Nintendo Revolution Under Wraps Past E3

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Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:28PM from the taking-their-ball-and-going-home dept.

The next-generation Nintendo console, codenamed Revolution, may not be shown at this year's E3. Eurogamer reports that the Japanese console maker is going to keep the console under wraps to keep the features of the new system out of the limelight a little while longer. From the article: "Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata is worried about rivals nicking all his best ideas at this early stage. That's how revolutionary the new console is, apparently... and also the exact same line Nintendo used to avoid showing Mario 128 at a previous E3."

Nintendo Revolution Under Wraps Past E3

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Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by Nicky G ( 859089 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:31PM (#12288779)

Maybe it has.... 3 screens?

Boss Satoru Iwata... (Score:5, Funny)

by iammaxus ( 683241 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:32PM (#12288785)

...he is definitley the hardest one to beat. I remember that time I played all night long and I made it up to Boss SI (that's what it says above his life bar cause his name doesn't fit on the screen). I was kickin ass, but then my mom came and pulled the stupid plug.

Shhh!! Secrets. (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:32PM (#12288787)

Wow. It's a good thing they kept the GameCube secret, otherwise sony and microsoft might have outcompeted and outsold them.

Shy Lies (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:33PM (#12288796)

Because of course Sony and Microsoft only hear about features at conferences like E3. While the rest of us get the inside track at Slashdot!

Re:Boss Satoru Iwata... (Score:3, Funny)

by 9mm Censor ( 705379 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:33PM (#12288800) Homepage

Yeah man, I moved out after my mom unplugged my computer while I was downloading this uber 1337 garbage file.

As they say... (Score:5, Funny)

by FhnuZoag ( 875558 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:35PM (#12288813)

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

Re:Vapor.... (Score:5, Funny)

by NanoGator ( 522640 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:35PM (#12288817) Homepage Journal

"I'll believe it when I see it. Until then, spare me the hype."

So I take it that you won't be paying attention to the XBOX 360 or Playstation 3, either?

Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by glassjaw rocks ( 793596 ) writes: <bkienzleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:35PM (#12288818)

Maybe they'll call it the Nintendo Mach III. Then Microsoft will probably release the Xbox Quattro, or something to that effect.

No...I've seen it. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:45PM (#12288913)

It has an anal "joy-buzzer" to give a more immersive force feedback experience. I know what you're thinking. Not only does it have 3 vibration settings, it can also deliver qute powerful electric shocks. I only tested a unit for the north american market. I would hope that the "unit" for the Japanese market will be smaller, because even at 6'5" and 300lbs I found the american version to be....uncomfortable.

Re:Linux Already (Score:5, Funny)

by snuf23 ( 182335 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:46PM (#12288916)

Oh you bring a tear to my eye. Oh how you bring back the memories of Slashdot of years past. You know, Slashdot before the Legion of Jobs showed up and proclaimed that Apple had an answer to everything.
Yes. Bring me back my old Slashdot. Please, please bring back:

1. Make it with Linux
2. ??
3. Profit!

Bring back the good old days, when BSD was dead and Red Hat was king.
(and yes I AM serious)

[pulls hair out in frustration] (Score:4, Funny)

by RyoShin ( 610051 ) writes: <tukaro.gmail@com> on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:47PM (#12288920) Homepage Journal

Great, now I'm bald.

Damn you, Nintendo. I have been a loyal servant of yours ever since I first played Super Mario Brothers 2 on the NES: I've fought for you time and again in the useless internet debates; I've spent my hard-earned college cash to pay for your no-internet system with lacking 3rd Party support; I even still lug around my N64 because it has games I enjoyed enough in the past that I might want to play them again in the future, but I'm not really sure if I ever will!

Doesn't that deserve something? If nothing else, show some footage. I don't need to see the actual system or controllers right now; but damned if I don't see any 'eye candy', and I'm not talking those sweet Ssian numbers you put on display... actually, that's more of a Sony thing.

In any case, I digress. While I can understand wanting to keep industry secrets secret, we're not asking you to reveal every spec of the system. If all you did was hint at what makes this console a 'revolution', and showed a picture of one of the buttons on the controller, that would be enough for many a fanboy.

So, Nintendo, I ask you this: Please, please, won't you show something? Have we not earned at least that?

Re:These guys defined product delay (Score:5, Funny)

by WaterBreath ( 812358 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:47PM (#12288927)

Well, I think it was an attempt at a joke.
Someone else modded him down while I was looking for the "-1 Belabored" or "-1 Bad Joke" options in the moderation box. =)
Maybe I should have been looking for "+0.5 Almost Funny"?

Damnnit, (Score:3, Funny)

by binaryspiral ( 784263 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:52PM (#12288966)

And I just bought my Gamecube in January... guess you bastards are going to force me to upgrade my PackardBell to play doom 3, too?

GEeez... you buy something new and it gets outdated in just a few years.

Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @10:59PM (#12289024)

Man, that joke was Schick.

Re:Usual Nintendo hype (Score:2, Funny)

by TomHandy ( 578620 ) writes: <tomhandy AT gmail DOT com> on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:12PM (#12289127)

Who are you trying to kid, that's totally a kiddy game.... same deal with Metroid Prime, Baiten Katos, Soul Calibur II, Ikaruga, etc. All kiddy games, and therefore "teh suq".
Oh yeah, and Zelda: The Wind Waker is also a kiddy game because it has kiddy graphics, and only kids can enjoy it. Any adult who enjoys it, is, of course, "teh suq".
-Tom

Re:Stupid Nintendo! (Score:5, Funny)

by Turn-X Alphonse ( 789240 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:14PM (#12289139) Journal

Nintendo have tried to move the games industry on unlike the other two. I suggest you look at the current system names.

Xbox 360 - It's a "cool" name for the "skaters". It's bullshit, flip an Xbox 360 and you get an Xbox just like before.

Playstation 3 - All I'm saying is "Yes but these are different, they go all the way up to 11!"

Re:Lets just hope it isn't too revolutionary (Score:2, Funny)

by coopex ( 873732 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:19PM (#12289180) Journal

You must be new here...

You see, a vast majority of the people on slashdot, for one reason or another, do not like to pay for information, as information wants to be free and slashdot denizans respect its wishes. So, they naturally migrate towards the PS2 and XBOX, which facilitate the freedom of said information, and Natalie Portman naked and petrified.

Re:Hmmm... (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:26PM (#12289220)

Gillette me intervene here...

Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by hayden ( 9724 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:27PM (#12289230)

Maybe it has.... 3 screens?
And one of them touches back!

Comment removed (Score:2, Funny)

by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:28PM (#12289244)

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...vapour?! (Score:5, Funny)

by Aero Leviathan ( 698882 ) writes: on Tuesday April 19, 2005 @11:43PM (#12289328) Journal

You don't believe Nintendo's ever coming out with another console?

Wow... that's, uh... interesting.

Re:Boss Satoru Iwata... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @12:04AM (#12289435)

Unreal Tournament. 46 kills. 0 Deaths. Power failure.

Playing against your 5-year-old sister doesn't count :-/

Re:Vapor.... (Score:1, Funny)

by thezapper77 ( 842213 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @12:04AM (#12289438)

It's being launched at E3 this year!!!

They even got Duke Nukem Forever as the exclusive launch title! Talk about a killer app!

Re:Solid marketing Decision (Score:3, Funny)

by SetupWeasel ( 54062 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @12:16AM (#12289508) Homepage

You need to take a look back at Nintendo's history of greatly overpromising products and releasing them very, very late. The N64 came out several YEARS late and didn't come close to delivering the visuals Nintendo and SGI had spent years trying to get it to.

You need more than one data point for a trend.

Re:It Doesn't Matter (Score:5, Funny)

by tonsofpcs ( 687961 ) writes: <slashback@tonsofpc s . com> on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @12:25AM (#12289549) Homepage Journal

Are you trying to say that the VirtualBoy wasn't a major console?

Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

by Miaowara_Tomokato ( 757775 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @12:41AM (#12289625)

My, aren't we a collection of razor wits...

Re:Hmmm... (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Custard ( 587661 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @12:54AM (#12289706) Homepage Journal

The Quik-E-Mart is really - D'OH!

Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

by arose ( 644256 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @01:08AM (#12289773)

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Re:Vapor.... (Score:2, Funny)

by aichpvee ( 631243 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @01:46AM (#12289952) Journal

Maybe it's got a built in lazy susan, the obvious next step in the evolution of the paddle controller.

They're losing money on every unit (Score:5, Funny)

by Aexia ( 517457 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @02:06AM (#12290031)

The XBOX has one profitable quarter after eleven straight losses, and everyone calls them a success.

but they're making up for it in volume!

Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

by strider44 ( 650833 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @02:29AM (#12290102)

Well I'm feeling awfully sharp today, I don't know about you.

Re:Stupid Nintendo! (Score:5, Funny)

by Adrilla ( 830520 ) * writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @03:05AM (#12290220) Homepage

If you rotate an XBox 360 degrees, I dare say, you get a full (wait for it) REVOLUTION!!!

..i hate myself...

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @05:17AM (#12290629)

Tell me. What does "purple" smell like in _your_ world?

Re:It Doesn't Matter (Score:3, Funny)

by Koiu Lpoi ( 632570 ) writes: <koiulpoiNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @06:35AM (#12290829)

It's all relative. That's why I try to keep my mouth shut sometimes. That's why I am now. This post never happened.

Re:It Doesn't Matter (Score:3, Funny)

by Professor_UNIX ( 867045 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @08:07AM (#12291126)

Probably the same way people who consider the Gamecube to be a "flop" even though it has higher worldwide sales than the PS2 or the XBox.
Selling consoles to children is irrelevent, what they need to concentrate on are adults who want more violence, gore, and nudity. Without those items Nintendo will surely fail. The Gamecube is a flop.

Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

by Jearil ( 154455 ) writes: on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @11:48AM (#12292910) Homepage

ok, just stop.. You're just not cutting it.

Shave off the rest of these replies, this needs go on no longer.

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Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

Boss Satoru Iwata... (Score:5, Funny)

Shhh!! Secrets. (Score:2, Funny)

Shy Lies (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Boss Satoru Iwata... (Score:3, Funny)

As they say... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Vapor.... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

No...I've seen it. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Linux Already (Score:5, Funny)

[pulls hair out in frustration] (Score:4, Funny)

Re:These guys defined product delay (Score:5, Funny)

Damnnit, (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Usual Nintendo hype (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Stupid Nintendo! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Lets just hope it isn't too revolutionary (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Hmmm... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

Comment removed (Score:2, Funny)

...vapour?! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Boss Satoru Iwata... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Vapor.... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Solid marketing Decision (Score:3, Funny)

Re:It Doesn't Matter (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Hmmm... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Vapor.... (Score:2, Funny)

They're losing money on every unit (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Stupid Nintendo! (Score:5, Funny)

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Score:2, Funny)

Re:It Doesn't Matter (Score:3, Funny)

Re:It Doesn't Matter (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)

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