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"Cube.IGN is reporting that Brooke Burgess (of Broken Saints) has let the proverbial cat out of the bag concerning Nintendo's new Revolution console. The big secret (assuming the rumors are true)? 3D projection." From the article: "At the core of the theory sits how Revolution will display games: through a form of real-time 3D projection. That's right folks, along the lines of a classic 50s monster movie. Nintendo itself has stated that what it plans to use on Revolution isn't all that unique, only that it has never been applied to videogames. Taking that into account, plus recent patents filed by Nintendo, and it doesn't sound all that far fetched, argues Burgess." As always, take this with a grain of salt.

I'm sorry... I don't get it.  You mean 3D glasses like MuppetVision 3D, or a chiropractor's wet dream like the Virutal Boy?  Damn you, Nintendo!  You aren't the same woman I married!

The Virtual Cube?

I want what they are smoking over there.

I figured this was as good a thread as any to insert this. Looks like Nintendo is finally getting away from kid's games, and branching out into mature themed titles.

http://www.touchdic.co.kr/

I have absolutely no idea what it's really supposed to be, but it made me giggle. (Yes, I still have the humor of an 8 year old)

I figured this was as good a thread as any to insert this. Looks like Nintendo is finally getting away from kid's games, and branching out into mature themed titles.

http://www.touchdic.co.kr/

Needless to say - I returned in 4 days later.

I borrowed a relatives 2600 a few months ago.

Needless to say - I returned in 4 days later.

Eurogamer reports 3D rumors are rubbish. (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58931)

Online Gaming will become a huge deciding factor as well. Nintendo is going to fail miserably in both of those categories. Not because I want them to, but because it's inevitable.

This could be cool....

if they did it like this:

(http://www.pangolin.com/images/LeiaAndLuke-214.jpg)

But I kinda doubt it will be like that.  Just a bit.

I bet the PS4 is going to have lots of rumors about it coming with headgear so you can control it with your brainwaves, because they have a patent on theoretical technology regarding that.

We have had 3d displays that can do that for at least a decade.  They have to bottom project, and the eye has to at least partially be looking down into the projector for the illusion to work, but they are out there.  The problem is the same problem with the star wars holograms, they are not very crisp images and don't do well rendering anything other than a few objects.  Those objects also have to be 100% visible in the viewing area or the 3d illusion breaks.  So any kind of background or ground is impossible.

They would also be prohibitively expensive if you made them any bigger than 'way too small'.

Anyway, the 3d rumors were around last e3 as well, at that time there was thought that a 3d projector of sorts would be an accessory to the gamecube.  They have a patent, so the rumors will be there for every new product they make.

I bet the PS4 is going to have lots of rumors about it coming with headgear so you can control it with your brainwaves, because they have a patent on theoretical technology regarding that.

This could be cool....

if they did it like this:

(http://www.pangolin.com/images/LeiaAndLuke-214.jpg)

But I kinda doubt it will be like that.  Just a bit.

The PS2 and XBox also made a few sales on the DVD playback ability, which is not an option at all on the 'Cube. Online gaming on the PS2 never really took off either - maybe that was what Nintendo looked at, not Microsoft's success which was largely Western in nature.

That said, the Nintendo DS last week (or the week before that?) sold as much as ALL other consoles COMBINED - in Japan. Fear the coming of Nintendogs/Puppy Times to your region.

As to the Revolution?  Ive heard rumors the whole controller is a touch screen thing like the DS.  At the moment its all speculation.

IMO XBox is clearly the worst of the 3 systems today though. Nintendo has the occasional awesome Nintendo game and a bunch of exclusives, the PS2 has the largest volume of games - I'm not sure what the XBox has, I can't think of a single game on the XBox I'd want to play.

Funny, I say the same about the PS2. Since when does Volume = Teh Bestest?

Just sayin'.

Funny, I say the same about the PS2. Since when does Volume = Teh Bestest?

Just sayin'.

I suspect what Strazos is saying, is that while the PS2 has a goatload of RPGs available to play, most of them are of the Square/Enix-flavoured gameplay variety. Which is throughly disliked by a number of people (myself included). This inadvertently limits the choices somewhat.

I suspect what Strazos is saying, is that while the PS2 has a goatload of RPGs available to play, most of them are of the Square/Enix-flavoured gameplay variety. Which is throughly disliked by a number of people (myself included). This inadvertently limits the choices somewhat.

 - meg

I usually take that opinion a step further and feel that the Vast Majority of console RPG's, for me, are not really RPG's; in many games, you are given yuor character and have very little control over their development, and the game is basically on rails. No thanks, I'll keep my BioWare gems, and continue to supply them with supplies for their money hats.

And I agree with Haemish, HDD >>>> Memory Cards. I also like the (revamped) X-Box controls more than the PS controls.

Nintendo to launch new game console in 2006 (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=756765)

May 14, 2005 — TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. will launch its new video game console sometime next year, missing the key 2005 holiday shopping season and putting it a step behind Microsoft Corp. in the battle for the next-generation game machine, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Saturday.

The report comes two days after Microsoft announced its new console, called Xbox 360, will be in stores in time for the 2005 year-end shopping season, giving it a head-start on the competition if Sony Corp. and Nintendo don't introduce their new consoles until next year.

The Nihon Keizai said it obtained the information from Nintendo on Friday, without citing sources. Nintendo has not officially set a date for its next generation console, code-named "Revolution," although a 2006 launch has been widely expected.

Nintendo officials were not immediately available for comment.

Based in the ancient Japan capital of Kyoto, Nintendo was the dominant brand in home video game consoles for much of the 1980s and early 1990s until Sony entered the market with its PlayStation and Microsoft later introduced its Xbox machine.

Nintendo has said that Revolution will be ready for wireless Internet gaming and be backward-compatible with the current generation GameCube, which is now in third place in the console market behind Sony's PlayStation 2 (PS2) and the Xbox.

The new console will be powered by a chip developed by IBM code-named "Broadway" and a graphics processor from ATI Technologies Inc. code-named "Hollywood."

Revolution will use 12 cm optical discs and be about the size of three DVD cases stacked together, the Nihon Keizai said.

Sony has not said when it will release its next-generation console, tentatively named PS3, although industry watchers generally expect it to hit stores sometime next year.

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are expected to show off their next-generation gaming consoles to developers next week at the annual Electronics Entertainment Expo, or E3, as all three companies seek to entrench themselves deeper into living rooms with advanced computing, graphics and multimedia features.

No, DVD players are not expensive, and can be had for $40. But, when you are trying to fit all these electronic pieces in an entertainment center, having one less device is one less device. You'd think they'd get this. If you are looking at 3 consoles, the first thing you look at is games, then you look at features. This is missing a feature that is standard on the other two, which means it loses a checkmark in the gamer's mind. There aren't enough GC games to make the backwards compatibility mean much.

I will say this though....I still own 2 PSone memory cards and 2 games. What games? NHL '98 and Final Fantasy Tactics.

There aren't enough GC games to make the backwards compatibility mean much.

Yes, Nintendo IS retarded.

Playing DVDs is very important, because, you know, in this day and age most people don't have a DVD player already. Seriously, who gives a shit? I have THREE fucking DVD players already. I think it's very reasonable to assume that the owner of the Revolution will own a DVD player, PS2, PS3, XBox or XBox 360 as well.

Nintendo gives me Zelda, Metroid, and Mario.  Seems like a fair trade for my dollars.

But every console coming out will have DVD playback (Plus BD on the PS3), not including it is to make your console have one feature less than the competition. And that's not a good way to stay in business.

You're a geek. Joe Dumbass wants to replace his old console when he trades it into EB for the new console. Jesus, it's as if geeks think they are the only ones left sometimes.

Just remember the stupid redneck down the road and you'll understand why DVD is so goddamn important. He's lucky he ever got the Xbox plugged in in the first place.

As long as Nintendo keeps those three properties in an iron death-grip, they'll always get my money.  You can never have too much Zelda.

And who really, really gives a shit that the GC doesn't have DVD capabilities? Seriously, have you ever used your PS2 to play a DVD?

Amateur. You should be rockin' region free. That is, if you like watching foreign films that weren't translated by asswads.

I like my foreign movies dubbed.

Amateur. You should be rockin' region free. That is, if you like watching foreign films that weren't translated by asswads.

And who really, really gives a shit that the GC doesn't have DVD capabilities? Seriously, have you ever used your PS2 to play a DVD?