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It’s
still unclear what colors the Revolution will sport once it’s in the shops
but our pictures and information tell us that those pictures on the top is
really going to be for sale. On the E3 show last May, Nintendo showed six
possible colors, but the black one was the prototype that was used for every
high-rest picture released. At the Tokyo Game Show, it’s Apple-like white.
The entire design of the controller is reminiscent of the IPO series, which
is in no way a bad thing. It’s sleek, and one might argue that it’s the
sleekest machine out there. Old games you ask? Well, As you might know, the
Revolution will have Wi-Fi Internet access out of the box, and one of the
big features Nintendo has in store for gamers is the ability to download
hundreds of old Nintendo games. Games from the NES, SNES and Nintendo64 era
will now be downloaded on your Revolution Flash hard drive and you can play
them any time you’d like. Even 3rd party offerings. While Nintendo hasn’t
talked about download costs, you can expect them to ask a small fee, but
we’re sure that there will be free downloads too. The Internet access and
online gaming itself, by the way, is free of charge. Imagine surfing the
Internet. You’d just point the controller to the place you want to click on.
Sounds easy. The entire controller sounds like a bettered PC mouse, now that
we think of it. Anyway, most gamers where in shock when they saw the new
controller. How can I play the old games with that? Well, next to the
options we’ve told you a few sentences back, you could also flip the ‘remote
controller’ on its side. Now you have an almost identical match to the NES-controller.
Wow! Or you could use the Game Cube controllers, since they can be plugged
in the Revolution. Or you wait till Nintendo announce special add-ons that
resemble the old controllers, which they already said they would make.
Problem solved. What games will be on the new system? Good question. They
are being made, that’s for sure. On this year’s E3, Nintendo told
journalists that a number of franchises are being made for the Revolution.
Expect Mario, Pikmin, Smash Bros., Animal Crossing, Metroid and Zelda to
make a fairly early return, but we’re sure Nintendo will also bring loads of
unique games to the table to complement this new control style, although
named games will probably be highly original too. More importantly,
developers are really warming up for the Revolution, so 3rd party support
could become an important key factor for the success of the Revolution.
Peter Molineux, of Fable and Black & White fame, already told the press to
‘not underestimate Nintendo’. Konami’s Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal
Gear (Solid) and Boktai franchise, told the press that this was what he was
waiting for. All in all, numerous developers, even powerhouse Electronic
Arts, will offer games for the machine and if the Revolution really is as
low-cost and developer friendly as rumors are saying, it could mean Nintendo
would even get the most third party support next gen.
But, no games have been shown in the speech at the Tokyo Game Show. It’s a
shame, because we all want to see how they look, considering specs aren’t
released either. And why is Nintendo keeping it for them? Could be a number
of reasons, but we suspect they just want to blow everything and everyone
out of the water at next year’s E3 show, held in May. For now, it’s a
waiting game.
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