Goldberg74

Some insiders say Chrismas 2006/Spring 2007.

But you are right, we've got time.

grim_tales

Me too. Mighty fine game that is

Chris_D

I'm interested in Nintendogs, that looks like a lot of fun. A friend of mine is very pumped about advance wars ds, but for me they would have to significantly revolutionise the gameplay because the series has gone a bit stale.

Chris_D

I'm not sure if this has already been posted:

Q&A: Nintendo Vice President George Harrison
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05...s_6126595.html

"
GS: They are putting a lot of emphasis on power. But USA Today said that the Revolution is only going to be two or three times more powerful than the GameCube. Can you give me those details?

GH: Yeah, well we haven't released any of the technical specs. We're working with IBM and ATI, so certainly all the capability that we need is there right in our development partners. We try to figure out how to strike a balance between giving the developers everything that they need to make great games, and not having it be so much that they have to spend inordinate amounts of money. In the end it has to be a business. Publishers have to be able to create the game and sell it effectively, and be able to then support the next game.
"

Probably doesn't really clarify anything .

darkside

I think the thing it shows is the actual power of the Revolution is still not revealed. The 2-3 times may be true, but there is no clear evidence at this point. With all three I just want to see actual real in game footage running on real hardware. I will decide for myself if its an upgrade I need. Those numbers can be very misleading.

Jeremy517

The other nice thing in that interview (if it turns out to be true) is that all first-party downloads will be free. I won't believe it until I actually download something for free, though. Sounds too good to be true.

Chris_D

I was wondering, do we have an authorative list on what would be covered under first-party, for NES, SNES, and N64 games? Presumably anything other than that would require negotiation and would be in doubt for launch.

Jeremy517

Here's a (mostly?) complete list of games that Nintendo developed. It includes a few Japanese games. Hopefully US people can DL Japanese games also. I tried to take out all of the cancelled games, but I might have missed a few. Obviously, the cancelled games will not be available.

Some people insist that Nintendo has the full rights to second-party games also, while some people insist that they don't. That remains to be seen, but I'd guess it is the latter.

NES
Balloon Fight
Barker Bill's Trick Shooting
Baseball
Clu Clu Land
Doki Doki Panic
Donkey Kong 3
Donkey Kong Classics
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Jr. Math
Dr. Mario
Excitebike
Golf
Gum Shoe
Gyromite
Ice Climber
Ice Hockey
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Legend of Zelda
Mach Rider
Mario Time Machine
Metroid
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
NES Open Golf
Nuts & Milk
Pin-Bot
Pinball
Play Action Football
Popeye
Pro Wrestling
Punch-Out!!
Short Order/Eggsplode
Snake Rattle & Roll
Stack Up
Star Tropics
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / Track Meet
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Team Games
Tetris
Tetris 2
To The Earth
Urban Champion
Volleyball
Wario's Woods
World Class Track Meet
World Cup Soccer
Yoshi (Mario & Yoshi)
Yoshi's Cookie
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II

Nintendo 64
1080° Snowboarding
Animal Forest
Climber
F-Zero X
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mario Kart 64
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium (JP Version)
Pokemon Stadium 2
Pokemon Stadium 2 (JP Version)
Pokemon Stadium: Gold, Silver, Crystal Version
Shindou Super Mario 64 (Rumble Pak Vers.)
Shindou Wave Race 64 (Rumble Pak Vers.)
Star Fox 64
Super Mario 64
Wave Race 64
Yoshi's Story

Super NES
BS Special Tee Shot
BS Zelda
F-Zero
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run
Kirby Super Star
PilotWings
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario All-Stars/Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario World
Super Punch-Out!!
Super Scope 6
Super Tennis
Tetris & Dr. Mario
Tetris 2
Tetris Attack
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Wario's Woods
Yoshi's Cookie
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2
Yoshi's Safari

darkside

Hmm, I'm not sure he really was promising every game would be free. It seems more like Nintendo will use them as incentive and rewards for buying Nintendo products more than anything. I have no doubt they will give many away, but I don't think you will get unlimited free access to the entire Nintendo catalog from what I have read so far.

Jeremy517

That was my initial guess as well. Although with the frequency at which they release first-party games (I'm not complaining though), it would take a long time to get all the games that I'd want, unless there was some kind of other means to get access to the games. And considering I don't pay $50 for any game any more, it would take me even longer...

And to be honest, with all the money that Nintendo has gotten from me over the years, I should get free copies of the games that I already own (but there probably isn't a viable way to do that).

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Artman

Will we be able to download games besides the 1st part titles?

darkside

Nintendo hopes so. They want to make third party games available as well, but that will be up to the companies involved.

jeffdsmith

Good news from Japan for Nintendo:

darkside

Nintendo is doing very well in Japan right now with the DS and with the anticipation of the Revolution. They need to find a way to win over more American's though.

joshd2012

Leaked specs?

http://www.gamercentric.com/index.ph...ewnews&id=3375

jeffdsmith

Not only do the specs look fake (2 x 1.8Ghz does not =3.6Ghz in real performance) but I take the credititionals to mean somebody wants some attention.

Gallant Pig

I know I'm going to get in trouble for this, but a friend deep inside the Revolution program codenamed DarkHeretic has leaked to me an image of the controller.... Here it is...

darkside

I've already preordered.

jeffdsmith

GP, i sent that info to you in confidence. Check your PMs biatch.

grim_tales

Is it worth buying a DS now or waiting for the GB Micro thingy?

goLUCKY

The Micro is just too small IMO. I'd get the DS.

Chris_D

With all Nintendos talk about making it easy for developers I can't imagine them going any sort of dual cpu setup. Its likely that a single powerful cpu will be the go.. Aside from the cpu looks pretty good though.

Josh H

Get a DS. The Micro is too small and there's some great games on the DS and coming soon to the DS that you won't be able to play on the Micro.

grim_tales

Thanks Can't decide if its' still cheaper to import or go for the UK model, hmm.
As for Revolution and the downloadable games, I've read some Rare games maybe available (such as the DKC games?) but not those that feature "Non-nintendo" characters (so sadly that rules out titles like the excellent Diddy Racing, Goldeneye or Perfect Dark). Poo