Official Nintendo Wii thread

**Wildkat** · 13 May 2005, 02:11 PM

Nintendo: Were not dead yet!

**SMBChick** · 13 May 2005, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by IGN

May 12, 2005 - The Electronics Entertainment Expo 2005 is still days away, but that hasn't stopped Microsoft from debuting its Xbox 360 console on MTV. And now Nintendo has followed suit, revealing some new, meaty details about its next-generation console, codenamed Revolution.

In a recent New York Times article, Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs Perrin Kaplan describes the console as "very, very sleek." The system, which is reportedly tiny, will stand horizontally. Its height will reportedly be no more than three DVD cases stacked flatly on each other, or slightly more than an inch. That makes the console theoretically smaller than Apple's recently released Mac Mini computer.
Although Nintendo has historically selected proprietary media formats, such as the GameCube Optical Disc, for its platforms, the publisher is with Revolution opting for a more standardized medium. The new console will play standard DVD media, according to the company. Nintendo has not yet revealed if Revolution will as a result be able to play Hollywood movies on DVD, but that seems very likely at this point.

At the Game Developers' Conference in March, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that Revolution would offer Wi-Fi online connections out of the box and would be backward compatible with GameCube, or able to play GCN software.

According to recent information, Revolution will also be able to play high-definition games and regularly go online.

Finally -- something of a no-brainer given the popularity of the Wave Bird pads -- Revolution's still-secret controller will be completely wireless. Controllers for Microsoft's Xbox 360 are also wireless. Upon hearing this news, puppies everywhere let out a collective cry.

More details to come at E3 2005. Stay tuned.

Wow, it sounds tiny.

Oops... Should have read the damn thing before I posted it

**Cowdisease** · 13 May 2005, 03:23 PM

There's much more to Revolution that will be revealed over the coming months, but the combination of its compact size, wireless Internet, backward compatibility, quick start-up time and quiet, low-power operation add up to the start of a great game system.

Oh my god!!! They added low-power operation!!! That's it. Microsoft is doomed.

**Rumpy** · 13 May 2005, 03:32 PM

Go Nintendo. Now get some people to, I don't know, makes some games for your system.

**Cowutopia** · 13 May 2005, 03:34 PM

Elder Scrolls IV looks like a good start!

Oh, wait...

**Schlep** · 13 May 2005, 03:42 PM

My only comment is they need a new PR person. You learn in intro to technical writing not to use negatives, and to not use variations of "be".

Nintendo, the world leader in video game innovation, stated loud and clear that they are not to be overlooked in the next generation

So you are this generation, and you're already establishing yourself far from being first with that negative language.

will combine, will be, will play, will be, will be, will be, will be, will be, will be

Good God. The way this whole thing is worded, it sounds like they're way behind and trying to catch up. And that hopefully, one day, they'll have a system that comes close to Microsoft and Sony. Use active verbs instead of passive. I know this sounds stupid and nitpicky, but the whole thing comes off to me as very defeated due to how they've worded it.

**cka** · 13 May 2005, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by stormy

They all take ques from each other. LAWLLL Zboz has wireless controllers! I don't see the compulsion to point out every tiny meaningless thing you can think of to put them down. These features are expected now so they're in there. If they weren't you'd be complaining about that, so try being a little more constructive.

(note from cka: edit != quote lol)

I'm fairly sure that wireless controllers/networking are going to be in all 3 consoles this round through, since the technology has had time to prove itself. Frankly, I'll be surprised if Sony doesn't have wireless via Bluetooth or 802.11 or whatever.

oh god its too early