Nintendo Revolution

[Big_Boss]

Nintendo Revolution - The official codename for the successor to GameCube

Release: 2006

Price: $200-$400 (Expected)

Development began shortly after the release of Nintendo GameCube

Online: The Revolution console will feature online play out of the box. New Wi-Fi strategy for both DS and Revolution. Wi-Fi enables wireless, high-speed connections to the Internet using such popular standards as 802.11b and 802.11g. Company executives made strong statements about Nintendo's belief that gamers should be able to wirelessly go online and play against each other. Few other details regarding Revolution's online functionality are known, infer at least one important bit based on information announced about the nature of wireless play for DS. Nintendo announced that Wi-Fi gaming on DS would be free. In stark contrast to Microsoft's Xbox Live service, the Big N will not charge any fee for gamers to go online through its infrastructure. The same could be true for Revolution's wireless play. Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in wired and wireless broadband communications semiconductors, today announced a partnership with Nintendo to provide wireless technology for Nintendo's next generation gaming systems (including the Nintendo Revolution). Broadcom's technology will enable Nintendo to add cutting-edge wireless features and connectivity to its next generation console, which will feature an advanced wireless platform that integrates multiple technologies to enable a new and exciting gaming experience. Nintendo's online connectivity plan for the Revolution and DS, which shows the Revolution acting as a wireless router exclusively for DS.

CPU and GPU: The IBM-created CPU is called Broadway. The ATI-developed GPU is called Hollywood. At the March 2005 Game Developers Conference, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explained the reasoning behind the titles. With IBM, Revolution's core processor, which have codenamed Broadway because Broadway is the capital of live entertainment with ATI, developing the graphics chipset, codenamed Hollywood because Hollywood is the capital of movie entertainment. With Revolution, it's determined to create the new capital of interactive entertainment."

Hardware: Revolution feature more powerful hardware than GameCube System 1 allegedly featured a 2.7GHz PowerPC G5 processor, 512MBs of RAM, and a 600MHz graphics chip. System 2 allegedly featured dual 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 processors. 256MBS of DDR Main Memory RAM, 128MBS of GDDR3 Video RAM and a 500MHz graphics chip. Both systems allegedly featured a built in 15GB hard drive. As of this time, these rumors cannot be validated. More recent hearsay from development studios working closely with Nintendo suggest that Revolution's power is on track to compete with Microsoft's forthcoming successor to Xbox. Some studios have suggested that Revolution could be slightly underpowered when stacked side by side with Microsoft's next system, but that the differences would be marginal. Other sources maintain that the recently reported Xenon hardware specs exactly mimicked internal hardware documentation for Revolution.

Controller: Wireless controllers as standard

 

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Damn that hot as hell.

 

[Big_Boss]

:onpc Q&A: Nintendo Revolution Spring ?07 launch for PAL Revolution

Nintendo: "The interface is everything. That being said, I can't tell you anything about it. Unfortunately, in the past when we've announced things, those ideas have been taken and run with by other companies, and if we told people too much about what our interface was going to be like or too many things about the Revolution, I think there's definitely a chance that a lot of ideas would be taken and would be released before we're even ready to release our own product. That being said, we can tell you it's wireless. We created the Wavebird, we had the first (first-party) wireless controllers, and again we're focused on using the hardware to create software that other companies cannot duplicate. So that's our big thing, we're going to take what we have and optimize it so we can create software that no one else can give you. And I apologize for not being able to tell you more."


Backward Compatible: Gamecube, Nintendo 64, Super NES, and NES

Nintendo's legions of loyal fans will be happy to learn that Revolution will be backward compatible, playing both Nintendo GameCube 3-inch disks along with its own standard, double-layered DVD disks in the same self-loading media drive.

Online: In the next generation, the addition of the Internet will be important to all consoles and particularly important to Nintendo. Revolution will be wireless Internet ready out of the box. Download and play the best NES games, S-NES games, N64 games, in addition to Revolution games and GameCube games.

Graphics: Thanks to Nintendo's hardware development partners IBM and ATI, the small system will be packed with power that will enable it to wow players with its graphics.

Contollers: If you put those controllers all lined up together, they're all very different. So think about what kind of device is going to allow you to play all those different types of games. It's pretty interesting.

Games: Animal Crossing Revolution - 2007, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Revolution, Kid Icarus Revolution, Killing Day - 2006, King Kong - 2006, Legend of Zelda Revolution - 2007, Mario Revolution - 2006, Metroid Prime 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 2006, Super Smash Bros. Revolution, The Darkness, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 4 - 2006

 

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Wow that stuff looks good( couldn't be bothered reading)!