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News New Revolution Controller Photographs
Certain set of Revolution Controller photographs have been floating around the interweb and blogs
The blogs and gaming sites around the web have seen a pair of "Promotional Photographs" of the Revolution controller over the past few days, some sites claiming they are part of the "Red Steel" exclusive in the Game Informer magazine and some saying...
News Revolution To Support External Hard Drive?
CNNMoney.com report comments made by Iwata indicating the support of external hard drives in additional to SD cards.
With recent news regarding Revolution's "Virtual Console" people have began to question what storage method the console will support. We're already aware that SD cards will be supported, its a very affordable solution and provides...
News Revolution Name Will Definitely Change
In an interview with Beth Llewelyn, the Nintendo senior director of public relations states Revolution name will change.
Like any other week, there has been countless rumours about the name of Nintendo next console, we've even seen shots of a "Nintendo Go" logo floating around, which didn't seem to go anywhere. However, in an interview with IGN.com,...
News PS3 Goes Region Free & Issued Price Point
Sony release new PlayStation 3 details and issue a price point, no less than 50,000 YEN. Not quite pocket change.
With most people we know focusing on Nintendo this week we really shouldn't forget about Sony and its hugely successful PlayStation series. Sony have this week announced that the PlayStation 3 will not have any region locking on its...
Iwata announces that over 1,000 Sega Megadrive (aka Genesis) games will be part of the "Virutal Console".
Earlier today at the Games Developers Conference, Nintendo president announced a partnership with Sega which would bring over 1,000 titles from its Megadrive (or Genesis in the USA) to the Revolution's back catalog. "Revolution owners will...
News Iwata Delivers GDC Keynote Speech
Iwata addressed his audience with his "Disrupting Development" speech at the Games Developers Conference in San Francisco.
After an initial delay to the speech, Iwata arrived on stage to a very warm welcome, everyone in the audience hoping for some juicy Revolution details. The AV operator accidentally showed all the slides to the audience before...
IGN.com has posted a bumper load of Revolution photos from this years Games Developers Conference
Some of the lucky Americans got to go to this years Games Developers Conference in San Francisco, Nintendo had a little treat for them up to arrival, a glass cabinet holding the forbidden fruit, 1 x Nintendo Revolution alongside controller. I'm sure all...
News Miyamoto Not Phased By Sony
The expected dual launch between Sony and Nintendo doesn't worry the grandfather of games.
With Miyamoto's recent trip to Europe, he seemed to stop off at pretty much every press opportunity he had, what a 54-year-old legend. When in London, he stopped briefly in talk exclusively to The Observer, the over-sized newspaper of England. Seeing as the...
News Zelda Confirmed To Use Revolution Controller
Miyamoto confirms that Zelda: Twilight Princess will take full advantage of Revolution and its controller...
One of the biggest rumours floating around in Nintendo waters has been about the upcoming Gamecube title, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and its "compatibility" with the next-generation console, the Revolution. Whilst visiting in...
News Sony Officially Delays PlayStation 3 Launch
After all the rumours, all the hype, its true. Sony officially announce the delay of the next generation PlayStation.
Recent concerns from the Sony faithful led us to believe that the PlayStation 3 delay was merely a rumour have been squashed today as Sony games chief Ken Kutaragi, today announced the delay of the upcoming console. Sony had until...
News IGN Snag Revolution Dev Kit
Those extremely lucky kids over at IGN have bagged a Revolution Dev Kit and decide to tell us all about it.
Reggie recently revealed that Revolution Development Kits had been shipped off to games developers around the world, IGN have reported on a "Hands On" session with one of the kits. The freehand-style remote included in the preliminary kit is...
News Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Gains Momentum
Over 1 Million unique players and 27 Million connections Nintendo break into the online market.
Barely 4 months old and Nintendo's online gaming service "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection" has clocked an impressive 27,000,000 connections with over 1,000,000 unique players. Quite an achievement for such a young service. In previously years Nintendo were...
Japanese go crazy for DS. Just like a new iPod the DS Lite sells out only within hours of its official release.
Today marks the release of the reformed Nintendo DS dubbed DS Lite. Taking on its smaller form and Apple like good looks its unsurprising that the Japanese Nintendo faithful were out in force as the new unit sells out within hours of going...
News Coloured DS Lite Problems
Woops, Nintendo announce some "problems" that mean the coloured DS Lite won't be available on launch.
GamesIndustry.biz have today reported that the Japanese launch of the improved DS, dubbed DS Lite, won't include the flavours Ice Blue or Enamel Navy following "unspecified production problems". The launch, on March 2nd, will still include the...
News 1,000 Revolution Development Kits Shipped
Reggie announces that over 1,000 Development kits have been sent out to developers all over the world.
In the previously reported interview with Engadget, Reggie told us that developers around the world have been receiving an updated version of the development kit for Nintendo Revolution. This is prototype hardware the games developers can use to...
News Rumours Surround European DS Lite Launch
EuroGamer uncover some information surrounding the release of the new Nintendo DS in Europe.
After reports from serveral German retail outlets suggesting the DS Lite wouldn't ship until August in the European Union, sniffer dogs EuroGamer have information that says otherwise. "Nintendo has declined to address online reports that DS Lite will...
Reggie gives us the info, the soon-to-be-replaced Nintendo DS will cease production later this year.
Reggie yesterday appeared on the "Game Heads" show broadcast by American Spike TV (the UFC lot). He announced that the current Nintendo DS will be phased out in favour for the new DS Lite. This comes as no real surprise, as the new DS is no doubt...
News Up Close With Nintendo DS Lite
Nintendo release some better quality images of the new, lighter, brighter, Nintendo DS.
You've no doubt heard about the new DS Lite, the smaller, lighter version of the Nintendo DS handheld. Nintendo teased us last week with a single concept graphic of what its going to look like, they've finally given in to the demand from fanboys around the globe...
News DS WiFi Gets Even Stronger
Nintendo claim 850,000 unique users connected to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection since launch.
Earlier this week Nintendo issued some statistics about it's Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, the online service used for playing against friends over the internet. "Nintendo's Wi-Fi gaming service has seen users skyrocket, with more than 20 million connections...
News Nintendo Announce DS TV Tuner
That's right folks, just as you wanted, a TV Tuner for the Nintendo DS... in Japan.
Nintendo today announced a TV tuner add on for the Nintendo DS to be available in Japan. With most portable devices, its never long until a TV tuner gizmo comes along, people will always want them. "The TV tuner add-on will occupy the standard DS game slot,...
News Opera Web Browser For Nintendo DS
Those Norwegians are set to bring the Opera web browser to your Nintendo DS.
Nintendo and Opera have announced that they plan to bring the popular Opera browser to a handheld near you. There's been rumours of such software for the DS ever since the PSP launched its own web browsing software. Certainly a wise move by Nintendo. "In Opera's...
News Metroid Prime: "Voice Chat" Hunters
Get your chat, voice over ip comes to the upcoming Metroid Prime: Hunters for Nintendo DS.
Nintendo seems to be changing its spots and adopting modern standards, today its been announced that a "voice chat" mode will be added into the upcoming Metroid game for Nintendo DS. "The new Metroid Prime Hunters game for Nintendo DS will give gamers the...
News Mystery Nintendo Design Booklet
Images from a Nintendo Recruitment booklet surface through-out the blogosphere.
coming soon. i broke something ;)
As if you weren't excited enough, now you have the tough choice of selecting a shade.
Just when you thought you were happy, Nintendo go and unleash the feather weight Nintendo DS Lite. Your dreams are shattered, like a Apple fan-boy you crave the white goodness of a DS Lite. No? Well maybe you'd be interested in another colour sir? Nintendo of Japan...
News Redesigned Nintendo DS Gets Official Announcement
Those Nintendo guys have fooled us all yet again, DS Lite on the way very soon.
Nintendo has officially announced the rumoured redesigned version of the Nintendo DS, the new "DS Lite" is more compact and should appear on Japanese shelves on 2nd March 2006. This comes just a few days after Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton dismissed rumours of a new DS...
News Reggie's New Year Revolutions
Reggie tells News.com how it is right now and how its gonna be for the rest of the year.
The media giant CNET News.com recently caught up with Reggie Fils-Aime, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo America, and asked him about the company's plans for 2006. The lengthy interview talked about various aspects of Nintendo's...
News Revolution Out In The US Before Christmas
Satoru Iwata reveals that the Revolution console will be in US homes for the holiday season.
We've only really been told Nintendo's next console, codenamed Revolution, would be released sometime in 2006. Facts about an actual release date have been very vague and often unreliable. However, Gamespot today reported that in an interview from today's...
News ATI Talks Revolution Graphics
Revolution Report sit down with ATI to talk about the upcoming Hollywood graphics card.
The other day Revolution Report's Senior Editor, Shawn White, managed to snag an interview with ATI's Public Relations Manager, John Swinimer. ATI are responsible for the graphics card in the upcoming Nintendo Revolution, code-named "Hollywood", they also...
News Nintendo Dismiss DS Redesign
Shhtop. Although there is one in the pipeline, it's not ready yet.
We recently reported the rumour of a redesigned Nintendo DS to emerge this week. The rumour was based on an article over at Lik-Sang.com - It seems the rumour was only that. Nintendo have now commented on the story, via GamesIndustry.biz and the alleged "reveal" date has passed...
Lik-Sang hear from their sources that news on a redesigned DS may be unveiled soon...
We all know Nintendo like to reinvent their handheld's, each time changing to current market trends. This is why it comes as no surprise that rumours are now circulating about a remade DS. What shape is anyone’s guess, Spong have some interesting ideas but we...
News Patented Nintendo Floor Vision
Japanese patent office shows record for Nintendo's "Floor Vision" technology.
The Japanese giants are going full force into the interactive gaming experience, first with the DS, then the Revolution controller, followed by interest in VR headsets and now interactive floor vision! It seems late last year Nintendo secured the "Nintendo Floor Vision"...
News The Return Of Virtual Reality?
Is Virtual Reality to return to the center stage? Nintendo express interest at CES 2006.
The bright lights of Las Vegas are currently hosting the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) - a chance for high-tech companies to show off their latest products. Rumours start to circle of Nintendo expressing an interest in a product by american company...
News Nintendo Europe's Revolutionary Mini-Site
European home of Nintendo add a new mini-site dedicated to the upcoming Revolution console.
The mini-site seems to have appeared over night, It's a typical promo mini-site that doesn't really offer a great deal of information, it talks about the main aspects of the console, the controller, backwards compatibility, Wi-Fi and its sleek design. On the...
News BBC Analyst Predicts Console War
A report outlining the upcoming next-generation consoles has been posted on the BBC News website.
Alfred Hermida, Technology Editor of the BBC News website has today posted a report on his thoughts for the coming year. The article covers the 3 main companies, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo and they're different approaches into the console market...
News Mario Kart Arcade GP Units Go On Sale
Finished Mario Kart DS already? Why not treat yourself to this beastly Mart Kart Arcade GP machine.
Just as you come down from the high that is Mario Kart DS you get the urge for a new Mario Kart challenge. You've no doubt heard about the Namco developed Mario Kart Arcade GP, however you've probably never played it. With units few and far between,...
News Revolution To Launch At Under $300
Satoru Iwata has confirmed that the new upcoming Nintendo Revolution will cost under $300.
The much speculated Revolution launch price has today been confirmed, in an interview with Yahoo Japan, that the system will cost under $300. Whether this is $299 or $199 we really don't know. We actually expected a slightly lower price in the US at launch...
News Rumours Of Revolution Going "Gold".
No, not in colour, but in the respect of it being ready for mass production.
Today the industry grape-vine is tasting a little bitter as lots of rumours fly around about the possibility of the upcoming Revolution console "going gold". This industry term, usually used for software, indicates when a piece of software is complete and ready for mass...
News Japanese DS Sales Hit 5 Million
Just over 12 months were needed to sell over 5.4 million Nintendo DS units.
Reuters has today reported Nintendo's Satoru Iwata confirming that domestic sales of the DS portable game machine reached 5 million units in less than 13 months after its launch in early December 2004, becoming the fastest-ever pace in Japan's video game market. Whatever the...
News 1x Virtual Revolution Controller, Sir.
Someone who just couldn't wait for his new TV remote made his own 3d play toy.
Can't wait either? Now, thanks to someone on IGN, you can look at a virtual Revolution controller for aslong as you so wish. You can tease yourself for the next 9 months by spinning, zooming and rotating your imaginary Revolution controller. Ok Ok, we admit this is a...
News Play Zelda: Twilight Princess With Revolution Controller
Rumours surface that the "extra" features being put into Twilight Princess might be Revolutionary features.
With us all wondering how long its going to take for us to get our greasy paws on both Nintendo Revolution and Zelda: Twilight Princess some news appears involving both. According to UK based NGC Magazine the upcoming Zelda title will be...
News Classic Sega To Be Part Of The Revolution?
Sega are officially "intrigued" by the virtual console in the upcoming Revolution console. Does that mean classic Sega games will make an appearance?
One of the unique selling points of Revolution will be the "Virtual Console". The software will emulate our old favourites from the NES, Snes and N64 allowing us to re-live all those magic moments...
News IGN "Reveal" Revolution Technical Specifications
IGN.com today have posted details of what they think, from various sources, the Revolution technical specification might be.
Two lengthy news article on the IGN site over the past couple of days have indicated what we could expect from the upcoming Revolution console. The articles are sourced by asking a handful of developers what information they...
