Revolution In May?!?

[|Laguna|]

Nintendo has more tricks up their sleeves than we knew:


Nintendo is aiming for a MAY Release date! This is official news straight from Nintendo! Nintendo wants to show off the hardware in May and launch the system worldwide the same month. This is as much of a marketing tactic as it is designed to give time for the developers to complete the games. "There is one more secret left" say Reggie Fils-Aime. "That secret will be shown to the world at E3 in May of 2006. Then everyone will understand the reason behind the controller's design and its capabilities." Mr. Fils-Aime stressed the importance of consumers needing to see the Revolution in action to truly understand it. Furthermore he feels that once the Revolution is shown in its entirety that it will generate a gaming mania and that it is very important to launch the product soon thereafter to capitalize on the excitement. What is the big secret? Your guess is as good as any. I guess we will have to wait until E3 next year to find out. Look for an update for this story with an exact day in May as soon as it is available.
[QUOTE/]

WOOT! :shock:

[Stocka]

OMFG NO WAY :shock:
E3 + Rev in one month. Heaven. Problem is my GCSE's are that month. I'll believe this more when I hear more about it. Are n-next reliable?

[CooInTheZoo]

Wow...i guess...

[DS MaNiAc]

Woooo, my birthday is in may, and E3 is usually on my birthday! I can't wait!

Vive la Revolution!

[Big Red]

looks promasing.

[Kurtle Squad]

This is quite a good idea, I thought they might do this sort of thing, and hopefully it's true. E3 brings on gaming hype making you just want to PLAY MORE GAMES etc!!!!
They'll be able to really hype up and advertise the Rev around that time too.

I don't know what that UNREAL guy was going on about really. Just because HE hasn't been given a development kit, doesn't mean other companies havent (Capcom for example, since there's that game in dev) I'm sure Sega has, them and Nintendo are quite close according to interviews. Anyway, heh, just cos he's in a crap small company who wouldn't get the Dev kit unless under N's wing, doesn't mean work isn't well under way.
Nintendo is very secretive, as we know. They are more ready than many believe.
Allard (XBox creator dude who happens to be an arsehole in my opinion) said that Sony wouldn't be ready to launch 1st half on next year just because they havent had any gameplay etc yet. But A LOT can happen in such a short space of time, the same going for Nintendo.

Hopefully this statement is true. It would mean that Nintendo have possibly kept the promise of not being last out for one. And that OTHER secret to be revealed!? Better graphics than the other 2?! :P
I doubt it, but it's worth a wish.

[Stocka]

I reckon the other 'secret' is sterostopic 3D like we are discussing in that other thread.

[Rico]

Or a VB style Helmet. Everyone likes Helmets!

[djamb3]

it could be the 3d special graphic without glasses....or maybe a usb....TOASTER:D

[Sooj]

My birthday is also in may! My exams are also in may! E3 is also in May! THE REV IS COMING IN MAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!


omgomgo hahaha

Excuse me.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

Gaming mania! This is kinda exciting...

If anyone remember, before the Revo controller was shown, Nintendo said it would be a revolution in gaming. They said we would be shocked and confused about it, and at the same time very excited. And, to everyones surprise, thats excatly what they did.

If they are right about it creating a gaming mania, this could get very exciting. My brain is about to explode.

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

It's going to be a helmet I bet.

[Teppo Holmqvist]

OMFG NO WAY :shock:
E3 + Rev in one month. Heaven. Problem is my GCSE's are that month. I'll believe this more when I hear more about it. Are n-next reliable?

N-Next is reliable, but the original source of the news isn't. Original source for news is Gamehelix, shady and quite unknown company that offers gaming toolbars for Internet Explorer. Gamehelix's toolbar is filled with crappy spyware and they are just trying to get more victims to download their product.

URL: http://gamehelix.ourtoolbar.com/

[Stocka]

It's going to be a helmet I bet.
Nah, it will be steroscopic 3D without 3D glassers I reckon.

[Kurtle Squad]

Maybe. We'll have to see 'ey?! Didn't they say everything would be revealed before the end of the year though?

[Dyson]

Maybe it's the ON? :P
/humor

[Teppo Holmqvist]

BTW, have you noticed how Gamehelix is advertised on Seriousfaker007's blog? I wouldn't be surprised if he was behind these "news".

EDIT: Yeah, it is Seriousfaker007. Falafelkid can confirm that in his own blog.

[|Laguna|]

BTW, have you noticed how Gamehelix is advertised on Seriousfaker007's blog? I wouldn't be surprised if he was behind these "news".

EDIT: Yeah, it is Seriousfaker007. Falafelkid can confirm that in his own blog.

Bollocks, this better not be a hoax :angry:

[demonmike04]

Oh crap..its fake?
I was getting all excited there...

[Eenuh]

If there's another secret going to be unveiled, I think it's more likely that it's going to be a new type of game that will take full advantage of the controller. The controller is the revolutionary part, not some kind of silly helmet or goggles (seriously, that wouldn't attract more gamers at all).

I really hope this news is true though. Even though May and June will be too busy for me to play games, I'd love to see the Revolution released then, along with a bunch of games. Can't wait really.

[ViPeR]

I'll trust the official word, which said games and info would be shown before xmas. Not E3 next year, that's crazy talk.

[The Peeps]

I'm surprised there were so many posts saying 'wow great' before someone even questioned the source.

I really hope this is true but we'll have to wait and see. I'll believe it when I see it announced or if it's put on www.Nintendo.co.uk :P

[GoonFace]

All I can say is don't believe the hype. I very much doubt this news is true.

[Cubechris]

Rubbish, what are Nintendo going to pull an Apple.

*Look new iPod, NOW available*

I doubt it somehow folks.

[Pit-Jr]

Would Nintendo pull an Apple? Just look at that thing

[Retro_Link]

Yeah but come on; E3 is on May 19th!

There is no way Nintendo would be able to fully reveal the Revolution as late as the 19th if they wanted to get it into the shops by the (30 days have september, april, june and november....) 31st!!!

They wouldn't have anywhere near enough time to get the news out to the masses (those who don't follow E3 on the net) in 10 days or so!
They need the Rev to be hyped up on ever gaming website, in ever magazine, in adverts, in the shops!!

I reckon (as others have said) we'll see alot of revolution details (although probably without game images/videos; as we'll see those next year) later this year (as Nintendo have said), probably around the launch of the Xbox 360!

[kav82]

I reckon we'll get the release date come May (E3), not the release of the console itself!

But if we did, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[phez_boy]

wait wait wait.... if www.n-next.com is a credible site then why do they say that the information comes straight from nintendo? if infact the information comes from some dodgy game helix site? also cant we somehow confirm these details? (say contacting the guy who made the claims)
Though if there is any truth to this it would be the smartest move that nintendo, or any gaming company for that matter to make. IF nintendo did indeed launch the system at this time the sales that they would get would be absolutely outrageous (not to mention a nice start on sony), which if the company wants to truly succeed in this console race would be a hell of an advantage.

Lets just hope that this source is true, coz if it is, i have no doubt we will see a revolution in gaming.

[MunKy]

If its true its good but Im gonna have to scrounge money to be able to afford Revo and Download 2006 tix. This would also draw alot of attention away from 360 before it can even manage a decent head start.

[Hellfire]

How do we know its true? Besides, revealing everything and launching in the same month doesnt seem credible. Im not getting my hopes up.

[Cheapshot]

Skeptical... That's all I can say.

[Konfucius]

Whether it's true or not, I think it's very likely that they will launch the Revo shortly after E3 (maybe one or two month later) because then there will be a lot of talk going on about the system, people would have had the chance to try it out themselves and during the summer month there are never a lot of games released so if there was a new system with games that makes up for the lack...:D

[Maxi678]

Sounds like good news, but somehow i don't think that Nintendo would show off Revo and release it all in the same month. It sounds promising, but it won't work. I still reckon Revo will be out towards X-Mas 2006

[Link]

I just went back to n-next.com and it seems as though they've taken off the post about the revo launching in may????????????

[DCK]

Sega came to the E3 of '94 and announced that the Saturn was in US shops that day, when noone saw it coming. Look how that ended.

[djamb3]

Well all we can do is wait....Hurry up E3 !!!

[Pestneb]

How do we know its true? Besides, revealing everything and launching in the same month doesnt seem credible. Im not getting my hopes up.

not that I'm getting my hopes up, but its plausible that the rest of the information about the revolution will be revealed by december, E3 can just be info about the games.

it is possible, but I don't really care, I'm only interested in when the first price drop occurs.

[djamb3]

HEY LOOK

look what is in a fnac at spain woooow

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2945/foto0458lu.jpg

[YenRug]

Spong's June release is more realistic: Nintendo announce in April that the system will get a near simultaneous global launch; they show off the system and software at E3 in May, possibly revealing something special about it too; June is used to build up the hype until launch date(s).

[Cube]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6136453.html

it will be releases after april 2006.

[Charlie]

They wouldn't announce the main part of it and then release it within 2 weeks of announcing. People have to have time to save up money etc.

[DCK]

I think it's smarter to let the E3 sink in, let every mag publish about it, and then release the Revolution - which would be July/August. June is a bit early if they don't release info earlier.

[Kurtle Squad]

Sega came to the E3 of '94 and announced that the Saturn was in US shops that day, when noone saw it coming. Look how that ended.

Yeah, but they ANNOUNCED it then. Nintendo would tell us, just release it near E3

[DCK]

Yeah, but they ANNOUNCED it then. Nintendo would tell us, just release it near E3
So, what's the real difference? Releasing it at the E3 or two weeks later barely matters - there's no chance for people to get their excitement or cash ready, no time to hype the console. Even an August release would be too short for a good campaign.

[Pyxis]

They wouldnt suddenly release the actual release date during E3...They would declare the release date months before they release the console and we already know about the most important part of the console. More Revolution news is coming before the end of this year.

[DCK]

If Nintendo is to release it shortly after the E3, they should give all the launch details about the Revolution before February, release videos and screens of launch games and give some media the chance to play those titles. Then they can use E3 for the things to happen after the launch, such as Zelda and Mario 128 perhaps. A June/July launch date would be very possible then. If they wait for it all until the E3 they could launch it in June, but it would be much wiser to wait for September at least.

[McMad]

There is no possible way that the Revolution will be ready for release by June, i mean Dev Kits have only just been sent out.

[Charlie]

There is no possible way that the Revolution will be ready for release by June, i mean Dev Kits have only just been sent out.

The Xbox 360 dev kits were only sent out a couple of months ago. And it's ready for launch in a months time.

[Kurtle Squad]

There is no possible way that the Revolution will be ready for release by June, i mean Dev Kits have only just been sent out.

Yeah...Nintendo seem to have pleanty of 1st party games comming to launch anyway. Isn't there going to be a new franchise too?!

[McMad]

Even if that is true, Nintendo's own titles are not as appealing to mass audiences as much as Playstation's so they need some solid third party support to give them a push at launch. And there's no chance of Metroid Prime 3 being ready for launch, Retro Studios have done all they can with Gamecube Dev Kits and according to Matt from IGN there still waiting to receive Revolution Dev Kits. So that leaves Mario 128, Super Smash Bros. 3 and the new IP just for launch, that's no way near enough.

[Kurtle Squad]

Well if they can release dev kits 2months before, I'm sure it'll be okay. Especially since a lot of the games could be quickly ported to the Rev.

[McMad]

Well if they can release dev kits 2months before, I'm sure it'll be okay. Especially since a lot of the games could be quickly ported to the Rev.

But then what makes the Revolution different to the other consoles if we are given simple ports. Nintendo need a good range of new, fresh titles that use the Revolution's new abilities to make the console more appealing.

[DCK]

Even if that is true, Nintendo's own titles are not as appealing to mass audiences as much as Playstation's so they need some solid third party support to give them a push at launch. And there's no chance of Metroid Prime 3 being ready for launch, Retro Studios have done all they can with Gamecube Dev Kits and according to Matt from IGN there still waiting to receive Revolution Dev Kits. So that leaves Mario 128, Super Smash Bros. 3 and the new IP just for launch, that's no way near enough.
That was like July when that was reported. I'm pretty sure Nintendo will give Retro top priority when it comes to devkits - if Nintendo's got them, Retro has em a week later. Metroid Prime 3 should be pretty far in development. However, considering MP2 was finished in Q4 2004, a Q2 2006 release is too short, especially for a next gen title.

[BeerMonkey]

i think august appox for the rev as ninty will prob announce when the console is coming out at E3. I cant see them saying at E3 that everything is ready and being shipping for next month somehow it will take some time to get everything ready to not have shortages etc

[YenRug]

However, considering MP2 was finished in Q4 2004, a Q2 2006 release is too short, especially for a next gen title.

You're making cerain assumptions with that statement, though. The fact they finished MP2 in Q4 2004 does not mean that they had not already started planning and outlining MP3, especially as it seems to have been planned as a loose "trilogy" from the start. When it became clear that the next one would almost be on the next-gen console, they would have most likely started ramping up new assets with that in mind. By the end of MP2 development, the designers and concept makers would have had very little to do with it, at that stage it would have been down to coders and artists for any changes required.

[DCK]

You're making cerain assumptions with that statement, though. The fact they finished MP2 in Q4 2004 does not mean that they had not already started planning and outlining MP3, especially as it seems to have been planned as a loose "trilogy" from the start. When it became clear that the next one would almost be on the next-gen console, they would have most likely started ramping up new assets with that in mind. By the end of MP2 development, the designers and concept makers would have had very little to do with it, at that stage it would have been down to coders and artists for any changes required.
Considering the gap between MP1 and MP2 (two years), which was without updating the graphics, I think it's a pretty reasonable to say that 18 months is too short. Even Metroid Prime Hunters is taking almost two years (March 2004 - January 2006). In fact, I think we're lucky if it's in stores before 2007.

[Kurtle Squad]

But then what makes the Revolution different to the other consoles if we are given simple ports. Nintendo need a good range of new, fresh titles that use the Revolution's new abilities to make the console more appealing.

Nintendo would give there own games too!!!

[YenRug]

Considering the gap between MP1 and MP2 (two years), which was without updating the graphics, I think it's a pretty reasonable to say that 18 months is too short. Even Metroid Prime Hunters is taking almost two years (March 2004 - January 2006). In fact, I think we're lucky if it's in stores before 2007.

You're still missing the point, though, how do you know work wasn't started on MP3 before MP2 was finished? I'm not saying it was, but you're working on the basis that it wasn't.

[Kurtle Squad]

YenRug is right. They could have started quite a bit before knowing quite what the Rev's controller or final graphics were like. Especially with Nintendo guiding them.

[DCK]

You're still missing the point, though, how do you know work wasn't started on MP3 before MP2 was finished? I'm not saying it was, but you're working on the basis that it wasn't.
I'm not missing the point, I was trying to say that if MP3 was already started during MP2 devlopment, MP2 would've been started before MP1 was finished in a similar way, still with a 2 year gap between them.

[YenRug]

I'm not missing the point, I was trying to say that if MP3 was already started during MP2 devlopment, MP2 would've been started before MP1 was finished in a similar way, still with a 2 year gap between them.

Why does the possibility, of one being started before the other was finished, directly imply that the same situation occurred before? Your conclusion is spurious, there is no direct correlation between the two events. One situation does not mean that the opposite situation cannot exist, in this case.

[monkeyDluffy]

going on the basis of 3 months approx.(or a business quarter) its only gonna be either Q2(july, aug, sep) or Q3(Oct, Nov, Dec) if they make the time scale and don't over run into 2007. Both seem good in different ways, Q2, you have the hype from E3, this is my personal opinion of a good place to launch(plus we'd get it sooner), but you also have christmas at the other end Q3, its all upto nintendo. It also sounds that the final hardware maybe finished by the start of the new year so a Q2 release is looking realistic.
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[Kurtle Squad]

I reckon it will be Sept in Japan and Oct-Nov for other territories.

[canand]

Yes Nintendo say they where going to say more stuff before the end of the year

[canand]

Nintendo said this


Breaking: Mark this date in your diaries - Nintendo are revealing everything about the Revolution at E3 in just under 165 days...

Nintendo has alerted the world's gaming media with a final, definate date for when "all the incredible details about Nintendo's upcoming games and hardware, including [their] next home console, code-named Revolution" will be revealed.

It's unsuprising the company is choosing to unveil the Revolution at E3, the gaming world's biggest trade-show, but it's good to have a date pinned down. Nintendo's conference will begin 09:30 Pacific Time (which is 17:30 GMT).

[canand]

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