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Time With The Revolution

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-have-one-lets-get-them dept.

IGN managed to get their hands on a Revolution Developer's Kit, and have put up a tantalizing hands-on impressions article. Folks who are very much looking forward to Nintendo's entrance into the next-gen war may find things of interest here. From the article: "One thing is crystal clear from the controller-based development kits, though: Revolution will definitely operate as an extension of the GameCube hardware. These preliminary kits include only a wired Revolution controller, a wired nunchuck attachment and a wired motion bar, which some studios have labeled the 'wand.' So the obvious question is, how can developers possibly hope to test any of this gear out? The answer is simple: the controller and its attachments plug into existing GameCube development hardware."

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  1. Nunchuck, Wand, and Controller by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yup, it's going to be a sweet gaming system to play

    Dance Dance Revolution Ultima

    Star Wars: Jedi Academy Training

    any interactive FPS (especially if they shoot back and you have a blink target vest)

    and Katamari: We Meant It, You Must Roll!

    [game names all examples, yes I own Konami stock and they have plans to do fun things for the Revolution, it's called disclosure]

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  2. Re:that's ridiculous by C0rinthian · · Score: 2, Funny
    Given that the controller is (by far) the most important change in Revolution, it's also the most important thing for studios to come to grips with.
    *Rimshot*
  3. Re:that's ridiculous by interiot · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, Revolution controller strokes ... no, that's not right. Lord, I apologize, and save all the starving pigmies in New Guinea.

  4. Skins for the Wand? by rewinn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Think of the possibilities. Nintendo may open a whole new genre of x-rated games.

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  5. Re:Nintendo wont be around next gen! by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Should be interesting to play with but I think that Microsoft and Sony are going to put Nintendo out of biz with the next gen consules. "

    Considering how expensive the XBOX 360 is, I suppose in a weird Harry Potter'esque way I could see people running out of money before they could buy any Nintendo products.

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  6. DDRR? by Langfat · · Score: 3, Funny

    don't you mean dance dance revolution Revolution?

    1. Re:DDRR? by chrismcdirty · · Score: 3, Funny

      I prefer to call it Dance^2 Revolution^2

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    2. Re:DDRR? by LoverOfJoy · · Score: 3, Funny

      R2D2?

  7. Re:Nintendo wont be around next gen! by MorderVonAllem · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just because an IPaq can't do these things doesn't mean the PSP not a PDA. It's just the PSP is a powerful PDA that just happens to play games.

    I take that back, the PSP is not a PDA, it's just an emulator for the SNES that happens to have PDA functionality. There are so few games for the PSP it's not even funny...and given the sales data from http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=6110... it's not doing too well against two of the same machine. (In Japan)

  8. Bring back the '80's by OldManAndTheC++ · · Score: 3, Funny
    Time With The Revolution

    Thats shows how old I am - I saw that headline and immediately thought that Morris Day was getting back together with Prince!.

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