Hot on the heels…
5:47 PM - May 13th, 2005
With only about half a day gone since Microsoft’s X-BOX 360 announcement, Nintendo gave up some very juicy details about it’s next console, code named “Revolution.” According to Nintendo, they’re new console will be about the size of three DVD cases (thickness), and just a little longer. That’s almost as small as Sony’s slimmer PS2. But the biggest news for Nintendo fans is that the Revolution will be backwards compatible with the Gamecube, while still using new Dual layer DVDs as they’re media discs. Also, the Revolution will be online enabled from the beginning, which has a lot of us (me included) giving a sigh of relief. It appears that Nintendo has finally realized where the future of gaming is headed and I’m glad that they’ve decided to join.
These released details seem perfectly timed to extinguish the fires of Microsoft’s big announcement and they’ve worked for me. We’ll have to wait until next week to hear more, but for now you can read Nintendo’s press release here.
May 13th, 2005 at 7:14 pm
I think it’s better to lump all E3’s into a single category. That way, we don’t have lots of dead categories floating around.
And yeah, backward-compability is great =). Hopefully there won’t be limitations like the DS’s backward-compatibility.
May 13th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
Well…there are going to be SOME limitations. Like, the Revolution wont be able to play NES cartridges. However, there are rumors about it being able to play Virtual Boy games. I don’t know where Nintendo’s going with that, but more power too ‘em ;)
May 13th, 2005 at 10:50 pm
Nintendo = not racist