Forums · Laughable Revolution Speculations from a year ago
The below was taken from here.
I found it on an excursion of mine.
[quote]Nintendo 21”: Revolution’s real name???
Posted on Sunday, January 30 2005
Rumors, rumors. You either love ‘em, or you love to hate them. If you haven’t heard by now, somebody in Japan came across some secret documents destined for a Nintendo shareholder meeting. Above, is the picture this somebody drew from memory, highlighting the next-gen console’s true name: The Nintendo 21.
But that’s not all…
- planned for release at end of 2005
- medium is 2-sided 8cm disc, 5.4GB capacity, in a shellcase
- includes “Home Game function” which uses IEEE protocol to locate and communicate with other Nintendo 21s in the vicinity
- “Home Game function” is free, connect the AC adaptor and the machine talks to nearby Nintendo 21s and “Nintendo Home”s (? could be Form instead of Home - katakana is vague). Save data is stored on the main unit and affects other machines over the network.
- “Nintendo Home” machine is like a base station that will be put in many places and uses the PHS network for communication (popular mobile phone network). Will connect to handheld game machines and supports “Home Game function”, also sends latest info from Nintendo.
- “Nintendo Home” is being jointly developed with Kyosera.
- controller is like GC controller but “rubbing” is possible - e.g. you can control movement in a
game by rubbing the controller/buttons. Also the controller has a slot.
- The whole controller is pressure sensitive. So rubbing can be done with the buttons or via grip.
- Digital outputs included[/quote]
I found it on an excursion of mine.
[quote]Nintendo 21”: Revolution’s real name???
Posted on Sunday, January 30 2005
Rumors, rumors. You either love ‘em, or you love to hate them. If you haven’t heard by now, somebody in Japan came across some secret documents destined for a Nintendo shareholder meeting. Above, is the picture this somebody drew from memory, highlighting the next-gen console’s true name: The Nintendo 21.
But that’s not all…
- planned for release at end of 2005
- medium is 2-sided 8cm disc, 5.4GB capacity, in a shellcase
- includes “Home Game function” which uses IEEE protocol to locate and communicate with other Nintendo 21s in the vicinity
- “Home Game function” is free, connect the AC adaptor and the machine talks to nearby Nintendo 21s and “Nintendo Home”s (? could be Form instead of Home - katakana is vague). Save data is stored on the main unit and affects other machines over the network.
- “Nintendo Home” machine is like a base station that will be put in many places and uses the PHS network for communication (popular mobile phone network). Will connect to handheld game machines and supports “Home Game function”, also sends latest info from Nintendo.
- “Nintendo Home” is being jointly developed with Kyosera.
- controller is like GC controller but “rubbing” is possible - e.g. you can control movement in a
game by rubbing the controller/buttons. Also the controller has a slot.
- The whole controller is pressure sensitive. So rubbing can be done with the buttons or via grip.
- Digital outputs included[/quote]
Well, read these from the Console Database... its obviously not been updated for ages.
Nintendo Revolution Technical Specifications (#1)
* CPU: PowerPC G5 Processor running at 2.7 GHz
* RAM: 512 MB total (including 128MB for video and 64MB for sound)
* Graphics: 600 MHz graphics chip
* Storage: 15 Gigabyte hard drive built in
* Media: Blue-laser disc technology
* Connectivity: Wi-Fi for Internet connection
Nintendo Revolution Technical Specifications (#2)
* CPU: Dual IBM G5 PowerPC processors running at 1.8 GHz
* RAM: 256 MB DDR main memory (including 64MB for sound, using a 7.1 sound system at 196 KHz)
* VRAM: 128 MB GDDR3 video memory
* Graphics: ATI graphics chip running at 500MHz (16 Pixel Pipe, 220 million transistors)
* Media: Blue-laser disc technology
* Connectivity: Wi-Fi for Internet connection
Nintendo Revolution Technical Specifications (#1)
* CPU: PowerPC G5 Processor running at 2.7 GHz
* RAM: 512 MB total (including 128MB for video and 64MB for sound)
* Graphics: 600 MHz graphics chip
* Storage: 15 Gigabyte hard drive built in
* Media: Blue-laser disc technology
* Connectivity: Wi-Fi for Internet connection
Nintendo Revolution Technical Specifications (#2)
* CPU: Dual IBM G5 PowerPC processors running at 1.8 GHz
* RAM: 256 MB DDR main memory (including 64MB for sound, using a 7.1 sound system at 196 KHz)
* VRAM: 128 MB GDDR3 video memory
* Graphics: ATI graphics chip running at 500MHz (16 Pixel Pipe, 220 million transistors)
* Media: Blue-laser disc technology
* Connectivity: Wi-Fi for Internet connection
[quote author=Drifter link=topic=23335.msg134459#msg134459 date=1144695529]
I mean, seriously. What's with the new motion sensitive crap controller? I want my controller to be 'rubbable.' Now that idea has true potential.
[/quote]Is that sarcasm? If you think people would give you strange looks swinging a controller or touching a screen, just imagine what looks theyd give you if they saw you "rubbing" the controller.
I mean, seriously. What's with the new motion sensitive crap controller? I want my controller to be 'rubbable.' Now that idea has true potential.
[/quote]Is that sarcasm? If you think people would give you strange looks swinging a controller or touching a screen, just imagine what looks theyd give you if they saw you "rubbing" the controller.