Nintendo Revolution...

Revolution looks awesome, so far. I love the design. Personally, I think it's the best-looking of the three. The PS3 looks like a printer and the controller is an abomination. Seriously, there was nothing wrong with the dual-shock design. Why the change? XBox 360 has an awesome controller, but I'm not terribly keen on the actual console. It looks like a PC tower. No real character or uniqueness to it.

However, the look of the hardware doesn't clue anybody in as to the nature of the console's "revolutionary" functionality, and we still haven't seen the controller. I'm definitely excited for it, but not 100% sold on it yet. Hopefully, the coming months will reveal more information about the system's real capabilities.

I heard a rumor somewhere that the controller is going to be touch-screen of some sort where you customize the buttons to your taste. This sort of goes along with what they've been hinting at with the downloadable functionality.

I'm not going to be satisfied with the downloading capability unless they offer at least a LOT of the games for the older consoles. I don't really give a damn about the N64 for the most part, but SNES and NES games are super fucking collectible. I've started working on my SNES collection again through ebay recently.

I thought it was supposed to be ALL previous nintendo games.

Ya, that's what I thought, but some guy they interviewed on G4TV from Nintendo said that they would have many favorites available for download. If it was going to be all, he would have said "ALL!!! ALL!!"

I've also heard that it's any game that has been on a nintendo system.

I have a Gamecube, last time I played it was months ago. It's a waste of space. I've got Metroid Prime, SSBM, and Super Mario Sunshine, and none of them are entertaining. SSBM was fun for about an hour, Super Mario Sunshine was a few hours. Metroid Prime is the only one of the three that I actually played more than a day, and I beat it and no longer have any urge to play it again.

Forgot to state my point. My point is, I'm not the only person that feels this way about the Gamecube, so I'm hoping Nintendo was smart about this new system. It seems like they have done a good job but until I know a few things I'm not sold on it either.

King, the exact same thing can be said about the PS2, or the XBox. I barely use my PS2. Aside from my recent binge with the Ratchet games, I haven't played the thing in months. There are also many people who share this same sentiment. Does that mean Sony shoould completely alter their gameplan simply to appease people like me? No. That's retarded, and it's retarded to expect Nintendo to do the same for you.

If the GCN isn't for you, that's fine. The XBox isn't for me, but you don't hear me howling at Microsoft to completely alter the soul of their business acumen, do you? You've grown out of Nintendo. Don't expect them to follow you.

Well guys here it is! Wanana!

What in gods name is that??!

It looks like some kind of...cheap, plastic prototype...

As you may or may not have noticed, with all or most of the pics of the PS3 and its controllers at the bottom it said something along the lines as "subject to change".

Think about it, there is a long time before it's launch and they could possibly due anything they wanted to the system and controllers. It was just a the unveiling of a system, nothing said that what you saw was official.

Why the fuck is there an eject button?

Yeah that is pretty sweet but i am also confused as to why there is an eject button.

There needs to be, to get the disc out of the slot...

King, the exact same thing can be said about the PS2, or the XBox. I barely use my PS2. Aside from my recent binge with the Ratchet games, I haven't played the thing in months. There are also many people who share this same sentiment. Does that mean Sony shoould completely alter their gameplan simply to appease people like me? No. That's retarded, and it's retarded to expect Nintendo to do the same for you. If the GCN isn't for you, that's fine. The XBox isn't for me, but you don't hear me howling at Microsoft to completely alter the soul of their business acumen, do you? You've grown out of Nintendo. Don't expect them to follow you.

But the fact is, people don't normally say those things about the PS2 or Xbox. Nintendo has changed a lot since the SNES. It looks like they have a pretty good chance of winning me back with the new console.

In response to everyone's confusion over that pic, that's not the Revolution. Are you people retarded?

To King, honestly, Nintendo hasn't changed almost at all. That's the problem. Until recently, they haven't done anything to try and remove themselves from their tried-and-true business model, and it has caused the company a lot of damage as a result.

Only now are they realizing the true importance of strong 3rd-party support, online support and a more modern image. I personally love my Gamecube, but I'd be lying through my teeth if I didn't say it looked like a Fisher Price toy. The Revolution is Nintendo's answer to demand for a more modern appeal, and the design of the hardware itself really shows this. Not to mention the fact that it's fully wireless, online enabled right out of the box, backwards compatible with nearly every Nintendo console in history, and loaded with one or two more big features that constitute the theorized "revolutionary" aspect of the system. I'm more excited for this console than I have been for anything for quite some time, and I'd expect that anyone with love for Nintendo would be as well.

I'm pretty sure noone was serious about that picture...at least I hope they werent...

Backwards compatible with nearly every Nintendo console in history? Do you mean the ability to download all those games, or can you actually stick snes cartridges in there?

lol. Its like they've never seen a nes controller before.

Downloadable from an online database.

If you can't stick in your NES FF cart and continue where you left off on your NES, it's not backwards compatibility.

Yeah, it shouldn't be confused like that. The Nintendo Revolution isn't going to be backwards compatible, except maybe with the Gamecube, I dunno. The games will be downloadable. It's been recently hinted that online play will be free and that downloading games will be made "easy and very inexpensive".

Semantics. You two knew exactly what I meant.