Nintendo e3 thread

[StefanS]

jaws,

try reloading the site multiple times.... it worked for me, though it didn't quite play to the very end.

Thanks, it worked, though it keeps bombing out after 40 secs...I'll try later...

Don't bother that video is a fake, though nicely done. Remember "The Revoltuion won't be televised"

 

[Entropy]

There's much more to Revolution that will be revealed over the coming months, but the combination of its compact size, wireless Internet, backward compatibility, quick start-up time and quiet, low-power operation add up to the start of a great game system.

Well, this is Nintendo themselves saying that it will be a small, quiet, cool running device. Good for them. I have had a nasty feeling about that Gates quote on the power of the new XBox, and then seeing the cabinet. Looks like small fans with fairly high airflow will be unavoidable. Ugh. Even though Sony has had a "small is beautiful" ethos for decades, the physical properties and cooling demands of the PS3 remains to be seen.

Advantage Nintendo.
They need a few of those to compete.

 

[StarFox]

That wouldn't exactly be revolutionary

If VR done properly like that wouldn't be Revolutionary then what would be??

 

[PC-Engine]

http://www.planetgamecube.com/media.cfm?action=evshot&id=76&seq=2

 

[Teasy]

I can't access it, I get the following

http://media.cube.ign.com/articles/613/613578/vids_1.html

 

[Teasy]

Quality Revolution mockup from IGN

Matt is teh bestist spellur in teh wurld!

 

[Qroach]

LOL

 

[version]

 

[Acert93]

The Revolution is supposed to cease the complication of game controllers with too many buttons... that just makes things harder

 

[jvd]

The Revolution is supposed to cease the complication of game controllers with too many buttons... that just makes things harder

eh i think it will be cool and add more to the games .

 

[Li Mu Bai]

You are all in for quite the surprise regarding the Revolution's hw, as well as it's software & what 3rd parties are supporting it.

 

[rabidrabbit]

oh yes, surprises, surprises, surprises... everybody's got those surprises now, each one bigger than the last.

We were supposed to be surprised by the xbox360 MTV unveiling, we're supposed to be surprised by PS3 and Cell....

I'm prepared for anything! Nothing surprises me anymore!

Edit: Well, I would be surprised if Nintendo had not learned anything by now and managed to get very good 3rd party support.
Square-Enix? I would bet they are giving stronger support this gen.
Konami, Hideo Kojima? They should be making plenty games too.
Capcom? Nintendo buys Capcom?!?!?
EA? With online I think EA will have a more favorable view on Nintendo.

 

[Neeyik]

Thread reminder - E3 material only please.

 

[Teasy]

This is quite amusing/interesting (and E3 related). Its from the blog of the director of XBox Live programming. Seems he tried to do a little bit of spying on Nintendo

I am writing this from the plane on the way to LA. It’s always fun to fly to an event of this size when so many people from group are going as well. Just waiting for the plane to board, I ran into 6 people from the Xbox team. If you are a blogcast listener, you’ll remember Scott from the Xbox Advanced Technology group I interviewed a few months ago. He’s on the flight with me, as well as folks from PR, Marketing and Retail. Of course since Nintendo is also in Redmond, we have to be very careful about our conversations since you never know who may be listening. After I was seated, I noticed that a guy coming down the aisle with a very interesting plastic Pelican case (you know the one that hold equipment) with a huge lock on it. He sat down across the aisle from me. I also noticed he has a computer case with the DS logo on it. As in Nintendo DS. That peaked my interest. What could be in the locked box? It was rather small, but could that be Nintendo’s new console sitting less then 6-feet away from me? Could it be a new controller? My heart began to race.

I decide to pull out my smartphone so I can start typing this in and not forget anything…so here I am typing on my phone…not too obvious huh..but he does not seem to notice or care.

As I am sitting here, he is flipping through a binder…but he’s too far away for me to make anything out. Secret Plans? Dates? Specs? Screenshots? What could it be?

I begin to curse my choice of window seat, since if I had taken the aisle seat, I’d be closer and I’d have a front row seat to this little voyeuristic exercise.

Oops. He just caught me looking at his binder.. Must be discreet.

Nope, I am not stealing a look at your secret plans…I was looking out your window sir….yea that’s it. I smile and try to look disinterested in his binder. I can make out the header of the page he is reading. It says “Key Information.â€.. Key information for what?!

Could he really be with Nintendo? Or is he a fertilizer salesmen from Tacoma that happens to have a DS computer case? Yea, that’s probably it. But what’s with the black equipment case with the lock on it? The secret receipe for a new type of horse manure? Could the ‘Key Information’ be nothing more then factoids about some earthly chemicals?

Wait… Oh yea..here we go.

I just got a glimpse of the tabs on the binder. They read “New Mario Brothers†and one titled “Gamecube†and another word….but I can’t make out the last word. Damn my eyes (and to quote Marty Feldman ‘too lateâ€) I make a mental note to get an appointment for that Bionic eye.

I grab a peek of another page and all I can make out is the word ‘Memory Card.’ Woo hoo is he on to what looks like hardware specs.

Ahh…now he seems to be interested in the women next to him and what she’s watching on her portable DVD player. Go ahead sir..strike up a conversation to allow me to freely peruse what you are reading. Nope, I guess she’s watching a chick flick and he quickly turns back to his binder-o-mario-stuff.

Alright…now things are getting interesting, he seems to be flipping back in the binder….the good stuff must be in the back!

Damn….I think he’s on to me. He closed his binder and quickly puts it away.

Well that’s the end of my little caper….I was going to snap a photo of the binder with my phone, but I am quite sure that would have resulted in an in-flight melee attack, and my idea of fun is NOT getting detained at LAX for disturbing a flight (as well as becoming Sunday’s ‘top news story’ across the country) so I opt out of that decision.

Well, on to the rest of the day….after I land I need to claim my luggage and check into the hotel in downtown LA. Once I do that I am going over to the rehearsal
for Monday’s keynote. I am sure I can grab some good photos and maybe some audio for a blogcast. I can’t stop thinking about that mysterious black case with the big lock on it. Maybe I’ll try share a cab with him to downtown LA and introduce myself as a fertilizer salesmen from Tacoma.

Source: http://www.majornelson.com/2005/05/15/pre3-sunday/

 

[Teasy]

Not exactly a great quality video, but it is from a Nintendo booth screen at E3 so..

http://www.into-e3.nl/E3file.php?fileID=959

 

[Guden Oden]

Very well written. Guy has both style and humor, weird to find someone like that working for microsoft!

We shall all know what was in that locked case before too long I think, the most interesting E3 in nearly half a decade is almost upon us!

 

[Teasy]

Yeah this is going to be great. Only a few hours until Capcoms conference, then Sony's a few hours after that and then MS and Nintendo's. With plenty of info in between, and that's before E3 even officially starts. The news is going to start flowing very soon and won't stop for quite some time, can't wait

 

[London Geezer]

Wha'dat!?

Not sure what to think of it...

What's with the white? Is White the new Black?!

 

[Guden Oden]

Last time, MS stole Nintendo's controller design. This time Nintendo seems to have stolen MSs power button.

What's that hatch supposed to hide? Nintendo hasn't put a hatch like that on any of their units since, well, the NES sort of. Looks goofy.

I don't suppose it's where the timer-controlled recording buttons and such are hidden, because only VCRs typically have a hatch like that on the front panel.

 

[Teasy]

Its probably a fake, but I think it looks really nice. Bare in mind that (if that design is real) its only 3 DVD cases in size, so picture that design but very small and I think it would look great.