Nintendo Revolution

Originally posted by General Kaliero
Iwata-san talked about it during the press conference this morning. You should be able to get video of the conference on IGN or Gamespot. Or it'll most likely be on G4 later tonight.

Anyway, he said that via the Revolution's built-in wi-fi capabilities (yay!) players will be able to download games from the N64, SNES, and NES. He also said that Nintendo is contemplating making the downloads for their library of first party games free, meaning you can get all the old nintendo-produced favorites like Mario, Metroid, and Zelda for just buying the console.

I've been doing this for ages with emulators on my PC. The novelty wears off VERY quickly. They are good to go back to on the odd occasion though.

YAY! It's a... um... black box. 😕

Originally posted by dAngEr_Is_gO!
I've been doing this for ages with emulators on my PC. The novelty wears off VERY quickly. They are good to go back to on the odd occasion though.

But you see, the amazing thing here is that getting all those games through the Revolution is actually LEGAL.

Scary thought, isn't it? 😛

yea but thats cool i think that you'll be able to go back to the golden days where you had super mario brothers and the original zelda

Originally posted by General Kaliero
But you see, the amazing thing here is that getting all those games through the Revolution is actually LEGAL.

Scary thought, isn't it? 😛

It's funny I never even thought about that. That's what happens when you start down the path of the common criminal 😛

lol guess so

The other thing this makes me wonder is if Nintendo might start translating some of their older games that never got over here.

Just imagine... The entire Fire Emblem series... and Tales of Phantasia properly translated! *drools*

probally will

Are they going to show any actual graphics during E3? I dont think they have any.

Should've just sat out this year. 🙄

Originally posted by Tex
Are they going to show any actual graphics during E3? I dont think they have any.

Should've just sat out this year. 🙄

True...

No graphics were shown at all. Hell, the X-Box 360 has playable demos.

Nintendo doesn't have many fans at E3 this year I am told, they didn't impress.

The console looks like a PS2 in a way. 😬

Of course Xbox 360 has playable demo's. Its coming out in about 4-5 months while Nintendo's is 2006.

well I think its interesting for nintendo to stick to their guns and not try to be like "Oh mah god, my system is better than yourz n shit... *shows graph* omg.. yeah.. we own sony and microsoft according to 'our' charts..." (sound familiar?.. check the ps3 conference vid 🙄 )

I am however expecting something impressive when they 'do' have the time for a new console.. (I have heard that the revolution is merely a prototype)

Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
(I have heard that the revolution is merely a prototype)

They're ALL prototypes at E3 right now.

Originally posted by Ken Kenobi
True...

No graphics were shown at all. Hell, the X-Box 360 has playable demos.

Nintendo doesn't have many fans at E3 this year I am told, they didn't impress.

The console looks like a PS2 in a way. 😬

Your just a straight up hater aren't you? First you hate Zelda:Twilight Princess, which is ridiculous unless your a complete moron, or a Final Fantasy fanboy. Now your out to say Nintendo didn't impress at E3, and how does Revolution look like a Ps2, when it's so f***in small, and has 6 different colors for the Prototype?

I am so getting this and a ps3

It's an interesting idea that Nintendo is aiming for the second place console title while MS and Sony are budding heads.
Its pretty obvious that Nintendo's console will be much cheaper than the other two.
They're is no way that they can compete with the other two in top spot unless the other systems are complete shit.

They wouldn't have to worry about getting second place if they would just put their all into the system. Looking at it, I can see they could have made it much better. It doesn't seem as powerful as it could be.

I very much doubt that you will be able to download the games for free.

XBox360 doesn't stand a chance.

Yes, that quote is terrible.

PS3 and X-Box 360 both look awesome. I can't wait.

I think I'll pass on the NR though.

Mario? Zelda? Metroid? (although I hate pokemon) even Pokemon will sell NR.