Revolution Kits Arriving Late?

**RoleTroll** · 13 Mar 2006, 09:34 PM

March 9, 2006 - Nintendo's vice president of sales and marketing, Reggie Fils-Aime, recently revealed that more than 1,000 Revolution controller development kits have been sent out to various software houses in order to familiarize studios with the workings of the device. IGN Revolution had the chance to go hands-on with one of these "kits," and we have new details on its basic setup, including how it looks and feels.

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One thing is crystal clear from the controller-based development kits, though: Revolution will definitely operate as an extension of the GameCube hardware. These preliminary kits include only a wired Revolution controller, a wired nunchuck attachment and a wired motion bar, which some studios have labeled the "wand." So the obvious question is, how can developers possibly hope to test any of this gear out? The answer is simple: the controller and its attachments plug into existing GameCube development hardware.

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Most software houses working with this kit have only a vague idea about what to expect from Revolution where horsepower is concerned. Studio sources regularly reiterate previously reported projections that the hardware will be roughly twice as powerful as GameCube. Development insiders we've spoken to seem unconcerned with power and instead focused on the gameplay possibilities that the new controller may help realize.

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/694/694785p1.html

Is it normal for developers to not have real, full development kits just 8 months from launch?

**EvilMog** · 13 Mar 2006, 09:36 PM

DAMNIT! We might have to wait even longer for the next Mario Party.

**Rumpy** · 13 Mar 2006, 09:47 PM

The Zelda delay makes a lot more sense now. You're choice of 2 new Revolution gimmick games and a Gamecube Zelda title for launch!

**1CCOSA** · 13 Mar 2006, 09:47 PM

Well if it's basically an ext of GC then maybe 3rd party folks are just using GC dev kits before they get the Rev tools? Anyways, I just want a Mario adventure and one new property at launch, that is all I ask for. Pleeeeaase.

**kedawa** · 13 Mar 2006, 10:25 PM

Twice as powerful as GC?
This thing had better be $149 or less.

**Diff-chan** · 13 Mar 2006, 11:47 PM

This thing is sounding more and more like the Virtual Boy 2 every day.

**avatar** · 13 Mar 2006, 11:51 PM

I didn't know the revolution had a visor. Links?

**Diff-chan** · 14 Mar 2006, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by avatar

I didn't know the revolution had a visor. Links?

More like, both are hardware vastly different from their peers (shutting them out from a lot of third party support) and rely on a single gimmick to get them their audience.

Now, will people not named SpoDaddy want to wave a DVD remote around like an idiot? More than they wanted to play an eye-crippling red piece of crap? That remains to be seen.