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Revolution Info?

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Some guy on another forum has posted what appear to be developer emails including bits of information relating to a lot of things Nintendo, there are 11 of them, here are some snippets:

email said:
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for the Nintendo Revolution is somewhat different from the DS interface. It really is very similar to Xbox Live for the 360 albeit with a very simple Nintendo style. You will be able to download trailers, games, expansions, additional levels etc. All while taking online play to the next level. Literally every single feature that Xbox Live has is present on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The online play aspect still has the option of matchmaking to connect to other players with similar experience. But can be toggled on/off. Nintendo really has a strong online strategy coming for Revolution that might very well destroy Live simply because its free.
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email said:
The Creation Studio I won’t comment on at this time because its still not final and may not make it into the final product. But if it does expect this to be one of the biggest and most extraordinary features on Revolution that will truly make it one of a kind
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^^Intriguing^^
email said:
We were also shown at this meeting a twenty minute long teaser for the new GameBoy. Which is now simply dubbed GBSX. It showed some technical specs and demos that will utterly trounce the PSP, this thing will be head and shoulders on par with GameCube graphics. Right now its still in early prototype form but the design was really cool looking. It had a widescreen display that was backlit (just like the newly designed SP). Similar to the SP and DS it flipped up to reveal the screen on top and button layout on the bottom. The only difference is that a button is pushed and the screen comes up automatically. Of course this may change in the final product design. It has A, B, Y, X buttons on the face and two triggers on the top. It also had a Z button just behind the R trigger. The teaser also showed a new specially designed D-stick (which is basically an analog stick and D-pad combined). Its hard to explain so you’ll have to see for yourself how this functions. But there’s one on the left side of the face and a smaller roller ball button underneath the face buttons.
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email said:
As you know Valve is working on a graphically enhanced Half-Life 2 for Revolution that takes advantage of the new controller. The graphics are being somewhat rehauled to rise to next-gen standards.
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You can check them all out here, make of them what you will, and don't shoot the messenger...

There's a lot of stuff in there that contradicts with previous news from more reliable sources, if it's all made up(which it probably is) it's one of the better hoaxes I've seen.
 
As you know Valve is working on a graphically enhanced Half-Life 2 for Revolution that takes advantage of the new controller. The graphics are being somewhat rehauled to rise to next-gen standards
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If it is true that the Revo will have the power to play an upgraded version of HL2, then I think all the naysayers about the Revo;s power just got shot down. I will not complain about ANYTHING that is even on par with HL2 graphics. Even though I always want a game to push the bar on graphics, HL2 is more than enough graphically for me to not complain about how a game looks.
 
One thing that sounds extremely fishy to me, is that the Rev is supposed to use HD-DVDs. Doesn't seem quite right, for some reason. But it would be nice.
 
Json23 said:
If it is true that the Revo will have the power to play an upgraded version of HL2, then I think all the naysayers about the Revo;s power just got shot down. I will not complain about ANYTHING that is even on par with HL2 graphics. Even though I always want a game to push the bar on graphics, HL2 is more than enough graphically for me to not complain about how a game looks.
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Are you really that impress? The X-Box did a great job doing HL2 and the system is 5 years old or so. Why wait for the Revo just get an X-box dude.
 
It's all great info, I just don't like the idea of next GameBoy. I got GBA and recently I got DS and thought i was set in handhelds for awhile, now this info about new GameBoy with graphics on par with GameCube, now I know I won't have to get it but it's Nintendo and there will be games that will make me get it... arghhh

If all this info is true I'm really looking forward to Revolution. Free Wi-Fi, don't get any better than this.
 
martinje said:
Are you really that impress? The X-Box did a great job doing HL2 and the system is 5 years old or so. Why wait for the Revo just get an X-box dude.
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I dunno, every review I read of HL2 for xbox said that the graphics were pretty bad compared to the PC, and that the loading times made the game nearly unplayable.
 
i remember i said a few months ago.. that the next gameboy will be a portable gamecube.. watch.. i caleld it.. it will accept gamecube games..
 
hmm but what are you going to store these things you download off the nintendo wifi.

i'm not buying a crap load of memory cards.
 
Filter said:
hmm but what are you going to store these things you download off the nintendo wifi.

i'm not buying a crap load of memory cards.
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It ships with 512mb of internal flash, I think it's an SD card. It's expandable either way.
 
Filter said:
hmm but what are you going to store these things you download off the nintendo wifi.

i'm not buying a crap load of memory cards.
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Nintedo has already said that rev will ship with 512mb flash built-in.
 
Slartibartfast said:
I dunno, every review I read of HL2 for xbox said that the graphics were pretty bad compared to the PC, and that the loading times made the game nearly unplayable.
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Dont know what reviews you have been reading but I trust IGN and played it myself and you might want to read this before making comments. Gamespot review is posted also and the user's gave it a 9.0. Dont know if you got your Review from Nintendo Power.

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/666/666049p1.html

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/halflife2/review.html?sid=6139872
 
martinje said:
Dont know what reviews you have been reading but I trust IGN and played it myself and you might want to read this before making comments. Gamespot review is posted also and the user's gave it a 9.0. Dont know if you got your Review from Nintendo Power.

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/666/666049p1.html

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/halflife2/review.html?sid=6139872
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Either way, the Xbox version is toned down compared to the PC version, the emails claim that the Rev version will be a beefed up version.
 
martinje said:
Dont know what reviews you have been reading but I trust IGN and played it myself and you might want to read this before making comments. Gamespot review is posted also and the user's gave it a 9.0. Dont know if you got your Review from Nintendo Power.

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/666/666049p1.html

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/halflife2/review.html?sid=6139872
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lol at the nintendo power comment. actually I think I'm thinking of a game informer review. I'm at work currently but I'll see if I can find it.
 
Slartibartfast said:
Nintedo has already said that rev will ship with 512mb flash built-in.
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OMG 512 flash that would hold a demo mabye or 2.

still a joke.
 
Filter said:
OMG 512 flash that would hold a demo mabye or 2.

still a joke.
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Yeah I hear that. Even SNES roms can be up to like 3mb (or so I've heard...), so if they plan on selling old games, plus demos, plus saves, you're def. going to need more than 512. Perhaps this is part of how they will be selling the console so cheap. If os they better offer some sort of memory card or expansion.
 
Filter said:
OMG 512 flash that would hold a demo mabye or 2.

still a joke.
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Indeed.

The demos would have to be of a Mario 1 or DuckHunt too.
 
Are you really that impress? The X-Box did a great job doing HL2 and the system is 5 years old or so. Why wait for the Revo just get an X-box dude.
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It looked like crap man, I know, I rented it. And I have played the lost coast Demo, and if it looks better than that, it is worthy of being called next-gen, mixed with the controller and advanced physics I am truly excited that all three consoles are going to be worth owning this time around.
 
Json23 said:
It looked like crap man, I know, I rented it. And I have played the lost coast Demo, and if it looks better than that, it is worthy of being called next-gen, mixed with the controller and advanced physics I am truly excited that all three consoles are going to be worth owning this time around.
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Dude All Im saying is the original X-box did a good job and the system is 5 years old. You got all hyped up because the Revo is going to play HL2 and those graphics are good enough for you. Im just letting you know about other options out there...
 
Some of the old games are counted in Bytes... I am sure that you can put more than a couple old games on 512megs or flash RAM easy!!
 
Like I said, the memory is expandable. And 512mb would store tonnes of NES, SNES and quite a few N64 roms.
 
I wonder if this new handheld will also feature a touch screen....I sure hope so.
 
"He also got a hold of never before seen scans of the new Killer Instinct game exclusive for Revolution"

Well that did it. Gotta buy one now :D I haven't played that game since N64 it's about time I get my hands on a new one...if this guy isn't BSing all his info.

I think that the guy who created that e-mail must be BSing or had a pisspoor life.
 
Smiffy said:
Like I said, the memory is expandable. And 512mb would store tonnes of NES, SNES and quite a few N64 roms.
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i thought most N64 games are between 64-512 megs?? that's like 1 -4 N64 games alone heheh.. but yeah..
 
Slartibartfast said:
Either way, who wants even 24mb of N64 games? :D
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Well, I think I could fill the 512 mb with N64 roms along with a few NES/SNES ones.
I wonder why they didn't opt for a HDD though.
 
Eh, speculation gets old. All I want to know is huw much mula this thing is going to be.
 
HDs are expensive and pretty easy to break (see X360) so they figured that flash memory is cheaper and expandable. SD is a pretty standard thing, so I don't mind using one of the many I have lying around the house.

BTW, EVERYONE read the part about Zelda... it literally has my mouth watering in anticipation. It sounds like one of the most artistic games ever created.
 
NES games are miniscule. I recall some NES games being well under 64KB in size, the largest ones were still well under 1MB.

SNES games usually come in at around 2-6MB I believe.

N64 games are typically between 8 and 32 MB. (Hard to believe Mario 64 was only 6MB)


And who ever said these roms need to remain on the memory card. You can probably delete them to clear space, and then redownload them when you want to play it again. It'll take like, 2 seconds to get a NES rom, maybe 5 minutes to get the largest N64 roms.
 
I like the idea of flash memory, a lot less to go wrong (one of the main reasons I never bought an Ipod, exluding nano and shuffle of course). Also, SD is a standard and I know I have some old SD cards, but buying new ones aren't a big deal either. For the digicam my sister got, I got her a brand new 512mb SD card for $15 on black friday, so price isn't that big of an issue either.
 
To add to my last post, nintendo probably has some super emulator and great compression to keep the file sizes on the roms extra small (I would be suprised if they didn't).
 
ScreamingBroccoli said:
To add to my last post, nintendo probably has some super emulator and great compression to keep the file sizes on the roms extra small (I would be suprised if they didn't).
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You're probably right about that, they most likely won't be standard ROM dumps to prevent piracy.
 
I just read through all of those e-mails... and I call bullshit, at least in part. There's no way that there's a dual core 3.8ghz G5 in there, because IBM simply doesn't make a G5 that goes past 2.5-ish ghz, and a dual-core variation of that 2.5ghz G5 would require cooling that rivals that of the X360. Yes he mentions a new cooling method, but that doesn't change the fact that the CPU doesn't exist. Not to mention that a 600mhz ATI GPU would get really hot as well.

You should all definately read this stuff, though - it will take you a while... but let's just say that if he's making ALL that up, he's got one hell of a lot of time on his hands. This dude touches on everything from the PS3's launch titles, to playing demos of Too Human for the X360. There's detailed accounts of what the PS3 launch titles he mentions are about, story and all, and many details about the X360's upcoming titles this year. He even goes as far as to say that Kid Icarus is in development, and Shigeru Miyamoto is in complete control (for the first time in a while) of a new IP that apparentlyh as a lot of people at EAD excited. While it's all a little hard to believe, the amount of details provided is ridiculous. Read through all 12 of his posts, and judge for yourselves.
 
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