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"New Nintendo rumours"

I thought I'd make a post about them because I like them.

Here are the rumours in brief:

Regarding Mario 128 and Zelda.

. Nintendo tried to re-invent the franchises with Sunshine and Wind Waker. Failing to do so has upset the company but they have given into public demand and created a more mainstream set of titles.

. Mario 128 will be more nostalgic, featuring areas and enemies consistant with the Mario series.

. Zelda will go for the dark adventure look it has always promised to be. Giving a nod towards Lord of the Rings on the way.

Regarding Revolution.

. Since Nintendo invested in Gyro technology it is assumed Gyro controllers will be used. These controllers allow for motion control gaming.

. These controllers won't be wireless initially, Nintendo are developing such an idea though.

. Broadband from the box with online a standard. DS will launch Nintendo's online service but Revolution will follow. Square-Enix are Nintendo's unlikely partner here.

. DS will not link to Revolution. The future Gameboy Evolution probably will.

. The system is backwards compatible with the Gamecube.

. The unit itself will have four controller ports, a hard drive, and support for high-resolution displays and Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround sound

. The system will also use dual processors.

. There is more "revolutionary" features to come but not even the rumour-mill would give these up due to Sony and Microsoft copying.

. The Revolution will us HD-DVD. The cheaper competitor to Blu-Ray. It isn't as large as Blu Ray but it does use existing hardware allowing both the console and the games to be produced cheaper. It also means DVD playback is likely. It is still roughly 4 times larger than normal DVD.

. Mario game and Smash Brothers will launch the system. A Zelda game is already being worked on.

Sounds pretty good. Glad to see HD-DVD being used. If Microsoft use it too then it'll make the HD-DVD Vs. Blu Ray fight very interesting.

I think it is a shame Nintendo aren't so keen to experiment with existing franchises. But its nice to get a consistant set of sequels and this may encourage Nintendo to develop new franchises rather than fiddle with old ones.

Thoughts?

Here's to the future.

Dringo.

Pair of divs.







(Had to be done)

Strafio wrote:
> DivX is just the Unix equivilant of Window Media Player.

Eh? What has Unix got to do with DivX?

DivX is just a form of software compression, you're probably getting confused with the DivX player that can be downloaded.

DivX can play on WMP without problems.

Hedfix wrote:
> Pair of divs.
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Geek version:

I haven't got round to the W[i]MPs yet.

gamesfreak wrote:
> Eh? What has Unix got to do with DivX?

I did read somewhere that Window's main format was WMV, Mac's was Quicktime and Unix was DivX.

> DivX is just a form of software compression, you're probably getting
> confused with the DivX player that can be downloaded.

That's probably right.

> DivX can play on WMP without problems.

Actually...
Some DivX files won't play and others don't play as well.
For instance, HiRes Red Vs Blue episodes in DivX end up out of sync in WMP, the video lagging behind the sound.
It runs perfectly in DivX Player though.

But I know what you were trying to say. :-)

TOO..MUCH..TECHNO...BABBLE!!

*explodes*

Hedfix wrote:
> TOO..MUCH..TECHNO...BABBLE!!
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> *explodes*

*pokes exploded pieces of eye with stick*

The original post claims the DS wont link to Revolution. But I saw a post the other day saying it would.

"Twin" processors? Apple/IBM twin G5 CPU's? Yea right. That would push up the price of the console too much compared with its rivals.

I thought both HD-DVD and Blue Ray drives could read existing DVD's and even CD's. The only thing you cant do is play a HD-DVD disc in a Blue Ray drive (or vise versa), unless someone invents a "combi" drive.

Then again, I would be suprised if Nintendo used any of the DVD formats. Its not like they have a good track record on this is it! Another post said Nintendo were planning another custom, mini DVD, but holding a max of 5Gb. That sounds more like it, but it would be commercial suicide. Nintendo cant afford to make many more mistakes.

Macintosh wrote:
> The original post claims the DS wont link to Revolution. But I saw a
> post the other day saying it would.

A post guessing as usual!

> I thought both HD-DVD and Blue Ray drives could read existing DVD's
> and even CD's. The only thing you cant do is play a HD-DVD disc in a
> Blue Ray drive (or vise versa), unless someone invents a
> "combi" drive.

Could be Nintendos 'rabbit out of hat surprise'


> Then again, I would be suprised if Nintendo used any of the DVD
> formats. Its not like they have a good track record on this is it!
> Another post said Nintendo were planning another custom, mini DVD,
> but holding a max of 5Gb. That sounds more like it, but it would be
> commercial suicide. Nintendo cant afford to make many more mistakes.

Thats what Nintendo do best (oh, and make games of course)!

Strafio wrote:

> Some DivX files won't play and others don't play as well.
> For instance, HiRes Red Vs Blue episodes in DivX end up out of sync
> in WMP, the video lagging behind the sound.

Wooo! Another fan???