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If anyone wants to make a thread like this for Sony and/or Microsoft go right ahead.
The below information are taken from various sources which I'll list at the end. The majority of this information are just rumours and speculations. So don't take anything to heart.
There are supposedly two sets of specs for the Revolution. According to N-Sider.com, Nintendo has yet to decide on which specs it?s going to use. Keep in mind that article I?m using was from a time when forum goers were still calling the Revolution ?GameCube Next?:
System 1
- 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 Processor
- 512 Megs total Ram (128 for video, 64 for sound)
- 600 MHz graphics chip
- Built in 15 Gigabyte hard drive
- Blue-laser disk technology
- Potential DVD playback
- Case design philosophy more like the N64, less like the GameCube
System 2
- Dual 1.8 GHz IBM G5 PowerPC processors
- 256 Megs DDR Main memory (64 dedicated to sound, using a 7.1 sound system at 196 KHz)
- 128 Megs GDDR3 Video memory
- 500 MHz graphics chip (ATI developed, 16 Pixel Pipe, 220 Million transistors)
- Built in 15 Gigabyte hard drive
- Blue-laser disk technology
- Potential DVD playback
- Case design philosophy more like the N64, less like the GameCube
The next bit of information is a bit more recent but probably holds no weight at all. It?s from a forum goer at some other forum and he isn?t revealing his sources. Therefore, for all we know he could?ve made it all up:
- Will utilize gyros in there controllers
- Dual processors
- Built in broadband
- An online strategy in the works, which will be implemented on the DS first
- No plans to connect the DS to the Revolution, the Game Boy Evolution is more likely to connect
- Four controller ports
- Hard drive
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and high definition monitor support
- No virtual reality or headset planned
- Backwards compatible with GCN
- HD-DVD format not Blu-Ray
- Like GCN it is not released with wireless controllers, but they are planned
- Launch with a Mario title and a Super Smash Bros. title that is midway through it?s development
- Zelda in development
Hmm?because he mentioned dual processors I think that means were likely dealing something along the lines of System 2.
In closing?
Preliminary development on the console started before the GCN was released in Japan. There is a heavy development towards new Nintendo franchises and as much money as needed will be taken out of Nintendo?s $6 billion dollar reserves to make this console the ?greatest gaming machine ever? according to Iwata. It will not just feature better technology as previous console have done with the jump from each previous generation, but feature technology that will supposedly revolutionize gaming. The technology will be greater than the GCN and is speculated to be on equal ground with Sony and Microsoft?s next-gen system in addition to whatever revolutionary technology it will feature.
Again, do to the second account mentioning dual processors, I?m going with the System 2 model of dual 1.8 GHz IBM G5 PowerPC processors, 256 Megs DDR Main memory (64 dedicated to sound, using a 7.1 sound system at 196 KHz), 128 Megs GDDR3 Video memory, 500 MHz graphics chip (ATI developed, 16 Pixel Pipe, 220 Million transistors), built in 15 Gigabyte hard drive, blue-laser disk technology, potential DVD playback, and a case design philosophy more like the N64, less like the GameCube. The last four features mentioned are shared on both System 1 and System 2 proposals, so that gives those theories a little more weight. In addition, the other rumoured specs I listed from that forum, but I?m lazy to type them again. Yes, I know how to copy and paste.
Despite the report above Nintendo says they do not want this to be an extension of the GCN, so backwards compatibility seems unlikely. Nevertheless, we can hope for the best. The way the controller works may be changed. Nintendo invested an undisclosed amount of money in Gyration Inc. and Gyration motion-sensor technology is rumoured to be used in the controller. This means that it has superior quality of tracking performance over tilt sensors, ease accuracy of moving a cursor or crosshair across a screen by pointing, Yaw axis tracking that allows users to naturally point and move objects left and right. In other words technology that tracks human motion and translates it into linear movement of computer graphic images. A wireless controller is expected but is rumoured to not be available at lunch, but rather traditional wire controllers. Personally, I think that?s unlikely, but what the hey. The controller will not feature two screens like the DS and DS support is not expected, but GBE support is rumoured. Rubbing the controller is rumoured to be possible, and the entire controller is supposedly pressure sensitive.
It will hook up to both television screens and computer monitors. Technology being used recently on the GCN is expected to carry on, for example camera and voice technology. If online technology isn?t used an alternative, way of connecting people from across the world will be used because Nintendo sees current online gaming as a flawed technique. It is to be release later either 2005 or 2006, and the price is expected to be equal to competetors or value prices like the GCN, but not above.
Game in development (or rumoured to be) include a Mario title (probably what we?ve come to know as Super Mario 128), Avalon (by Climax), a Madden title, a Mario Kart title (I read it in the Toronto Star once), a Metroid title, a Pilotwings title (possibly by Factor5), a Camelot RPG (possibly Golden Sun), a Super Smash Bros. title (which is hoped for and is listed in one of the rumour articles above), a Zelda title (same reasoning as the Smash description) , and an unknown title by Zoonami.
1st party support includes: R&D1, R&D2, EAD (yay!), EAD Tokyo (a new studio focussing on relatively innovative games like Donkey Kong Jungle Beat), Nintendo Software Technology Corporation, Nintendo Software Planning Division, Nintendo Licensing Division (not really making games?they give out the licenses to other people), Intelligent Systems, HAL Laboratory, Retro Studios, Genius Sonority, Camelot Software Planning, and Brownie Brown.
Third party support is likely to include Bandai, Capcom, Electronic Arts (they are onboard), Konami, Kuju Entertainment Ltd., Majesco, n-Space Inc, Namco, Sega Sammy, Square Enix, and Treasure. Nintendo has also been trying to get more support recently and will most likely continue to try for the rest of this generation. It is possible that Revolution will either alienate parties, or attract them.
The medium is rumoured to be a 2-sided 8cm disc, 5.4GB capacity, in a shell case.
The alternative to online play being rumoured is something called Nintendo Home. A base like station that will be placed in multiple places around the globe to allow communication between systems. That seems really weird, but meh.
When the system was still referred to as N5, Doug Lombardi of Valve hinted at the possibility of Half-Life 2 being ported to the Revolution.
What I want that isn?t above or rumoured:
- Built in Game Boy Player like capabilities
- It better be wireless controllers right off the bat (hopefully they have a rumble feature too)
- Backwards compatible with GCN games because my GCN is starting to die out. Lol
AND REMEMBER, ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THIS WAS RUMOUR
Sources: https://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=296, https://members.aol.com/mips36/secret_page.htm, https://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=344, and https://home.btconnect.com/hgi/nintendo-ds/
The below information are taken from various sources which I'll list at the end. The majority of this information are just rumours and speculations. So don't take anything to heart.
Eh?let?s not let that stop us from speculation shall we?Satoru Iwata said:
There are supposedly two sets of specs for the Revolution. According to N-Sider.com, Nintendo has yet to decide on which specs it?s going to use. Keep in mind that article I?m using was from a time when forum goers were still calling the Revolution ?GameCube Next?:
System 1
- 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 Processor
- 512 Megs total Ram (128 for video, 64 for sound)
- 600 MHz graphics chip
- Built in 15 Gigabyte hard drive
- Blue-laser disk technology
- Potential DVD playback
- Case design philosophy more like the N64, less like the GameCube
System 2
- Dual 1.8 GHz IBM G5 PowerPC processors
- 256 Megs DDR Main memory (64 dedicated to sound, using a 7.1 sound system at 196 KHz)
- 128 Megs GDDR3 Video memory
- 500 MHz graphics chip (ATI developed, 16 Pixel Pipe, 220 Million transistors)
- Built in 15 Gigabyte hard drive
- Blue-laser disk technology
- Potential DVD playback
- Case design philosophy more like the N64, less like the GameCube
The next bit of information is a bit more recent but probably holds no weight at all. It?s from a forum goer at some other forum and he isn?t revealing his sources. Therefore, for all we know he could?ve made it all up:
- Will utilize gyros in there controllers
- Dual processors
- Built in broadband
- An online strategy in the works, which will be implemented on the DS first
- No plans to connect the DS to the Revolution, the Game Boy Evolution is more likely to connect
- Four controller ports
- Hard drive
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and high definition monitor support
- No virtual reality or headset planned
- Backwards compatible with GCN
- HD-DVD format not Blu-Ray
- Like GCN it is not released with wireless controllers, but they are planned
- Launch with a Mario title and a Super Smash Bros. title that is midway through it?s development
- Zelda in development
Hmm?because he mentioned dual processors I think that means were likely dealing something along the lines of System 2.
In closing?
Preliminary development on the console started before the GCN was released in Japan. There is a heavy development towards new Nintendo franchises and as much money as needed will be taken out of Nintendo?s $6 billion dollar reserves to make this console the ?greatest gaming machine ever? according to Iwata. It will not just feature better technology as previous console have done with the jump from each previous generation, but feature technology that will supposedly revolutionize gaming. The technology will be greater than the GCN and is speculated to be on equal ground with Sony and Microsoft?s next-gen system in addition to whatever revolutionary technology it will feature.
Again, do to the second account mentioning dual processors, I?m going with the System 2 model of dual 1.8 GHz IBM G5 PowerPC processors, 256 Megs DDR Main memory (64 dedicated to sound, using a 7.1 sound system at 196 KHz), 128 Megs GDDR3 Video memory, 500 MHz graphics chip (ATI developed, 16 Pixel Pipe, 220 Million transistors), built in 15 Gigabyte hard drive, blue-laser disk technology, potential DVD playback, and a case design philosophy more like the N64, less like the GameCube. The last four features mentioned are shared on both System 1 and System 2 proposals, so that gives those theories a little more weight. In addition, the other rumoured specs I listed from that forum, but I?m lazy to type them again. Yes, I know how to copy and paste.
Despite the report above Nintendo says they do not want this to be an extension of the GCN, so backwards compatibility seems unlikely. Nevertheless, we can hope for the best. The way the controller works may be changed. Nintendo invested an undisclosed amount of money in Gyration Inc. and Gyration motion-sensor technology is rumoured to be used in the controller. This means that it has superior quality of tracking performance over tilt sensors, ease accuracy of moving a cursor or crosshair across a screen by pointing, Yaw axis tracking that allows users to naturally point and move objects left and right. In other words technology that tracks human motion and translates it into linear movement of computer graphic images. A wireless controller is expected but is rumoured to not be available at lunch, but rather traditional wire controllers. Personally, I think that?s unlikely, but what the hey. The controller will not feature two screens like the DS and DS support is not expected, but GBE support is rumoured. Rubbing the controller is rumoured to be possible, and the entire controller is supposedly pressure sensitive.
It will hook up to both television screens and computer monitors. Technology being used recently on the GCN is expected to carry on, for example camera and voice technology. If online technology isn?t used an alternative, way of connecting people from across the world will be used because Nintendo sees current online gaming as a flawed technique. It is to be release later either 2005 or 2006, and the price is expected to be equal to competetors or value prices like the GCN, but not above.
Game in development (or rumoured to be) include a Mario title (probably what we?ve come to know as Super Mario 128), Avalon (by Climax), a Madden title, a Mario Kart title (I read it in the Toronto Star once), a Metroid title, a Pilotwings title (possibly by Factor5), a Camelot RPG (possibly Golden Sun), a Super Smash Bros. title (which is hoped for and is listed in one of the rumour articles above), a Zelda title (same reasoning as the Smash description) , and an unknown title by Zoonami.
1st party support includes: R&D1, R&D2, EAD (yay!), EAD Tokyo (a new studio focussing on relatively innovative games like Donkey Kong Jungle Beat), Nintendo Software Technology Corporation, Nintendo Software Planning Division, Nintendo Licensing Division (not really making games?they give out the licenses to other people), Intelligent Systems, HAL Laboratory, Retro Studios, Genius Sonority, Camelot Software Planning, and Brownie Brown.
Third party support is likely to include Bandai, Capcom, Electronic Arts (they are onboard), Konami, Kuju Entertainment Ltd., Majesco, n-Space Inc, Namco, Sega Sammy, Square Enix, and Treasure. Nintendo has also been trying to get more support recently and will most likely continue to try for the rest of this generation. It is possible that Revolution will either alienate parties, or attract them.
The medium is rumoured to be a 2-sided 8cm disc, 5.4GB capacity, in a shell case.
The alternative to online play being rumoured is something called Nintendo Home. A base like station that will be placed in multiple places around the globe to allow communication between systems. That seems really weird, but meh.
When the system was still referred to as N5, Doug Lombardi of Valve hinted at the possibility of Half-Life 2 being ported to the Revolution.
What I want that isn?t above or rumoured:
- Built in Game Boy Player like capabilities
- It better be wireless controllers right off the bat (hopefully they have a rumble feature too)
- Backwards compatible with GCN games because my GCN is starting to die out. Lol
AND REMEMBER, ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THIS WAS RUMOUR
Sources: https://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=296, https://members.aol.com/mips36/secret_page.htm, https://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=344, and https://home.btconnect.com/hgi/nintendo-ds/
