set, here is the controller, (held) in both hands. We should not hesitate to crash through the system Nintendo itself created…”
- Satoru Iwata
WOW! You know how to copy and paste! Now that’s revolutionary!
(Ohhhhhhh, can you smell the sarcasm?)
Nintendo has confirmed that there will not be two (or more) screens (or touch screens) for the revolution either on the controller or on the system.
As for the Gyroscopics, the possibilities are endless. Imagine a FPS with dual wielding. You walk by tilting, and aim each gun individually.
ALL OF YOU STOP.
Nintendo is a company.
They are releasing a product.
You either buy it or you don’t.
If you have emotional attachments to companies’ products then see a phychiatrist.
Thankfully Nintendo CEO’s don’t read this blabber.
Most of you will eventually buy a revolution if you do or don’t like the ideas presented now.
Play some games now. Stop looking into the future, and it will come sooner than you think.
That’s just great. I hated those 3D two colour glasses when I was younger because they wouldn’t work right if I put them in front of my real glasses. I don’t want the next system to be unplayable because I am lacking in perfect vision.
3-D……more like 4-D, I heard that nintendo is creating a new dimension just for their new console. Now THAT is a revolution!
Interesting. Very Interesting. I don’t think that it is gonna be a gamecube add on, but an entirely seperate system. Maybe the addon was an initial idea, but scrapped to be later put in a new system. If the 3D is what the big secret is, then nintendo better package it right, cause it will either sink or swim. It’s gonna be very interesting to see what they do for games. I don’t care what anybody says, I’m excited. Oh, and just some food for thought, remember that the revolution is going to be backward compatible, does that mean my gamecube games would be in 3D? Hmmm…..
…4-d is the three dimensions of space and 1 dimension of time.
As for my reaction to the news Brooke posted… i find some of it doubtful… but I still find it interesting. And it is just something that happens this close to E3, or have people not noticed that from previous years?
Assholes who have to rant and act like morons because it makes them feel superior need to just not use the internet… it would make all of our lives easier and more enjoyable.
Also… if you’re going to quote something on any forum… please double check your facts before you misquote someone. For instance, no Nintendo official has ever said “It’s nothing “new” technically speaking. It’s just something that hasn’t really been applied to video games yet.” That was a ‘inside source’ that someone claimed to have on a forum.
One more thing…. about the gaming. If infact we will see 3D, that does not necessarily mean geaky red/blue glasses. There is a style of 3D that uses speedy alternating dark/light to allow the viewer to see a quality 3D image. Check out eDimensional.com for further details. Everyone can say what they want about it, but it’s all speculation for now. If this thing does hit real big, especially at E3, then 3rd party developers are gonna be all over this like white on rice, on a paper plate, in a snow storm. The posibiities are endless. 3D – The tackles in Madden, the explosions in StarFox, the monsters in Zelda, Three-Dimensional, Dolby 5.1 surround sound. Think about it people. I already have goosebumps.
mala mia pero tengo q poner este link: http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/nintendo-revolution.htm no podemos descartar nada todavia.Hay q ser “open minded” ok!
Not to burst anyone’s bubble… since this is just my opinion, but…
I REALLY hope that 3d glasses are not incorporated. I don’t care so much about looking nerdy as I do about feeling dizzy, getting a headache, or just having that overall disoriented feeling. If anyone’s sat through a 2+ hour movie with 3d glasses on, you know what I mean. After a while you get fairly used to the 3d effect, but then when it’s time for the glasses to come off, getting back to normal vision takes some adjusting. I know some people won’t be bothered by this kind of thing at all, but personally I hope 3d glasses won’t be part of the equation.
As towards the “nerdiness” aspect of 3d glasses… I’m sure a lot of people will be turned off by this. I don’t think that image will help bolster sales for Nintendo at all, unless something truly extraordinary beyond what we’ve speculated is done with this idea.
My name says my position on this. Anyways…would we really need glasses to veiw 3D?
What if Rev. sent out some sort of light eg. Artoo-Deetoo’s holographic message recorder style(or imagine a projector). and when that light hits the T.V, it creates some sort of projection infront of the T.V? The projection is about the same size as your T.V (or maybe bigger) and it lays it infront of you, so that you can have people seeing what you see but in 3D.
I only thought about this because it seems to make sense if you can see the thing’s going on from any veiw (the 2D veiwing patent) and it presents unparrelled vewing options. You can rotate the hologram using a camera stick, and instead of the limited veiw of the T.V, it rotates the 3D hologram to your liking.
I probably havent explained it as well as I would like too have, but just imagine the console aimed @ your T.V, the two lights (console and T.V) hit each other just infront of the T.V, and you see a 3D veiw of the screen, so that you can see something behind you, or infront, or to the sides.
BTW. I am aware that for this theory i probably ignored or bent every law of physics or light or whatever, but hey, it’s only a guess, right?
One thing that Im a little worried about is the fact that as of right now Revolution will likely come out about X-mas 2006. So that leaves more than a year to go before we are blessed with a new system and yet it seems like the only big game on the horizen is Zelda. Unless Nintendo has some big things to unveil at E3 than we are looking at a serious drought ahead of us
well, I once saw a technic that made from 3D images real 3D figures. So if you look to your display and your special glasses are pointed at the transmitter you wil see depth in you screen, but that kind of glasses kost over $1000
There’s no good reason why nintendo should make handcontrollers with tilt sensors and touchscreens. And do you know why? The more technology the HANDCONTROLLER posess, the more expensive the multiplayer experience will be.. and I don’t think anyone would like to pay, let’s say, a good 60-90$ for a handcontroller.
I really think you should keep your mouth closed. We must wait for the games before starting to say “this can’t work”…because that’s what Sony and Microsoft want. Until it is reveled, we just can’t figure what this is really gonna be, so AT LEAST give them a chance.
Do it for Nintendo; don’t feed pro-Sony’s propaganda…
This doesn’t jibe with what I’ve heard. I guess we will all have to wait and see.
Yeah,, if this is it.. I’ve gone from optimistic to depressed in one hell of a hurry.
it’s fucking awsome!!!!
you get 3d asses 3d boobs and with novint falcon you can feel them
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nintendo is the power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they rule the fucking world all you sissies: what if what that it doens’t work
fuck you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t like the way you built this up into something big that you got people waiting for, just to get more hits on your site I suppose. You could have just posted your “speculation” first up.
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I don’t know why you guys think that glasses are needed for this. Sharp has released several LCD displays that project 3d images and holographic technology has been developed over the years and has been projected to be used in the medical field as well as other areas. This could be possible to use in the console. Its not impossible to project a 3d image its just making sure it can be see from a variety of angles.
nintendo said that they might alienate publishers for their next system. This might be true. It could be that the next publishers for the revolution would first come from hollywood studio’s such Dreamworks, Disney, Fox, Lucast Arts ect ect. hence their chips names Hollywood and broadway. Hollywood studios would take full advantage of the 3D stereo scopic technology. It would only be later when the rest of video game publishers will follow suit. what do yall think good idea or bad idea?????
The author of this article needs to read the original Nintendo patent more closely, or have a technically apt friend look over it. There is no mention of 3D projection technology. You are basing your speculation on something very tenuous and frankly incorrect.
The patent details code that allows a 3D camera system, like you’d see in just about any modern game, to keep multiple players on-screen at the same time. This sort of system is already used in stuff like Mario Party where you have multiple players controlling multiple 3D characters on screen at once, and the camera shifts to keep them all in the frame.
If this signals anything significant for Nintendo at all – which I doubt – it might mean they’re developing a new franchise, maybe a Diablo-like game where players run around Gauntlet-style.
You seem to have dismissed the truly significant feature, which is gyroscopic control. In addition to racing games, a tilt control can be used to control a first person view, a third person chase camera, or move a PC-like mouse cursor much more easily than you can with an analog stick. If developers honestly can’t think of anything that would be useful for, they get an F minus in game design.
See this entry for some more info:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/squaracter/10595.html
The most revolutionary things are first skepticized, then realized, modernized, then taken for granted.
The Revolution is ALREADY a success, and has yet to make its debut.
Nintendo will ALWAYS play a part in the console wars. Unlike Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo paid their dues, and are debt-free. GameCube didn’t fail, and it’s not over yet either, just because it hasn’t done as well as other consoles, doesn’t mean they didn’t profit; they just didn’t profit as much as they had hoped.
With every Revolution comes an Evolution…
Starting early next year, the video-gaming experience will never be the same.
.r.e.v.o.l.u.t.i.o.n.
Err…I didn’t read this whole thing, but first off, Nintendo said there will be NO touch screen on the controller. Second, the thing is backwards compatible with NGC, so it will have at least that many buttons. As for the whole gyroscopic thing, I think he’s just feeding into the hype that’s been building over it. Just wait until e3 people, it’s not that far away.
whoa kiddies and john goats, i think you guys pretty pethetic. get out of here and go to you xbox and ps blogs, if ever a thing exists that is most intruiging and has loyal fans that are as compasionate as us nintendo loyalist
I’ve been a Nintendo fan for more years than most, yet if this is the REVOLUTION we have all been waiting for, color me disappointed.
wow, i’m really feelin nintendo. I just watched the Next Gen Madden and all i could think of is “that’s it!” sure the graphics were ausome, but thats it. Nintendo is on par on where next gen of gaming should be, graphics are good, but gameplay is what matters.
I think Nintendo still keeping quiet on some stuff that could be what is really revolutionary. I personally have to say that gaming has gotten boring. Games are all the same and need to be refreshed. You play one football game you have played them all, same with all the other genres. This is why Nintendo is trying to innovate because in time the industry will become stagnant. Just look at the crap the movie industry has been giving us. Rehash after rehash and they are starting to make less revenue over the years. Nintendo is doing the right thing the problem is that gamers are too stupid to notice any differences in games. They just take what is “cool” so just slap some porn or ultra slick violence and no gameplay into a game and you have a winner. Just look at GTA. Personally I think its a stupid boring game where you just do same thing over and over. The only reason its popular is cause of the braindead public that thinks it is cool to steal cars and kill people. They are so ignorant to the fact that if that happened to them that they would become mentally unstable.
Holy crap. So many messages I couldn’t even freak’n read through them all. Ok, the gyroscopic thing sounds cool, but I’m hoping it won’t be the main feature. It’ll work great for some games, but it just simply won’t work for others. If SEGA made a Super Monkey Ball game using this technology it would be great. But can you imagine trying to play Zelda like that? And Nintendo said there were no CURRENT plans to put a screen on the controller or console. Since they’re still tossing ideas around it could still end up in the finished product. The thing that has me most interested is the whole wireless thing. Although I hope it won’t require a wireless router, because I have dial-up.
@tomic unless its WiMax then you are gonna be outta luck. I don’t know of any wireless technology that can be used throughout the world meaning no limits to how far you are unless they plan on using some sort of high speed radio frequency or something though I am not expert in wireless technology.
@tomic, using a gyroscopic controller to play Zelda would work fine. The camera adjustment you’d normally do with the C stick / C buttons can be done by tilting the controller. Your right thumb would never have to leave the face buttons, and you’d have to fiddle with camera controls a lot less.
Pushing or pulling crates in dungeons could use tilting as well. Honestly people, it doesn’t take that much imagination to understand how this would improve upon existing control schemes.
umm boner. ok well i think that will be sweet. and thats coming frm an unbiased opinion. im sick of the “norm” in games and i think old nintys going for something new which is cool. i hope theres like Super Mario 3-2 or Super Mario 6 considering it`s the sixth mario game. i am such a bad ass. like a remake of 3 would be great in 3d. screw the cap, the coon tail and crap is fine with me. and i liked 64 but no fire power, just kick it old school Shigeru!!!
I can’t even watch 3D movies, they give me a headache. They are just hard to focus on. Anticipation for Revolution = cut in half.
i have to agree with max. FPS games already give me a freaken headache thats why i only rent them
Well, if you guys are so disappointed with Brooke’s speculations (I’m not), then why don’t you guys make up your own speculations? Why not do some fancy sketches and Photoshop them? Jeez, stop whining. If you don’t like the Revolution, then don’t buy it.
People were disappointed too when they found out about Metroid Prime being played through first-person….then look at how it turned out.
Chill and Cheers
Sounds interesting. Resident Evil would be cool game to play in 3D. Zombies popping out nowhere right in frint of yours an shit…lots of possiblities…
3D – As stated above, the tec. is not related to 3D. Could be possible but don’t think it would make your mother ask you to try that shit (as stated by nintendo).
Wi fi tec – Fact
Gyro – Could be
Touch screen – Iwata said no (thanks god)
“Feeling” tec. – http://www.demo.com/demo2/demonstrators/novint.html Could be… in line with “….feeling is better” statement
Interesting… especially that bit on a peripheral for cube… Iwata was speaking about a peripheral that could have increased tha time-life of gamecube…. mmmh….
Did anybody ever see the video kicking around the net that showed off 3d objects projected into a real space that had been rumored to be connected to Nintendo? Seems a tiny bit more relevant now…. interesting stuff. Curious how much of it pans out.
i’ve read somewhere about something that could project 3D objects without the need for glasses. if so then the revolution would not require gamers to wear one. horayyy
Now connect all of that up with small gyro chips and wireless transmitters in the 3D glasses that allow you to have full motion head tracking. NOW you have a Revolution.
I really don’t know what to think about the concept of 3D, but I have some ideas why if it were to be true, it wouldn’t require glasses.
1. Added expense
2. Something to lose/break
3. Spectators would not be able to enjoy the action “on-screen.”
I’m surprised only one person mentioned this, but Sharp has already developed computer displays (initially used on their laptop LCD screens) that can project 3D without need for any sort of glasses. And anyone who’s read The Bible (aka David Sheff’s Game Over) knows Nintendo has connections at Sharp running all the way before they hit it big in the home video game industry. Intriguing, ne?
The only thing I’m willing to swear by is the matter of touch screen/pad controllers. Nintendo is ALL about intuitive control, and these control methods provide no tactile feedback. Remember how much it sucked to use the virtual analog stick on the DS? Completely unintuitive. If they are, in fact, intending on providing a customizable control scheme, I predict it will be some sort of flexible membrane where bumps can programmed to rise upward, forming buttons. For a makeshift example of what I am talking about, think about those “executive toys” with the hundreds of little pins that you can press onto your face/hand/etc and leave an imprint.
as long as they bring Pilotwings back I’m Happy.
where is the info on that phrase you mentioned “touching is good, feelin is better” who said that?
Just for shits and giggles; my interpretation:
There is a technique to create 3D on normal screens without the need for a polarized filter (glasses, etc.). My understanding (and forgive me if I am wrong) is that traditional 3D techniques have an interlaced image that is filtered by glasses to create depth. The red and blue glasses filter the interlaced image so that each eye sees a different picture, causing the brain to combine the two perspectives creating 3D.
A way to create 3D without using filters is to quickly (not just quickly, like double the norm, so I assume 120 fps) flicker between two images from different perspectives. This confuses your brain into seeing 3D, and I believe this technique works within the realms of Nintendo’s vague patent. If there is 3D, I imagine it will be done like this.
Why is this not already used in movies? I don’t know, but it could be that film projectors do not have a fast enough frame rate to support it, which would explain the digital projecter that Lucas and company used. Why not on DVD? I would also guess that the DVD standard is not capable of such high frame rates, nor the additional space needed for the frames. Add to that the incredible cost of shooting a film from two perspectives, or digitally creating another perspective.
In gaming though, this could incur no additional development cost. The hardware could just render the 3D image in two different ways, which could mean that it would do it for gamecube titles too. That could (okay, maybe this is more of a stretch) explain the reasoning for a dual-processor system, so that it would have a processor for each perspective.
The gyro controller sounds very likely to me. Since the claim is to use old tech in new ways, I expect this won’t be the same as Kirby Tilt & Tumble, though it may have that functionality. I think the gyro-related link above is right on target. I remember hearing about an enhanced ‘rumble’ function, so the gyro could be used as a feedback more than a sensor, or both. I’ve never played with a gyro scope, but I remember a millinium falcon toy from Taco Bell that had one in it. When you would spin it, it would cause the falcon to balance on one point. If you held it and tried to tilt it, you felt noticable resistance. I think this is going to be the primary function of the gyro. Nintendo’s new controller philosophy seems to be based around simplicity, so I think it is likely there will be no buttons or very few.
A while back I remember a patent by Nintendo for a some sort of positioning system, perhaps it was GPS, maybe I made this up. I’m not sure. Either way, I think a possibility for the other special wireless technologies is a sort of positioning system for the controllers. The angle of the image and could change to reflect your positon in the room, or the individual postitions of each player in the room.
Most of the features of the system I envision would be simple in action. A controller that you tilt and move to affect the game, and consequently it moves back at you. Not 13 joysticks and 42 buttons, just simple movement and perhaps a couple buttons. The postitioning system would be transparent to the end user, and the 3D would just work, no glasses. You wouldn’t think about it, it would be natural. Raise your hand if you think this will be crap for fighting games and other button-freak-outs? [I'm raising mine].
Nintendo is doing something fundementally different, so while I may be wrong, I think I am on the right track. It won’t work like other game systems, so don’t expect to play the games you’re used to. Nintendo rarely gets the cross-platform games anyway. It won’t kill Sony or Microsoft, it doesn’t need too. It will have its own market. Most gamers have 2 or more systems anyway. So in the end, will you buy PS3 and the all-too-similar XBOX 360, or will you buy one of those and the completely different Revolution? In a sence, Nintendo is providing the hardcore gamers with something different while providing the non-gamers with a game system that they are capable of playing. Please stop saying that Nintendo is losing, it’s not just incorrect, you are hurting my poor fanboy feelings.
Honestly, I hope it’s not something as simple as more frames-per-second. Obviously, I don’t have any experience with it, but that really does sound like something that should be one (admittedly small) game’s gimmick – not a whole machine.
“Ooo, it kinda looks 3D-ish” is not what I’m looking for here.
Something that actually looks as though it’s coming out of the TV, though, or something that actually “does”… Now you’ve got something I’ll take out a loan for.
I really, really, really, don’t want to wear 3D glasses.
I have personaly never seen 3D technologies in person before. And when it comes to looking at the idea that an ultra high framerate coupled with mind bending effects could produce the effect of 3D, it rules out the usage of commong computer screens and telivision screens. 90% of T.V’s out there only bother to refresh their own screen 60fps, even high end HD tvs would have difficulty working with this ultra high frame rate. The perception of the human optic nerv can only really handle between 47-66 frames per second. at 32 frames per second we are even fooled into thinking something is moving. But at this high frame rate, It is understandable that when one adjusts their possition to the platform upon which this 3D system is working, the motor coordnation within the optic nerve and the translation we eventually get in our brain will assume that that the repossitioning of the object in our free space has occured. think of it this way, the intensity from one angle changes to the other angle. look at simple holograms on flat pices of paper, when one moves, ones perception assumes that that object upon that flat survface has moved in either responce to you or as a change in perception. Now looking at the technology aspect of it all, how can there be an implication of such a technology into a home? It would be quite difficult due to the fact that a seperate medium (from that of telivisions and computer screens) would have to be intorduced. What us Sci-Nerds call a half box (take the top and two sides off of the corner of a cube, its hard to explain) would be nessasary, or an abundant floor base containing thousands if not millions of tiny mirrors shaped like pyramids
from my quick read through this, it doesn’t look like it was mentioned so….
the Revolution controller will NOT have A or B buttons or a D-Pad – this has been officially announced
that said, i’ve also heard that the controller could be entirely pressure and touch sensitive, letting developer’s map out their own buttons
as for the display, i’m all for it. it makes sense, u only focus on what you need to…like driving. you can watch the road, then when u want to check the mirror or speedo u just change your focus a little and glance in that direction. except it will all b in front of you, whereas now your looking at a flat plane with the appearance of depth. kudos to nintendo for bringing us a step closer to full VR
Cont… This abundant base technology would be able to progect upwards from the floor (a small base being one ft square) and progect towards three different intense points due to the pyramid. and with the progection off these three angled surfaces, when one adjusts their position around the base, they will move from looking at either one face of the pyramids to seeing two at the same time. the reason the high intensity of this frame rate is important is to fool the eyes, when looking into this platform, one will be baraged with the images off both mirrors or off a collective surface of mirrors focused in one direction. Enough said about this, it only gets more complicated from here, but this technology is only in a fledgling state, I belive that the largest base created for this form of eye twisting technology is only five inches square. thus it would be very difficult on nintendo’s part to present a lifted 3d image. But don’t give up hope! there are ways to create negative space on a flat surface. One does not need an image to exit the surface to progect a 3d image. Again, what us Sci-nerds call a flat surface 3D renderign. thats squishing a 3D image upon a flat surface such as a telivision screen. But with technology that creates negative space, It would be more like looking into a mirror. When your perspective changes, so does the image, and that is the real revolutionary thing about this concept of 3D. I figure its all about perspective, negative space on a computer screen or on a telivision screen or even progected on a wall would be astounding. because of motion tracking technology. one would wear a pin or a sticker that a camera would recognize and adjust the image upon the wall in responce to your movement. But rather than reacting like a flat surface hologram ( I know some of you fear the wonky effect of a hologram) it will process the image apropriatly and smoothly for your movement. Here’s a little expriment any of you should try if you have a camcorder or a web cam. Hold the Camera at arms length and point it towards your face, and keep it in a relativly static possition regarding your head. now move around the room and adjust your body without moving the camera from that static possition in relation to your head (alike attatching the camera to a pole, than attatching the pole to your head with the camera looking back at you) If you do this and see the cool effect created, than you can imagine the image progected on a screen or a wall doing this very thing, your head the object in the game and the camera your vantage point. Maybe this is a little hard to twist your head around. so I will close with the reasons why i think nintento will be able to do this 3D thing successfully.
-firstly, looking at technologies such as negative space and how easliy rendered they are upon flat walls and screen, it would more than plosible to process this within a console even as dated as the nintendo 64, It is really not even that hard, I can create the illusion of negative space myself by using my cheap camcorder and putting it on the tv, as long as there is a focus point in the static posstion and the camera reacts directly to the focus poit (as i tried to explain earlier). This basis of game controll is already the fundamental vantage point for all video games (say the first person)
-movement recognition technologies developed for simple items such as a web cam or a sony eye toy would allow for the express illusion of changed perspective when the player stands up, shifts their possition or walkes from one side of the cameras vantage point to the other.
-And finnaly, the projection upon a screen or a wall would be quite clear and crisp colorwise due to advanced rendering technologies. that is why this wasn’t available when Game Cube came out, this negative space idea has been used since the cold war in flight simulators. But for the graphics that are boasted by nintendo, sony and microsoft, it would take quite the processor to achive a seemless movement recognition for such demanding games-graphic wise.
I hope the scheptics out there see that there are many ways to achive this 3D thing, there is the multi million/impossible way. the old 1950′s bi-color lens way, and there’s the simplest way of all, the use of negative space (the space found in the reflection of a mirror, or a highly rendered 3d image.
i was also thinking the same thing what carl D was trying to say about the controllers. the whole controller would just be flat surface untill you push the power button on and then the controller starts taking shape in the way carl D discribed
People, read the patent:
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=15&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=Nintendo.AS.&OS=AN/Nintendo
There is NOTHING there about 3D holographic projection. All of what’s described takes place on a conventional, 2D television / monitor display. The only “3D projection” takes place in the game code.
It’s totally ridiculous that the author of the article has fueled speculation with such an inane and frankly inaccurate leap of logic.
I agree with Squaracter and i just want to say to PETER HUNT, shut your fucking mouth and put your XBOX 360 into your GYROSCOPIC RECTUM!!!!
I think the fact that Nintendo are trying to produce innovative games and gaming technology is fantastic. Whether or not it will work remains to be seen, but I’m personally not even going to think about it or start forming any biased opinions on the matter until I’ve seen what they’ve got at E3.
The way I see it is the video games industry has become stagnant, let’s face it. Sequels, prequels, revamped graphics engines, more buttons…it’s all just making gaming more complex in the hopes of making each generation of gaming more interesting. On the other hand, innovative technology (like those Virtual Reality set-up’s we were able to try out at games shows in the past) are exciting and different. I would see people ditch all the other stands showcasing traditional rehashed games so that they could go and queue up to play on these innovative VR systems.
Now, consider for a moment that this “Revolution” that Nintendo promises could produce fully 3D realised environments, like in those VR games, but now with X-Box 360′s graphical capabilities, and a control system that reacts to your actual hand movements, etc. Isn’t that a infinitely more interesting a concept than more rehashed racing, fighting, platform, and puzzle games? When I think of the Revolution, I try to picture how I would want to play FPS games – in FULL 3D (like those VR systems) with a simple controller with a trigger that can be held in just one hand like a gun. Your targeting systems would go where you physically aim with the gyroscopic controller, and if the Revolution had some kind of VR headset, your camera perspective would pan up in real-time, just from you actually looking up. The problems of moving around could be solved with a single analogue stick under the thumb, or as mentioned previously, a touch sensitive touchscreen-esque sensor.
Racing games would in the same fashion, with the triggers acting as analogue sensitive accelerators, and steering simply controlled by tilting the controller from side to side. Someone pissing you off to your left? You could physically turn your head to the left to check out their position.
Now, I know Nintendo hasn’t made any references to any form on VR gaming, so don’t even bother trying to tell me I’m wrong because I’m not saying that I’m right. Call me an optimist, but these are the kind of innovations I want to start seeing in my gaming experiences. And until next month’s E3 festival, I’m going to hold out for something special, because I want to believe that there’s more to the great future of gaming than just pressing buttons to interact what’s being displayed on a solo screen. If Nintendo let me down too much, I’ll just get the X-Box 360 and pray for a more innovative future. But ultimately, who wants to keep paying to play rehashed versions of the same games forever? I know I don’t.
Something like that. There is no definite revolution yet. The actual N5 probably won’t even determine it. But what I’m sure what we all would like to see for the industry is one eye, two eyes, one eye, four eyes.
Squaracter,
I read the patent but don’t really understand the principle. Can you shed some lamen light on this?
I’ve been following this blog for awhile now, and I must saw I find it quite misleading. Is this a publicity stunt? For the record, I can 100% guarantee that the Nintendo Revolution will NOT use 3D images a la Spy Kids 3D.
I worked for NOA for 5 years, and I am now currently working with a major 3rd party developer who happens to be working on all three next generation consoles. I’m not going to give out the company name, due to obvious reasons.
The next generation hardware will bring about a total change in the way we view video games. You already know about the power of the Xbox 360 (Huxley is a great example), but the PS3 and the Revolution are going to blow you away. All three will be at E3, don’t worry. I knew the PS3 was going to be a very capible piece of hardware, but I didn’t image it would be as powerful as it truly is. Microsoft ran around telling everyone how much more powerful the Xbox was over the PS2 and GC. I wonder how they are going to market the Xbox 360, since in will be the weakest next generation console.
I’m going to reveal some details about the Revolution, as well as give out some hints. I probally won’t reveal the “revolutionary” aspect of it, though. Nintendo has a enormous suprise waiting for you all at E3. You won’t believe your eyes.
go on then – you exNOA guy – spill the beans! Tell us what you know!
yes tell us or i will hunt you down ex nintendo dude
Derek:
The patent details code that allows a 3D camera system, like you’d see in just about any modern game, to keep multiple players on-screen at the same time. This sort of system is already used in stuff like Mario Party where you have multiple players controlling multiple 3D characters on screen at once, and the camera shifts to keep them all in the frame.
The specific focus of the patent is to specify how such a camera system could be used to create a consistent focus point, rather than one that moves and shifts constantly (as, say, the camera in Gauntlet might). This allows you to keep your eye on a relatively fixed point on the screen rather than darting about constantly.
That’s it. Smarter camera code. Nice to have, but NOTHING TO DO WITH 3D STEREOGRAMS / HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION / ETC.
Gamesradar has picked up this story now, and it’s all because the author of this article didn’t bother to read what the patent was saying.
There are going to be some disappointed fanboys at E3, but in this case it won’t be Nintendo’s fault. Hooray for lazy journalism.
Squaracter,
Hmm. That’s pretty much what I thought. The text in the patent paragraph was overly technical. That said, a ‘smart’ camera system is NOT what Nintendo will be showcasing at E3.
I’m sure Nintendo has something up their sleeves that will blow us all away.
I was pretty much just speculating stuff I like to dream
. I do remember holographic technology that is starting to come around. I believe a company where I live (Rochester, Ny) was developing units for holographic projection. Then again it was for medical purposes. It still would be cool. Either way I am a die hard Nintendo fan and will get the Revolution and I am still excited about it.
oh wait there is two dereks lol hey derek #2
sup g.
irrespective of this being a case of confusing patent descriptions, mightn’t it be possible to have the projection unit in the controller or at least a separate one for each player?
3D gaming? stop building up our hopes! lol
You guys are still talking about the 3D angle of that article? Check the date of the patent in question. This has already been used in a game that’s out right now. I would suggest you pay attention to IGN or N-Sider more.
Like I said, I’m going to give out some details on the next gen hardware, especially the Nintendo Revolution. You guys already know a lot of information on the Xbox 360; you guys have already seen the specs of the system. Gamespy released them around GDC. I was at GDC, and I’ll fill you in on some stuff that IGN can’t talk about. Specs and details on the Nintendo Revolution were given out to developers during the conference. I can verify that my company as well as EA and Midway received them at GDC. I’m positive other publishers received them as well.
From what I’ve heard, Capcom and Namco are sold on the Revolution and are currently playing around with the development kits. I don’t know whether they are actually making games for it though. I was suprised to hear that Square Soft has a game in development for the Revolution. It will be at E3 as well as some other next gen titles for the PS3.
I’m currently working on a game for the Revolution as well. I can’t guarantee that it will be at E3 though. I think people are going to be very suprised. When I worked with Nintendo, I was able to see the earliest builds of the system. It has come a long way, to say the least. There are a lot of graphics whores out there who feel the Revolution will be a weak system. They will be very suprised come E3. Microsoft is banking on stealing the show, but I think they will be upstaged by Nintendo as well as Sony. It’s going to be very funny to see them trying to get people excited about Perfect Dark 0 when both Nintendo and Sony will be showing off Halo killers.
Aries = liar
@Aries
Though I really don´t know if I can truely believe the things you´re writing, you made me curious! So, maybe you´re just another freak, or you relly know something. Just tell us, what are the specs of Revolution? And what about the pads?
He’s obviously douchebag with no connections what-so-ever.
He still says Squaresoft…
Who doesn’t KNOW if their game is gonna be at E3 (wtf)
The Revolution won’t have 3D – BUT – We ‘wont believe our eyes’.
I’m just a game tester and I probably know more than him.
I am a liar? I’m a gamer just like you, Dood. Now, I get to be a gamer and work on them as well. It’s a great thing.
I’m not going to share specs with you because they aren’t really that important. I think Iwata said something like that when asked the same question. All three consoles are going to be very powerful, trust me. I’ll give you some information though: it will be more powerful than the Xbox 360. Much more powerful. Many gamers seem to think it will be as powerful as the GBA or something. That isn’t the case at all. From what I saw during my time their as well as our game, it will be very capible.
But having the most powerful console doesn’t guarantee that gamers are going to buy it. Software sells the games. And if that statement holds true next generation, the Nintendo Revolution will be very popular.
In my next post I will “spill the beans” on everything I know about the Revolution. I’ll give you some hints though. All the rumors out there are not mere rumors. Some are planted by people who are working on the consoles. In fact, Nintendo is doing this right now with the information they’ve released on the Revolution. You are going to see why Nintendo hasn’t just come out and said confirmed that the Revolution is going to be very powerful. You’re going to be punk’d by them in a couple weeks. Pay attention to the boards, especially Nintendo’s board. It’s much better than OurColony.
Dear Aries
Don t know if you really work on Revolution, but can you tell me what is the game your are talking about?The one which already use the 3D angle stuff…
Dood, keep in mind that things change at the last minute. If I remember correctly, Miyamoto was supposed to show off Mario 128 at last E3, but at the last minute decided not to (that whole paranoia thing.) I still say Squaresoft
Also, a system doesn’t need to have 3D to blow us away 
On that note, I’m also sorta skeptical on you, Aries. Nothing personal, it’s just that you don’t have evidence to back your claims and you can’t provide any (unless you want to get fired, of course.)
Well, Sean, of course I can’t give out everything. You’re right; I don’t want to get fired. If I confirm the game I’m working on, we’ll all get in trouble.
Amuroray, I think you know already. The game is for the Gamecube obviously. I just can’t believe people think it has anything to do with next generation hardware.
Aries, what company do you work for? And why do you keep saying “ylu’ll spill the beans in my next post”. Are you stalling for time to think of what the rev rly is?? I want to believe you, I just somehow need to know who you really are. Maybe you can provide your name so I can sopmehow see if this is true? Because if it is, this could be huge stuff you’re giving us. However, it could just be an elaborate hoax, and frankly, ive seen enough of them
So how accurate is Brooke’s speculation, Aries?
Ok thank you…About The Revolution, we going to see it very soon..(if they dare to show it…)So I can wait until E3.
Aries sounds legit. Just hear him out, and form your own views.
Fine, if hes lying, though, Ill be really angry
Maybe He will give us only Hints or clues….
so……………Aries spill the funkin beans dude. Just prove your for real, you dont have to tell us anything confidential.
As far as I see it (because I’m too trusting) Nintendo has the resources to do way better than their competition. I know the age old rivalry between Sony and Nintendo used to be the focus back in the day, and lately it has been a so-called beat down on Nintendo in the last four years. But with Gamecube and its reportedly so poor sales and a situation with the developers which looks totaly bleak, there is a feeling that Nintendo is indeed the underdog (at least for us North American Fanboys). And with that status (eventhough nintendo steals the show at most of the conferances they are at) Nintendo not only as a firm but as an ideology (ideology because I too have mistakenly enraged a fanboy by making a wayward glance at an X-box) that those who have supported and in some cases suffered for nintendo the last four years have now come to a crossroad. There is much excitement in the air for us, Look at this blog, If a sterile perspective were to come into this blog, they would say that we are all building castles in the sky, and some are trying to tear them down. however, if this is true, that dozens and dozens of ninteno Fanboys around Northamerican have become so enamoured with this new console as to make post after post defending, almost violently, defending against the slightest critic. and one should not be angry for this statement, because it proves one thing that nintendo has that sony only has a little of, and microsoft has almost none of (Jhon Cherry moment here), Nintendo has our hearts and minds. enough said
ok….i’m still waiting for Aries to proof his claims………………………..
Here you go:
Brooke got some things right, but much of it is flawed. I don’t know whether he just made up a lot of that stuff, because many of the points have been disproven before. For instance, Game Informer wrote an article on the next generation consoles in which it claims the Revolution’s controller will have one giant touch screen. I’m thinking this is where Brooke got that idea. The Revolution will not have a touch screen. Iwata has stated this before. The controller will be quite normal in the sense that it will have a d-pad and buttons. Like I said, I’m not going to tell you the revolutionary aspect of the system. Nintendo has some cool pre E3 plans for that.
First off, the 3D visuals he mentioned have nothing to do with the system. Nintendo isn’t crazy.
It will also have gyroscopic controls, but like Brooke said, not all the games will use it. For instance, earlier I mentioned Nintendo has a Halo killer in development for the Revolution. This game will use the gyroscopic controls for aiming as wel as other things. Our game isn’t using this function.
The controller will be wireless; he’s right about that. As you also know, the Xbox 360′s controllers will be wireless as well. Where do you think they got this idea? That’s why Nintendo is still trying to determine what to show at E3. From what I’ve heard, they will show the design of the system as well as games. I’ll tell you about the software later though.
The controller will also be pressure sensitive. The pressure you put into it will determine certain things, such as movement. This is another optional capibility. Someone on Nintendo’s board mentioned this months ago. They said that “touching is good, but feeling is better.” This may sound strange, but it provides great controls. Racing games will really be helped by this control setting.
The Nintendo Revolution will also include voice control more advanced than anything seen so far. Nintendogs is just the beginning. To achieve this, Nintendo sent us headsets (similar to ones you can use for Xbox Live) that are wirelessless communicating with the console. Imagine being able to merely call for an airstrike or reload your gun by giving out commands orally. So far, we have put this feature to the test the most; as you can see, I’m excited over this feature.
From a graphical perspective, the Nintendo Revolution is very powerful. Many people seem to think this won’t be the case, but rest assured. The games I saw while working at Nintendo were very beautiful. I’ll tell you about those later.
As Nintendo has stated before, the system will be online. In my eyes, the online system they have set up is the most revolutionary part of the system. While Sony and Microsoft are busy turning their systems into trojan horses for their other electronic devices, Nintendo is going to use the Revolution for direct communication with gamers. The only way I can describe it is as an internet service. Imagine turning it on and checking your mail on the system. You see previews and demos of DS and Revolution games that you can download. A magazine similar to Nintendo Power will be exclusive to the system, and you will be able to access it on the Revolution’s homepage. As you check you mail, you will also see various invitations from gamers on your buddy list who want to play you. There are so many other ways this is going to be used. Once the Revolution comes out, there will be no reason to hang out on message boards. Message boards as well as chat rooms will be available on the Revolution so that gamers can discuss and challenge each other all day. And the best thing is that the entire thing is totally free and easy to use. Why play Madden on Xbox Live when you’ll be able to play it for free on the Revolution with much better services?
That’s all I’m going to reveal for now. There are some very interesting games in the horizon for the Revolution; I’ll talk about them later.
Hmmmm. Wasn’t it already reviled officially that there would be no D-pad on the controller.
I believe you, but certain things trouble me. First of all, what is the big “revolutionary” feature. Youve named quite a few things, all of which have been rumored before, but nothing new or so revolutionary. What could the real revolution be? And, you said the feature you are most excited about is the microphone/voice commands. That doesnt sound too good, if that really is the thing you are most excited about.
Sorry, revealed
How does that shit prove you are who you say you are.
Well……….stop making claims you cant support.
Like Brooke said, console ideas are nothing without good games. Once you see the games, you will understand. I would go as far to say that the Revolution isn’t as revolutionary as Nintendo is saying. It should be called the Nintendo Simplicity, because every aspect I mentioned greatly simplifies the gaming experience. For instance, the pressure sensitive grips on the controller make racing games much easier to control and play. Wave Race (yes, it will be at E3) is going to be very impressive because it will use this function. It will be sort of like controlling a game with one of those stress balls. You squeeze it and you go faster. It’s hard to explain though.
Don’t expect to see too much if any of the controller at E3 though. Nintendo is still trying to decide what to show and what not to show. The games will be revealed, as well as specs and the system design. But the controller is still being considered.
To Jesus: when you see the voice controls, you will be blown away. Go back and watch some sci fi movies with voice controlled vehicles (such as AI or I am Robot).
well if u think about it voice commands is advanced ai. What if Revolution could recognize 20,000 words of the english language and respond accordingly? Wouldn’t that be revolutionary in itself. I was thinking about the hardware and I think that maybe it is possible that the revolution will use a 64 bit dual core processor that ibm is developing for the system. I think a lot of this seems like stuff that nintendo would do and couldnt just be pulled outta thin air.
Derek, you are very, very close. The online system they are creating isn’t just for communication and online play. It will be able to download specific software in order to upgrade. This will allow for downloadable dictionary patches that will allow the system to understand even more words and phrases.
To Jesus: How do you want me to “prove” that I’m right? Should I give you my name and company? You must be crazy. Wait until E3. It’s only 20 days away. So in 20 days, you will know almost everything that I know.
Aries just saw your other post. I am fully supporting you because this is a lot of stuff I myself have thought they might be doing. I just thought it might be something that would be as an add on or something. To integrate it is awesome.
haha you are posting just when i am typing aries. This is all stuff I have dreamed of pretty much cause Nintendo has always been that one place for me to escape everything and spend time in another interactive world. I have always though about the idea of creating a game that could understand everything you said and not just certain catch phrases. I mean if you can do it in voice to text for the computer how much harder can it be. If a system can respond to even half the stuff I say(including the swearing) then I would love it.
Interesteing views Aries. We will see in 20 days for sure. I am trying to decide who to believe, you or Brooke. IGN says he is in the postion to know. 3D viuslas can be done, and affordably. The patent, as far as I remember, was supposed to be about REV not about an existing game. I may be mistaken. Thanks for the info.
Aries… one eye, two eyes, one eye, four eyes. A perspective that will change gameplay from seeing to experiencing. The perfect control.
DATK
Hey Aries,
You’ve really helped me gain more confidence in the upcoming Nintendo console. I was afraid that Nintendo was digging deeper into it’s own grave but now im confident that there is hope for Nintendo to gain back it’s share in the videogame industry.
I was wondering, you said earlier that
“But having the most powerful console doesn’t guarantee that gamers are going to buy it. Software sells the games. And if that statement holds true next generation, the Nintendo Revolution will be very popular”
Does this mean that Nintendo already has more 3rd party support then the Gamecube? And if so, why haven’t any companies gone ahead and shown their support for the machine similar to companies that have shown support for the xbox 360?
And if you don’t mind me asking, what genre is the game that your studio is developing? And what functions do you guys plan on utilizing from the whole set that Nintendo has to offer with it’s next generation console?
Compadre te las estas mandando, sigue con la informacion que me estas convenciendo.
Monkey C:
Interesting questions. From what I’m hearing, the Revolution will have some impressive 3rd party support around launch. EA, Capcom, Namco, Konami, Majesto, Squaresoft (sorry, I still call them that), and my company are supporting it so far. I’m sure others are working on stuff. For instance, I don’t see why a game like Soul Caliber III won’t be on the Revolution. Squaresoft has a game ready for E3, as well as Zoonami. So yes, it looks like it will get better 3rd party support. But this could change if the system is unsuccessful.
I’m currently working on one Revolution game. Right now, we are still in the early stages of development. We have alot of concrete things down, but not enough to show I don’t think. Of course this could change if our publisher wants us to show our hand at E3.
We are working on a 3rd person action game. It is a recreation of a classic series that I felt could have been one of the most successful IP’s of the 1990′s. It will include the pressure sensitive controls I mentioned, but they will be optional. We are also using the voice controls for weapon and vehicle customization as well as AI controls. Since the game will be online, we are putting the online function to the test. Right now it’s going to provide 40 person multiplayer battles, but this could change (and increase) in time. We are also excited about using the revolutionary aspect of the system to create new ways to experience the genre. It will be like Halo and Ratchet and Clank 3 mixed.
Heck, here’s a hint (if you get it, I’ll tell you who I work for):
Master Chief wasn’t the first galatic hero to don green.
gyroscopic controllers, pressure-sensitive, wireless controllers, sophisticated (built-in?) voice recognition, online connectivity, the tech specs to outdo the Xbox and compete with the PS3, and probable launch titles from EA, Capcom, Namco, Konami, & Square? AND there’s another unrevealed feature that’s even more impressive?
why doesn’t this square with the lukewarm hype/buzz around the Revolution?
U work for SEGA right!! are u talking about vectorman!!
I thought about vectorman too but i thought sega gave up on that franchise haha oh well….
so mr sega, what else does the company have in production for the big N?
Ok, I believe you Aries. Just answer me this question: Did you reveal the big revolutionary feature?? If you did, whcih one is it. What is the defining feature of the revolution. And, if you didnt reveal it, tell me if its impressive andif its really so great?
Green Lantern?
The first thing that came to mind was vectorman. In fact, thats the only thing that I can thing of. Since we are on the subject. What other classic 90′s games would you like to see make a comeback. I would say “shadow run” and hmmmm…. “smash t.v.”
Revolution == Simplicity ???
Revolution == Kicking Sony’s and MS Candy ASSES ?????
I don’t believe a person who is part of developing a game that may show at e3 would have time to inject this blog with insight all day, even if there is no solid e3 connection, I presume that people who work on games would be bussy all day doing their job… But there are lazy/bored people out there who would find a way to jerk around at work (unless this is your day off aries)
Is “Wanda & The Colossus” the game that uses the Perspective feature thingy ???
Well, you guys are a smart bunch. I don’t work for Sega, but they are letting us work on the Vectorman IP. We are developing it for them. So, I have given you our current publisher, but I’m not giving out the developer stuudio.
To Jesus: No, I haven’t revealed the revolutionary aspect of it. I just don’t want to give it away. Like I said, Nintendo has a great idea for introducing it to the world. It’s going to be very cool, and I’d hate to spoil that. It will be the ultamate prank. Watch “The Game” with Michael Douglas. It will be that cool.
I think it is impressive, but not as revolutionary as they are saying. For instance, there was no hype about the analog stick when it was revealed. It just made games easier to control. This aspect of it id very easy to use like everything else in the Revolution. Everyone will be able to understand it.
can u elaborate on what this revolutionary function does? or how it helps enhance the gaming experience or in other words simplify it?
Madrid, you are correct in many ways. My job is very stressful. But I am on break this week, so that allowed me to catch up on this blog. We read IGN and the other sites all the time. I’ve hung out with guys from Game Informer on many occasions. Next week, I doubt you will hear from me too much, if at all. So this week I will fill you all in on what I know. Tommorrow I’ll give you details on the Revolution’s games. I want to wait and hear what Brooke has to say about this as well. He said he’s going to reveal some software information. Let’s see how accurate it is.
nintendo Revolution suck ass it sucks sucks its the Mac of conssoles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! poeple think think
Aries… all this stuff is true…???? i mean…
Square have a Revolution Proyect… and we gonna see it in E3????
if that’s true… that’s why FFCC was the only game for GCN for Square….
Thanks for the info Aries!! i’ll be sure to tune in tomorrow.
Hey Aries,
When and should I say how will Nintendo present this. I have seen “The Game” before it is a crazy psychological movie. Can you give hints just to HOW they will release it to the public? If it is as simple as an analog stick (you would think gryos fit that description)
Also will the revolution part be a part of the controller, the hardware or neither? Is it a brand new part that is coming into video games like the dancing pad for Dance Dance Revolution?
I hope the 3D projection system isn’t painful to look at, like the virtual boy was. That gave me quite a few headaches.
Hey Aries,
Do you work for Pseudo Interactive? and how come the new vectorman game is slated for a ps2 release and not a next gen release?
Hey Aries,
I heard a rumor that square is working on “Chrono Break” as a rev launch title. Could that be the game square is working on.
Apparntly sega is working on a NiGHTs game for the Rev too.
I just found a huge release list of sega games for next gen….
http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=14231
You work for Silicon Knights. I know I’m wrong.
mmmmmmmm
You work for “Pseudo Interactive” ??? What say you !!!
I haven’t heard anything about a new Nights game, which is sad; Nights was a brilliant game. I have heard talk of a new Virtual Fighter though. Just talk though.
Vectorman isn’t coming out for the PS2. Sega was going to bring it to the current consoles, but the plan was scrapped. And no I don’t work for Pseudo Interactive. Or Silicon Knights. Funny you bring them up though. They will have one of the best games at E3. Outside of Zelda, Nintendo’s FPS (developed by Rare), and PD0, it will be the one of the best showings of E3.
I don’t have details on what game Squaresoft is working on. I know that it will be at E3 along with Final Fantasy 3 and FF:CC for the DS.
I’m not going to give out the secret. It’s going to be very fun; wait until E3. Nintendo is going to roll out a trojan horse: something that looks innocent and weak and them bam, it will be unveiled. Just don’t make up your mind on the first day of E3.
There is not a Sonic game in development for the Revolution. It is an exclusive Gamecube game. This one is totally seperate from Shadow the Hedgehog, which will be multi console (and should hit the PSP as well).
That’s all for today. I will be back. Hopefully Brooke will update his site by then. I want to hear more of what he allegedly knows.
Hey aries,
how can rare be developing a game for revolution if the company is owned my microsoft?
newayz im excited for e3… i think now that nintendo may continue it’s trend in totally dazzling consumers at e3.
And btw you still have to tell us where you work cause we guessed vectorman!!!
An FPS from Rare for the Revolution? I believe in many things, but that sounds totally absurd!
Did you just say “developed by rare”? Microsoft bought rare from nintendo. Therefore, rare developes for microsoft only. Now I’m getting real skeptical.
Developed by Rare ?? Please correct that.
dude i was totally ready to believe u, but c’mon!! Rare developing for Nintendo? No a chance in hell
WHOAWHOAWHOAWHOA. Nintendo is coming out with a Rare-developed FPS? I thought Rare went bye bye!
Hmmm i thought Rare went bye bye too…
Hmmm it’s nice to see that a gamecube game is gonna get a lot of spotlight at the show… might be able to help garner support for Nintendo and their next gen console… i think it would be awesome for nintendo to have some sort of zelda next gen sneak peak just to get crowds excited for the machine like they did at previous shows with zelda
I´m also wondering how you would know about all those games. Good connections to other developers is one thing, but your kind of connection seems too good to be true!
It was fun while it lasted.
I dont understand how its being developed by rare. Please, elaborate on this. This statement makes all this info seem less real than I thought, since I cant see any way of rare doing this, unless MS is stupid enough to let them.
And, this revolutionary feature, will it ADVANCE existing gameplay like the analogue stick did, or will it be like the touch screen and offer something completely NEW. I hope its the former.
How the hell do you know all this great info, Aries, you certainly are being really helpful. Maybe I wont be getting an Xbox360 afterall…if this is all true, well have to wait for E3. I dont see how you could make all this up, even though the rare thing seems a bit far-fetched
One more question: Is your game using the big feature, and does it impress you more than the mic. You saif the voice recognition software is what impresses you most, but do you mean most impressive out of the features you listed, or most impressive of all features – including the big one?
I was thinking,
Technically speaking, Nintendo has potential to pull of the best show ever only because we’re not expecting anything from them. Nintendo loves to be secretive about everything they do and hence them just surprising the world with the Nintendo would get everyone so excited for the show… it’s the perfect marketing plan for a machine like that.
And a lot of the stuff Aries has stated can be taken for nothing or everything. I’m pretty sure that he’s hitting the nail on the head with his information. If he isn’t then hey what the hell we find out in two weeks any way. BUt for now everything he’s telling us is enough to keep us interested in the machine, something that alot of people arent right now.
The reason im nervous is because all this info looks VERY positive, but if its false, it would be such a downer. I still cant believe rare is developing for nintendo. Aries, where did you get this info?
Yeah the rare story is kina far fetched but im looking for info online for it just because anything can happen in the gaming world haha but im sure that it wont be true unless just out of nowhere it does turn out to be tru
For starters, Revolution no matter what it does or looks like, will be as powerful as Xbox 360 and PS3, this has been stated. The GameCube is way beyond the PS2 and just below the Xbox. 3D visuals adds a new dmension to the way we play games, if it’s true and it’s done well Nintendo will be considered as gods trust me.
As for e3 2005, we probally won’t get much info this year, we’ll have to wait until the end of the year or early next, Nintendo is too paranoid trust me.
What we realy need is some new games announced for GameCube as after Zelda there is NOTHING… Hopefully something will be announced soon to tie us oiver for Revolution.
Well, Just a few months ago, Rareware released a GBA game. Mr. Pants i believe. So just because Microsoft has rights over the once glorious developer. there is still a little cross platform development going on
The reason rare developed that game was because it was for gameboy and at the time Microsoft wanted to buy nintendo. There is no way that microsoft would create competition for their own console by letting their own company make games for a competitor. That’s like sony making a game for nintendo or xbox… newayz, i think that this e3 is going to showcase Revolution, what it’s about and what to expect. that’ll keep ppl talking
Rare has made a few GBA games, but this isn’t a case where Microsoft has, say, a 30 percent stake in Rare- they own the entire company. There is absolutely no reason why Microsoft would allow their in-house studio to develop a ‘killer app’ for the Revolution launch. It would be self-sabotage.
Almost definitely this is a hoax, then, interesting and mostly plausible but still a hoax.
Don’t know about the Rare thing, unless it was a typo, but I like the weak then bam part. I’ll be awaiting E3 in 2 weeks.
The fact that this is a hoax worries me. If he got this wrong, maybe the whole article is rubbish
Maybe he just meant to say Retro, you know a simple slip of the tongue or in this case the fingers. After all, Retro was working on some new IP’s for Gamecube (namely the game Raven Blade but they also had a football game in development) until Nintendo asked them to focus all of their attention to the completion of Metroid Prime. But, on the other hand it could be a complete fabrication considering he calls Square-Enix Squaresoft, Virtua Fighter-Virtual Fighter and he says that Rare is developing for Revolution, even though i think he meant to say Retro.
How can this be a complete fabrication tho??? No one has an imagintaion this insane
I guess will we have to wait until the morning, until he can clear up Rares invovlement will Nintendo (unless it was a typo)
………It all seems more credible than 99.9% of the rumors and speculations that are on the web. Im personally just going to wait until E3.
More credible because he’s saying what you WANT to hear?
I could’ve posed just as easily.
True, and that was why i initially figured he had just mistaken Rare with Retro, but ah well E3 is in 20 days and if what he says is true (and i hope it is) we are going to be blown away. Now, on a different note i had forgot about this myself, Nintendo was going to release a peripheral for the Gamecube that was supposed to “increase the life of the system” and anticipated showing it at the last E3 along with the Nintendo DS. An article supporting this can be found at: http://cube.ign.com/articles/505/505413p1.html
So, considering Nintendo planned on showing a Gamecube peripheral at last years E3, this gives a little more credibility to Brooke’s contact who said Nintendo showed off a 3D add-on
behind closed doors and because this peripheral did not surface it gives a little more credibility to Brooke’s assertion that Nintendo opted to build this technology into the Revolution. Hey, it makes a case for why Nintendo decided to make the Revolution backwards-compatible since add-ons typically do not fare that well. And, to those who will say that the bongos were the peripheral that Nintendo was alluding to in that article, i ask you this do think that the bongos are going to extend the life of the Gamecube?
Silicon Knights will have one of the best games at E3? Really? Good for them!
Is it Too Human?
ok ok ok..settle down folks. Now that the cat is almost out of the bag here..I will take it one step further and quench your thirst for information. Everything my colleague has said seems accurate from where I stand in the industry. We are on separate ends of things so we are viewing everything from different vantage points, but all his information does follow along with everything I have been allowed to see. I have had the oppurtunity to see this revolutionary feature at work and I will reveal it to you. First off..Nintendo does have a special event planned for this unveiling which is remarkable original and intriguing. I urge you to wait for that and not deprive yourself of the surprise..However..if you cannot wait…scroll down and I will hand you your instant gratification on a silver platter.
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The revolution is going to feature a capability known as “Bio-Force Feedback” technology. You will have the option of clipping on a small sensor similar to the ones used on treadmills to record heartrate. I cannot say exactly how this will be applied to the specific games because I have only seen it as it was applied to a simple tech demonstration which consisted of a falling block puzzle.
Similar to tetris, the idea was to prevent buildup of blocks along the height of a column by placing specific shapes and colors into certain slots. Here is where the Bio-Force Feedback came into place. If you became nervous and your heart rate increased…The blocks would begin falling at a much faster rate. So all while trying to move quickly to place these blocks into their slots…your other priority is to keep calm. It was quite a thrill to say the least.
As I said, I do not know how this will be applied to actual games. Hopefully well get to see more at E3.
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WHOA. That sounds…cool…
Deepthroat, I don’t think it’s good for you to be lieing to people.
The secret lies directly with the visuals, but it is NOT full 3D. Jesus, E3 is not far off. Just wait till then. You will all be happy. Oh, and also expect a Devil May Cry game at E3 for Revolution.
I think all those talks are getting out of control…
hey Aries, did you meant Rare is making a game for the Revo’ or did you meant Retro? and that biofeedback is old. that’s from a n64 game called “Tetris64″ so booyah!!1!!
Heh, good thing I didn’t read that spoiler, then. So now your name links to Retro Studios. Does this mean you meant Retro instead of Rare, Aries?
For the Rare game for N5, I think Aries mean ZOONAMI. Remember there’s ex rare member over there and the producer of Goldeneye and Perfect Dark founded (sp?) that company. Althought they haven’t make any games for this generation, I think their saved it for N5!!! Zoonami is the perfect company to produce an HALO KILLER FOR NINTENDO.
Have u see the news scans of zelda from egm…………..SPEECHLESS?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. sorry for my english I’m a french canadian (*_*)
Aries I suggest you come to the IGN boards it would be great to share some info there at the Gamecube General Board.
Aries why in your last comment you put Retro studios website?
You work for Retro Aries?
I have top secret information as well from a friend in the industry. I asked him about all these rumours, he to could confirm that 3D wouldn’t be happening, not full 3D. Aries is right. He had more to say but that is all I will reveal for now.
All this talk of a ‘simple user interface’ by Nintendo made me think about the message boards stuff Aries mentioned.
It would be nice if (due to a lack of keyboard) you could speak your replies to a message board; so what you wanted to post you would actually say and the voice recognition typed it all in.
Hmmm
I think Aries is working for Silicon knights. He said that he worked with NOA for 5 years. Silicon knights WAS a 2nd party developer for nintendo, but then broke out with nintendo and became a 3rd party developer. Remember the news which surfed on ign that silicon knights is working with sega on a new project for next generation consoles.
http://cube.ign.com/articles/598/598290p1.html?fromint=1
This project must be Vectorman for REV. But they are working on other games For PS3 and Xbox360 as well, thats how he knew about all of the next generation systems.
I would be extreamly disappointed if the system doesn’t feature a form of 3d projection now, sorry to say, I hope you are mistaken Aries (or just lying). As someone who works in games development, my mind has been going into overdrive thinking of the sheer number of possibilities that would be offered by a former of 3D Stereo Scopic Projection.
The level of immersion would be incredible. Also given Brooke’s info about a similar device being demo’s for GC, I’m inclined to believe that they are just keeping the feature secret.
seems like a good guess, but that article says *new* franchise
damn, e3 can’t come soon enough can it
Revolution or N5 will be a GC add on..
Did I say Rare was developing the FPS? Sorry guys, my mistake. As you know, Rare is Microsoft’s property. I meant Retro. Once again, sorry about the typo. Another thing: this isn’t another Metroid sequel I’m talking about. More later.
alright thanks for clearing that up and would you really get fired if they find out? if so that sucks
That’s the thing I’m suspicious about. Aries, why the hell would you risk your job for this? What do YOU gain from telling us this a few weeks before E3 turns around? It’s not that you want us all to know, I mean, in a few weeks we will all know according to you. So what is the purpose of you risking your job? I’m starting to doubt your credibility. Nothing personal, it’s just hard to buy it.
Moz
“Deepthroat, I don’t think it’s good for you to be lieing to people.
The secret lies directly with the visuals, but it is NOT full 3D. Jesus, E3 is not far off. Just wait till then. You will all be happy. Oh, and also expect a Devil May Cry game at E3 for Revolution.”
I did not post that, nor did I link to Retro Studios. Someone is either playing a game or trying to discredit me. Like I said, Capcom has development kits for the Nintendo Revolution. I have not heard any information on what they’re doing. According to EGM, they are working on Resident Evil 5. I have a feeling that it will be for the Gamecube and/or the PS2, but I may be wrong.
Once again, I apologize for the Rare typo. I meant Retro. I know they are working on a Revolution game, which will be a FPS. I’ve seen it, and I can verify that it will not be the third Metroid Prime. It will be an original IP. I do not work for Retro. When I was with NOA, I visited their studio many times. Outside of the FPS, they are working on a DS game. As N-Sider pointed out months ago, Retro were once working on a car combat game to challenge Twisted Metal Black. This game was scrapped for the Gamecube, and they were given Metroid. They have expanded greatly since the success of the first Metroid Prime, and at E3 they will reveal some of their work.
>>Oh, and also expect a Devil May Cry game at E3 for Revolution.
That was supposed to say: “Sounds like a load of BS.
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If I felt I was putting my job on the line, I wouldn’t be here. I still haven’t revealed who I work for, so I doubt this information will get too far. Apparently someone posted my information of GameFAQs, but that’s been the only major site so far.
More details later today.
Still haven’t answered why you would share this with us. Why are you telling this to us?
Moz
So Aries, do you know why (exactly), Silicon Knights split up with Nintendo?
What was the real problem behind the split?
In my opinion, the split was do to arrogance on the part of Nintendo. As Matt from IGN has stated many times, both companies view games very differently. Silicon Knights games were not selling well on the Gamecube, and Nintendo was not treating them with respect. I really think this was a terrible mistake. You will know more about the break up before E3 hopefully. They have some stunning software ready for E3. They aren’t playing around anymore.
But is that stunning SK software for Revolution?
Thanks Aries, but would you happen to know of any possible major mergers or acquisitions that might be taking place soon?
And why the hell dont more people in the industry, share their knowledge like you?
I know I would if I was part of a big game company
Good inside intel
Thx Aries but can we have more about the controller, that intrigues me most
Well, you can be fired for one…
Personally the Ninty/SK thing still confuses me…Obviously the tensions between the two companies isn’t that great considering Dyack was caught making his way to a Nintendo meeting at last E3 and SK still has the Nintendo logo sitting nice and pretty on their front page…
Well, there are pretty good reasons why they wouldn’t share- their employers don’t want them to. That’s why everything that’s being said here (no offense Aries) should be taken with about a billion grains of salt until any of it is confirmed. There’s always a ton of noise, and plenty of people that will spew rumours just to spew rumours and mess with people.
I’m not saying that you’re doing that, Aries- lord knows this looks more authentic then your average “NINTENDO IS THE ROXORS!! PROJECTION 3DDD!!!!”- but this kind of thing generally turns out to be bogus. People in the industry- any industry- don’t tend to reveal secrets they shouldn’t.
Just Random thoughts….
I wont burden you with the task of answering these questions.
1. If you have to squeeze the controller like a stress ball thingy, where do the buttons go?
2. People speak different languages, have different accents, different voices, how on earth is this voice implementation thing going to work? (and for free)
3. Re5 for this gen and not the next? (ok then)
4. How Nintendo will have all those features online and still be free, is beyond me
The only thing I think we’ll see out of SK is, hopefully, Too Human. Provided it wasn’t scrapped, I’d say it’s about time for them to show something. It’s been a good while since their playstation visual demo thing.
I do hope it’s at least multiconsole and also on Revolution to say the least, but I’ve heard around that it will be an xbox 360 game, yadda yadda, but of course nothing is at all confirmed regarding too human.
Ni modo, tendre que tomar clases de ingles para comunicarme con la consola.
Aries how are you doing today. I would like to thank you for dealing with everyone’s crap. I am glad that a lot of the stuff I always wanted is coming true hopefully.
i think mastermind was saying that he hopes he doesn’t have to take english classes to communicate with the console (from what i gathered from babelfish anyway)
Nintendo had a free online network back in the days of the NES, it was all funded by advertising. i’m sure they’ve found something similar, or using some of that 61 billion yen (i think thats right) mountain they’re sitting on. Nintendo has the money to do truly awesome things, they’ve just been a bit afraid to use it.
I think Nintendo knows about the language differences. It is possible to program understanding into the various major languages. I wouldn’t worry so much. It would prolly be just a simple option to turn on spanish, french, german, japanese, chinese, etc. Hell what if and this is me just thinking crazy… Nintendo used this communication and made it decipher your language so everyone else who had their Rev set at a certain language..making it so you can understand whoever you play with across the world. One huge global harmony communications wise. The full ability to play with everyone else without having a common set language.
Youre so right Sebbo.
Here in my country the spoken english level is relatively low. In fact I’m really doing a great effort writing here and trying to be understood by you “ANGLO” spoken guys.
Did you know Robbie Williams ran away from a chilean T.V.show because of the interviewer (a famous chilean singer) didn’t have an acceptable english level. It was really funny to see the interviewers face right when Robbie said good bye because he didn’t understand what the guy was saying. You had to be there XD XD .
Well then, Nintendo hear me, latin american market hopes to be considered in the plans of your voice recognizing controls plan for the Revolution.
Si no pos que se le va a hacer. A tomar clases intensivas.
“You see previews and demos of DS and Revolution games that you can download.” I take it that that confirms there is connectivity between the DS and the revolution(or is the demos only for revolution?)?
Silicon Knights is not developing for the Nintendo Revolution right now. They will show off some Xbox 360 games at E3; I can confirm that. Matt saw the game, and he knows what they are up to. Once he is able to talk about it, he will reveal his information to you.
Like I said, I know as much about Resident Evil 5 as you do. I would guess it is going to be a current generation game. If Capcom could have it ready for the holidays (to combat the Xbox 360), it would come out then. But that’s just my own speculation (and hope; RE4 is amazing).
I can confirm that Nintendo is currently working on many Revolution titles. Most are just in the planning stages, but I have seen video of seven. I’m sure at least three or four of these games will be at E3 in video form. Perhaps more; we will see at E3. Outside of our game, there are six 3rd party games that I have heard of. As I mentioned earlier, Square Enix (happy now?) is developing a new game for the Revolution. EA, Sega, Zoonami, Namco, and Activision are currently working on games.
3rd party information:
EA is playing around with the Revolution’s capibilities, implementing them into another Madden game. This isn’t really news though. From what I’ve heard, they are really going out of their way to make this more than just a port. Voice controls are being used to the max in this title. Calling out audibles will be used this way. The wireless capibilities of the system are also going to be used. Like I said, there will be no reason to buy Madden for the Xbox 360 when the Revolution version comes out.
Sega is developing three games for the Revolution that should be at E3. I’m not going to reveal too much on what they are up to for obvious reasons. The three games I listed does not include the game we are developing for them. You will be very suprised at what they are doing. I’m sure you have heard of the Xbox 360 title Condemned that they are working on. This game is something that many wouldn’t expect Sega to make; you won’t expect what you will see at E3. The other game they have is a typical, quirky Sega game. It’s very interesting in the sense that it uses all the system’s capibilities.
Zoonami has already given out some hints on what they are working on. I have always felt that Sam Fisher is a much better character than Solid Snake. Zoonami just might have some characters that are better than both of them.
Namco is working on a Revolution game, but I don’t have details on it. I am sure that it is not a Soul Caliber III port. I don’t see why they just won’t add online play and Link and Ganon to the game and release it as a launch title. That would be a very smart move.
Activision is working on some ports for the Revolution. You will see what they have for the Xbox 360 at E3. At least one of these games will be ported to the Revolution for its launch.
On 1st party information:
Like I said, I have seen seven Nintendo titles, some of which will be at E3. When the DS was launced, it had one sub par 1st party game. This will not be the case with the Revolution’s launch. If they were to release all the games I’ve seen at launch, it would easily be the best launch ever for a console.
I can confirm that Nintendo is working on a new, orignal Mario game. In my opinion, the last few Miyamoto games havn’t been that interesting. This will change with this game. Like Mario 64 for the N64, this game will introduce all of the capibilities of the console. It will use the pressure sensitive controls mainly, but the voice controls as well as gyroscopic controls will be used as well. From what I saw, this game will use mini games to introduce many of these schemes. All of these mini games could be released as stand alone games.
A new Super Smash Bros. Melee is in the works as well. This game will demonstrate the online functions of the Revolution. Nintendo has added many new things into the game, included a deeper combat system. Many more special moves are included as well as some very cool suprises. The levels will include some destructible environments, and the characters will be fully customizable. Want to play as Mario in his 80′s outfit? Or would you prefer the 90′s look? It’s your choice. The most innovative part of the game is the different modes. In previous games, you were allowed to play in giant mode, metal mode, small mode, etc. That has changed. You will be able to choose to play in a “Paper” mode (a la Paper Mario), a cel shaded mode (Wind Waker), or Viewtiful Joe-esque mode.
As I said earlier, Retro is working on a Halo killer. This game is going to be one of the best games at E3. In my opinion, StarCraft was the best RTS ever. This game is going to use some similar ideas. In most FPS, you play as a hero trying to save the day. In Retro’s game, they allow you to choose which storyline you want to play, just like StarCraft allows you to play as Terran, Zerg, etc. Biological weapons will play a major part in the game. Imagine fighting in a chemical plant, where toxics are stored everywhere. By shooting them, you emit the toxic. If you get hit by this stuff, many different things may happen. For instance, you may lose sight on the screen, your controls might be inverted or slowed down, etc. Or, if your character gets the fever, the controller might get hot. Very hot. The alien races are very interesting also. You will be able to switch to 3rd person in order to move faster (similar to running in Odd World: Stranger’s Wrath). You will be able to “impregnate” human players by grabbing on to them for a certain amount of time. This will implant a NPC in them, which will burst out at your command, instantly killing the human player. You will then be able to use voice control to command the NPC.
I will reveal what I know about the other four games later.
Alike a Fanboy on Wareoware I find myself shaking after a good run through this blog. I read a lot of desperation in your comments, and why? when armagedon comes six weeks after E3, will you all feel satisfied if the most wonderful conclusion to this topic is uncovered? that nintendo has invented a computer inplant that we plug into our skulls and expirience videogames like a drug. wouldn’t that be wonderful? I know I could certainly use a Hit of Crack-wareoware-alla-techwars high. and this free online deal is so we can all mind frag eachother with the new metroid game…only about sixty years untill this happens, i can promise that!
Im sure that the supersmash bros online play alone is going to be awesome. Wow, this launch seems really good so far, it looks like i have to buy all the games u mentioned so far for the launch.
Mandrid the cerebral neural system you describe has been recently patented by Sony.
I’d like to finally see what Zoonami has up their sleeve, if it’s this or something else. We’ve been waiting way too long for info.
Once again, the things you write Aries is awesome, and I’m not asking you any guaranty that you are telling the truth cause you can’t give any.
I’ll just hope. If it’s true though, Nintendo will have a great E3.
And is one of those 7 titles another Zelda? Could it be…?
I don’t think Nintendo is going to show any Zelda Revolution glimpse at E3. That would eclipse the Gamecube title.
1) I am dissapointed there won’t be a Too Human showing for a nintendo console, but oh well.
2) I think that ‘Mario 128′, which they have at times said to be for cube, will probably be for revolution – unless there are actually two seperate Mario games in production, one for cube and one for revolution. Care to touch on this at all?
3) I’m thrilled about smash bros, any information about SSB is much appreciated, and I want any more you’ve got (even if they are rumors, etc)
4) That FPS sounds interesting, but I’m more of a fan of the perfect dark/goldeneye style of games, with more ‘down to earth’ bits, but who knows. You said, though, that the controller can get hot. I don’t think this is economical from battery life’s point of view, as it will suck em up like nobody’s business!
Can you touch on how far any of these are down the road? How are they visually? Are they far enough to be a realistic expectation for launch?
well if there is a zelda in the works for revolution, i think it may be windwaker 2 as myamoto(sp?) said there will be a sequal to it. But anyways, i doubt they can complete a whole new game by that time. I rather them wait and work on it and make in online ^^. (BTW i may be wrong with the sequal to windwaker thing)
Like Reggie said, Nintendo is changing. They aren’t going to sit around and let Sony and Microsoft steal all of their marketshare. I think they are going to do very well next generation. But it won’t be a cake walk or anything. I still think the PS3 is going to win the next generation. It is alot closer to completion than many think, and at E3 they will show off some amazing stuff as well.
I will tell you guys about the other four titles later. Zelda is not one of them, although I have seen some preliminary designs for the new one. Go look at the Elder Scrolls: Oblivion pics, and then put Link into those environments. A beautiful sight indeed.
@mastermind: no I wasn’t saying they would show a new Zelda at the show. Indeed, that would be a bad move.
@Aries: I think you’re right as far as PS3 is concerned. I think that if Nintendo does things right next generation, they might have more sales the generation after that one. But next generation still belongs mostly to Sony, the way I see it. I don’t think Microsoft will get a lot more marketshare then this generation. Maybe a bit more because of the early launch.
Hey people, I can’t believe you’re all spending so much time talking about the Revolution when the real news this year will be Unintendo’s Devolution platform, a console that offers all the power of the 1984 Intellivision – and then some. It will be backward compatible with text-based adventure games as well.
My super-duper-tip-top-secret industry-ultra-insider contacts have hinted to me that the machine will also feature the new smell-feedback system… imagine those first-person combat games in Smell-O-Rama, and you are beginning to get an idea of what we’re talking about…
are we having fun yet?
Hey Aries,
Was your co worker right about the revolutionary function of the machine?
Monkey C: He’s not my co-worker. I don’t even know him, unless of course someone else from my studio is on this blog. That is an interesting idea, but not close.
With respects to the Mario game, it is not Mario 128. Mario 128 is a Gamecube game, and it should be shown at E3 this year. The Mario game for the Revolution is still in development, and right now Miyamoto is just using it as a tech demo so to speak. There is a story and everything, but the game is far from finished. I think everyone will be very impressed by it.
One thing I want to mention is that I plan to post pictures of Wave Race for Revolution in a couple hours. These are renders of levels, characters, etc. It’s something to look out for.
I really do believe that the next gen graphics will all look the same. On the other hand, it’s all going to come down to one thing. What system will you get the most power out of? It surely won’t be the Xbox 360. Xbox 360 will look nice for the first couple years, but then you’ll ask yourself, “So wait, that’s it?” You’ll see what I mean.
Mario 128 a GameCube game? Man, you’re saying everything Nintendo fanboys want, that’s what so scary about it. It also makes it slightly unbelievable. But I’m not judging. I’m waiting. Waiting….
Wave Race pics eh? Aries you just making this day better and better. Want a cookie?
“One thing I want to mention is that I plan to post pictures of Wave Race for Revolution in a couple hours. These are renders of levels, characters, etc. It’s something to look out for.
I really do believe that the next gen graphics will all look the same. On the other hand, it’s all going to come down to one thing. What system will you get the most power out of? It surely won’t be the Xbox 360. Xbox 360 will look nice for the first couple years, but then you’ll ask yourself, “So wait, that’s it?†You’ll see what I mean.”
Whoever is trying to inpersonate me is a joke. I am not going to reveal any screen shots; that would be suicide. Besides, I don’t have any of Nintendo’s games.
Moz: Remember, Reggie has already confirmed that it will be for the Gamecube. I’m not the first one to say that. I don’t see where it fits though. Zelda is coming out in November, and I doubt Nintendo will release Mario 128 at the same time. But does that mean it will be released early next year? I doubt that. We’ll see I guess.
I don’t doubt that Aries is a developer, but I also think he knows less than he lets on and is enjoying being looked up to by fans who are frankly starved for information. There are other developers on here besides him, some of us just do a better job of keeping our mouths shut until we know facts from fiction.
If Nintendo is indeed planning to do something “clever” or “tricky” with the Revolution announcement at E3, I’m curious as to why anyone outside the company itself would know anything about it. It’s quite possible for such things to leak, but 3rd parties are generally not in the loop like that.
Also, speaking just as a game mechanics designer, I have my doubts about pressure sensitivity being a good throttle control for racing games. The GC controller has pretty good pressure sensitivity on its L/R triggers, yet F-Zero doesn’t use those for acceleration for the simple reason that people’s hands get tired from squeezing something hard continuously for too long.
IF you’re going to show Wave Race and the pics look well enough… then man, you’re really a respectable source. And a bit of a party pooper since ya telling everyone what’s going to be on E3… only kiddin
But one more thing: It sounds like quite a few important development teams are working on Revolution (you’re not from Ubi Soft or Free Radical are you?), which means they’re at least interested in the Revolution. Do you hear opinions about Nintendo’s new console? What’s the general vibe surrounding it? Are developers satisfied, impressed even? What’s the opinion at your work?
And do you know if Revolution will be the final name?
Plus, thanks for sharing all these things that may turn out to be true, heh.
Are you sure someone is ‘impersonating’ you coz they are doing it very well
Oh, Wave Race pictures was fake.
Anyway I still want to hear your answers on my question Aries! If you have the time. Which you seem to have right now.
“Also, speaking just as a game mechanics designer, I have my doubts about pressure sensitivity being a good throttle control for racing games. The GC controller has pretty good pressure sensitivity on its L/R triggers, yet F-Zero doesn’t use those for acceleration for the simple reason that people’s hands get tired from squeezing something hard continuously for too long.”
thats stupid. last time i checked, its harder to press down the L or R button completely than it is to slightly depress it. using pressure sensitive controls of course is a good idea. If it’s done right it’s not like the xbox’s triggers which can be much too stiff.
Yeah I figured that was a fake too cause showing pictures would be suicidal.
Aries is making this up
He has been freestyling this whole time.
“Aries is making this up ”
As long as you haven’t got proof of that, it’s as valid as what’s Aries saying. That means: not valid enough.
No one is impersonating aries
thats just him making things up and then realising his inconsistencies.
He is a great story teller though
No, I don’t work for Ubisoft.
I would say the development world is very excited about the next generation of consoles. As I talk to people, I get the sense that everyone wants to explore this new territory. Everyone wants to make the next Super Mario Bros. With respects to the Revolution, there was some hesitation to develop for it. Now, everything is different. As you all know, the development costs for the Xbox 360 are very high. The same can be said of the PS3, although it is easier to develop for than the Xbox 360. But with the Revolution, everything is cheaper and easier to navigate. All the features I mentioned greatly expand what we can do with games. People are looking forward to this machine, don’t worry.
@Wings: I have to say, that is a theory I also have, since the ‘impersonator’ sounds exactly the same.
But it doesn’t matter. I’m staying here till I find out if it’s true or not. That means till E3. If Aries will be shown wrong coming E3, then we will be able to say to him: “Harhar, you were wrong. You faker!” And then… yeah… well… yeah. Then I’ll crawl away silently.
I’m sure if Aries posted shots/renders from Waverace, then this would confirm his integrity and we can get on with being excited.
How can development costs be cheaper when graphics are supposed to be even better?
But how can the costs be lower for the Revolution? Since you’ll have to learn to inplant these new gameplay elements and you cant do simple ports (well you can do, but you said yourself that companies like EA want to do something special)… those things make costs higher if you think about it with common sense.
I mean for the revolution
Will we be getting better graphics on the revolution, with cheaper development costs?
“Cheaper” could easily just mean “Cheaper than deving for the 360 and PS3″ as the Rev will be using the Gamecube developer tools…
oh wait, i think that was the ‘impersonator’ again
Nintendo has alot of money, and finally they are throwing it around. As Reggie stated once, Nintendo actually paid for the development kits for the DS and sent them to certain developers. They are doing the same thing with the Revolution. Many aquisitions are going to be revealed at E3.
Well, if all this isn’t true, I hope Nintendo are taking notes
“thats stupid. last time i checked, its harder to press down the L or R button completely than it is to slightly depress it. using pressure sensitive controls of course is a good idea. If it’s done right it’s not like the xbox’s triggers which can be much too stiff.”
Read what I wrote again. If F-Zero used L/R for throttle, you’d be pressing it down completely almost all the time (as you want to be traveling at top speed far more often than not). And that’s a fatigue-causing action. With a comparable pressure-sensitive throttle control, you’d be exerting maximum pressure for long periods of time, and that’s not smart ergonomics.
Pressure sensitive control is better for specifying a value within a range and then releasing to commit or leave it engaged… like, say, the L/R inventory navigation in the Metal Gear games, or the difference between a “quick tap” Mario jump or a long hovering one.
I don’t doubt that someone might actually USE the pressure control in an un-ergonomic way, I’m just saying it’s stupid and you can bet Nintendo wouldn’t do something that will tire out people’s hands, on what is supposed to be their most accessible system ever.
Now that is just outlandish
na, i disagree. F-zero machines are so powerful that holding down the accelerator would be suicide.
in racers you either accelerate at max speed or don’t. in future racers with real pressure sensitive controls if you hold down the accelerator the most you can, your tires should spin and you should lose control.
sometimes it could be used poorly, yeah, but they could easily implement it properly without that kind of concern.
I know your in the industry and everything, but how would you know about any acquisitions?
Why hasn’t Matt hinted on anything you have said?
He must know at least something, and if he did, he would have hinted it already
man thats all bullshit. your just some sony fanboy cow who wants to make all nintendo fans feel really bad. the first few posts where from the real guy but this stuff about Waverace revolution is complete turd unless you can prove it with screenshots. and we all know that the next gen consoles will be hell better so we expect those waverace pics to look hell better the blue-storm.
Aries,
For the most part, I believe what you are saying. This info has got me exited about a Nintendo system . I havent been this interested in nintendo since the release of the N64 years ago. Enough about that. My question is, do you no anything about A Super Mario 128 or any other first party release software? Another question is, if Nintendo has a big show planned, why wait so long to release the system? Rumors say Holiday 2006… Is there any validity to those rumors?
He said it wasnt from him god get a grip. Developing could be cheaper if perhaps Nintendo provided a preprogrammed framework that made things much easier on developers. Don’t ask me what it would do though cause I don’t have a clue.
Derek, what would it do?
i just dont want to be screwed over by some sony fanboi.
Please delete my previous post as I completely forgot to refresh this page and see Aries’ new info. My apologies
OK……….I think we scared him off
people need to chill out.
the WORST possible scenario is that everything here is a complete fabrication, and we find this out in less than 3 weeks, along with real information about what’s going on. take it easy people, come on.
More on the games:
As I mentioned many times, a new Wave Race is in development, and it should be at E3. Many people wrote off the Gamecube as a weak, baby console, but the Wave Race game on it proves that it is very capible. The water effects in that game are amazing; they still look very good today. With the new Zelda and the water in it, Nintendo is again showing how good they are at what they do. But I think this Wave Race is going to top everything out there in respects to graphics. It is going to be the GT of water racing games. You will be able to around in many different levels, all of which will sport many obstacles for the player. For instance, one early design I saw had a racer avoiding enormous cruise ships, which could destroy your speeder if you got too close to it.
One of the more interesting games I saw was a totally new IP. Outside of Geist, Nintendo has never really worked on a “mature” game. This all is going to change. They are working on a 3rd person action game that is very, very interesting. When Ninja Gaiden came out, I remember hearing that Aonuma was really into the game. I found this very interesting, but I didn’t take much interest into the story. Later, one of my co-workers showed me what he was working on. Nintendo, along with Hideo Kojima, are working on a futuristic action game. There is a reason why Kojima isn’t directing the next Metal Gear game. He’s been working with Nintendo on this game. In many ways, it reminded me of a apocolyptic, futuristic version of Zelda and Ninja Gaiden mixed. The earliest ideas I heard involved a cult of humans (humans are near extinction) who are menacing a cybernetic country. In the game, humans were almost wiped out by a race of higher beings, who then created cybernetic humans to take their place as rulers of the planet (not earth). The main character is one of the synthetic robots. Very, very interesting. I only got to see this one time, and I pray it will be at E3.
More later. I haven’t been getting the amount of sleep I thought I would during my break. I will talk about a couple more games later. I’ll also clear up some rumors floating around about Camelot and what they’re up to.
stop bullshiting us. nows not the time to make jokes about this shit. if you are a hoax admit it now.
Alright this is getting too much. This is reaaaally pushing it to the edge. I don’t know, it’s a little too much to be believable.
And I also dont understand why you post everything in short bursts. Would it hurt to post everything at once? Or do you have to have some time to make all this nonsense up?
Nintendo Revolution will be teh Megaton. TLHBO!
I really admire this guy
Oh no, now even the Gamespot System War goons have found this place *points at the Lemming basher*
hes a fakeboy. the first few posts of Aries might of been genuine but now someone else is using his name to bullshit everyone. if he’s real, im sorry but its more than likely hes a fakeboy and is really a cow.
GameSpot System wars, prolly from System Wars II, should have guessed.
sorry
See there is a fake Aries those last two posts were fake I think.
That was the impersonator again
Take a nap so you can keep on spoiling.
Thanx for the info, hope all of this is true !!!
Gracias hermanito !!!
Takes one to know one.
What the hell is wrong with this site anyway?
Why is it so easy to take someone elses screen name?
Its just a blog, it’s not used to so many people wanting to impersonate others.
The last 2 were from me
“Its just a blog, it’s not used to so many people wanting to impersonate others. ”
LOL
“Nintendo Revolution will be teh Megaton. TLHBO!”
Idiot. I think I have given you guys a lot of solid information, and on May 17th you’ll see that I have been very truthful. Like I said, I will post more information about games later. There are a lot of hateful people out there who can’t stand Nintendo, and I think that is being demonstrated by these impersonators.
your going to have to do better than that aries, prove that your not an impersonator little cow and tell us something that is very believable. show us that waverace pics for sure and dont give us bluestorm pics.
I dint like waverace on GCN and I wont like waverace on REV.Idont like the waverace series.My humble opinion. Ok?
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I wonder if brooke has been reading all of this
Aint brooke supposed to be saying something today?
meh.
kentank just chill out and shut up about wave race. The pics comment was from the imposter so chill out and let him type. If you don’t like it go read something else.
kentank’s obsession with cows scares me ;_;
Right now I´m sure that Aries fooled us all the whole time! I just don´t think, that he would know so much about all the other games in developement.
Everything Aries says sounds like a Nintendo fanboys wet dream. I’m not sure what to think. Oh well, e3 isn’t much further away.
one eye, two eyes, one eye, four eyes.
DTTK
Once again, you will see at E3. I think this year’s E3 is going to be Nintendo’s rebirth. The Revolution will suprise many, many people. On many occasions, Nintendo has stated that the DS is a great example of what they want to do with the Revolution. This isn’t the best example in my opinion. Both systems do have voice control, and the online systems will be somewhat similar, but outside of that they are totally different.
The Revolution, Zelda, and the DS announcements are going to make this E3 Nintendo’s. Sony also has some very interesting tricks up their sleeves.
Hell, someone even tried to fake me, with just posting a dot… who in their right mind would want to act like ME? Haha. Some people, I tell ya.
Don’t you think this is all…. a little TOO good to be true?
Doesn’t seem that almost everything that is being said is EXACTLY what Nintendo fans have been longing to hear?
Hmm
What booth are you going to be at E3?
I’m going to be there, if your right… I’ll come by and shake your hand. If your wrong… well, that’s just bad sport my friend.
haha I can be Aries too.
I guess one thing that I’ve noticed is Nintendo has been awefully quiet lately. Zelda is the only thing we’ve seen on the horizon for GameCube, so Nintendo and their 1,000+ staff are obviously working on things we don’t know about.
why would he tell you the booth he will be at it could give away his company.
one eye, two eyes, one eye, four eyes.
DSTK
FUCK YES! Except I beleive nintendo stated that they would not have a screen on there controller. But an inresting piece that someone did throw out there was having the joystick be a pad that tracks you thumb movement. Anyway its all hush hush and roumors so we wont know till E3.
This guy is full of fuckin shit, I’m a big Nin. fan and this shit is too good to be true. Anyone who believes him is going to be very upset at E3, and what about Brooke you think he pulled his theory out of his ass.
Yes Brooke pulled his theory out of his ass, he said it himself, he’s just analysing. It can go either way.
Aries knows what he’s saying, or at least the real one at that.
one eye, two eyes, one eye, four eyes.
DHTK
Paladin: You are very correct. Nintendo is known for being very secretive. I felt that hurt them this generation, but in 19 days you will be very happy. Last year, they suprised everyone with the new Zelda game. No one knew it was in development. The Gamecube has some more suprises up its sleeve, including Mario 128. Although many people may be disappointed by it, it is a stunning game.
With regards to the Revolution, many people still don’t expect it to be anything. As I have pointed out, it will be very impressive. Although it isn’t as powerful as the PS3, it still is capible of many things not seen in gaming before.
The DS has also seen alot of bad press lately, and rightfully so. Nintendo dropped the ball on the launch. But once you see some of the stuff they have lined up for this year, you will be very suprised. I love the PSP, but the DS just will have superior software out on the market first. Of course, I don’t know much about what Sony will show at E3 concerning the PSP. Whatever it is, I doubt it will be more interesting than Mario Kart, Metroid Hunters, and some of the suprises Nintendo has ready.
Anyone, do you know Aries? And why are you repeating that sentece the whole time?
I’m not trying to descredit you or anything, but let me try this from another angle.
Nearly the minute any leak regarding the XboX 360 hits the web, its picked up by nearly every minor and major game news site. And all things consider, even when the systems launch is only like 6 months away, there hasnt been a TENTH of the information leaked in all this time about the Xbox then what is going on here with the Revolution. And Nintendo is said to be the most tightly-lipped company out there.
What I’m saying is, how come there are no wide spread news reports on what is all being said here? Granted, this may be so much information and too recently for reporting, but it just seems odd to me.
Also, even with the leak of one small picture, Microsoft is up in arms looking for the leak. You can bet punishment will be delt swiftly when it is found.
The information disclosed here would surely, insantly get an NDA issued, or get you fired. It isn’t hard at all to trace who you are if you by the people in the know if they wanted… how many people could possibly be working on a Vectorman for Sega that worked at Nintendo for 5 years recently? It would be in your file, on your resume, etc.
Unless you had nothing to fear and we’re just making this up.
I’m not saying you are. I mean, this information is so indepth, it’s just its so much so fast, I feel like I’m choking on all of it, which makes me suspicious.
Either way, thanks for the good time, ha
Aries: any hints on the new DS stuff?
I don’t know Aries but much of his company and the relation. The sentance states where the industry will go. More later.
Aries, do you know if Nintendo has 2 mario games planned. One for the GC and one for the Revolution at launch?
I really hope all this is true. It does sound too good to be true, though. Aries, I don’t remember if you said it or not, but did you say what disk format the Revolution will be using? What about load times, etc? How does Nintendo expect to have a wireless controller with all those features without putting significant drain on the battery? Lastly, any rumors about a new Metroid for Revolution?
Hesitant, you make some good points. I feel I haven’t released enough details to violate anything. You still don’t know who I work for. If my company is upset, I’d be very suprised.
Most of the leaked information on the Xbox 360 is false. Spong has been working overtime to release as much “info” that they think they heard, and they hit a home run every now and then. They got it right about the wireless controllers for instance.
Nintendo is very secretive. But even when posters revealed the DS to the world, they didn’t do an investigation or something like that.
If I revealed the “revolutionary” aspect of the console, gaming sites would take notice. Nintendo would also take notice, and they would probally find me. So far no one has come close to discovering Nintendo’s secret weapon, which I find quite interesting. I’m not the only guy out there revealing information on the Revolution. But I think most people don’t want to ruin Nintendo’s plans. If it was revealed, E3 wouldn’t be as interesting.
Because I work for a developer, I am connected to many different people who know more than I do. We are all waiting for E3 like little kids wait for Santa Claus. Once it gets here, the flood gates will be opened. There are many sites and magazines out there that know a whole lot about what’s going on, but they can’t reveal it yet. For instance, Matt from IGN has a lot of details on Silicon Knights as well as their game. He just can’t tell you guys yet.
I believe you about matt. I remember he spent about a weeks time at silicon knight’s studio.
So Aries, what is going on with Camelot?
After E3, I’m sure many people will dust off their DS’ and start getting excited. Like I said, Metroid Hunters and Mario Kart are very good games. NST gave people a mere glimpse into what they are doing with the Hunters demo. The final version will be very different and much better
As you know, Nintendo will release details on the online plans for the system. That will be very interesting.
Nintendo has three Mario games in development. One for the Gamecube, one for the Revolution, and one for the DS. Like I stated earlier, Mario 128 will be a Gamecube title. The Revolution game is early in development, but it will be shown at E3 in video form. Once Mario 128 is completed, I’m sure Miyamoto will go back to work on the Revolution followup.
Retro isn’t working on a new Metroid. The game I mentioned earlier will be their first Revolution title.They are also working on a DS game.
I can’t comment on the disk format, because that would give away far too much. All I’m going to say is that the disk format will play an interesting role in the “revolutionary” aspect of the console. The battery issue is also involved with this part of the console, so I won’t comment on that either.
so what is the media being used? HD-DVD and BRD recently announced an alliance…will they go with that? **hopes**
Do you know if the system will have a hard drive?
I hear Panisonic’s been working on some new type of media format. Could that be it?
I can’t comment on the disk format, because that would give away far too much. All I’m going to say is that the disk format will play an interesting role in the “revolutionary†aspect of the console. The battery issue is also involved with this part of the console, so I won’t comment on that either.
Yea, right.
You sound less and less believeable by the minute.
Camelot is not working on a new Golden Sun game. They are not woring on the DS either. Before I left Nintendo, they began working on the Revolution. They are working on creating a new RPG to combat Final Fantasy, which is strange. Square Enix is working on an RPG for the Revolution’s launch, so I don’t think Camelot’s game will be a launch title. If Square Enix leaves Sony (which is not a big if), they could possibly rejoin with Nintendo. Or they could wind up with Microsoft, but I doubt that.
I see a lot of people from the IGN boards are here…lol
Cardridges? Download stuff and just save them on gigantic cardridges, like the N64 DD?
A few things:
- I could’ve told anyone that Matt knows more about SK. Duh. He said that so many times. He said when he went to see SK for a week. Or was that cancelled… I dont know that anymore. Anyway, it’s not important for this discussion.
- I can only guess about the secret thing Nintendo has in store for us, but Im sure youre not going to say to anyone he’s right, even if he’s right.
- From the things you say, I get the feeling that we’ll be playing Nintendo’s game this E3 show. We’re even playing it now. Nintendo is playing with us. You said just watch the movie ‘The Game’. Are the going to fool the world with their pre-E3 press conference? Or the entire E3 right till the end? So that the first days Zelda and DS games can catch some press coverage, and safe the best for last? Are they deliberately going to say they aren’t showing any Revolution stuff? And then at the last day still do it? Has Nintendo made up that rumour a few weeks back that hit the net, that there would be no Revolution? All these questions… pfew.
Moz
I doubt anyone would take this much time to piece together this big a joke.
I believe him.
Wait…doesn’t Sony own majority stock in Squaresoft? I know they got away with developing Crystal Chronicles for GameCube because they used some new development branch or something.
IGN posters unite
Covert Says:
“I doubt anyone would take this much time to piece together this big a joke.
I believe him. ”
You doubt that? Welcome to the internet, my friend.
Oh, and why hasn’t Brooke commented here? Does he know this discussion is going on here?
Nintendo owns a good portion of stock in squaresoft actually as well. It is possible that they could buy back shares and take a majority holding in it.
I have seen jokes on the internet, but none this big, even if it is one.
Most of the stuff he’s been saying has to be true. You can’t just pull stuff like that out of your ass without knowing some things.
What is wrong with you people? I can’t believe you are all falling for this rubbish! The only reason you are all believing is because it’s what you WANT to hear! If he had made the same claims but with stupid game ideas, NONE of you would believe it. He’s baiting you because you all love Nintendo. Think about it, less than 3 weeks ago, even Satoru Iwata said he had no idea how they were going to unveil Revolution at E3. Second, I can GUARANTEE you that NO ONE knows about their E3 plans other than the exectutives of the company. They don’t even let their common employees know about it, let alone a developer from another company. Thirdly, all of the “useful” information is the exact same stuff that Matt from IGN talks about every day in his mail section. If I were you, I’d take a better look at Matt’s mailbag, because all the stuff that this guy is saying that you are all falling for, is the near exact opposite of what Matt says every day.
Aries is playing you all like a fiddle and you are letting him. Accept it, you are all believing because you WANT to believe him. Just let Nintendo show its own hand. You are all setting yourself up for one HUGE disappointment if you believe all this. Sorry.
Aries,
I hope you’re not making this up- it would be great to see Nintendo learn from its mistakes and summon all its resources and creativity to make a great console launch.
That Retro FPS, though- the controller can get “hot”? What’s that about?
Hey Aries,
U said that the revolutionary aspect of the console is related to the disk format. I was wondering, i’d read earlier somewhere that theres a new, more efficient, and faster way to read disks. This involves the lens rotating around the disk where as right now disk’s spin inside a cd drive. Does this relate in any way to Nintendo’s Revolutionary feature? And i’ve heard that the format of the disk is dual sided mini dvd’s that can hold a max capacity of 5.4 gigs? is that any where close to what they’re going to be using?
Dude, stop the preaching, like, only a smart portion of the people here are really, REALLY believing it.
I’m not falling for it, just speculating. At least there’s discussion here, which is interesting.
There probably are a few people here who believe in it… that’s their problem. Just accept nothing and you’ll be fine.
That doesn’t mean that I think Aries is LYING… I’m just not placing any bets.
I don’t know about the hardware aspects he’s said so far, but certain things have backing. For example, Nintendo working on 7 games for Revolution. They’ve been very quiet for at least the past year or two. With all those dev studios it’s hard to believe that they’re just sitting there twiddling their thumbs
Aries, I would like to talk to you about this over e-mail. I have a few questions to ask you.
Here’s mine if you wish to send me yours:
Covert_op15@msn.com
“…I’m not falling for it”
“…That doesn’t mean that I think Aries is LYING”
Way to sit on the fence. Bravo.
Man,This is amazin’!!!I’m writin’ you guys from Trinidad in the Carribbean..I just wanna say as a Nintendo Fan,from day one,it’s just really cool to hear all this news…true or not..a man can dream,I just hope Nintendo is listening to its Fans who span the World…thanks for Hope and dreams Aries!!
PS!!This site rocks!!!
@derek: do you have a better suggestion? Why is it that everyone has to go with either YES or NO. If you don’t mind I’ll decide if he’s wrong or right when I see it with my own eyes at the E3 show. What’s so wrong with that, huh? Is it better to already believe in him now? Way to get your hopes up. Bravo.
Wait a minute… I asked the guy if he worked for Ubi Soft or Free Radical…
he said he didn’t work for Ubi Soft.
Ehm…?
I can see free radical working on a vectorman 2 game. Especially after he said that it would be online with 40 players at once. Sounds like a fast paced shooter like timesplitters.
Glad I have a last name lol. I like this ideas here either way.
Plus, Free Radical has a lot of good words about Nintendo in interviews I read. Plus ties with Rare. He talked about Rare.
Again, just speculating. Nothing wrong with good ol’ rumours.
Moz,
Who cares where he works? He’s not going tell you, and quite frankly it doesn’t matter. The information he posted is pretty thorough, so stop asking questions and pretending to interrogate a suspect.
We’ll all know if he’s lying in a couple weeks.
Convert: I’m not that crazy. The last thing I need to do is send out an e-mail.
Moz: I do not work for Free Radical.
Haha.
Jeez Derek, you’re really passionate about ANYONE not agreeying with you huh? What about opinions. And I can tell you stories that look thorough, c’mon man, it’s not that hard.
I agree on the part where you say that we’ll know he’s lying in a couple of weeks though. Since that is precisely what I said a few posts earlier.
He wouldn’t tell us either way even if we guessed right. lol I don’t wanna know where you work Aries keep it quiet and that way you can keep talking.
You called me Convert T_T
I think Aries has more credibility and has given more realistic information about Revolution. The rest about 3d projection is too far fetch and is not practical right now. Nintendo is probaly leaving the 3d projection to the movie industry. No point in losing huge amounts of money in technology that has not yet been proven to be like by everyone. I really hope for a succesful launch for Revoluotion. I will get PS3 and Revolution, Xbox 360 does not interest me at all, it does not bring anything new.
Even though Aries is liyng, he’s building up the hype around the console. Personally, I’ll wait for E3, to se what Nintendo has up their sleeves.
Aries, since you know so much about whats going on with Nintendo.
Explain what happend with this peripheral.
http://cube.ign.com/articles/505/505413p1.html
This backs up what Broken Saints was saying about 3D.
Hey Aries/Brook, if you two could talk to each other somehow and then maybe Brook could confirm if this guy would know what he is talking about? Since Brook was in the industry.
Aries- Do you know when Nintendo is planning to launch Revolution?I know it will launch after Xbox 360, MS is so confident about launching before everyone else and winning the race. I believe it might end up like the DreamCast.
You know, I am trying to you (Aries) the benefit of the doubt, but how can you put your faith in someone that cannot spell “capable” correctly?
You failed to do numerous times it’s scary.
nice find Conker3000
This pretty much means one thing:
We’re in the period right before E3 where anyone can post something on a message board (or in this case blog) and get tons of attention. E3 rocks every year, baby!
I would really like to hear something from Brooke about all this stuff Aries wrote.
Well, true or not, there’s been some interesting spec put forward here. While I’m doubtful as to how and why a worker for a 3rd party developer knows so much about the inner plans and workings of so many other developers, I have to say it’s been a very good read.
And yeah, i’m here from the IGNB as well.
The only journalist I trust is Matt from IGN. Now there’s a man with connections, honesty, and journalistic integrity. Long live Matt!
Matt, please, stop posting under falls identities.
The peripheral shown at E3 2004 had nothing to do with 3D functionality. Brooke’s points on that were pure speculation. I can confirm that a peripheral was shown there.
http://cube.ign.com/articles/542/542655p1.html?fromint=1
“Earlier today, Nintendo confirmed that Mario Party 6 will employ a microphone, settling a prolonged bout of speculation. Nintendo fans have been spouting rumors across dozens of message boards ever since Nintendo publicized its desire to introduce a new peripheral to the marketplace. Fans entertained all sorts of ideas, the most bizarre of which saw Nintendo releasing a re-vamped Power Glove.
Well, it’s not a Power Glove. It’s a microphone.”
So does that convince you? Brooke didn’t look into that information enough.
you still havent answered my question Aries? am i far of from the truth or close?
Well, for one thing Aries, the entire Internet message board community is following you. Good job on staying low
Maybe the secret peripheral was a head-set for voice recognition…
Aries i find it very hard to believe you. I want to, everything you say seems possible and probable but even if you are making vectorman or whatever i have never heard of that game untill today(ive been with nintendo since the original never messed with sega) but even if you are working on that game how would you know so many details about so many nintendo and other company games. It seems like you are just saying what you want to be true. This is a dumb argument anyway because i know we all will find out soon enough but dont give people false hopes. Then they will be dissapointed when e3 comes. But if you really do know what you are talking tell if raven blade coming back oh and kid icarus.
The link I just provided discredits Brooke’s assumptions about the 3D peripheral.
Monkey C: I’m sorry, I can’t remember what your question was. Could you repost it?
It is coming. Today. Be ready. Touching is good, feeling is better.
Dylan, he already answered that question:
“Because I work for a developer, I am connected to many different people who know more than I do.”
Aries, have you seen PDZ and is it amazing if you have? b/c PDZ is my most anticipated game
And do you know if Criterion’s FPS Black is coming out on next-gen console(s)
Also, the N64 was a great console and had alot of great games, but the Gamecube was very very disappointing so much that i got rid of it last year, but if what your saying about the Revolution is true then i might get one, along with Xbox360 and PS3
If he’s the real deal, I don’t really want to continue reading since this is sort of spoiling some of E3′s suprises……..yet I can’t turn away
Hey Aries,
U said that the revolutionary aspect of the console is related to the disk format. I was wondering, i’d read earlier somewhere that theres a new, more efficient, and faster way to read disks. This involves the lens rotating around the disk where as right now disk’s spin inside a cd drive. Does this relate in any way to Nintendo’s Revolutionary feature? And i’ve heard that the format of the disk is dual sided mini dvd’s that can hold a max capacity of 5.4 gigs? is that any where close to what they’re going to be using?
Aries, do you know anything about the next Grand Theft Auto? Is Rockstar gonig to be on board with Revolution? Why hasn’t Nintendo even attempted to get a part of the single biggest game series in the world today?
How many people does it take to form an army?? One? I think not. Two?? Perhaps four?? 4 is a square number. In all respects.
GTA is over rated.
LOL touch you and that riddle.
What if revolution had 3 demensional control. Like power glovish but being able to fully feel out and control whatever you see in front of you.
I second that, Derek S.
No, I have not seen Perfect Dark Zero. I really can’t wait to get my hands on it at E3 though. I haven’t really paid much attention to Criterion’s game.
I’m about 90% sure that Raven Blade isn’t in development. As the N-Sider article on Retro states, the code for the game is still around. So, you never know. While I was at NOA, Raven Blade was not in development.
Kid Icarus…interesting. Read some stuff on IGN. They did an interview with the creator of Viewtiful Joe, and they asked him that question. He sounded like he knew something. I don’t know anything about that game though.
Woodman: You better go buy another Gamecube. Zelda, Pokemon, Fire Emblem, Mario 128, etc. Wait until E3.
As much as I want to trust Aries, I trust IGN more. Here’s an excerpt from the mailbag from April 19th, 2005, only last week.
“Coming back to the Revolution side of things, you’re right in that there’s not much interest in the console right now. Developers just don’t seem to care. It’s kind of depressing. I call up some publishers and I have to explain to them that Nintendo has a next-generation console in development because they have never heard of it. Meanwhile, they can tell you all about Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. As someone who was here for the launch of Nintendo 64 and GameCube, I can tell you that comparatively speaking, the industry at large was much more hyped for these machines than it appears to be for Nintendo’s next console. That, any way you slice it, is bad news….And talk about Revolution within the industry is nonexistent.”
Let’s hope he was wrong.
hey aries,
still no reply to my question?
hmmm maybe im close and you cant reveal anymore about it?
Haha, first Anyone, now Touch… what are these riddles. Are these Nintendo employees trying to get the hype started, or just Nintendo FANBOYS.
Well, now we’re talking about IGN, if Nintendo has something planned similar to the movie ‘The Game’ like Aries said, maybe theyve found journalists to co-operate?
What if Nintendo is trying to under-hype the whole industry, to make the E3 showing even more effective??
Am I the only one who remembers an article posted by one of the gaming websites stating that Square Enix was going to be helping Nintendo with it’s online service? Or did I imagine that? I must’ve imgained it.
Monkey C: I really can’t answer that question. It would spoil a lot of thing. But I have a question for you. Where did you hear that?
Hollywood: No, haven’t heard anything about Rockstar working with Nintendo. I have heard some interesting rumors about Rockstar though. They are showing a PSP GTA at E3; I’m sure you all know that though. But I’ve also heard that they might move the GTA series to the Xbox 360. This is just a rumor of course, but it makes sense to me. I’ve never liked GTA.
Aries, I don’t know if you’re telling the true, but if that isn’t the case then I have to say that you have an outstanding imagination XD. You should be contracted by Nintendo immediatelly and give them all your ideas.
I hope that all that was true, but I prefer not to expect nothing, and “not hype” myself too much.
@Touch!
one eye, two eyes, one eye, four eyes.
DHTK
Is that you saying that? Sounds similar.
Whats with the riddles, anyway?
Yeah. Squeenix’s PlayOnline service was going to be used with the DS. Most likely, it’ll be launched with FF:CC DS. However, that’s purely my own speculation. It would be absolutely awesome if Nintendo was having people under-hype the console. I really, really want this to be true, but I don’t know if I can believe it. And, no offense to Aries, there is no way that we can validate who he says he is. If you could give us a date for the “The Game” thing, that would make you more credible.
Yeah Reggie is evil like that…. Nintendo will soon dominate the world. Muahahaha
one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
There is an army here right now. Aries has just created an army. This army is taking over this site, wating for his next command. All of you are his troops. Just like in a real army soldiers do not agree with their leaders, but they listen. You might not agree with him, but are hitting the refresh button on this site every minute. Just look at the number of responses. The buzz is growing… look at the other message boards. This is exactly what they want. A form of advertising and hype. Hit the hardcore gamers first. Message boards, etc. It’s the start. Ourcolony was their start, this is ours…
Monkey C:
I read that article too.
And I do believe it was in IGN.
I think it had something to do with a third format vs BluRay and HD-DVD.
The name escapes me right now, but I’ll think of it.
I think you have revealed enough Aries. There is no need to continue. most of our faith is renewed in Nintnendo. Can’t wait till E3.
Ha, I knew I didn’t imagine it. You’re right, Squre Enix IS launching a similar PlayOnline service (like on their website) for the DS. If anything was to be validated today, I’d say that’s one piece of great news!
Aries, can you please tell me if my ‘The Game’ analyses holds any truth. You know, Nintendo trying to under-hype their new console until E3? Maybe even under-hype it ON the E3 itself and at the end of the show go out with a bang?
Jeez, look at me being the info-hungry journalist. Oh well.
@touch!
If this is true and good ol’ nintendo need someone to test out the rev I’ll be more than glad to give a helping hand:)
Touch! ahhaa I was right. Muahahaha. Time to tell everyone about it and get people hyped up. To arms my hardcore Nintendites!
I was bullshitting you all along. My god, you sheep will believe anything, won’t you!? LOL
TSHBO!
@bleed 4me
That’s a website posting everything from this message board.
Is that what ya’ll are hinting at?
hmmm I feel special cause your asking me a question now. haha
No but in all seriousness I read about this new disk stuff online somewhere. I dont have an exact source. But I know for a fact that I read that new disk drives comming out in the future would be able to read double sided disks and instead of having a disk spinnning while being read by the lens, companies were making it so that the lens would rotate around the disk. This would help bring disk reading speeds higher. This is because at a certain speed while the disk is rotating, it can start to damage itself due to the speed. Im not sure if what im saying is totally correct but it’s the basic concept about what I read.
And the reason im thinking that NIntendo maybe using this concept is because it’s planning to use dual sided disks for the Rev and for that to work, they would need a drive that would be able to read top and bottom at the same time…. this would need the machine to have two seperate lenses reading the information from top and bottom but at the same time the lens would rotate around the disk as both lenses would be reading two seperate pieces of information of the disk. Hence the disk does not move at all.
Sounds kinda crazy but I really have a feeling that this theory is sound.
Anyways what do you think? Is it possible for you to help me know if im correct on this or not? cuase i have a feeling im kinda close to what they’re doing which is why you cant really say anything but you havent really said that my theory earlier was wrong either so im thinking…..
@hesitant
I’m not sure i understand what your saying.??
@bleed
http://www.onefishtwofishredfishbluefish.org/revrumors.html
Ask yourself a quesition.. Which one will be victorious? A colony of ants, or an army of people?
A colony of ants! Haven’t you ever seen like a whole mound of those things devour an entire person in mere minutes? Frightening.
Yeah but people can make fire and pesticides.
I dont believe you.
eh, if the colony is big enough, just carpet bomb the whole thing
“it’s planning to use dual sided disks for the Rev and for that to work, they would need a drive that would be able to read top and bottom at the same time”
That set my imagination off! If it could read the disk from both sides, and the disk would not have to move, add gyroscopic technology and the fact that the disk method used is part of the ‘revolution’ How about a hand-held gyroscopic console where the controller and the console are part of the same device. The disk is read from within the device while built-in sensors detect movement, pressure, etc and translate all this wirelessly to a reciever in the TV.
I have no idea what the advantages of this would be but to me it sounds cool. [/spec]
Dr Jackal = Ms Hyde
Brook Burgess = Aries
@Hesitant
i said onefish,two fish, red fish, blue fish, because someone keeps saying one eye, two eyes, one eys, four eyes. It reminded me of Dr. Suess’ onefish, twofish, redfish, bluefish.
I didnt know there was a website with that address. and what freaks me out more is that the website has the rev rumors on it. Whats goin on?
@touch!
how big are the ants?
Well, maybe not people. But those fire ants in Africa. They swarm and devour mercilessly whatever is in their way. I saw in on National Geographic. There’s a short story about it too, called “Leinengen Versus the Ants”. I read it in high school
“I was bullshitting you all along. My god, you sheep will believe anything, won’t you!? LOL
TSHBO!”
I thought the impersonators had left; apparently I was wrong. Are you doing this to feel special? I shouldn’t even respond to you. In 19 you will be sitting at your computer reading everything I’ve said.
yeah, the ants are called siafu. I think thats how you spell it.
Aries does it seem like im on the right track?
Well yeah ants can kill but we are still at top of food chain. Hesitant how did you find that site? Its from someone at ign.
At first I was instantly convinced by what Aries is saying, but the more and more he posts, I am more and more convinced that he’s just making it all up.
For instance, in one of his last posts he said that Nintendo are to make many accuisitions. I mean comon. He’s telling us EXACTLY what we want to hear.
Think about it. Combine all the suggestions and hopes of Nintendo fans all over the world from forums and such, and you get this blog.
It sounds like this guy just reads messageboards and come up with stuff that he knows we’ll love.
He’s probably trying to teach us some kind of lesson. Something about instant gratification and stuff like that.
I want all of this to be true. I really do. But all of this can’t possibly be true. If all that he wrote was true Nintendo are on easy street.
We all know, that nothing is easy.
So I urge you to take this news with lots of grains of salt.
Whoevers doing the Aries impersonations…chill your beans out dude…you are majorly screwing around man
Aries I hope you noticed that no one really responded to him we are starting to figure out who the imposter is luckily. Would brat-sampson have a good idea and combine it with what i said like it being a power glove or something fully controlling everything in the game ala minority report or something.
“Ask yourself a quesition.. Which one will be victorious? A colony of ants, or an army of people?”
OK this is getting scary, I dont want to fight no ants!!
I didn’t even know my posting here, was me enlisting in the army.
yeah hesitant. I was just playing around about the whole onetworedblue. It just creeps me out that it a website.
Here is the big Nintendo Revolution secret
You know how there is very little official info on Nintendo Revolution. How everyone is mad frustrated and angry ? Well thats because we are looking at the wrong place. Becuase all the Revolution infos are right below our nose , in plain sight. You know how the next Xbox is names Xbos 360 and 360 = one revolution. They are one and the same !!!
XBOX REVOLUTION !!!
My guess is Adrenium Games?
salt should be made mandatory with all revolution discussions.
Aqw, that was the most original news I’ve heard in two days. It’s about time something made me smile.
I say let the revolution begin…………….
Maybe monkey c monkey doo is on the right track. What if the lens is the one that spins(or makes revolutions).
“In 19 you will be sitting at your computer reading everything I’ve said. ”
What does this mean?
In 19 what?
I know someone’s mentioned this already today, but I’ll remind you. Make sure you all see the next issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. The stuff they have on Zelda is absolutely goose bumpingly good. The scans I’ve seen are amazing.
May 19th
Is there a link for the scans of zelda?
I don’t have them, I found them on another message board. Here, give me a few minutes, I’ll find them…
Another reason why i believe that the machine will be using mini dvd’s is because it’s backwards compatible… and the way a gamecube disk is manufactured, it is read from the outer rim to the middle. And regular dvd’s roms and drives read from the middle out. Nintendo wouldnt stray away from this as it would be more difficult to make the machine backwards compatible. so for now i believe that the dual sided mini dvd’s are the format being used by nintendo :0) Not a bad ting if they have the whole twin lenses readin the disk… imagine a gamecube game with frustrating load times, this may actually make it possible for that game to start up relativly faster
“Maybe monkey c monkey doo is on the right track. What if the lens is the one that spins(or makes revolutions). ”
How does that change the way we play games?
How does that make development costs cheaper?
How does that simplify our controls?
If that is true, it will increase the size of the revolution
(Think Xbox x 2)
Monkey C: You are very smart; that is all I’m going to say regarding the disk formats.
Super Hitman: I’m not telling you what you want to hear. Nintendo has been dropping the ball time after time, but with this console they are finally getting better. Sure, many of the things I said sound very good. I have also mentioned some things that don’t sond so good. For instance, I mentioned that the “revolutionary” aspect of the system isn’t what Nintendo says it is. I have said Mario 128 may disappoint a lot of people. I feel that Miyamoto hyped this game up far too much. I have said that Rockstar is not working on the Revolution. I confirmed that Raven Blade isn’t in development. Many of these things don’t sound good, Hitman, but I still mentioned them. Overall though, I believe Nintendo’s future plans are very good.
http://www.gamefront.de/
You have to scroll down a bit.
http://forums.n-sider.com/showthread.php?p=53488#post53488
Scan up the page, you’ll see the cover of the new issue of the magazine.
Ehm if anyone wants to see EGM’s Zelda scans just visit my blog, just click on my name, it’s somewhere on the main page of my blog including slightly older scans from the Spanish mag.
“i said onefish,two fish, red fish, blue fish, because someone keeps saying one eye, two eyes, one eys, four eyes. It reminded me of Dr. Suess’ onefish, twofish, redfish, bluefish.
I didnt know there was a website with that address. and what freaks me out more is that the website has the rev rumors on it. Whats goin on?”
Glitch in the matrix?
Jokes aside, that is wierd though.
man if i had a clue on how it changed games im pretty sure my name on this board would be Aries haha.
But now im officially Smart so HAH
This is all too good to be true. I wish it all was, but I just can’t believe it.
Iwata said earlier in an interview that the Revolution may turn 3rd party developers away or they weren’t expecting to get that much support, something like that.
And now Aries is saying how everyone, except SK, is going to be developing for Nintendo. I am not buying it, just too good to be true.
Another thing, you have to be violating NDAs and the like, saying all this stuff. Someone will find out and you will be in hot water Aries.
19 days…….it just isn’t coming fast enough.
“Ehm if anyone wants to see EGM’s Zelda scans just visit my blog”
Shameless self- advertising.
Nice
well, if MonkeyC’s disk info was reasonably accurate then what I said might make some sense. I can’t see why else they would want a stationary and secure disk if it wasn’t going to be shaken around. (Unless this sort of disc would hold a lot more info, I’m not too sure about this stuff. I know you said it would increase disk-read speeds but if it’s purely for the sake of information capacity why not just go for next-gen dvd technology (whatever that turns out to be now the HD/Blu-ray debacle is over))
Just because the major companies are developing doesnt mean much. There is still a lot out there. Activision, and Vivendi havent been named for example.
Jesus! Those zelda pics are awesome. And to think, those are just scans. Cant wait to see hign res pics.
@Epsilon
Yeah, its mind numbingly wierd. They are probably watching me right now.(looks over shoulder slowly)
Any truth to the rumors about the Rev launching this year? Ive seen rumors that it will launch Q4, someone even posted a date of Nov 19th on a forum a few weeks ago…
Does anyone remember the rumors about a portable gamecube level handheld. Maybe the revolution is it since it does play gamecube discs.
BTW, Aries, about your line of work, what exactly do you do?
How long have you been in this industry?
What do you plan to do next?
I doubt it. Nintendo said they are launching at the same time as PS3 because that’s who they see as their competition. They could care less about Microsoft. They see Sony as the main target
Actually, Iwata said that 3rd parties would support nintendo.
Thats because Microsoft has no chance in Japan.
Hd dvd’s are going to be expensive, same with blu – ray. Nintendo has just found a way to lower production costs of their games. By manufacturing a dual sided disk. Also im pretty sure that because of this new reading technology, it is possible to store a little bit more information on each side of the disk. if you compare, a gamecube disk only holds 1.8 or 2.2 gigs on the disk. This new dual sided format hold 5.4. Thats more then double. Im sure theres more to this new revolutionary function nintendo is talking about and it is now obvious that this is linked to it in someway or another.
Epsilon:
“Ehm if anyone wants to see EGM’s Zelda scans just visit my blogâ€
Shameless self- advertising.
Nice ”
Yeah, I’m like that. I could advertise for the site I’m a column writer for too, but I’m afraid that would be a little too much. I’ll do it a few posts later. Hahah. The whole net is eyeing this.
So lets recap…
– New partnerships, Nintendo & Hideo Kojima
– Square onboard?
– More powerful than Xbox360, almost as powerful as PS3.
– gyration control – more FPS games
– Online gaming, downloadable demos, surfing, chatting
– Grip sensative handles
So all of this still isn’t including the “revolutionary aspect”? That all sounds new and revolutionary enough for Nintendo alone. How much more can be crammed into this thing to make it profitable?
yeah, sounds too good to be true. I can’t even imagine a developer being privy enough to all this information, especially since you haven’t been with NOA for a while now.
I have a question for Aries or Monkey C about this new way to read disks with the disk moving and the lasers moving around the disk……
Can this still play DVDs? Cause if the Rev can’t read DVDs like GC, they are going to lose again to XBOX 360 and PS3.
Derek: If anything a portable GCN will be the next GameBoy. Just imagine, it already has small discs and a large back-catalogue. Stick the hardware in a very small box, wrap a controller around it and jam a screen on the front and your done.
Aries… Do you know something more about Square Ravolution game???
And.. What happend to Retro???… No Metroid Prime 3????
Its hard to believe that nintendo is going to answer Sony and Microsofts home console with a super handheld. The revolution will have to be a home console. Plus, they’ve already said that the machine can be played of a computer screen as well as a tv.
“Yeah, its mind numbingly wierd. They are probably watching me right now.(looks over shoulder slowly) ”
LOL,
Touch! is the one that is scaring me, he has been posting weird shit all day
Paladin? That’s a familiar name? Shite, which forum is it… I visit them all for my job, so… ehm…. Nphiles? Planet GameCube?… I cant remember.
Matt Casam…I mean Aries´s info is just the tip of the iceberg.
Here’s a question for you Aries, is NRev capable of 1080i? HD?
I think that portable gamecube thing was the Gameboy Evolution rumored a few months back. Either way, most industry experts agree it’s far too early for a new handheld for Nintendo. They just released the DS, the Zelda later this year, and Revolution next fall. If they create a new gameboy, it’ll just confuse everybody. However, most people are in agreement that Nintendo will be unveling a new form of the Gameboy Advance at E3. Not a new gameboy, just a new form. You know, kinda like the SP is a different form from the original.
Haha, would Aries is Matt? Riiiight. This just gets weirder and weirder. It’s like Megaton all over again, everyone just adds a liiiittle bit more to make it that much weirder.
Im not to sure what nintendo is doing as like u im a gamer not a developer like aries. But im sure that nintendo doesnt care that their machine doesnt play dvd’s. Nintendo makes machines for one reason only. To play games. The online portion of the revolution that Aries described was nintendo helping people play games with more people around the world. I dont see nintendo adding a the convenience of a dvd player in a machine or any machine in the future at all because truly, thats not what they’re making the machine for. but then again im a moron and it could happen haha look at the ds, it has a play yan ting for mp3s
“So lets recap…
- New partnerships, Nintendo & Hideo Kojima
- Square onboard?
- More powerful than Xbox360, almost as powerful as PS3.
- gyration control – more FPS games
- Online gaming, downloadable demos, surfing, chatting
- Grip sensative handles”
But why has none of this stuff been leaked by anyone else?
@mr nintendo
you mean to tell me you dont have a dvd player other than ps2 or xbox. Plus, dvd player are a lot cheaper than they used to be.
Aries….so what about the GBA2 E3 rumors..?
“Paladin? That’s a familiar name? Shite, which forum is it… I visit them all for my job, so… ehm…. Nphiles? Planet GameCube?… I cant remember. ”
I think its GS System Wars
I have a question for Aries. If the controllers are wireless, how could they support screens, heat, and gyroscopes without having negligible battery life? It sounds great, but technically, it seems like it can’t be done.
I just wish they would add the DVD playback feature.
My friend worked for Nintendo customer service in Redmond, WA, and the #1 call she would always get, “Why can’t my GameCube play DVDs?” The average Joe out there isn’t as hardcore of a gamer as we are.
I think it is just sad that Nintendo will skip this feature when so many ‘average’ gamers out there ask for it, or use it now on XBOX/PS2.
Yeah? System Wars? Man, even the fact that I remember names from System Wars is offensive for me as a person. Haha.
i thought he said it won’t have a screen?
Can the revolution hook up to PC monitors?
i have no idea what system wars is, i usually post on the ign boards.
So you do/do not work for Adrenium Games?
Yes. Iwata, back at E3 2004, confirmed that feature.
Nintendo has indeed stated that it’s machines are for games, not DVD’s. But don’t forget the number one reason for all of Nintendo’s thinking…money. Nintendo is absolutely notorious for cutting corners just to save a few bucks and make their things cheaper. That’s why the Revolution can’t be TOO revolutionary, technically speaking. They want to create a new gaming experience, but they won’t do it at the expense of the consumer. Whatever Nintendo has decided for their console, it will have to be cheap (in comparison).
Actually there are several ways to have a screen work wirelessly. There is fuel cell batteries of course or there is a technology that has been in the works that powers devices through sending a wave length through an outlet to power a device wirelessly.
“Yeah? System Wars? Man, even the fact that I remember names from System Wars is offensive for me as a person. Haha.”
LOL,
SW is the place I go to for a good chuckle.
The stuff that sometimes goes on there………priceless.
Yeah, the rev will connect to a pc monitor. And system wars is on the gamepot message boards.
I am a college student, having a system play DVDs (I have an XBOX as well as a GC) is very nice, saves me money on a DVD player, I don’t care how cheap they are, and this goes for many college students.
Nintendo’s biggest audience, kids. ‘Oh, I’m sorry honey, my and dad are watching TV, you can’t watch your Spy Kid ‘X’ movie right now.” Oh wait, you can, just watch it on your Revolution in your room (most kids nowadays have their own TVs in their rooms).
Also, having a system that you can plug into any TV or computer monitor that can play DVDs is a very nice feature.
From a Mr. Joe Schmoe standpoint, not including this feature is just a disappointment.
Do you know of any wwe games coming out for revolution. I would like to see one launch with the console but thats probably wishful thinking. It would be cool if they used the pressure sensative controller for it like when you squeeze the controller you grab on to someone that would be tight.
Yeah, I know, I go to SW too to laugh. Pretty often too.
Although with all this discussion here, this one message on a blog alone deserves an entire forum. Damn, Brooke must be very happy (hits!) or very mad (offtopic trash)
OK so how does ‘paradigm shift’ somehow come into all of this?
this blog has 547 posts. oops! now it has 548
Yeah I have sat here at work all day and watched it go up.
Thank god its my day off.
BINGO!
Now I got it. I remember.
Monkey C:
It’s called holographic versatile disk (HVDs).
Can hold an insane amount of data.
The lasers spin around it, it isn’t really a “disc” its like more like a cartridge.
Look at that keyword: Holographic.
Maybe THIS is where all the holographic 3D rumours are coming from, ehh??
A colony of ants will be in greater numbers.
But an army of people will have better Tech
Ants however can sneak up. While human weaponry can’t.
If these Revolution rumors are true why aren’t there any other sources?
I dont think Aries is/was lying about this he sure knows what he is talking about. But he cant say everything he might lose his job if he does.
The mario Rumor is true i believe it. Miyamoto is also acting strange these day’s lately he told that his only project concern is Nintendogs while that game was almost finished.
If we combine the posts of Aries and Brookes we will get our answer to what the Revolution really is.
Touch! however remains a history to me…
Maybe reggie in disguise? However Reggie doesn’t know shit Iwata does…
for all of you out there who seem to already discredited the whole 3-d aspect, in discovers december issue theres a small blurp about a company making cheap 3-d tvs that dont need glasses of any sort and in the magazine it sates”surgeons could evaluate medical conditions using lifelike visualizations while games could become more fully immersive”. When i first read that i automatically though of the nintedo rumor about displaying things on the screen @ different angles and such. i advice anyone whos sceptical to check out http://www.opticalitycorp.com im not saying this is true im just saying its more possible than people think
These are numbers I only can dream of.
Well, I’m not thát desperate.
Tell you what Aries, you should post some stuff on MY blog. Haha.
I’m not going to tell you what I do. I’ve given enough information about myself. I don’t plan on staying with this developer for long, to tell the truth.
I left Nintendo in 2004, but I never heard anything about a concrete launch date. From what I’m hearing now, Nintendo is watching Sony very closely. The Revolution will come out before the PS3, but I don’t know exactly when thay will happen. I am pretty sure that they will battle it out during the 2006 holiday season. That would give developers (including us) more than enough time. I can confirm that they will not be released before E3 of 2006. The Revolution won’t be on the E3 floor this year.
The portable Gamecube rumors are not credible at all. There is no “Gameboy Evolution”. I’m sure Nintendo has some plans for a new Gameboy, but it won’t be out any time soon.
Ok, I plowed through everything new written, heres what I have to say, and ask:
Aries, I am leaning towards believing you, since no one would be so pathetic to go through all this just to insult ninty fanboys. That’d be insane. But, I doubt your credibility. Why would oyu make a rare typo when you meant to type retro? They’re very different words, and it seems like you were just trying to stir up some controversy. I will still believe you, though. If this is all lies, then at least say so at the end to put us out of our miseries. Also, you said DMC would be on REV. While this might have been an impersonator, you never corrected it. I really doubt DMC going to REV… Anyway, here are my questions
1) How do you know all this info?
2) What part of the console if affected by the big revolutionary aspect? How is it related to the disk format? ANd please jsut tell me if ninty will be re-using the same minidisk format. If the answer is yes, than all my hope will evaporate…
3)Heard anything of a new handheld, the GBE. What about it. I certainly love the ds, and I hate traditonal handhelds like PSP and GB. I just dont think they add anything new to gaming. Sadly, I dont think the ds will win against the psp, even with loads of software you say it will be getting. Thats why I hope they release a GBE that plays GC games, so ninty can sell 2 handhelds, but only has to support 1 (since GBE will already have laods of games). This would boost GC support, as well as give nintendo a direct competitor against the psp. So, is there a new GBE in development. When will it be released. Will it indeed play GC games?
4)Whats the online plan called, and what system does it effect?
5)Are nintendo going to FINALLY expand and make NEW franchises?
And gta isnt overrated, its very fun
I have no idea what the “paradigm shift” is. Obvioiusly, it’s Nintendo’s way of generating hype for the system. But none of us here know right now what they have planned. It could be as great as Aries says, it could be as bad as other “fanboys” would have you believe. Right now, I’m hoping Brooke was right. I think 3D is a fantastic idea.
Nah, Brooke is prolly feelin ashamed and embarassed, his claims got rubbished on his own site.
I think that’s what they’;re called but if u look at the pic on that site from the search, the HVD is a disk not a cartridge
and if nintendo plans on making mini hvd’s for the rev, then making it backwards compatible for gamecube games shouldnt be too hard
If the Revolution won’t be on the floor this year, will it be shown at all? And, is there any way you could validate your identity? Obviously, if you said “I’m Denis Dyack”, it would be pretty stupid, but if there’s anything like, “Nintendo will announce the name of its DS online service on May 10, just in time to build up hype for E3″, or tell us what would be at a press conference, we might have more belief in what you’re saying. I want it to be true, but obviously we have no way of knowing.
“I’m hoping Brooke was right. I think 3D is a fantastic idea. ”
Nah, Aries claims are much more interesting than 3d.
Nah, I was just kidding with the whole Ign thing, but as easy as I did someone else could do it, Aries`s info just sounds less far-fetched than Brooke`s, the only part I dont bite is the “great 3rd party support” thing.
Of course it sounds farfetched now, after almost every multi-platform game is for PS2 and Xbox, but if the Revolution is as good as we hope it is, I could see it happening.
According to him, only 6 devs are on board. Thats not too great. While devs are interested, theres no flood of games like with XB360. There may be in the future, but not now.
I don’t believe it really has to be round-shapped like a disc.
The data can be stored on mutliple layers, and since the laser can read it from mutlipe angles, whats to stop it from being cubed-shaped?
You can store more data on it that way.
I’m not saying it will be though.
Hesitant
where did you find that lnk for onefishtwofish…etc.
I think using the mini-disk format was one of the reasons GC failed. It wasnt a dvd player, and it simply looks much less appealing to the mass market to use a seperate format
I think I’ve heard just about every rumor under the sun. I can’t wait till e3 is done and overwith. I’m spent on all this speculating. Iwata is right, we’re all thinking too hard about the NRev.
Like I said, the Revolution’s design will be shown, as well as videos and specs. The controller will not be shown.
My credibility will be proven on May 19th. I have already given you a hint about what will happen in the next few weeks. Pay close attention to some of the Nintendo related stories that will begin to pop up. So far, many have already been reported. Pay attention. And on the 19th, don’t automatically try to write me off. There is a big suprise in store for everyone. I’ve said that 100 times, but I can’t stress it enough.
Like I said, it’s ‘The Game’… Nintendo is setting us up through news items and stuff, right? Ive said it 3 times now and you havent responded to it.
Aries, 1080i capable or not?
Answer my above questions, Aries, I need answers
And I believe you.
the lens doesnt read it from multiple angles, the thoery was that instead of the disk spinning, the lens would just read the disk by moving itself on the flat surface.
having the lens read at all angles would make the machine have the disk docked in a gyro type thing which would let the lens freely rotate around.
That would truly be the most expensive thing in the world haha
hey aries, since you used to work at noa is the school digipen still located on the first floor of the building connected to noa?
Just speculation, but I’m guessing the big surprise will be at E3. Nintendo won’t specifically say why they pulled whatever they did, but it will keep us talking until they decide to release some new info. Either way, I’m really looking forward to E3.
It has begun.
Is that a test question jeremiah? good job
bleed
I actually found it somewhere on the GAF boards, heh.
Aries,
no to Adrenium Games, or should we stop trying to figure out where you work?
And HVD…?
I think Touch! is some form of troll.
“The Game” is a very interesting movie. Like I said earlier, check the movie out. If you want to understand what’s going to start happening in the coming weeks, watch the movie.
I am not answering any questions relating to the disk format.
On 1080i: that’s an interesting question, but I do not know the answer to it.
Aries u said that there are articles in the news already? can u give me a few examples of some or a link to these articles as I havent heard anything about nintendo in the last few days let alone anything that was out of the ordinary
Well lets look at the psp for an example. They are using an off beat format and are doing well. Does anyone notice that Nintendo has been a little more vocal about their new console than they were with gamecube. I think they are up to some marketing efforts.
On 1080i: that’s an interesting question, but I do not know the answer to it.
Your NRev devkit docs don’t say anything about it?
Now, if he said, “Check out some recent trademarks”, or “See what Nintendo has patented recently”, that would be a good clue. If they had.
Yeah I already said Ive watched The Game tons of times, they create a movie, an adventure around you. Around the player.
So that can mean various things:
Nintendo is creating a lie around us to surprise us this E3
or
Nintendo really hsa something that makes an adventure around us
Something like that :S
Thanks hes
And Touch! might just be a troll. Like the ones in the movie Willow. Horrible creatures.
http://cube.ign.com/mail/2005-04-19.html
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/04/27/news_6123081.html
Haha. Willow… oh man, Val Kilmer is horrible in that movie.
The Game is an awesome flick. David Fincher Rules!!!!!!!!
The “other” George Lucas movie. Ugh.
im still waiting for an answer about digipen aries? you nailed it moz la punk
who knows
But he is the greatest swordsman that ever lived.
Kilmer is the greatest nightmare of all directors that ever lived, yes.
A trojan horse is still a good weapon. The element of suprise. Go in with people expecting something ordinary, and then it hits you.
So that can mean various things:
Nintendo is creating a lie around us to surprise us this E3
I can already think of one instance where Nintendo did that to us…Zelda.
We all thought we were getting Wind Waker 2, then BAM, realistic Zelda.
If your trying to hint to us about an ILoveBees style ARG (Alternate Reality Game, look it up
) Then that would be great. Something to keep Nintendo fans occupied while OC goes on.
This is gross speculation. I don’t understand why you people bother doing this. This is just creating rumors and hearsay. Is it really all that hard to wait until E3? It also defies logic that you listen to this fool claiming he’s “on the inside.” There’s certainly quite a few people “on the inside” when there’s a dearth of information for rabid fans.
I think building up your hopes to catastrophic levels could just leave you disappointed come E3 if Nintendo really doesn’t have this crazy Revolution they claim to. I, for one, think that it really won’t be an insanely “revolutionary” thing, but merely a few new features to add to games ala Nintendo DS. It might add a couple of new elements to gameplay, but as far as revolutionizing the industry, that I’m not so sure about. It will probably much more original than the PS3 or XBOX2 (especially having seen some of those less-than-inspring Next Gen Madden screens), but I seriously doubt it’s going to completely revolutionize gaming.
You really need to just wait and see before you up the hype level so high that you create a giant let-down for Nintendo fans.
Paladin69…. times that by at least 10
…if Nintendo really doesn’t have this crazy Revolution they claim to. I, for one, think that it really won’t be an insanely “revolutionary†thing, but merely a few new features to add to games ala Nintendo DS.
Isn’t that what Aries just said? it’s not really that revolutionary, just adds new features?
Is the game bionic commando? If so, that would mean you work for Capcom. That’s the first game I can think of that had a hero who wore green (not including Nintendo properties like Link and Luigi). Or is it something even older?
Paladin…
I was thinking something like that… but yeah, only bigger. Already starting now, like Aries said. False news items (Nintendo maybe leaking info that Revolution WONT be on show… a few weeks back, anyone remember?)… maybe some more false newsitems in the coming weeks. Even at E3. Then when its almost over… bang, we were joking, har har har.
And Captain, we’re merely speculating. If there’s one thing fun about E3, it’s that. I’m never dissapointed because I know that nothing here is certain to be true.
Jazzman… you’re about 5 hours late dude.
Why isnt Aries answering the digipen question?
we have already guessed it was vectorman. Plus he said 90′s not 80′s. Also said space soldier.
am i the only one who is seriously questioning aries due to the fact hes not answering my question which should be real easy if he actually did work at nintendo
This is gross speculation. I don’t understand why you people bother doing this. This is just creating rumors and hearsay. Is it really all that hard to wait until E3? It also defies logic that you listen to this fool claiming he’s “on the inside.†There’s certainly quite a few people “on the inside†when there’s a dearth of information for rabid fans.
I think building up your hopes to catastrophic levels could just leave you disappointed come E3 if Nintendo really doesn’t have this crazy Revolution they claim to. I, for one, think that it really won’t be an insanely “revolutionary†thing, but merely a few new features to add to games ala Nintendo DS. It might add a couple of new elements to gameplay, but as far as revolutionizing the industry, that I’m not so sure about. It will probably much more original than the PS3 or XBOX2 (especially having seen some of those less-than-inspring Next Gen Madden screens), but I seriously doubt it’s going to completely revolutionize gaming.
You really need to just wait and see before you up the hype level so high that you create a giant let-down for Nintendo fans.
If you want to see next-gen graphics look and Unreal 3.0 engine, that is just the beginning of what next-gen consoles can do
And the Madden Next Gen commercial wasn’t even in game. First off, what you’re about to see, and what you’ve been seeing in screenshots are not actual gameplay. It turns out that the commercial and all visuals released are actually an artist’s interpretation of what Madden could look like on the Next-Gen systems.
http://sports.ign.com/articles/606/606601p1.html
digipen
this was my reply to Captain CC
If you want to see next-gen graphics look and Unreal 3.0 engine, that is just the beginning of what next-gen consoles can do
And the Madden Next Gen commercial wasn’t even in game. First off, what you’re about to see, and what you’ve been seeing in screenshots are not actual gameplay. It turns out that the commercial and all visuals released are actually an artist’s interpretation of what Madden could look like on the Next-Gen systems.
http://sports.ign.com/articles/606/606601p1.html
boy this place sure slowed to a crawl after the digipen question…lol
Maybe he’s just busy?
I mean, he’s been posting here what, an entire DAY straight already?
He’s just a man (soothsayer or liar) after all, you know.
And besides, there are 5 new posts here every 7 seconds.
Its REALLY hard to keep track of all of it, and especailly if one person is being asked a specific question 3 out of 5 posts.
I havent had questions answered either…. like Aries working for Adrenium Games
…… but don’t beat the guy up over it.
Besides, he’s prolly an intern for NOA’s marketing department, and, since we all know Nintendo reads all these boards and websites, is posting ideas for us to see how we react, spread news, start rumours = really cheap publicity/advertising.
But I jest anyway. Just trying to lighten the mood till new info comes.
Aries, where are you
*crickets*
I’m willing to bet 100 bucks with God that Ninty reads this too. Duh. They have people that do that for a living.
Come to think about it, I see career possibilities for me *heads to Nintendo*
…it was fun while it lasted
guys, keep in mind that he is human in that he does require sustenance to live. My guess is he’s either getting food, or the digipen question scared him off (I hope the latter is not the case.)
**Jeopardy theme plays**
I work for the army and we are using the new rev. interface to train soldiers. I have not signed any ND so I can spill the beans. The Rev. will actually hypnotize the player so they play the game in there sleep. That is why it does not need to be technologically advanced it is merely some strobe lights and a text based adventure spoken to the player in the hypnotic state. The graphics and play control are completely picked by the users’ mind.
for all we know hes writing an extremely long post…
typing takes time man
Digipen is located at 150th AVE
I’ll take a job doing it too. Hell, I’ll even take half of what they pay.
One thing I want everyone to know is that they shouldn’t be too disappointed or wishful with the next Mario game for Revolution. The Mario game coming out for Revolution is a new way to look at games in general. It isn’t a 100 percent traditional Mario platform game. People should realize this before getting their hopes up.
Also, don’t expect as much support from Capcom as with GameCube. But do expect a sequel to a Dreamcast fighting game from them. I will not say what game.
Anyways, with the game I am working on, I am not even sure when it will be released. We have a lot of elements in the game that needs constant tuning and perfecting. We hope to release it close to launch, but definately not launch.
Right now I feel like I am in the middle of all you guys. You’re all trying to suck me dry of information. I will give you a hint to the revolutionary aspect of the system, but I won’t tell if you are right or wrong.
Hint: Begins with an S, ends with a T. Ten letters. Think about it.
what if touch and aries know eachother? or are the same people?
here’s another thing to throw around… Touch! == Aries?
Aries is just an attention whore. No matter what company he works for he can’t possibly have ALL this information. If he’s working for a major 3rd party developer, where’s all the other console news. If all this crap was real he would have broken heaps of NDA’s by now. Nintendo isn’t an information slut to 3rd parties.
You said you were a former NOA employee, if your working for a 3rd party I doubt they’d just trade secrets other 3rd parties. Your just going to spew the obvious sequels, drop some names and hope that your right.
He’s a little attention whore who’s just trying to get his 15 minutes of fame by hi-jacking this blog. At least BrokenSaints were speculating…
damn you Derek S. you beat me to it, lol
t3h digipenzzz
the fighter from capcom is powerstone. That game was awesome.
hey theres no water jet-pack gimmick in the new mario is there?
Wheres digipen located, though?
or anything of that sorts*
oooh time to play hangman
Super Wurst
A german peace of meat?
Anyway, yeah I’ve heard enough. It did get my juices flowing for E3 though.
:O selftaught
or perhaps: Sailorsuit…
Stereosuit
selftaught is good one. Point to brat.
haha stereosuit
“One thing I want everyone to know is that they shouldn’t be too disappointed or wishful with the next Mario game for Revolution. The Mario game coming out for Revolution is a new way to look at games in general. It isn’t a 100 percent traditional Mario platform game. People should realize this before getting their hopes up.
Also, don’t expect as much support from Capcom as with GameCube. But do expect a sequel to a Dreamcast fighting game from them. I will not say what game.
Anyways, with the game I am working on, I am not even sure when it will be released. We have a lot of elements in the game that needs constant tuning and perfecting. We hope to release it close to launch, but definately not launch.
Right now I feel like I am in the middle of all you guys. You’re all trying to suck me dry of information. I will give you a hint to the revolutionary aspect of the system, but I won’t tell if you are right or wrong.
Hint: Begins with an S, ends with a T. Ten letters. Think about it.”
This is not my post. If all you can do in life is impersonate other people, you don’t have a life.
I’ve given a lot of details. The hints I have provided are very good ones, and they aren’t that hard to understand. But like many have pointed out, I can’t just sit around all day posting answers and rebuttals every 10 seconds. After this week you won’t hear too much from me.
ok, Ive lost faith, at least until the digipen question is answered
screentilt
“here’s another thing to throw around… Touch! == Aries? ”
No, I have ran tests on them, they are two different entities, though they may be related, in one form or another.
hi, i’m new in this page..i have just one question…
how works the nintendo revolution online mode? is a server? it has dhcp? it has a ethernet card?
i think this is very important to know, cause this is the only way that the consumer (us..
) can use the online mode, as you say, very important in the nintendo revolution….
well, i wait for news
thx
“On 1080i: that’s an interesting question, but I do not know the answer to it.”
Aries, this is suspicious. If the Rev supported 1080, 780 or just 640, you would know that from square one. Games that run acceptably at 640 will tank at 1080, it’s one of the first things a programmer would have to know if he were to sit down and code a renderer for a new system.
So should you, if you’re a programmer or a designer. If you’re an artist or a QA tester, well, maybe that exonerates you.
If you’re an artist, I’m curious as to what 3D packages devs are using to make content for the Rev.
it is said that there are certain hot spots that u connect to. wirelessly
What is this digipen issue? Someone mentioned them awhile ago, and I didn’t expect it to turn into this. Ask the question, and I will attempt to answer it.
How about satellitet ( last t was just to make the word = 10 letters)
me= probly wrong
jeremiah Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 11:53 am
hey aries, since you used to work at noa is the school digipen still located on the first floor of the building connected to noa?
its a test question
Hahaha Aries got caught in his tracks by the 1080i question.
I dont know where digipen is. Ive been lying this whole time
How do we play GC games on the Rev, with a stress ball as the (or half of the) controller?
i think Aries is a janitor who overheard something in a stall while cleaning up poo
Jesus: Yes, it is still there. At first I thought it was a trick question; I thought you were suggesting that the institute in inside NOA’s headquarters.
HAHA I fooled you all
HAHA I fooled you all
DigiPen Institute of Technology 5001 – 150th Ave. N.E., Redmond, WA USA 98052 Phone: (425) 558-0299
The miracle of a website.
The question was stated
jeremiah Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 11:53 am
hey aries, since you used to work at noa is the school digipen still located on the first floor of the building connected to noa?
Ho ho ho!
I’ll tell you what boys.
Be real nice this year.
And I mean reaaaaaaaaal nice.
Then maybe… just maybe… I’ll drop that Revolution in your shoe. Yes siree.
Signed,
Santa Clause
“i think Aries is a janitor who overheard something in a stall while cleaning up poo”
LOL
Nevermind apparently the question was already answered.
“i think Aries is a janitor who overheard something in a stall while cleaning up pooâ€
hehe, is that kinda like Ed the Janitor from IGN? Haven’t heard from him in forever
Hey Aries, why isn’t Capcom support Revolution like they did the Gamecube? Not that it matter, 4 of those 5 “exclusives” turned out to be ported over to the PS2 while the only exclusive game turned out to be crap.
So all we are getting from Capcom is a fighting game?
…
=(
hmmm… recognition… cool
Its apparent aries is a collective group of people, bent on humiliating us.
When one says something a bit out of line the other quickly comes to the rescue and claims that it is an impersonator posting instead
Nintendo of America Inc.
4820 150th Ave. NE
Redmond, WA 98052
powerstone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even Santa Clause excists. I’m confused.
Aeries, Do you work for Pseuduo Interactive?
“HAHA I fooled you all”
Once again, this is getting annoying.
If you all were thinking that question would “expose” me, you are mistaken. It was a pretty weak try. All I am trying to do is share some information with youu. I am not disrespecting anyone. I am very excited about the Revolution as well as all the other systems. Everything I said hangs on May 19th. When that date arrives, you will see the truth. Before then, you can choose to refuse to belief me if you like. It doesn’t matter to me. There are many people out there who know what I’m talking about.
I have a suggestion for Aries, to deal with this stupid impersonator who obviously is wanting attention. Aries (the real one), why don’t you make a free forum or something to continue this? No stealing of names there.
Its apparent aries is a collective group of poop, bent on humping us.
When one says something a tit out of line the other quickly cums to the rescue and claims that it is an imp posting instead
interesting theory, Epsilon. What about this whole Touch! enigma, though? *scratches head*
I do not work for Pseuduo Interactive.
I have no information on what Capcom is doing on the Revolution. I know that they have development kits, and it isn’t that far fetched to assume that they could be working on next gen software for the Revolution.
I think all this is just a product of Rare employees trying to kill time, and show the Nintendo fanboys a thing or too.
Geez, you would think they would at least try to make the X360 launch date with PD0.
How could someone have the NRev dev kit and not know if 1080i is supported?
“Its apparent aries is a collective group of poop, bent on humping us.
When one says something a tit out of line the other quickly cums to the rescue and claims that it is an imp posting instead ”
It is apperent that imposter is very immature
I really dont see whats the fuss with PD0. Perfect Dark wasn’t as perfect as Goldeneye. The story was made of cheese I tell ya.
Based on what you know about the 3 systems, which do you think will win? And it seems from what I’ve read that the Revolution’s Online service will be ALOT like the Phantom, am I wrong?
I think Touch is the janitor
i think touch is the one imposting
Paladin69 just pitched strike 3. Lets see him get out of that post..
You said wait till the 17… as well as the 19th… which one is it? Nintendo’s E3 conference is on the 17th…
i say lets make this into a text rpg and solve the mistery of the imposter and the eavesdropping janitor
Yes aries, PLEASE take this somewhere where just anyone can pretend to be you!
Are we still trying to deduce where Aries works?
I still say Adrenium Games (or someone else under Amaze)
i mean wher people can’t pretend to be you, my mistake
Aries, I’m slowly walking towards the side of believing you in this whole thing. At first I thought you were just another Chad Paulson or those people, but I honostly think you’re telling the truth now. Don’t worry about those fake Aries’, I can clearly tell a difference. And the people who are giving you a hard time about believing you? It’s understandable, as denial is always the first step for rumors. For example, when the new mature Zelda was first being talked about (before E3) nearly EVERYONE shot it down. And in truth, Chad Paulson wasn’t really lying either. Don’t worry man, I hope you can put all these crappy comments aside and realize that you have tons of peoeple excited.
May 19th can’t come closer. Any other information you can reveal would be very much appreciated, but I understand if you can’t.
one eye, two eyes, one eye, four eyes.
This is the game interface. The N5 won’t deliver it, but it will come with time, that I can guarantee. I’m confident that Aries knows and does what as he says but if not he’s a damn good guesser.
This is good for the game industry but perhaps not for society. It will soon spread to all technologies and soon they will control us rather than we control them as long as we permit. Call me crazy, but the existence and obsession of virtual reality interfaces we hear from sci-fi is possible and extremely likely. Such an interface is even now available in different forms with integrations of existing technologies and those being developed in ways never imagined, such as wave map rendering. People will want it, after all what life or entertainment could be better than complete and perfect control with the perfect perspective.
I’ve been developing a project for a few years now and still with many years to go. I considered starting a studio for it but the industry has grown too complicated for a small development team to carry out such a task. Eventually people will seek lies to follow their dreams and avoid responsibilities. Man always wants to experience something and can only understand what they experience.
Well if that’s how it’s going to be, then why not give them something to experience?
Garfy runs towards Aries and casts truth beam on him
Paladin69 just pitched strike 3. Lets see him get out of that post..
heh, I’m not trying to be a smart ass, but considering this is Xbox360′s most touted feature concerning their “HD era”…you’d think Nintendo would be up front right away and make sure developers knew that NRev can also support 1080i.
May 17th
don’t worry aries im just messin with you
I truly believe you
“Aries, I’m slowly walking towards the side of believing you in this whole thing. At first I thought you were just another Chad Paulson or those people, but I honostly think you’re telling the truth now. Don’t worry about those fake Aries’, I can clearly tell a difference. And the people who are giving you a hard time about believing you? It’s understandable, as denial is always the first step for rumors. For example, when the new mature Zelda was first being talked about (before E3) nearly EVERYONE shot it down. And in truth, Chad Paulson wasn’t really lying either. Don’t worry man, I hope you can put all these crappy comments aside and realize that you have tons of peoeple excited.”
Haha, that or Jadrule
So many things I could say about demasked…:|
Anyway, here’s not the time or place for that, but I have to say, I’m really a lot more hyped about the rev, whether or not this stuff takes place or not.
Right now, I’m not planning to get a rev directly at launch, UNLESS there’s an online SSB. Now if Aries is right, I’ll get it at launch.
sort of off topic, but Aries, is it true that in order to get into the gaming industry you basically have to know someone on the inside?
Aries if you are lying I will hunt you down and rip your heart out!!!!
If you’re right I’ll by you a Coke.
It’s time to acknowledge. I am sorry, all that I said is false.
Very sorry,it was fun for me.
lol
Maybe the key is in Aries’s chosen name.
Aries, in FFVII, was someone who inspired people, and brought hope and peace. She made everyone fall in love with her.
And then she was killed. She failed. Brutally.
So what is it Aries…. are you just trying to sell us flowers?
Or when all is said and done… are we going to kill you?
Haha
Wow, that was really believable, fake Aries.
Paladin: I perfectly understand what you are trying to do, and I don’t take offense to it. Like I said, I do not have that information (Concerning 1080i). Nintendo is playing around with many different things, and we still don’t know everything. I have told you all many of the things I know, and they will be backed up at E3.
I can undertand that many people do not want to be let down. Before I began working in the industry, I was just a gamer like you. I used to sit around and read stuff as well. although all of the systems are cool, Nintendo has always hada special place in my heart. The Legend of Zelda is my favorite series. If someone had come out and said Nintendo was going to reveal a realistic Zelda at E3 2004 and they didn’t, I would be very upset. So trust me on this. The information will start circulating in 19 days.
I’d like that Coke, man. I’m bookmarking you on that.
Happy now?
Why is Aries saying May 19th? Isn’t the Nintendo conference on the 17th..?
Hello everyone. It’s been a lovely day hasn’t it. The truth is i am playing the part of Aries. You may have guessed that i have spoke out of his mouth a few times but what you do not know is that i am all of you… The free will that i created you to believe in is working splendedly. But truthfully i am in control of this whole “Chat”. I am merely having a conversation wih myself. Please continue i am verrrry much ammused…Heh..heh……..hehhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I am SO going to do this marketing for MY website. I mean, it works great. 600 replies? Wow.
He’s saying 19 days. Not May 19th.
@Imposter wow…that was pretty sad
Sad but true
19 days from now is May 16th
“Why is Aries saying May 19th? Isn’t the Nintendo conference on the 17th..?”
I believe it goes with his statement that nothing will be shown at the actual nintendo conference but at the last moment (on 19) explain/show vids of revolution as a suprise.
Man, the media surrounding this is wicked.
Like BanY… he’s posting all this crap on GameSpot. Haha, its everywere. There’s even an I love Aries thread. How cool is that.
“Why is Aries saying May 19th? Isn’t the Nintendo conference on the 17th..?”
Supposedly it’s going to be a bait-and-switch thing, reveal some stuff on Zelda, the DS online, mention a bit about the revolution, let everyone down, and then BAM! on the 19th let everything go, and blow everyone away.
Best case scenario, anyway
Ya brooke is probably having 100x more traffic than ever because of this whole revolution fiasco
errr i may be wrong i guess lol
my job is done here
Moz La Punk.. like I said, it has begun.
What about my comment earlier. And I quote
Based on what you know about the 3 systems, which do you think will win? And it seems from what I’ve read that the Revolution’s Online service will be ALOT like the Phantom, am I wrong?
these guys are all bull@hitting
I’m starting to believe this more and more. Now I’ve also heard from a guy who has sources that he recognises a lot of what Aries says.
Man
As i said before the revolution will draw the era nearer if successful.
one eye, two eyes, one eye, four eyes.
This is the game interface. The N5 won’t deliver it, but it will come with time, that I can guarantee. I’m confident that Aries knows and does what as he says but if not he’s a damn good guesser.
This is good for the game industry but perhaps not for society. It will soon spread to all technologies and soon they will control us rather than we control them as long as we permit. Call me crazy, but the existence and obsession of virtual reality interfaces we hear from sci-fi is possible and extremely likely. Such an interface is even now available in different forms with integrations of existing technologies and those being developed in ways never imagined, such as wave map rendering. People will want it, after all what life or entertainment could be better than complete and perfect control with the perfect perspective.
I’ve been developing a project for a few years now and still with many years to go. I considered starting a studio for it but the industry has grown too complicated for a small development team to carry out such a task. Eventually people will seek lies to follow their dreams and avoid responsibilities. Man always wants to experience something and can only understand what they experience.
Well if that’s how it’s going to be, then why not give them something to experience?
Based on what you know about the 3 systems, which do you think will win?
Well he already said he felt PS3 will win on name recognition alone, but NRev should do much better than how Cube performed this gen. He made it sound like Xbox360 will be the big loser this time around if Nintendo does things right.
I really hope nintendo and sony don’t release the consoles way too late, i think if i heard that nintendo wasnt relesing revo till the end of 2006
i might have to just go ahead and buy an xbx360!
Haha man on some forums they’re also saying this:
“Ha! That bio-thing is fake! Tetris64 used it!”
Laughing out loud! That’s already proven to be fake here. Those guys should pay attention.
Paladin69 Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 1:36 pm
Based on what you know about the 3 systems, which do you think will win?
Well he already said he felt PS3 will win on name recognition alone, but NRev should do much better than how Cube performed this gen. He made it sound like Xbox360 will be the big loser this time around if Nintendo does things right.
Interesting. It is true about Sony though, I mean look at the facts
PS2 Sales – 81,000,000
Gamecube – 19,000,000
X-Box – 18,000,000
Those are rough numbers but it shows why PS3 will win the next round.
Please come back Aries. *hopes*
Maybe a logical question to bring him back other than crappy one sentence posts.
Aries, how do you forsee the next generation in terms of sales? Do you think a lot of people will jump ship to the Xbox 360? And will lots of people realize that Nintendo is NOT passe anymore and will start to flock back to Nintendo? What kind of marketing can we expect? And If Nintendo does show all these things at E3 (possibly even let us play it), do you think the other companies will steal their ideas like Nintendo says will always happen?
Aries hasnt shown his face in a while…. has the imposter killed him?
Aries said that they will not show the controller so it will defininatly not be playble.
This thread has ran its course
Please, the guy is away for 10 minutes. Let him chill. What are you people going to do when he goes to sleep? Cry all night?
Anyway I AM going to sleep. Later.
The next generation battle is going to be very intense. All three companies are pulling out all the stops in order to come out on top. I think the PS3 is going to win the battle though. It is always hard to bet against them. From what I’ve heard, the PS3 is alot closer to completion than many think. I have also heard that it is rather hard to develop for in many ways. Although Sony isn’t forcing developers to implement certain components into their games (like Microsoft is), the system development process has a long learning curve. In the end, I don’t think this is going to stop larger publishers like EA and Square Enix from making games for them. Obviously, I don’t have too many concrete details on the system. I do know that it is a very powerful system; it will be more powerful than the other two.
Nintendo is really doing something special with the Revolution. This is a system that will appeal to all gamers, and developers will find it pretty easy to work on. I think it is going to be very successful, especially in Japan. The Gamecube has been a failure over seas. The Revolution should do much better, mainly due to the fact that it will correct many of the mistakes made this generation. There will not be a sub par Luigi game at launch. The system isn’t going to resemble a purple lunch box either. But in my mind 3rd party suport was the biggest reason the Gamecube failed. I don’t see any reason why developers would shun the Revolution. If it is able to sell, it will be supported. Like I said earlier, it will have the greatest launch titles ever seen on a console.
don’t pay attention to this man,
you seem to be interested in only pleasing your readers. It would be apreciated if you could write a quick summary of all the information you have disclosed. And maybe include a few new bits of information. Thanks
Do you have any idea what the name for Revolution will be? Or if the name will even be revealed at E3?
Thanks.
Reggie? hmmm sounds familiar some how. your not the reggie are you?
**x-files music plays**
“I want to believe!” :-O
alright this blog has run its’ course. Thanks Aries for the info. If you’ve been yanking my crank, oh well…u made this workday go faster for me. It’s been fun regardless.
Later all.
you even have a link to nintendo.com hmmm convincing
=)
Aries, you should answer my 1080i question from above.
well it seems you have lost your poker face
just say yay or nay
well… i feel alone
so… cold…
wow, it suddenly got really quiet in here
I hope this is all true, but even if it isn’t I love this part about E3.
yah
you said it
its too quiet let me try someting
it will float
maybe reggie scare him off, or had him (gulp) dissapear =O
I miss you T.T .
Traveler Tales ??? Factor 5 ???
Thanks for taking the time to post what you know! I know many of us appreciate it and it’s making us really excited for E3.
I have some quick random questions for you…
Earthbound on Revolution?
Will the Revolution charge controllers wirelessly when in proximity of the console?
Will the Revolution feature wireless video?
duh, we already know that. We also know it will create a direct link to the abyss and transport gamers there. Where have you been?
So guys was it really him?
reggie i mean
Come back Aries, we need more, don’t you understand what you started!!!!!
yeah man
@MomeGifk_Ov no, it wasn’t the real Reggie. He’s replied a few times before. Just some random troll it seems.
Isn’t it strange that after the regie post he has’t post, I don’t suppose it was the real reggie, or was it ; )
It wasn’t reggie because of, and I quote
don’t pay attention to this man,
he put a “,” after man.
Reggie wouldn’t do that. And if it was Reggie, than it doesn’t mean anything, Aries could still be 100% correct.
i know it wasnt him… just creating conversation… and hopes
lol.. I can’t believe you guys.
As if Aries being an ex-NOA employee wasn’t sketchy enough, you’re actually debating if Reggie posted here and scared him off.
Please listen to what you’re saying… soo ridiculous, hahaha.
To Alex, Earthbound won’t come to Revolution, at least not anytime soon. They are still working on Mother 3 for GBA.
oh, heh. Sorry. I’m actually kinda glad this thing has died down. Now I can get to my essay for bio (due tomorrow). Fecking college, I swear!
Aries, I have a logical question.
Nintendo has said that there was more than one proposal for the technology/interface to be used for their next-gen console. Has a definite model been chosen? If so, would you know anything of the others or be able to share any details about them?
hey what about Aries being Matt Cassamina. It was said before. was it a joke or an accusation?
Dude the worlds not that small. Stop with your conspiracies
What, you think some dork posting as reggie scared him off? LOL. Your getting worked up cause he hasn’t posted in like, 20 minutes. Im sure he will be back… Please?
“To Alex, Earthbound won’t come to Revolution, at least not anytime soon. They are still working on Mother 3 for GBA.”
Yeah, I’m aware of that… I meant Earthbound franchise in the future coming out on Revolution. It’s taking an ungodly amount of time for Mother 3 to come out in Japan or even release ANY details.. they are being so tight-lipped on it.
I am no dork sir, come back Aries why don’t you, bwaaaahahahahahahahaha
Look, all that has been said here is a lie. Please wait until E3. There will be confirmation soon.
so it was a fake, good.
hey whats up my man Reggie?
miyamoto, we know you are fake because your suppose to LOL after every sentence, hahahahaa
*sigh* not fooling anyone
i don’t think Miyamoto’s english is that good.
That is not funny!
LOL
“Yeah, I’m aware of that… I meant Earthbound franchise in the future coming out on Revolution. It’s taking an ungodly amount of time for Mother 3 to come out in Japan or even release ANY details.. they are being so tight-lipped on it.”
Just making sure you know, because many people seem not to. And yeah, they are being awfully quiet about the game, but I think it’s because they don’t want us to be disappointed (I mean we had tons of screenshots and a movie clip of the original Mother 3 and then it got canceled, and we were left wondering “what if?”)
is all good, preparing my speech for E3, and you?
How is the weather in Japan?
i have a translator
LOL
then the translator’s english isn’t that good
It OK. But i on a plane to America right now.
LOL
Using the new Revolution to surf the web wireless
did you get the package I sent you, wink wink
I am using its function to translate Japanese into English. I am using the microphone as we talk
Yes Yes… it pleases my wife well
lol, Aries don’t let this fools stop you from posting again ok
Who are you calling a fool
Halo BOY!!!
you forgot the LOL on your last 3 posts, smart one
Hello Nintendo Fans, excuse me english, Im here to express my content for your support, I am retiring from nintendo videogame company. have confident that the company is in good hands. Satoru Iwata will lead the company to great successes. I am thankfull for all the time I directed Nintendo decisions, but it is time to say good bye to the company.
thank you sincerely: Hiroshi Yamauchi
that is because i am not laughing…
lol
no wonder Aries left….look at what this has reduced to
hiroshi, my man how are you, say hello to the misses
Aries, from the bottom of my heat i ask you to come back to the blog that has spawned you.
so I guess no more news
i guess not
yeah, aries, were just playing until you come back, but were still intereted.
it was fun though
but hey maybe hes just stuck on the crapper with no role
id give him a role
its the least i can do…
“it was fun though
but hey maybe hes just stuck on the crapper with no role”
LOL
Maybe if i ask my logical question again he will come back.
Nintendo has said that there was more than one proposal for the technology/interface to be used for their next-gen console. Has a definite model been chosen? If so, would you know anything of the others or be able to share any details about them?
Some thoughts….
Well, I think Aries has caused quite a stir. First off, anyone who writes off someone this consistent and plausible is a fool, but so is the person who automatically believes him. I suggest to everyone to be cautiously optimistic, and hope that E3 verifies his claims, because they are promising. Also, I expect this to headline Gamespot’s next edition of Rumour Control. They generally keep an eye on the forums, and this is absolutely explosive stuff.
I do have a question, though. You’ve given us a lot of information, true or false, that goes way above and beyond anything we know yet. But the Revolution is still presumably a 2006 console. Can we honestly expect all this stuff to happen in nineteen days?
lol
you guys are neither clever or funny.
i think the correct English is nor funny
not or…nor
ok, back on topic
Aries, is the Silicon Knights game too human? just give us a hint please
well… i g2E(got to eat)
Hopefully when i come back… So will He…Sob…
Nintendo has no competition, we are the only profitable company, we do right decisions. Sony and microsfogt are no game company.
Nintendo will go to the movies industry and we will be succesfull. Our games are teh best
Aries thanks for all the information and fun you can leave the rest up to Nintendo at E3.
Boy, you people are crazy and many are very rude. Truth or not, Aries’s information seems to be accurate. The Net is an interesting place concerning truth. Everybody’s first reaction is that its teh fake!! or the person is lying. People should give other people the benefit of the doubt.
Aries is not to be trusted. Teh revolution is a secret no person has knowledge of its properties. I design it myself with the help of Sir Miyamoto and Iwata, final properties are not revealed yet. clever people I see here, close to the truth you are. But at E3 event my Nintendo Army will tell the truth to all fans. And very happy fans will be.
After reading what Matt had to say, I was very worried about Nintendo. However, you have singlehandedly renewed my faith in the Revolution. I still don’t know if you’re the real deal or not (again, nothing personal), but it seems some serious hype has been created from your efforts, which is exactly what Nintendo needs. 19 days or not, E3 is too far away. Thank you for the info, Aries, it’s much appreciated.
too bad hiroshi doesnt have a position anymore at nintendo.
I have retired you are right, but teh revolution is my last effort for the company. Our best invention yet, Im sure it will make people happy.
I don’t know anything about Earthbound. Many people are hoping for another game in this series. The same can be said of Kid Icarus. There is a lot of mystery surrounded both series. But, I have no information that would make me think that sequels are in development.
Anyone: When I first joined the studio I currently work at, we had just begun developing for the Nintendo Revolution. We recieved development kits early, but it took Nintendo a while to get us the controller details. That’s why I doubt it will be shown at E3. They have been trying to keep it under wraps for a long time now. It did not have different capabilities previous to the ones it has now. Like I said, it has gyroscopic and pressure sensitve controls. It never had touch screen controls; Game Informer wrote a very misleading artile on this aspect of the system. I will once again verify that the controller will be wireless. Microsoft stole this idea from Nintendo.
Like I said earlier, Nintendo is watching Sony very closely. They do not think that the Xbox 360 is going to be a competitor next generation. As many of you have probally heard, Microsoft is going to launch the Xbox 360 in November. Nintendo has plans on releasing the new Zelda game on whatever date Microsoft chooses. I have also heard rumors that Sony is planning on doing something similar. Apparantly, they are going to release Final Fantasy 12 in Japan to combat the Xbox 360 launch. I actually think there is some truth behind this rumor, but I could be wrong. I think Nintendo is making a mistake by not taking the Xbox 360 seriously.
I totally agree with Sean, truth or not, I am super hyped for E3, and for that I thank you Aries
yay
Only one question. Why (after hundreds of posts) haven’t the site admin said a single word about this?
I find that really extrange, don’t I?
I am alive!!
Maybe they don’t take it seriously because it seems to attract the “I’m a gamer because I play halo” crowd which there is unfortunately a large amount of. Sure Halo 1 was a great game, but it’s way overrated. On the note of XBox360, how strong would you say it’s launch title assembly will be?
Aries,what are the specs of “holywood” and “brodway”?
HE HE answers has this question to see if you can.
Ive followed this for a while, and I must say you make me very excited for the future of Nintendo(which for the past few painfully silent weeks has seemed very bleak). I do have a question for you Aries. Do you have any idea what Factor 5 is up to? And can we expet LucasArts support for the Revolution(you many have mentioned LucasArts before, please forgive my bad memory).
wahoo!!!!
My wishes came true he is back… and so am i
But doesn’t he seem to be only restating what he has said earlier or is it just me…
cmon man give us some nice cold hard facts!
Factor 5 work to the 360.
It’s a roque scadron online.
maybe he has run out of information.
(I am saying this to inspire him to write me wrong)
((I am saying this so he does not get mad and go away))
(((I am saying this to clarify)))
((((Who the hell knows why im saying this))))
just about the double-sided mini disc idea…it sounds good, but 5.4 GB?? hd-dvd is 20GB standard, and blu-ray is 50GB+
mayb if they were double-sided blu-ray mini discs, after all Panasonic developed the GCs discs and mem cards, and Panasonic is part of the blu-ray team
and yes, the Revolution will have a hard-drive, how else will it store these massive updates to the voice recognition library et al? (i don’t think an EEPROM chip is gonna have enough storage)
I wish the fake Aries would stop!
dude all the aries (real and fake) have stopped for at least 20 minutes
Actually there was one 6 minutes ago…
wow i didnt even read the name
it was so dumb i coulnt think is was him…
I havn’t heard anything about Factor 5, and I doubt LucusArts has any plans to work on Nintendo consoles. I will reveal more information on Nintendo’s 1st party games later.
Garfy: You are correct. I haven’t really said too much, mainly because I have revealed alot already. I have more interesting stuff to share with you all, but not now. E3 is just around the corner.
define “later” for us please
in my opinion there’s no time like the present!
face it dude your are this blog.
without you… you have to listen to me babble
guys…. the janitor will be back…..ign….this Friday!!! look out for me.
Cruel. Ah well. Even if you are incorrect about some of your claims, youve sparked my interest in the Revolution again. I just hope you arent lieing, or else Id probaly lock myself in a dark room and cry.
your say kojima is working with Nintendo on a game.
could there be any hope for a Metal Gear on the Revolution.
I know its not a MG game your refering to but in the future…?
He didn’t answer to my question about specs.
Strange..for a developer who work on the revo..
Aries…
Do you have any insight as to how Nintendo plans to promote the new system? I know Reggie’s attitudes and influence are reflected in recent strategies by Nintendo, but I was wondering if you knew of any PR stunts or campains that Nintendo plans on undergoing. Or at the very least, an angle Nintendo plans on taking for the next round.
They dont matter. And why would anyone care? Weve been given countless numbers of specs for PS3 and Xbox 360, and all they do is get changed. And downgraded. We wont know the final specs until the day they come out.
iwata said himself that specs aren’t important
“specs aren’t that important” when it comes to the revolution apparently…iwata and reggie keep saying this. be sure that it will not only overpower the xbox 360 but probably come close to, if not exceed, the PS3
did anyone pay attention to the janitor?…
what was he talking about
Aeris, why don’t you make a blog entry on a site and post the link here so we can get one source of info, and then there isn’t any imposters? Or make a post on a popular gaming forum (Gaming Age). This is getting to difficult to read.
It was a test question.
You think this guy say the truth?
IS THIS THE REVOLUTIONARY FREAKING FEATURE ?????
Revolution on a Multiplayer session: (sorry for my gorillistic english)
Players sitted around a TV. Every player is positioned on a diferent place (obiously). The system allows every player to have a good perspective of the game but depending on his/her position. Every view is like looking through a mirror with the difference you could look “into the games world” as it was a window to other dimension. Every view of the game depends on the position of the gamer but also on the position and orientation the gamer gives to the controller.
Questions. This is what I think all the revolutionary stuff is like a conclusion of what I understood reading the patent text.
This would need the Revolution to do some icky tricky treatment of the image so a regular TV screen could project the diferent images for every gamer.
My question is, how the hell is Nintendo going to achieve it without using any external graphics projection device ??? Is a regular TV screen capable to do those multiple particular projections ???
Really no goggles related to the idea ???
Saludos desde Chile !!!!
The specs are not important. It is very powerful.
How will Nintendo promote the system? Watch “The Game” and pay attention to the mainstream sites out there. Especially IGN. Many people think that they are biased, and I tend to agree somewhat. But pay attention to what they are saying.
Reggie is very influencial at Nintendo. He has made some poor decisions (Metroid Prime 2′s ad campaign) but overall he has been very healthy for Nintendo’s imagine. I don’t know how they will start advertising it after E3 though. We’ll see together.
what if?
it does use glasses, but they are the display no tv.
you still have a normal controller but the GYROSCOPIC “control” is in the glasses.
Now you have 3D scene that moves based on head movement. the scene continues to move past your looking point so you instinctively return your head back to center.
If you are truly working on rev, you must know some specs
if your really worked up about specs tho, this is probably what you can expect:
CPU
- custom IBM PowerPC G4/G5
GPU
- custom ATI chipset, perhaps based on architecture of X800
Memory
- 256-512MB RAM
- 128MB Video RAM
Inbuilt harddrive minimum 15GB
Inbuilt 802.11g WiFi (note that “g” version is backwards compatable with “b” version)
4xWireless controllers
external memory card slots
blu-ray double-sided mini discs (Panasonic and Nintendo still have a partnership, and Panasonic is on the blu-ray team. Moz was apparently pretty close with the double-sided mini discs, so i’m gonna assume its true)
there will also be the headset, may or may not connect to console via wireless controller “port”
just speculation, but its pretty much what we can expect
I wish you guys would just let Aries speak, stop copying his name and making fake posts. i feel like im in an xbox forum or something. Can we not act mature? Thankyou Aries for providing us with all of this information, Nintendo has a problem with being too tight lipped for their own good.
I was wondering, do you think Revolution will end the whole kiddie issue Nintendo has been stuck with the past decade? or at least balance it out.
I do know the specs, at least what Nintendo has givenus so far. Obviously they will change as time goes by. I’ve seen them on the internet before though. There are some very interesting things out there. Much of it is pure speculation and hype, but I have seen very credible information as well.
I wanted to hear it from Aries
Aries, why didn’t you answer my question?
Here it is again.
“Do you have any idea what the name for Revolution will be? Or if the name will even be revealed at E3?
Thanks.”
xbox 360 disc are 8gigs i believe and the ps3 won’t probably use blue-ray since sony and toshiba are combinin their media disc
What Im wondering is why couldnt Aries say the specs after telling us all the otehr info…hmm
tell me Aries-have you seen this system that you speak of?
Aries_God didn’t answer my question
Im gonna kill myself !!!!!!!
The “kiddie” image has really hurt Nintendo this generation. The lack of online play played a major part in this. Games like Burnout 3 could have been on the Gamecube, but the lack of online functionality caused the developer to shun the system. With the Revolution, I’ve seen some things that convince me that it will address this issue. Games like Wave Race and Retro’s FPS appeal to older gamers. Some of the other games I mentioned also appeal to older gamers. I think gamers will notice this.
With the Gamecube, the new Zelda is going to appeal to older gamers. Look at some of the screens that came out today.
Areis, waht are the specs. Give something, it would finally seal the deal and establish you know something about developing and something concrete about the system that cant just be guesswork
Aries…aren’t you tired of being on this board yet?
well.. looking like a purple lunch box didnt really help the gamecube appear as a serious gaming console either.
give it a rest about the specs. To quote many important people,”The specs are not important.”
to sebbo – i think you could be wrong about the wireless spec. i think it might be ’802.11n’ not ’802.11g’. n is the new version and it boasts 800 percent increase in coverage and 600 percent speed hike. it is combatible with b and g. apparently belkin are first to market with a n router http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=184316
note the above is pre-n as its the first or something like. when mainstream should just be n.
to jesus – consider tech specs may be something nintendo specifically told 3rd party developers they could not mention. or alternately if he is actually a nintendo employee who is under orders to start hype via the web as some people have mentioned that possibility then specs would not be somthing he would give as it would go against nintendos ‘specs not important ethos’.
Tell us about the revolutionary feature (read my lasts posts please).
I´ve made up a forum because it´s more comfortable to use and I also think that this blog won´t last forever. It´s in german but I´m sure you all will make your way through the registration.
It´s easy! So, if you want to come over, here is the URL:
http://www.foren.de/system/user_genecyst.html
Aries, do you sleep?
I think the 3D theory thing is out if for only a couple of year more. And I also find it odd that the admin has nothing to say. (Maybe this was the way to leak the Revolution) I think that Brooke is probably one of the smartest man on the planet though. I think he did what no Intenet Journal top website could Do; turn Nintendo in to a positive Discussion instead of a negative one. Aries. I give you high props and regard for putting you career on the line to tell us a little about what you know, and what you don’t. If this was Nintendo’s way of marketing, talking directly to the end user, they would be in a better posistion now than they were in the past. I hope some of the higher ups at Nintendo are paying attention to this blog. We don’t want to know everything, but something is always better than nothing.
O ha and by the way I hope the call the Revolution, Nintendo Aries.
The name hasn’t been determined yet. With the DS, Nintendo claimed they were going to give it a real name. Of course, in the end they chose to call it just the DS. I think this is going to happen with the Revolution as well.
I’m not posting anything else today. See you all tommorow. I would once again say: wait until E3 to make up your minds. It’s only 19 days away. Pay attention to the gaming news as well. Some interesting things happended today that I didn’t expect.
hmm, haven’t heard much about 802.11n
Broadcom is developing Revolutions WiFi: http://cube.ign.com/articles/605/605846p1.html?fromint=1
if their development on the ‘n’ version is coming along well, i think we’ll see it in the final product (‘n’ is quite fitting too, don’t u think? ‘n’ for nintendo, hmm? ok, that was bad)
he better not
Xbox is teh pwn it will own that rev baaad, and PS3 will grab a club and beet up the Rev with tha Xbox 2 360 together, and ninendo will die 4ever
your name fits you well
if by blind you mean ignorant
GIVE ME SPECS, GIVE ME SPECS, GIVE ME SPECS!
SPECS DO NOT MATTER ANYMORE! Besides its obvious that Aries won’t give the specs its a secret.
I are FiRed! [face_Trump]
I was just kidding, you know. I’m really a Nintendo fanboy. LOL
another thing i want to know is why are people so bothered about knowing the name? personally i thought xbox, gamecube and playstation werent all that great but ive owned all three at one time. the name in no way affected my purchasing of it. i know the specs arent all that important but knowing the name way before release is insignificant. its not something to be eagerly anticipating, in fact its gotta be less exciting than what colour the machine will be. when nintendo release the name itll be like ‘ok no big deal, now i know what its called’.
[...] evolución revelada? A mediados de la semana pasada, se publicó en el sitio de Broken Saint “el secreto tras la próxima consola de nintendo”. Bueno, todos dicen saberlo y la r [...]
“…revealed evolution? In the middle of the last week, Saint was published in the site of Broken “the secret after the next console of nintendo”. Good, all say to know it and the r…” babelfish translation
“Revolution Revealed? In the middle of last week, “the secret of nintendo’s next console” was published on Broken Saint’s site”…” a slightly better translation
Aries, is your game company making games for the DS?
Whatever the case, this information has me hyped…if its not real well atleast it has me imagining how insane such information would be if it was real.
Aries, so has silicon knights left nintendo for good, or are they still going to make games for the Revoultion.
This Blog is wierd, somebody is messing with my posts and shit.
IS THIS THE REVOLUTIONARY FREAKING FEATURE ?????
Revolution on a Multiplayer session: (sorry for my gorillistic english)
Players sitted around a TV. Every player is positioned on a diferent place (obiously). The system allows every player to have a good perspective of the game but depending on his/her position. Every view is like looking through a mirror with the difference you could look “into the games world†as it was a window to other dimension. Every view of the game depends on the position of the gamer but also on the position and orientation the gamer gives to the controller.
Questions. This is what I think all the revolutionary stuff is like a conclusion of what I understood reading the patent text.
This would need the Revolution to do some icky tricky treatment of the image so a regular TV screen could project the diferent images for every gamer.
My question is, how the hell is Nintendo going to achieve it without using any external graphics projection device ??? Is a regular TV screen capable to do those multiple particular projections ???
Really no goggles related to the idea ???
Hes not coming back tonight…so no point in asking again.
F*rck
WOW…
Hopefully he reveals more about what the DS has in store. While I am REALLY excited about the Revolution now, I dont want everybody to forget about the DS.
This is the first ARG I did join, truly fun
I can’t tell who’s more pathetic… people trying to be imposters or Aries… people trying to be Miyamoto, Reginald Fills-Aime, or Hiroshi Yamauchi… or the people believing everything said on here.
I seriously believe Aries… and not because he’s some insider with a huge ammount of knowledge… but what he says makes sense and seems to fit with some of the few scant tidbits I’ve gotten from my meetings with publishers recently.
See, I work for a small indie games developer, and we’ve recently started shopping some projects to different publishers… including some big names, and some of the stuff I’ve seen on this blog discussion fit with little bits a pieces I’ve heard from prospective publishers. You see, my team is a PC team, but since we’re doing an fantasy adventure game (and since a few of us in upper management are Nintendo fans) we have posed the idea of getting the game ported to a Nintendo system.
If you guys want credentials… sorry. This close to E3 you have to expect NDAs to be in full force and I don’t want any trouble… it’s hard enough for an indie developer to make it in this industry without making waves.
I have no idea what Nintendo is planning for this unveiling… and sadly I won’t be able to see it in person as we’re kinda gearing up to begin production on a new title now that we’re getting some support for one of our projects from a publisher. But if you guys are really interested in what Nintendo is going to be doing at E3… I’d say Aires is on the money (at least, the real Aires is).
The DS has potential but nothing else at the moment except Mario 64 (Kick ass game!!)
Truly Hunters and Mario Kart will ROCK but nintendo needs to pull out whats been in their sleeves for the DS and give the public what it wants, more GOOD/NON-Puzzle/ACTUALLY FUN GAMES!!!
Where is Brooke!
I think one element we should seriouly take into consideration is the size of the poster(s) genatali comparatively to those who make comments and are considered to be legitimate resources. While many would argue this should not be a factor in considering one’s reliability I myself beg to differ and believe that extensive measuring should be required prior to any post from this point forward
I do believe in Aries, its just a few things bother me, like him not revealing specs, or somtimes providing info that seems odd
Well, reaveling specs of a system not out yet isn’t smart. People get hung up on those specs and often times specs can keep changing until final production begins. However, based on what I have heard, the system will be extremely powerful. I seem to remember Matt from IGN saying that he heard it was on par with top line PC systems. Well, my team has worked on some top line PC systems and from what we’ve gathered both Rev and Xbox 360 are far superior to what we’ve worked on. (btw, I have great respect for MS… but that console name sucks something fierce).
I can confirm Retro is working on something not Metroid based… and I can confirm NST has some stuff in the works as well for Rev (as I know a couple guys at NST pretty well since I met them at E3 2004) Knowing NSTs past and the games my friends have worked on… it’s not very far fetched to think they are working on a new Wave Race… but I’m not sure on that. Just saying it makes sense (especially since one of my friends is doing the same work on that title, in the same style as well).
As for other Ninty games… I can’t confirm a SSB game for Rev… all I know about Rev I’ve heard either from third parties gearing up for the system (and quite a few are really excited), or from Retro and NST where I have friends working on projects.
If he were here right now, I would ask him
A) How the hell could you have heat inducing handles and still hold any sort of real battery life on a wireless controller? If a rumble feature was taken out of the Wavebird, how could they put a cold and warm feature on this controller?
B) What did you do as an ex- NOA employee?
holy shit, i got homework to do!!! Aries you better not be lieing because i have an exam tommorow and you speculations have kept me glued to this sight. May 19 come and i find out you were a lie the whole time i’m going to very angry. However I hope everything well almost everything you say is true. Let the revolution begin
He’s not going to tell you what he did at NOA. It would give him away. At the most… he could say “I am in the credits for X game” without giving himself awy, and even then you won’t believe him anyway.
Okay.. i was thinking about the “revolution” and i think i got it…
ares told we should watch “The game” and thats’it, the revolution will be a “communication” between the console and you with the voice commands…
do you remember at the movie when m.douglas starts talking with the TV?
and i think i know how nintendo will show this at E3… they will show Reggie talking with Mario on a big screen!!
im correct Aries?
according to Aries, tho, the microphone abilities, while very interesting and revolutionary, arent the biggest feature of the console
hey guys its me george! yay i’m having fun! this the revolutionary feature:
nintendo has already made games that can hear and games that can feel, but now we’re going to make games that can smell! there will be a small intake fan on the controller and all you have to do is make a smell near that and the revolution will sense it and react! it will be great for gameplay! teh innovative!!1 for example, in zelda, you might have to make the smell of a banana to make link swing his sword! wont that be great!!
oh crap i mispeeled my name!!!1
oops i can spell not good! ROFL!
I can also confirm that in a couple weeks, you’ll see hints of a brand new action game for the Rev. I won’t reveal too many of the details, but it’s very DMC-esque.
As far as the Revolutionary feature goes, mull this word over in your heads for a while:
“Transformation”
But I’m off for now, since I was just stabbed by Sephiroth and I’m about to die. Just wait until E3 and all will be confirmed.
good. revolution needs action games! something the gamecube really lacked
Aries are a bunch of arrogant LIARS, believe me. He tells you he works for such and such and that he’s an insider, so that the readers find him credible. He now has open avenue to spew his ideas or LIES rather to DUPE the people. Folks, this is nothing more than an ATTENTION SEEKING WHORE!
I dont think this guy is a blabber mouth and putting his “job on the line”, he is creative at best and good at lying to people.
Have some class, Aries.
This is all very interesting, and I’ve been trying to figure out who Aries works for. Although it’s damn near impossible. I will say it’s pretty hard to take Aries seriously, but he’s just so damn convincing.
Anyways, I have 2 guess as to what company Aries works for. From software or Creative assembly.
… Am I close?
This is madness. Going on 1000 replies and Brooke has not said a thing. That is really getting to me.
thats because brooke is a n00b!!!1 PWN3D!!
LOLOMFGWTFROTFLMAO
“I’ve been following this blog for awhile now, and I must saw I find it quite misleading. Is this a publicity stunt? For the record, I can 100% guarantee that the Nintendo Revolution will NOT use 3D images a la Spy Kids 3D.
I worked for NOA for 5 years, and I am now currently working with a major 3rd party developer who happens to be working on all three next generation consoles. I’m not going to give out the company name, due to obvious reasons.”
First off, this isn’t some publicity stunt. It was information that was gathered over the last couple years. Second off, I make it clear in my article that nothing is fact. It is all information I have gained while being in the industry. If you look at my information, most of it is right on target, while other information might seem kinda stretched. I will go as far as to say that my theory on full 3-D stereoscopic technology WILL happen. I just have way too much evidence to back it up. I would also like to say how amused I am that this has hit almost at 1000 replies.
Second off, you aren’t a developer. Because if you were a developer, your IP for most of your posts wouldn’t be coming from “Fifth Third National Bank.” You are making up these stories try to wet these people’s appetite. Too bad your little stories aren’t up on IGN. First off, you claim to be a third party developer. Not even Rareware or Silicon Knights knew about all of the projects that Nintendo had in development for GameCube. Realize something. There is a reason IGN posted my story.
Let me tell you why IGNCube posted my story. Because there is going to be a followup story on Friday. Sorry to grill up your perfect little fairy tales, “Aeris”. Now go back to working at your bank.
UR ALL FREAKIN RETARDED!!!1 TEH XBOKS 360 WIL PWN TEH LAM ASS REVOLUTION!!1!!111
My neew xbox will hav great onlin tat only costs $50 a month. AND IT WILL HAV…um….I forgets. OH YEAH!11 Its gonna haves 5 new halo games and teh controlars gonna hav a rmble thing that creats earthquakes!!1 WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!11!
And so it begins…
you = teh d00m3D, bill! you wanna fight about it?
How do we know that you’re the real Brooke? Before, you used to reply under the name “admin”. How can we trust you?
And teh price bout a is $500!!1 You gives mee ur moneys and shinys now!!!1!
Trust no one Ctown!
“Trust no one Ctown!”
Indeed
Yuo wanna tak thies outside George! Huh!1! THATS WHAT I THOUGHT PUNK!1!! TEH 360 WILL RULE TEH WRLD
Forums > Blogs
u loose $$$ on evry xbox u sell!!1 nintedno makes hella profit!
aslo, windowz suxxorz! mac is better!!!1
LOLOMFGWTFROTFLMAO
DEATH 2 TEH PS3 AND THE REVOLUTION!!!1!!1
I second the forum > blog motion.
bill
SUCKS! LOLJKWTF
i hate morons who don’t stop posting spam in blogs.
OF COURS WE LOOOOSE TEH MONEYS!!!1!1 IT STEAL AL TEH PROOFITS. DONT MAKE ME GO RICHEST-MAN-IN-THE-WORLD ALL OVER UR ASS!!!1!!!11 I PUNK U SO HARD THAT I PUNK UR MOM!
PS: Nintendo is hella gay with their little queer Pikmin shit and that transvestite Link!1!!
Well, one of these guys is wrong. But here’s something to lend credence to Brooke’s speculation, sorry if it’s been mentioned earlier in the thread.
I googled “3d stereoscopic” + “Nintendo Revolution”, just to see what would come up. Only one result, and it sends you to this page:
http://microvision.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_microvision_archive.html
Scroll down to Wednesday, July 21 2004.
There’s a couple paragraphs about advances in videogame technology, and then this:
While the capabilities of gaming consoles have increased by unimaginable leaps over the last 25 years, the basic paradigm of hooking a computer up to a TV in your living room and sitting on the sofa has remained constant.
Microvision’s technology makes it possible to create 3D, stereoscopic images that either augment a user’s field of view or completely block out the outside world — allowing the visual world of a wearer to be determined by the hardware and software capabilities of a game console.
While game consoles will continue to improve on the existing paradigm (PlayStation 3, Xbox 2, and Nintendo Revolution are due in stores by next Christmas), these companies are keenly aware that they will need to evolve, adapt, or risk obsolescence.
Gamers by the millions are eager for new and novel experiences that highten immersion in the gaming world. The first company to offer 3D virtual reality gaming with a stylish, lightweight eyeglass display will have a massive edge in mindshare — their brand will always be tied to bringing leading-edge, futuristic and differentiated gaming capabilities to their customers — and in the super-competitive high-stakes world of gaming consoles that kind of advantage could be worth big money for years to come.
***
Maybe Brooke’s onto something. The wording on that blog is shockingly similar to Nintendo’s rhetoric- “new and novel experiences”, “evolve, adapt, or risk obsolescence”, “the basic paradigm..has remained constant”, “consoles will continue to improve on the existing paradigm”
“Let me tell you why IGNCube posted my story. Because there is going to be a followup story on Friday. Sorry to grill up your perfect little fairy tales, “Aerisâ€. Now go back to working at your bank.”
Ehhh…Brooke, his name is “Aries” not “Aeries”
Man I really do not know who to believe. I guess if there is a follow up story on Friday then I will be swayed towards Brooke.
hey iwata dawg. ‘sup?
Brooke’s post is to conveient to be real
AAAAARGH!!1 I’M BEIN DOOBLE TEAMED!1!1! I cant tak Gorge and Iwata!!!1 NOOOOOOOOOOOO
“I second the forum > blog motion.”
I heart you.
now we have people pretending to be brooke. this is getting out of hand kids. speaking on facts…here’s a fact. brooke is smart enough to spell “whet” correctly. whoever this imposter is has the grammar of a third grader…and that’s just insulting. dude, at least be a good imposter.
Sweet Jesus, this is like Gamespot take over. I’m willing to bet the Gates/harrison impersonater’s are GS members too. Aries has captured an audience.
Conviently cryptic… makes you wonder.
I think Aries statements are too accurate and consistent to be made up. So what if hes talking from a bank’s IP.. maybe hes there. That no way to judge
I can only think of one other 3rd party developer that would know a lot about the Revolution; Factor 5.
Sorry bout the Gates thing, that was me being really stupid in reaction to the new news. I hate Xbox and love the Revolution and am glad with the new specs! SORRY
“There’s a couple paragraphs about advances in videogame technology, and then this:
While the capabilities of gaming consoles have increased by unimaginable leaps over the last 25 years, the basic paradigm of hooking a computer up to a TV in your living room and sitting on the sofa has remained constant.
Microvision’s technology makes it possible to create 3D, stereoscopic images that either augment a user’s field of view or completely block out the outside world — allowing the visual world of a wearer to be determined by the hardware and software capabilities of a game console.
While game consoles will continue to improve on the existing paradigm (PlayStation 3, Xbox 2, and Nintendo Revolution are due in stores by next Christmas), these companies are keenly aware that they will need to evolve, adapt, or risk obsolescence.
Gamers by the millions are eager for new and novel experiences that highten immersion in the gaming world. The first company to offer 3D virtual reality gaming with a stylish, lightweight eyeglass display will have a massive edge in mindshare — their brand will always be tied to bringing leading-edge, futuristic and differentiated gaming capabilities to their customers — and in the super-competitive high-stakes world of gaming consoles that kind of advantage could be worth big money for years to come.”
Sounds good but how much will it cost? It sounds like this company is going for all systems not Just Nintendos system. He could be right, but its not the aspect that make it revolutionary over its compeditors. Well just have to wait till E3.
One thing is for sure……..I’m getting pretty excited for E3.
# Amethyst Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 8:36 pm
Sweet Jesus, this is like Gamespot take over. I’m willing to bet the Gates/harrison impersonater’s are GS members too. Aries has captured an audience.
Conviently cryptic… makes you wonder.
It may be my fault. I’m from the GS community, and I have been posting some stuff on the boards. It may have brought over some straglers, and haters (the hate for Nintendo is strong in that community). The next kegal of news will stay on the offical Rev board or the GGD board next time.
Wow. If that really was brooke, I must say he didn’t think before he spoke.
Do you think, if all this is the honest truth, that Aries would post this information FROM WHERE HE WORKS? It doesn’t take a genius to know that an admin can see your IP address, and he certainly wouldn’t want the place he works to get leaked.
Aries/Brooke, if you know this much about Nintendo hardware, you’ve obviously been able to see it firsthand, and if that’s true, wouldn’t you have to sign an NDA? It seems to me like you guys are just pumping out too much for it not to be a bit suspicious. For this to come all at once and out of the blue from Nintendo of all companies just seems absurd.
I think it’s pretty obvious who should be believed. At this point it would probably be pointless to make another “I work in the industry” claim because people here are probably tired of hearing it, but at least in my own experience it seems really odd that Aries would have so much knowledge of what games are being made by which company. I very much agree with Brooke.
Also, look at the facts/rumours, if that quote that one game company is expected to be using the 3D Projection in their Next Generation system, who do you think it’s going to be? Microsoft? I very much doubt that, especially with their console poised to be released so soon. Sony is a possibility, but anyone who’s been a Nintendo fan for as long as many of us probably have, know it’s their style.
I want to believe.
How the heck would he be able to tell he was in a bank?
Okay Burke
Looking at IP addresses is quite easy, but how the fick can you tell he’s in a bank.?
I know i can’t see where our posters are posting from, only there IP addresses. Even IP trackers can only tell you the server the traffic is coming from
I dont think that was Burke. Even if the IP did point to a bank, it could be because of a proxie…
i hope brooke and aries are both right on some points, that would be awsome. waverace in stereoscopic would be the shiznits. However, i’m still a little freaked out about the imaginable headaches many gamers and i would get playing in the 3rd dimension, unless it turns out not really that bad, then i could deffinetly work with it. let the revolutioin begin
“Fifth Third National Bank.â€
Hey Nintendo fans, thanks for checking out my Microvision blog.
Microvision recently announced a new technology for low-cost widescreen virtual displays that will be worn like eyeglasses and appear to the wearer to be 60, 80 or even 100″ across. Here’s the story:
http://microvision.blogspot.com/2005/03/microvision-announces-new-light.html
“According to Microvision, consumer electronics companies are interested in wearable displays that can simulate the “immersive” viewing experience of a movie theater or a very large – 80 to 100 inch – high resolution television. Such systems have to be both practical in size and affordable in order to appeal to the mass market.
Consumer electronics companies are interested in wearable display systems for portable media of all kinds. Such systems could be used to watch films, access the Internet, or play computer games in 2D or 3D with the immersive feeling of a big-screen cinema or a really large television.”
I’m just reading the tea leaves with the rest of you guys but where there’s smoke…
thanks,
BJ
Why would Brooke Burgess post under his name here, where earlier he posted under the admin name? *sigh* (and secondly, you would think a bank would mask their IP address to an internal computer better)
OK this is just getting ridiculous.
Brooke needs to delete all these comments, implement a registration system, so who can be shown from who. Got guys that actinbg or may be insiders, guys acting like the webmaster. Stupid crazy stuff.
“OK this is just getting ridiculous.
Brooke needs to delete all these comments, implement a registration system, so who can be shown from who. Got guys that actinbg or may be insiders, guys acting like the webmaster. Stupid crazy stuff. ”
Agreed, this is nuts.
Tengo sueño, me voy a dormir…z…Z…z
What kills me is why black people don’t buy Nintendo products anymore.
Nintendo products don’t seem hip or gangsta anymore for blacks. Black people seriously are the most shallow people ever. All they ever wanna do is “drop it likes its hot”. Martin Luther King is rolling in his grave.
Anyways, thats the demographic that Nintendo should target. The niggers. Because white people look up to blacks. If they see blacks buying Revolution, then they’ll buy it too.
Blogs are terrible. This needs to be in the form of a forum. Then again I do not think even Brooke thought things would ge this far.
“OK this is just getting ridiculous.
Brooke needs to delete all these comments, implement a registration system, so who can be shown from who. Got guys that actinbg or may be insiders, guys acting like the webmaster. Stupid crazy stuff. â€
“Agreed, this is nuts. ”
Agreed double. Not to mention it takes an entire 5 minutes for me to reload this page, due to its length.
“What kills me is why black people don’t buy Nintendo products anymore.
Nintendo products don’t seem hip or gangsta anymore for blacks. Black people seriously are the most shallow people ever. All they ever wanna do is “drop it likes its hotâ€. Martin Luther King is rolling in his grave.
Anyways, thats the demographic that Nintendo should target. The niggers. Because white people look up to blacks. If they see blacks buying Revolution, then they’ll buy it too. ”
What a pathetic stereotype
That isn’t how all black people see things, that’s how the media portrays them.
I agree with The_Viss.
I don’t know anyone whose black who wants a Nintendo DS. Black people think they are too cool for Nintendo. They’d rather play a hip game like 50 Cent: Bulletproof, or that Snoop Dogg game called Fear and Respect.
Bunch of ghetto people.
Actually, the problem with blacks is they are such insecure people. Mainly black males. All they wanna do is shoot guns at each other, make some rap albums, play basketball, or dance at some clubs.
You don’t see any blacks on MTV talking about Nintendo DS or GameCube. Black people only play sport games and shooting games. Realize that.
Black people only want to play shooting games, sport games, or street racing games like Need for Speed and Midnight Club. They won’t play anythng else cause it would make them feel lame in front of their ghetto hoodrat friends.
All I can tell you is all of Arie’s statements are false (aside from the already known). I have seen the Revolution. I’m not giving away any information what-so-ever; just wait until E3. Stop the nonsense.
Jackson, you and Viss are a bunch of closeminded stereotypists. I myself know of 2 black people who have bought a DS. It’s pathetic how racist you people can be.
Darker, don’t even attempt it.
Edward, you’re added to my last post.
I agree with everyone posting about the blacks and how their hurting nintendo and the rest of the videogame industry.
The other day I brought my DS to art class at school, and 2 black kids asked what it was. I told them it was a Nintendo Ds. They both stared at each other and said, “Dawg, you should’ve gotten a PSP. Nintendo is for little kids yo.” I was about to tell them how stupid they were, but they are niggers, so I should just let them continue being ignorant.
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I don’t know anyone whose black who wants a Nintendo DS. Black people think they are too cool for Nintendo. They’d rather play a hip game like 50 Cent: Bulletproof, or that Snoop Dogg game called Fear and Respect.
Bunch of ghetto people. ”
I’m black and I want/getting a Nintendo DS.
“I agree with everyone posting about the blacks and how their hurting nintendo and the rest of the videogame industry.
The other day I brought my DS to art class at school, and 2 black kids asked what it was. I told them it was a Nintendo Ds. They both stared at each other and said, “Dawg, you should’ve gotten a PSP. Nintendo is for little kids yo.†I was about to tell them how stupid they were, but they are niggers, so I should just let them continue being ignorant. ”
I really cant believe what you just said. Generalizing because a couple of guys told you that? that shows you are a complete idiot. Im so upset to hear comments like this, I cant exxpress how angry I am. And im not black, but I have many black friends who dont fall into the category you just describe…
Nintendo lost the African American Democracy after GameCube.
Negros saw the purple cubes, and thought it wasn’t ghetto enough for their tastes.
Where the hell is that talk about Black people coming from anyway??!!!
Well as many of you may know there has been a lot of speculation going around about a system called Nintendo 21. Well according to what I have heared and have seen Nintendo plans to release two consoles one in which will be at a cheaper price than the other. However when going with the less exspensive version it will not aquire many of the things the other has. Another thing I forgot to mention was on the backward compatibility; apparently the Nintendo’s new console will be able to play the games from past consoles such as GC, N64, SNES, and yes NES. I belive this feature shall intrigue many people out there and could possibly lead to what I call “New Classics” so look forward to that. FOr now I have to seriously catch some shut eye E3 will be here soon enough.
Blacks only play sports and shooting games cause it reminds them of how life is like back in compton. Bunch of nigger boys running around with pistols.
Blacks think Animal Crossing is for females, not black males.
“Well as many of you may know there has been a lot of speculation going around about a system called Nintendo 21. Well according to what I have heared and have seen Nintendo plans to release two consoles one in which will be at a cheaper price than the other. However when going with the less exspensive version it will not aquire many of the things the other has. Another thing I forgot to mention was on the backward compatibility; apparently the Nintendo’s new console will be able to play the games from past consoles such as GC, N64, SNES, and yes NES. I belive this feature shall intrigue many people out there and could possibly lead to what I call “New Classics†so look forward to that. FOr now I have to seriously catch some shut eye E3 will be here soon enough.”
That was a pretty bad attempt.
“Well as many of you may know there has been a lot of speculation going around about a system called Nintendo 21. Well according to what I have heared and have seen Nintendo plans to release two consoles one in which will be at a cheaper price than the other. However when going with the less exspensive version it will not aquire many of the things the other has. Another thing I forgot to mention was on the backward compatibility; apparently the Nintendo’s new console will be able to play the games from past consoles such as GC, N64, SNES, and yes NES. I belive this feature shall intrigue many people out there and could possibly lead to what I call “New Classics†so look forward to that. FOr now I have to seriously catch some shut eye E3 will be here soon enough.”
Heads up for those that don’t realize: This is the fake Aries.
Imagine if videogame consoles nowadays were made by black people.
You would have spinning rims, and bling bling hanging from the consoles.
WTF? Where did all these racist morons come from? While it’s true I can’t argue someone about their opinion… keep that stereotypical trash to yourself. I mean, wtf? I have gotten numerous black friends, and I know quite a few who want/have DS and Gamecubes. Why are some people just close minded assholes?
Anyway… As far as Revolution is concerned… I already told you people that I can back Aries up a little due to some friends I got inside NST and Retro, as well as some publishers I’ve been talking to recently about my own games. But all this speculation and rampent impersonation and such is making it hard for those of us with some tidbits to give you what we do know. So I guess it’s a moot point to post anything. I’m just going to say that I can’t wait for E3, it’s so close, yet so far, and I for one, will be watching Nintendo very closely.
This is horrible, when did this blog degenerate into this ?
In light of recent comments it seems that my earlier post has been widely ignored If any of you enthusiastically opinionated individuals would have concentrated more on direction and less on speculation perhaps the world would be a better place in which to live Alas your failure to partake in said task has caused conflict and aggression on this board I base this assumption on the fact that most of these racially charged comments have been made by those with a light skin complexion since they seem to be directed against those of African decent Now with this in mind I suggest you all take the opportunity to give my previous post more attention and familiarize yourself with human anatomy particularly the variations in size between different ethnicities….I think you get the picture…And recommend that those who don’t measure up post elsewhere…with post haste
until now I just posted a few posts……I was watching the Aries show…You know, my house is just behind the Nintendo research center in Higashiyama Kyotoshi, I ve got three japanese friends who is working there (there doing stuff like Beta test…), NONE ONE OF THEM IS KNOWING CLEARLY ABOUT THE REVOLUTION S SECRETS, third party workink on revolution…So I don t really get how this Aries can tell us so many things about revolution, though pepole from Nintendo Japan don t know about it….
But like he said, E3 will come soon…
Amuroray, I bet all your friends got chinky jappy eyes. You all look like panda bears haha. Japanese people are hilarious. They are all pagans.
Yo milk chan, Don’t be ragging on the japs. They make the Nintendo systems you play.
Rag on the black people. They are all a bunch of lazy porch monkies who eat KFC all day and put down whites.
Don’t be tearing up the African American culture.
Do you realize how long us white folks made blacks pick cotton all day?
It’s the Mexicans that are the real problem. There are barely any real Mexicans in the gaming industry. They contribute nothing.
Then again it’s good they dont. Mexicans would make lawn mower games or something. Spics.
LMAO at all the comments about blacks.
Yeah, blacks and mexicans are pretty lazy.
Japs are the only smart cookies in the world. Cause they eat fish and rice all day.
I’m back again, yay no one cares.
Now just wait for 19 days.
End the racist shit…you fucking pimply faced virgins. Keep it up and I’ll IP track your asses all the way to those trailer parks you call home, crack open your deadbeat dad’s cranium and fuck your mom/aunt with his dick.
Peace.
interesting post, man.
I personally have done a lot of experimentation with VR. Looking at the patent images, I can tell you, this will not be a conventional stereo display system in the revolution.
Currently, the best option for most is a shutterglass system, these can be wireless. However, Shutterglasses are problematic with LCD and projection-based imaging. Only CRT and plasma will work with them, and on most tv’s (with a refresh rate of around 60 Hz) is going to have a lot of flickering/ghosting. Sure, this can be avoided using a computer monitor (which have faster refresh rates) but once again, the display is small compared to most TV’s.
HMD systems are an option, but making them wireless is hard, is hard on the neck when used for long periods and tend to be costly to make. I doubt it’ll use an HMD. It would also make multiplayer games a lot less fun.
Guys, I’m thinking nintendo will integrate a display system of some sort: an autosterteo display, this is an LCD monitor with a fresnel lens on the front, This method allows a stereo display without glasses. They may even try a new technique that involves retinal projection, or an integrated DLP projector of some sort.
I’m interested to see how this console will pull it off.
So now its against the Mexicans? Im Mexican, So fuck you!! Although I really dont care about your comments, but I was just surprised that now mexicans where mentioned in this discussion
What everyone needs to realize is that there is a BIG difference bewteen black people and niggers. There is also a big difference between Mexicans and dirty mexicans. There are plenty of hardworking, honest, intelligent black people in the world. But there are even more stupid niggers. Stupid niggers are the ones who like rap music even though rap artists have no talent. Wiggers are even worse though… I could go on about this for ever…
Im black yo, why u be hatin ma people… Im down with mario, hes ma wizzle..and Im his nizzle, we one in the same
dont hate the hate
love the love
black man
peace
love
me
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How did a discussion about Nintendo become a race riot? As a Canadian, I must say (although I don’t like to swear) but, GOLLY! This is a Gosh Dern shame that this happened. I hope you moron Yanks will eventually learn, for my mexican friend, Gringos Suck!
I wish the government would put all you minorities and send you on a ship back to your country. The U.S. doesnt want you here. It’s bad enough you fucked up the music industry with your rap music and reggae. Arabs are fucking terrorists.
Well…
It seems the cat’s out of the bag, so to speak. Brooke is right, and I’ve pretty much been exposed.
I do work at a branch of Fifth National Bank, and I was very bored. I apologize for deceiving you all, but I did it for two reasons:
1) To alleviate the monotony of my job here.
2) To stir up some controversy and garner some attention for Nintendo’s new console.
I’ve been a long-time Nintendo fan. I wasn’t lying when I said that I’m a gamer just like all of you; I play games whenever I get a chance. I desperately want Nintendo to succeed because I know they are far too talented in game development to let it all go. But lately, sales have been dwindling along with the mainstream image of Nintendo as a whole.
I had been excited about the Revolution ever since I heard of it a year ago. Wondering…what IS this so-called “revolutionary” feature? Will it boost sales? Will people finally recognize Nintendo they way they used to in the era of the SNES?
Naturally, then, I became very excited about E3 2005 and the rumored unveiling of the Revolution. Then a couple weeks ago, I read a news story that greatly disappointed me: Iwata said he does not plan to show it at E3.
I was pretty angry, but it did spark my imagination. I had all of these “wouldn’t it be cool if…?” and “If I was only a developer for Nintendo…” ideas. I wrote some of them down and considered emailing Nintendo, but of course I knew that it would do no good.
I eventually ended up at this blog and all the Revolution info in it. I was originally going to post a comment simply explaining my ideas…but just for the hell of it, I pretended I was a game developer. I ran with it and continued posting, fully conveying all of my hopes and dreams into writing. But that’s all they were: dreams.
Nevertheless, E3 is still approaching and Nintendo may surprise us yet. Who knows? Maybe some of my ideas will actually be implemented. Believe me, I want the Revolution to be awesome just as much as you all do.
Where’d all that spamming come from all of a sudden ?
At this point I’m not too concerned anymore about Aries being legitimate or not, these revelations made my day and we’ll all be set within a few days anyway.
Though I can’t help being a little curious about how someone who left Nintendo last year would know so much about their upcoming E3 show, unless they settle these things 6 months in advance. I’m also puzzled by The Game as a hint, after all this is the story of a man who’s being deceived and toyed with untill the very end. Are we to apply this to Nintendo or is this Aries’ way of confessing his lies ?
Damn, I’m 4 minutes late :p
Oh well no hard feelings…
welcome to mobility the children must be saved…this plan must be followed through i doubt a difference ever existed her wallet was of the indigo brand isn’t that thought behind the cabinet cuplink
It may “Transform” into a gun, so that blacks may also use it.
Go away spammer Aries
LOL!!
…transformation is complete go now forward and continue hus will
captan sundry you should know now i never doubting your skills only the size of your schlong
**end transmission** -cut due to massive signal loss
The previous post with my name on it was not me!
This is turning me crazy XD I haven’t had this much fun in a while.
This is not me!
It will be a purple gun, but some may still use it.
if you listen very carefully you can almost hear the wretched gurgling of blood as this blog dies