Paul: I go straight to the source,
www.e3insider.com - it has video tours (which are great), latest news, and images over EVERYTHING displayed at e3.
OK, here's what i think about this whole "smaller" issue:
I definately agree with Arcy in saying that i would rather have a larger size in exchange for more power. However, there is a certain point when you use more power than necessary, and make the console larger for the unecessary power. the xbox360 is a great example of that. they say you can pretty much use it as a computer, and the model that does that will be quite large. BUT WHY?!?! its not like its that portable, so why not just go in the next room and get on your computer? you have to transfer the files to the xbox from your computer, so why bother transferring it at all (so that you can watch movies on your xbox that you already have on your computer?). So yes, i would sacrifice size for power, but if you can harness a NECESSARY amount of power in a smaller size, thats all the better. Now of course, without the specs being released, i can't say whether Nintendo harnessed the necessary amount of power, especially conisdering they haven't said which aspect of the rev. is 3 times more powerful that the gamecube - processor, video card, sound card, etc. So that may be a little misleading. Overall, i have been pleased with nintendo so far, and their "gaming comes standard; extra features can be added on" approach (for example, with the PSP [just an example], it comes at $100 more because it can play movies, pics, songs, UMD movies, etc, which is great, but not everyone will utalize those features. So nintendo just has the hardcore gaming features comes standard, and then releases the "extra" features in add-on hardware [like the DS media player]. This is great for those who just want the gaming, but also satifies those who like nintendo but also want the extra features). Of course everything we say so far is speculation, but from what i have heard, as long as it keeps up "to standard" in relation to the other systems, i don't care if it is smaller and sacrifices the ability to be used as a frekin computer. but thats just my stand.
In other information, the Revolution will have a small hard drive (512 megs, if i remember correctly), but is to have graphics close to that of the ps3 and xbox360. also, i was watching g4, and the nintendo manager of sales released this "hint" of the revolution's controller: "Well, over the years, Nintendo has had many controllers, and they have all looked and worked very different. So here's what i can tell you: think of how we could make all those controllers come together and work to play all the games over the years. This is all i can tell you until we show it." So based on this, what do you guys think?
Finally, since SSBM DS is just in the works, i believe it will be online, because if they haven't realeased its name on the upcoming list, it will be released after the DS goes online, giving me reason to believe it will be online. and sure i'll play you all, but i'll probably get killed (its been so long since i've picked up SSBM, but i used to be pretty good).