IGN:
This week's question: We recently wrote an article, "360 is Not a Revolution," in which we listed 10 reasons to wait for Nintendo's next console. Why isn't Nintendo trying to actively dissuade gamers from picking up a 360 at launch with campaigns or new Revolution information?
George Harrison, senior vice president, marketing and corporate communications, Nintendo of America: With so many new products being released each month, Nintendo must always be very strategic in deciding when to stir up buzz for a particular game or system. During this year's busy holiday season, it wouldn't make sense for us to get gamers excited about a console that they won't be able to play until 2006.
Our focus right now is in generating excitement for our current heavy-hitting holiday line-up that includes Nintendo's first-ever online gaming network in the U.S. with Mario Kart DS and Animal Crossing DS. This is huge for Nintendo and, as you know, the response has been outstanding, with nearly half of all Mario Kart DS owners already playing online. These online titles hit stores in time for the holidays, so it makes sense Nintendo is concentrating on them now while the market for them is hot.
However, once the holiday rush subsides, I think it's safe to say that you can expect Nintendo's attention to gradually shift toward its 2006 priorities. Revolution is clearly one of these priorities, and we expect to see gamers become even more excited for Nintendo's next console in what they learn
in the coming months.
So though competitive noise may be high right now, rest easy knowing that Revolution will soon have its day in the sun, and all eyes will shift toward it.
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Craziness
I browse around forums pretty consistently. With the Revolution still having one more secret, people have begun guessing as always. One rumor that I don't believe is that the controller will be able to heat up and cool down when a character will enter a new area or something. The other one which I first cast doubts on is a stereoscopic 3D environment. Something like what the next Metal Gear Acid is doing. That'd be cool, but then those glasses would have to be slick. I was wondering what your thoughts on these rumors are, and how likely each one will turn out to be true.
Matt responds: Seriously now. I really think this is getting out of hand. Everyone knows that the secret feature is that the Revolution controller is able to secrete unknown fluids for no particular gameplay reason. Sony and Microsoft, I have one word for you: run. Run while you still can, lest the fluids make your path too slippery!
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Attack
what is your problam... Why do U continue attack nintendo just they don't put Hi Def in the revolution?!?! Nintendo never say the specs off their consoles, like gamecube.. Let Us wait to the E3 of 2006 to know what is all about....
Stop bite nintendo because I thing they are going to " kick asses" lol
Thanks and Bye
Matt responds: The above letter has been preserved in its original form for the benefit of readers. I will make my daily reiteration that I am not attacking Nintendo, nor am I involved in any conspiracy with or against the company. I am merely the messenger. Please don't shoot me.
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Revolution Thoughts
What do the editors of IGN think of the Revolution so far? Excited, interested, disgusted, disapointed... a mixture of two or three?
Thanks! Matt responds: Can't speak for the clowns up in San Francisco, but all of us here in the Los Angeles office are pretty psyched for Revolution. New editor Mark Bozon, Peer and I are kind of nutty about it, actually. I'm a graphics whore. I have been known to spend too much time in PGR3's photo mode. But even so, I'm a lot more excited about playing Metroid Prime 3 on Revolution than I am any Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 game. It's going to be a huge day at the office when we finally get a demo system in.
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EDTV
If you don't post this, please bug Nintendo about it yourself.
Regarding the Revolution's lack of High Def, wouldn't it be wise for Nintendo to try and sell the fact that the system is indeed capable of "Enhanced Definition"? Many TVs openly advertise that they're ED, capable of 480p, but not quite HD. If Revolution pushed it's ED prowess, maybee even including component cables with the system capable of doulbling as standard AVs like 360s, it would help to further the system's competitive image.
Matt responds: I think Nintendo may very well take that angle, at least to some degree. The only problem I can foresee with it is that the Big N seems to be operating under the assumption that most people still own regular old analog sets, which is true. That being the case, it could very well position the Revolution as the machine that caters to big majority, not the early adopting minority. That position could actually work out for the company in the short term, but it's bound to encounter long term missteps as more and more people pick up HD sets.
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Developments
site looks great and seems to be moving! that being said i'll get moving with my two questions that i have.
hey in the specs articles you guys mentioned how since developers don't have to worry about making a game able to run in both standard and high definition, that it would be cheaper for the developers to make the game. does this also mean easier for them to develop as well? because it seems to me that maybe developers can design great games in less amount of time if that is true. so i guess where i'm getting is at is do you think seeing near finished games at e3 is possible and that the fact that devlopers just received kits this "late" isn't so rediculous after all.
second more easier question, since you guys put up "revolution.ign.com" are you guys saying that Nintendo Revolution is the official name of the next system regardless of what's been said in the past?
thanks for putting this site up regardless, keep up the amazing work!
Matt responds: Well, yes, games on Revolution should theoretically be easier to construct only because art teams will not have to create assets for high-definition televisions. I also believe that Revolution games will come quicker because of the controller. It lends itself to pick-up-and-play software - games like Nintendogs, for example - and I think developers will be able to kick this stuff out quicker than epic adventures or role-playing offerings by comparison. Please be aware that I'm absolutely not suggesting that Revolution will only feature these projects - obviously, the Zeldas, Metroids and Final Fantasys will come too. But Nintendo's console will definitely support a greater abundance of DS-like efforts than any competitor, and these, I'm confident, will arrive in shorter intervals.
The Revolution development kits that developers are working with now are not final. Far from it. (And dear sweet Jebus, if I see a single person respond: "Well then, how can we really know what the specs are?" I'm going to do become slightly annoyed and do absolutely nothing. Fact is, developers are working with the CPU and have been told what to expect of the final hardware. The documented specs aren't suddenly going to improve by 40 times in a half year.) (By the way, that previously parenthesized thought was probably a little too long to be in parentheses.) But even so, developers already making Revolution software should be able to get something up and running well in time for the system's launch late next year.
We needed to launch a channel for Revolution simply because our GameCube channel was turning into a Revolution site anyway. It is not the final name of Nintendo's next-generation console.
, bzw. ich werde mir den rev sowieso nicht wegen grafik kaufen sonder wegen den nintendo games, wenn ich mit meinem hdtvbeamer in einen grafikrausch kommen möchte, dann werde ich das mit der ps3. naja bis dahin sicher auch mit der xbox360, weil bis dahin sind richtige nexgen spiele raus.
