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Nintendo Revolution Under Wraps Past E3
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."
That's how revolutionary the new console is Lets just hope that doesn't mean something like "Lets dare to be different, and use annoying mini-disks instead of the standard DVDs. They provide lower quality, AND they don't meet up to modern-day standards. Its brilliant!"
oh no! we can't show our super-duper freaking-innovative design at e3 because our competitors will change their designs at a heartbeat to accomodate our super innovative stuff. and remember, thats super innovative kids, super innovative!
no seriously, i think this just means that theyre not ready to show it.
Nintendo's problem these days is they seem stuck in this mindset that they can tell gamers what we want and need, and what we dont want and need. According to Nintendo we dont need more powerfull hardware, which means we dont need better graphics, sound, AI or physics, which in turn means we dont want or need bigger better games. Sorry Nintendo but you dont seem to have any clue what I want or need for my gaming needs, you lost my interest back when SNES was retired and Mario 64 was played to death.
True some of their games are fun, but all there major brands are into their 30th sequal, lets think of something new huh?