Breaking news!! Nintendo Revolution backwards compatible & will play standard DVDs!!!

[felix]

Wow!!! Good news for all Nintendo fans! I can't wait!

Pre-E3 2005: Breaking: Revolution Details
Sleek system to play standard DVDs, says Nintendo. More inside.
by Matt Casamassina

May 12, 2005 - The Electronics Entertainment Expo 2005 is still days away, but that hasn't stopped Microsoft from debuting its Xbox 360 console on MTV. And now Nintendo has followed suit, revealing some new, meaty details about its next-generation console, codenamed Revolution.

In a recent New York Times article, Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs Perrin Kaplan describes the console as "very, very sleek." The system, which is reportedly tiny, will stand horizontally. Its height will reportedly be no more than three DVD cases stacked flatly on each other, or slightly more than an inch. That makes the console theoretically smaller than Apple's recently released Mac Mini computer.

Although Nintendo has historically selected proprietary media formats, such as the GameCube Optical Disc, for its platforms, the publisher is with Revolution opting for a more standardized medium. The new console will play standard DVD media, according to the company. Nintendo has not yet revealed if Revolution will as a result be able to play Hollywood movies on DVD, but that seems very likely at this point.

At the Game Developers' Conference in March, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that Revolution would offer Wi-Fi online connections out of the box and would be backward compatible with GameCube, or able to play GCN software.

According to recent information, Revolution will also be able to play high-definition games and regularly go online.

Finally -- something of a no-brainer given the popularity of the Wave Bird pads -- Revolution's still-secret controller will be completely wireless. Controllers for Microsoft's Xbox 360 are also wireless. Upon hearing this news, puppies everywhere let out a collective cry.

More details to come at E3 2005. Stay tuned.

source: http://cube.ign.com/articles/613/613340p1.html

[sleepyguy]

Cool... I won't buy an GC HD cable then... just wait for REVOLUTION to arrive and all my old games are HD

PS3 where are you?

[Headhunter]

Cool... I won't buy an GC HD cable then... just wait for REVOLUTION to arrive and all my old games are HD

Depends on what you mean; if you need a better quality cable and plan to use the Revolution one instead, then you're right.

But the games won't become HD resolution...

[Fantaz]

Why does Nintendo always go with the smallest media capacity?

At least it's backwards compatible which is nice. Maybe they can improve the graphics of GC games a bit if that's possible.

[guest10586]

Their other messed up formats cost them imo. DVD is fine though...might get the system if they can come out with a decent lineup and people come out with a decent mod chip.

[Fantaz]

Stop pirating and support the game industry!! We need more sequels and better quality for future generations to come. Think about the future.

[wanted]

3 DVD cases....! Good job m$, make 360 bigger than x1.
I just hope they make the system less "kiddy", they can have Pikmin-type games AND GTA type games.

[HammerJoe]

This is a genius move...

By using regular dvds media, it will mean the revolution can be mod chipped and people will make "backup" copies of their games

So Nintendo is opening the door to piracy at a larger scale. I wonder if they will get a bigger chunk of the market with this move!

[guest10586]

This is a genius move...

By using regular dvds media, it will mean the revolution can be mod chipped and people will make "backup" copies of their games

So Nintendo is opening the door to piracy at a larger scale. I wonder if they will get a bigger chunk of the market with this move!

It will definately make a bigger splash in Asia... They might have some sort of special burning format so I guess it doesn't mean anything yet.

[Headhunter]

So Nintendo is opening the door to piracy at a larger scale. I wonder if they will get a bigger chunk of the market with this move!

They will. A huge and often overlooked reason for the PS2's dominance is how easy it was to chip, compared to the X-Box (which tried to disable modded consoles via X-Box Live).

[wanted]

http://onefed.com/media/NintendoON.wmv

from the scene, some people said it may be fake...it could be.

[Txiasaeia]

I just hope they make the system less "kiddy", they can have Pikmin-type games AND GTA type games.

I take it you've not played Resident Evil 4, have you?

[Fantaz]

http://onefed.com/media/NintendoON.wmv

from the scene, some people said it may be fake...it could be.

That was a very cool video!! Where the hell did you find it?

Wow...

[CSR]

Indeed a swt vide

[FboyZ]

http://onefed.com/media/NintendoON.wmv

from the scene, some people said it may be fake...it could be.

Wow, If it is a fake, someone sure spent a lot of time on that. Although the concept is very cool, I can't see it being one that the cosumers would flock to.

ps. does the vid get cut off?? I d/l and watched it... it was only 6:21 long. does anyone have the ending??

Also this contradicts the quote of size (above)