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Wed 20/04/05 at 21:44
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Pretty much confirmed news:

The Revolution will also be a wireless router for the home, connect broadband to it and it will allow nearby consoles to link and go online. Such as a DS for example.

Rumours:

Revolution will be VERY cheap, will be only a little more powerful than a Gamecube and vastly inferior to X-box 360 and PS3. There will be multiple controllers, touch screen, gyro and camera are all being touted.

If the latter is true then I told you Nintendo are gunning for a different market.
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Wed 20/04/05 at 22:36
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Tphi wrote:
> tigamilla wrote:
> gameplay wise not much has changed since th days of the N64, if
> anything its worsened as Mario sunshine proved.

Ok perhaps bad wording... :-P

My personal and honest opinion is that Nintendo do make the best games on the planet. They just need to sort out their at times diabolical marketing machin, and realise that old school gamers such as myself WILL be expecting graphical and sound improvements to match the others, I don't give 2 hoots about HD this, HD that or DVD capabilities I just want a capable gaming machine from Nintendo.
Wed 20/04/05 at 22:37
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The-IronFlame wrote:
NO Mario sports game
> (they can't possibly make any advancing changes to these games)

They can with a new controller.
Wed 20/04/05 at 22:37
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"thursdayton!"
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The-IronFlame wrote:
> Tphi wrote:
> tigamilla wrote:
> gameplay wise not much has changed since th days of the N64, if
> anything its worsened as Mario sunshine proved.
>
> I actually enjoyed Mario Sunshine the games for me are as good
> quality as I expect from Nintendo but we need a bit more to get more
> people to buy a Nintendo console.

To clarify that wasn't me expressing tigamilla's opinions, it was me quoting his message in reply to something else. And yeh, with the Cube, Nintendo seem to be crap at advertising as ever, although the DS launch has been well marketed I thought. Hopefully this will be the same with the Rev.
Wed 20/04/05 at 22:38
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Dringo wrote:
> But it isn't, it is a revolution... it is online... it has new
> control systems...

They're all online.
And excuse me for being cynical, but nothing relating to the new control system has appealed to me more than an actual controller with buttons on it.
Wed 20/04/05 at 22:40
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"thursdayton!"
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The Revolution might just have normal pads for all that's been confirmed >_<
Wed 20/04/05 at 22:40
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Dringo wrote:
> They can with a new controller.

if the controller is the only revolutionary thing then that's a bit balls, because the N64 controller could be described as 'revolutionary' but people just went "oh cool analogue control *shrug*" and then stopped caring.
Wed 20/04/05 at 22:40
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gerrid wrote:
> So if the Gamecube has fallen apart, why are Nintendo so scared of
> overshadowing it with the Revolution? Why are they still focusing on
> it if it's such a disaster? Why don't they just move on to the
> Revolution and pull out all the stops.

Indeed.

Why shouldn't the Revolution be as powerful as the other consoles? I don't see what Ninty hope to gain by specifically saying that it won't be much better than the GC.
Wed 20/04/05 at 22:44
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Memorandum! wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> They can with a new controller.
>
> if the controller is the only revolutionary thing then that's a bit
> balls, because the N64 controller could be described as
> 'revolutionary' but people just went "oh cool analogue control
> *shrug*" and then stopped caring.

Oh yeah you're right, the analogue stick didn't change gaming at all.
Wed 20/04/05 at 22:45
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No, it didn't. What changed gaming was the processing power of the N64.

Are you saying that mario 64 would have been the same if it was on the SNES but used an N64 controller? It wasn't the analog stick that made the N64 great, it was the fact that the increased power allowed for new, 3D games! Analogue control is just a more precise form of control, it doesn't change the way you play games.
Wed 20/04/05 at 22:46
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FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> But it isn't, it is a revolution... it is online... it has new
> control systems...
>
> They're all online.
> And excuse me for being cynical, but nothing relating to the new
> control system has appealed to me more than an actual controller with
> buttons on it.

Get a different console then.
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