new nintendo revolution pics
March 23rd, 2006
Damn, the Nintendo Revolution is looking fancy! I’ll be first in line to nab one. More pictures here.
~jeff
Damn, the Nintendo Revolution is looking fancy! I’ll be first in line to nab one. More pictures here.
It is my sincere hope that they don’t wuss out on the indie developer thing.
I second Joshua’s sincere hope.
I want to write a Polaris vidjagame without bankrupting myself, thanks!
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–Ben
Nephew, please!
Your Blue LED fetish is no secret. Strike that from this unit, and I bet you’re sweatin’ it about as hard as the next generation Nokia N-Gage.
Seriously, people stop me on the street to talk about Blue LEDs, and sure, I’ve fallen for just about every videogame console yet — I had an Atari Jaguar, for crying out loud — but let it be clearly understood that I did not fall for the N-Gage.
My understanding is that homebrewed games will be available (after a review process to make sure you haven’t coded “Custer’s Revenge 2006″) via the next Nintendo console’s online service — the same service that will allow you to download old Genesis and TurboGraphx games to a flash memory card. The console itself will connect via 802.11g to your existing wireless setup. It should be pretty freakin’ amazing.
Jimmy, I come from a different camp. I owned a video game system made by, I dunno, maybe Sears, when I was a kid. I didn’t own an Activision, Atari, Nintendo, Playstation, though I’ve used all of Jeff’s. I own a PS2 because I loves me some Armored Core. So know that I’m not struck with Pac Man Fever when I say: the Revolution has some truly innovative stuff going on. Not just the controller or built-in WiFi. But the indie games, where shining stars will no doubt dredge themselves from the sludge of averageness and unplayability that will probably exemplify the selection.
Look at what’s happening to role-playing games: the large publishers are fewer and fewer while the small publishers proliferate, scruples intact, with far smaller budgets. To be sure, there’s crap. But that’s not surprising, considering that the rich fertilizer from which they grow.