Nintendo's revolutionary controller, along with the actual specs of the system itself, and possibly some footage of the new revolutionary mario game code-named Mario 128, is speculated to be revealed tonight at the Tokyo Game Show. They will put Sony and M$ to shame.

9/15/2005 12:54:11 PM

lets hope so

gonna be tough

9/15/2005 12:54:58 PM

Yeah Nintendo's been putting people to shame for last ten years.

9/15/2005 2:15:41 PM

oh great 128 bit pokemon and mario party

9/15/2005 2:17:09 PM

The only people Nintendo has put to shame are its stockholders and employees.

9/15/2005 2:17:16 PM

Nintendo games are the best

9/15/2005 2:17:42 PM

oh yea Yoshi's cookie really embarassed the hell out of Halo

9/15/2005 2:18:15 PM

Halo is Quake redefined

9/15/2005 2:18:48 PM

you are my stereotypes redefined

9/15/2005 2:22:50 PM

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"oh great 128 bit pokemon and mario party"

Nintendo's system might pwn, but with shitty games it doesn't matter how powerful the system or how awesome the controller is.

9/15/2005 2:24:59 PM

yah no matter how advanced the technology is it still doesn't make a difference because nintendo is still generally marketed to the younger audience.

9/15/2005 2:26:48 PM

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"oh yea Yoshi's cookie really embarassed the hell out of Halo"

I hope you realize that Yoshi's cookie was released for the NES in like the 80searly 90s, right. That is like comparing a 386 computer with 2mb of RAM to a modern day Pentium 4.


and btw, I really wanna see what the new Smash Brothers is gonna be like


[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 2:44 PM. Reason : date]

9/15/2005 2:28:51 PM

Supposedly Nintendo's challenging its internal development teams to come up with a new franchise on the Revolution. No matter how good it is, I bet anything it'll be some happy game that the average American male wouldn't give a second look. It's OK, this fall I can FINALLY play a Mario soccer game.

9/15/2005 2:30:00 PM

Double Dash was good

9/15/2005 2:31:40 PM

Yoshi's Cookie was released in 1993 for the SNES, the NES, and the Game Boy.

[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 2:33 PM. Reason : But I think Axl is talking about the one on that GameCube puzzle collection.]

9/15/2005 2:31:43 PM

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"Yeah Nintendo's been putting people to shame for last ten years."

yeah find where someone said that you douche

Halo is one of the most over-hyped, POS games ive ever had the displeasure of playing. Anything it had going for it was already done with goldeneye on the N64.

Nintendo is no where near rivaled when it comes to gameplay innovation and design. There are definately some gems on the PS2 and Xbox that made me buy the systems but none of them come close to the consistency Nintendo has with its products.

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"average American male"

as we have seen on this board, the average american male is a fucking idiot, so I wouldnt put much stock in this.

9/15/2005 2:40:26 PM

Don't care what anyone thinks...I buy nintendo systems just so I can play the franchise games: Zelda, Metroid...etc. Fringe benefits like RE4, Tales of Symphonia...etc. just make it that much nicer to have.

That being said, yes it is nice to have a PS2 to play semi-decent RPG's and have an XBox for semi-decent first person shooters.

oh and pwnt so sour:

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"Halo is one of the most over-hyped, POS games ive ever had the displeasure of playing. Anything it had going for it was already done with goldeneye on the N64."

[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 2:46 PM. Reason : pwnt]

9/15/2005 2:43:49 PM

did you seriously just bust on halo and bring up goldeneye in the same breath

9/15/2005 2:44:06 PM

^I agree with the goldeneye comment

9/15/2005 2:44:54 PM

the metroid games ruled..

as did re4.
and ssbm
and zelda

there's plenty of good nintendo games

9/15/2005 2:45:46 PM

I just wanna see a new mario game like Mario 64 blended with Super Mario 3 or Super Mario World.

Mario Sunshine had it's moments but just wasn't my idea of fun in the long haul...i don't understand why they didn't eventually put out a proper sequel to mario 64 for the gamecube...

9/15/2005 2:47:31 PM

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"yeah find where someone said that you douche "

Find where I said someone said that jackass.

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"Halo is one of the most over-hyped, POS games ive ever had the displeasure of playing. Anything it had going for it was already done with goldeneye on the N64."

Co-op gameplay, drivable vehicles with realistic physics, and extremely versatile AI were in Goldeneye?

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"as we have seen on this board, the average american male is a fucking idiot, so I wouldnt put much stock in this."

Well, the average American male allowed Sony and MS to put Nintendo to shame this console generation.

That having been said, I agree with:

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"Don't care what anyone thinks...I buy nintendo systems just so I can play the franchise games: Zelda, Metroid...etc. Fringe benefits like RE4, Tales of Symphonia...etc. just make it that much nicer to have."

It's just hilarious that someone really thinks Nintendo's gonna come out tonight and completely own MS and Sony in the eyes of anyone except their fans. I haven't read anywhere that Nintendo is definitely revealing anything. It's believed that they will reveal SOMETHING, no one's said what.

[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 2:57 PM. Reason : .]

9/15/2005 2:51:50 PM

btw Marko I think a 3-D revision of Super Mario Brothers 3 would be excellent.

9/15/2005 2:52:20 PM

Nintendo has had consistently high quality in their games, but the problem is just that their audience is much smaller because over the years they've managed to paint themselves into a corner as far as their image goes. They're known as the cartoonish, happy friendly game company, and right now it would take a hell of a lot of Resident Evil 4's to break that mold and garner new fans that detract from Sony and MS's bases.

9/15/2005 3:03:38 PM

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"Find where I said someone said that jackass."

implications are a bitch asshat.

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"Co-op gameplay, drivable vehicles with realistic physics, and extremely versatile AI were in Goldeneye?"

extremely versatile AI was in Halo?

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"Well, the average American male allowed Sony and MS to put Nintendo to shame this console generation."

in America maybe. Check the globe, M$ didnt pwn anyone.

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"It's just hilarious that someone really thinks Nintendo's gonna come out tonight and completely own MS and Sony in the eyes of anyone except their fans. I haven't read anywhere that Nintendo is definitely revealing anything. It's believed that they will reveal SOMETHING, no one's said what."

I think its just as hilarious to think Nintendo wont come out with something good. Especially when Sony is the only one with any real lead.

9/15/2005 3:05:27 PM

9/15/2005 3:10:21 PM

jegaines, where did you hear this?

[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 3:12 PM. Reason : ]

9/15/2005 3:12:06 PM

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"implications are a bitch asshat."

So's reading comprehension. Keep trying.

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"extremely versatile AI was in Halo?"

Versatile was probably the wrong word, but the AI was definitely one of Halo's biggest selling points.

^On closer reading he said it's only speculated that Nintendo will reveal this stuff tonight.

[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 3:15 PM. Reason : .]

9/15/2005 3:12:11 PM

I'm interested to see what Nintendo has to offer.
However, I do not think it will change any opinions. Nintendo fans will rave about it, b/c they are the most loyal of all console owners. They like the games like mario, metroid, zelda, etc...
PS2 and XBox fans will continue to not like it, b/c they aren't into that stuff and like what the other systems have to offer.
I don't even think Nintendo is TRYING to sway any XBox or Sony fans. Their main audience tonight will be those who are loyal to Nintendo and will probably buy the system no matter what.

9/15/2005 3:16:53 PM

^^ I should also note that I only played Halo and goldeney multiplayer with any time involved. Single player halo got redundant waaaay to fast, though I got into watching Halo 2 single player.

[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 3:17 PM. Reason : *]

9/15/2005 3:16:56 PM

^^I think Nintendo is also trying to target some old school gamers too with the backwards compatibility.

9/15/2005 3:20:26 PM

jegaines, where did you hear this?

It's just speculation on the internet. I would've put "speculated" in the title, but there wasn't enough room.

9/15/2005 3:42:08 PM

GC sold around 18 million. Xbox is around 20 million.

PS2 is around 90 million.

I don't think M$ is owning anybody. And it's possible GC might end up being the number 2 console this gen, since M$ is cutting Xbox's life short. Last console to step in, First console to step out.

9/15/2005 3:44:27 PM

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"The only people Nintendo has put to shame are its stockholders and employees."

Moron, Nintendo is laughing all the way to the bank. They by far have made more money on this round of the console wars. The other companies lose money on their systems, whereas Nintendo gains money. Plus they keep ALL the profits on the games they sell. I think the stockholders and employees don't really mind.

PS: Halo is just the same thing as Goldeneye, but for this generation. The only thing they did right with that game is it brings the party game environment that GE had to the next generation of . . . console FPS's. Well, they also had ghosts, which were fun. Everything else is just meh.



[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 5:23 PM. Reason : .]

9/15/2005 5:19:32 PM

halo/xbox's ability to run games over the lan was what i loved. sure you could do it on a computer, but i find a lot of small issues with pc's that you wont have with 4 connected xboxs.

1) comp speed differences causing lag and whatnot
2) having to cram everyone into one room or rely on mics for teams. having 4 in each room was a nice way to do it.

i enjoyed goldeneye for a long while, but halo was great too. i personally wouldnt compare them (UT or quake would be better since halo has much more of a comp game feel to it)



ALL OF THAT SAID:
i usually get multiple systems so i dont do all this petty shit, but xbox was my fav last time around. nintendo always has room in my heart and the DS is fun. ps2 was last cuz i just dont care about rpgs or platformers enough.

so....im intrigued to see whats so revolutionary and how my DS will fit in with it, though it'll be tough to beat the killzone demo on ps3, geez.


[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 5:45 PM. Reason : .]

9/15/2005 5:43:49 PM

mario has sucked ass since it turned 3D

9/15/2005 5:55:09 PM

No it hasn't

9/15/2005 5:57:45 PM

Mario 64 was amazing when it came out, especially since it brought alot of us into the 3D world. Mario Sunshine was meh... and Luigi's Mansion doesn't count...

9/15/2005 6:00:33 PM

zelda games are my fav.

9/15/2005 6:24:15 PM

i loved the format of mario 64 with small/med levels with various goals.

9/15/2005 6:24:27 PM

So what is the announcement tonight then? When you said tonight did you mean tonight in Tokyo?

9/15/2005 10:37:07 PM

Satoru Iwata (president of Nintendo) is giving a keynote address at the Tokyo Game Show. He's expected to reveal more about the Revolution during this presentation.

9/15/2005 10:39:12 PM

they just released the controller...
http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651320p1.html
info and pics there..
the site is taking forever to load though, a lot of people refreshing evidentally for new info
controller is held in 1 hand...looks funky

9/15/2005 10:51:36 PM

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"Controller is held in one hand. Attachments in the other. Attachments connect to the bottom of the controller. Iwata shows analog stick attachment. Thinking about packing Revolution with the main controller and attachment, Iwata says. Controller acts like a mouse in real-space 3D. Pefect for FPS games! Future attachments planned. "

[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 10:55 PM. Reason : ]

9/15/2005 10:53:56 PM

hands-on story with the new controller
http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651275p1.html

[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 10:58 PM. Reason : ya]

9/15/2005 10:57:59 PM

that, my friends, is the gayest shit ever

i'm not downloading and playing bionic commando with that shit

i'll just stick to romz0rs

9/15/2005 11:05:53 PM

I would like to see some potential Star Wars applications with this. Light saber duals would be completely awesome if you were actually holding the controller like a light saber.

^They may have some kind of adaptor so that you can plug in your old game controllers into the new one. It certainly seems feasible.

[Edited on September 15, 2005 at 11:10 PM. Reason : ]

9/15/2005 11:08:35 PM

^^That or just pop in the real Bionic Commando and grapple your way through the game with a real NES.

9/15/2005 11:12:25 PM

the controller looks tiny

not everybody has small azn hands!

9/15/2005 11:14:36 PM

Kinda cool how it's similar to the ol' NES controller if you turn it sideways, I guess

9/15/2005 11:20:32 PM