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IGN Posts Up More Project Cafe Hardware Power Rumors
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From The Dust
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Right before when they start setting up booths. It will be about a weekdankir said:
Grampa Simpson
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June 4th.dankir said:
Father_Brain
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From The Dust said:
Don't you mean two weeks?
From The Dust
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They start Setting up banners and shit two weeks before the show?Father_Brain said:
JohnTinker
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No, a week to 5 days to get it all rigged and going. Banners and sensitive materials get hung late at night then covered upFrom The Dust said:
Father_Brain
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From The Dust said:
I can't recall seeing show-floor photos of previous E3s any earlier than the week before the show, with the main leaks usually coming during the final weekend. But correct me if I'm wrong.
EDIT: Oh, I thought you were saying those leaks would be a week from now. Never mind, then.
From The Dust
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Back in the old thread I took measurements on the Classic and compared them to the size of the screen (as well as the dimensions of a 6" screen in 4:3 and 16:9)Acheteedo said:
herzogzwei1989
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Jasper said:
Wii was never 2 or 3 times more powerful than GameCube, it's 1.5x (50%) more powerful.
Graphics Horse said:
I imagine the conference going somewhat similarly to this. However, this is how I see it happening:
Reggie is on stage talking for quite some time and mentions that they've made a breakthrough in holographic technology. He asks Iwata to come out on stage to demonstrate, and when he does he walks right through Reggie, revealing that he was a hologram all along. When he does so the crowd will go C.R.A.Z.Y.
I'm actually quite confident that this will happen. It'd be interesting if the real Reggie walked through his holographic counterpart, but that would ruin the surprise of someone walking through someone that they thought was real, you know?
Fernando Rocker
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Bentendo said:
That sounds feasible.
Wolves Evolve
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A.KU.MU said:
Then its a very feasible mock-up, in fact?
SneakyStephan
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Bentendo said:
Also free hoverboards for all attendants, right?
radioheadrule83
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Real conference:
* Nintendo are 20 minutes late starting *
* we have been listening to bad electronic music and looking at the Nintendo logo for over 40 minutes *
* the room lights dim, the stage lights up *
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata"
clap,clap,clap,clap,clap,clap,clap,clap
* Iwata throws his head back and parts his hair with both hands *
"Thank you.. and we'come
faw manee yee-ars at Neen-ten-doh... we have been.. trying to expan.. the gameeng populassion. And we have been... very successful"
* powerpoint presentation starts *
* some 15 minutes of agony later *
"and that is why tooday, we are announcing... the Nintendo <insert name>"
* podium raises out of ground amidst a fog of dry ice, with the console sat on top *
* booth babes stroll out towards press carrying controllers, or maybe just lubing their hands up suggestively *
* miyamoto runs around the stage waving a sword and shield *
* they release five capuchin monkeys into the crowd *
* images of Nintendo games in HD *
* grown men whoop, holler and cry... and cry some more *
* GAF 505s because too many people are posting "OMFG" at once *
* Nintendo are 20 minutes late starting *
* we have been listening to bad electronic music and looking at the Nintendo logo for over 40 minutes *
* the room lights dim, the stage lights up *
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata"
clap,clap,clap,clap,clap,clap,clap,clap
* Iwata throws his head back and parts his hair with both hands *
"Thank you.. and we'come
faw manee yee-ars at Neen-ten-doh... we have been.. trying to expan.. the gameeng populassion. And we have been... very successful"
* powerpoint presentation starts *
* some 15 minutes of agony later *
"and that is why tooday, we are announcing... the Nintendo <insert name>"
* podium raises out of ground amidst a fog of dry ice, with the console sat on top *
* booth babes stroll out towards press carrying controllers, or maybe just lubing their hands up suggestively *
* miyamoto runs around the stage waving a sword and shield *
* they release five capuchin monkeys into the crowd *
* images of Nintendo games in HD *
* grown men whoop, holler and cry... and cry some more *
* GAF 505s because too many people are posting "OMFG" at once *
BlackNMild2k1
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A.KU.MU said:
The sizing is way off
that's just a quick paint edit though
this is to scale
This is how large the analog sticks should be to a 6" screen
This is a very rough approximation as to what theirs looks like on the same 6" screen
From The Dust
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radioheadrule83 said:
this is what I'm waiting for
Father_Brain
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radioheadrule83 said:
Last year's conference started exactly on time, and there was barely anything in the way of charts - the Skyward Sword trailer/demo was literally the first thing shown, after a very brief introductory speech from Reggie. Let's hope they can pull off something similar this year.
radioheadrule83
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I'm actually expecting the best conference since they unveiled the Gamecube. Between 3DS announcements and the new console, I think its gonna be wall-to-wall awesome.
From The Dust
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let's see what this Moffit motherfucker can do
Father_Brain said:
I think this year will be similar to last year. For months Reggie and Nintendo bragged about how great their E3 presser was, and you know that they can't go anywhere else but up. Being a new hardware reveal I imagine that the E3 presser will be devoid of any charts and will focus primarily on the new games. E3 2006 was so awesome for this reason, and while the subsequent conferences were a disappointment, Nintendo seemed to have learned a lot in the past two years. E3 2009 was a step in the right direction, while E3 2010 was an absolute delight. I imagine, with Zelda, Project Cafe and Super Mario 3D, this may be the greatest E3 Nintendo's ever had. I know it's not good to hype an event, but just trust me: it will be jaw dropping. Nintendo's E3 2011 press conference will be more memorable than any event in E3's history... in fact, it may be the most memorable event in this industry's history.
In all likelihood... watching this event will be the pinnacle of your life.
radioheadrule83
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Bentendo said:
For M Bison it will just be Tuesday.
It actually will!
herzogzwei1989
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As I continue making my way through Twilight Princess again, I am just in AWE, even 4 1/2 years later, of how huge the world is, and how beautful the locales are. I want more, in HD, with a massive, massive increase in complexity. I want a CG world with better graphics than SKyrim, in a style similar to Twilight Princess. Lets face facts, Twilight Princess sold much better than Wind Waker and Skyward Sword has yet to be sold. Who knows how well Skyward Sword will do. The world bought Twilight Princess but rejected Wind Waker (dispite how much love it gets on GAF). Nintendo is trying to please both sides with Skyward Sword. Will it work? Who knows. I just think that an HD Twilight Princess style game would sell to the masses. With the R7xx (RV770 pleeeease!) Nintendo could outshine the best games on the current HD consoles. It would sell IMO.
herzogzwei1989
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ReyVGM said:
The Twilight Princess reveal in 2004 (before it was called Twilight Princess) was the most awesome moment in Nintendo's E3 history. Lets see it again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pB647PE-80
Father_Brain
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herzogzwei1989 said:
Personally, I'll never agree with that, considering how much of the positive response to the 2004 trailer directly resulted from hatred of Wind Waker's art style.
Woffls
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Woo! New episode of Nintendo Voice Chat is up 
Titled "E3 Approaches"
It's difficult to beat Twilight Princess, because people already had expectations for Zelda at that point, and the trailer was essentially validation of what people wanted to see. When Nintendo unveil an HD trailer or gameplay for Mario or Zelda, we'll see a similar reaction, because it's what the enthusiast press wants to see at this stage. Whether it will happen this year or next year is another matter.
I'm trying so hard to suppress the hYYYYPPEE OMG
Titled "E3 Approaches"It's difficult to beat Twilight Princess, because people already had expectations for Zelda at that point, and the trailer was essentially validation of what people wanted to see. When Nintendo unveil an HD trailer or gameplay for Mario or Zelda, we'll see a similar reaction, because it's what the enthusiast press wants to see at this stage. Whether it will happen this year or next year is another matter.
I'm trying so hard to suppress the hYYYYPPEE OMG
You still have to agree that no other reveal have ever made Nintendo fanboys' imagination go nuts like TP's reveal did. I remember how seeing in that trailer what looked like a freaking real forest made me feel inside. It just looked like all our dreams had come true, even though a lot of people were riding high on their WW anti-bias.Father_Brain said:
lunchwithyuzo
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Even from a techology standpoint it doesn't make sense. Not with the way technology's progressing today, nevermind the shift in ideology from a massive loss taking hardware model.Vinci said:
If DC to PS2/GC/Xbox is what people are expecting technology wise for Cafe to XB3/PS4, then would PS/N64 to DC then be a good comparison for 360/PS3 to Cafe? I doubt either one really reflects well on what we'll see.
herzogzwei1989
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Father_Brain said:
I respect your opinion, but you're definitely in the minority.
herzogzwei1989
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Dreamcast was a full generational leap over Saturn, PS1 and N64. We're not likely to get a generational leap over Xbox360, PS3, even if Cafe is 3-5 times more powerful, that's not a generation difference. I agree the Dreamcast comparisons need to stop. Nintendo isn't in the dire position that Sega was in.
Father_Brain
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herzogzwei1989 said:
Never said I wasn't! But the fanboys really did their best to ruin that reveal for me - they didn't completely succeed, but they did drag it down quite a bit.
I'm glad more people are tired of the Dreamcast bullshit.
If people want to make a half generational leap analogy, how about... the Wii?
Of course the point of the analogy is to paint a picture of Nintendo failing so this doesn't work, despite being much more accurate an analogy than the Dreamcast.
If people want to make a half generational leap analogy, how about... the Wii?
Of course the point of the analogy is to paint a picture of Nintendo failing so this doesn't work, despite being much more accurate an analogy than the Dreamcast.
Hot Coldman
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herzogzwei1989 said:
Nonononono. This is both the best (holy fuck that is a great trailer, and the hype building by Miyamoto is perfect) and the worst (what's with all the manchildren being invited to their press conferences) moment in Nintendo E3 history.
Smash Bros Brawl announcement comes close.
BlackNMild2k1 said:The sizing is way off
that's just a quick paint edit though
this is to scale
This is how large the analog sticks should be to a 6" screen
This is a very rough approximation as to what theirs looks like on the same 6" screen
Good job, I hoped someone would mock it up as people just look at the video and think that looks like it would work without realising the problems with the dimensions.
Now we can't say 100% that it's fake, but it would be highly surprising for Nintendo to release a controller with such enormous sticks and oversized buttons. Unless their idea for family orientated gaming now involves the whole family operating one controller
A far more likely explanation is as with a lot of the mock-ups that have been posted, people concentrate on making it look right first and then throw in the details like the size of the screen afterwards without thinking.
lunchwithyuzo
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Although PS to DC was 4 years, 360 to Cafe will be 7 years.herzogzwei1989 said:
I agree we won't see a standard generational leap over the HD systems for Cafe, but it's also hard to really see how XB3 & PS4 could be a generational leap over Cafe (and thus 360/PS3) unless they're launching 2015 or later. Does that mean we won't see a full leap this gen, or will they wait? It doesn't look like Microsoft's waiting anyway given their hiring spree and the AMD leak.
What would it take for the DC comparison to really work tech wise? 360/PS3 would be DC, Cafe would be PS2 and XB3/PS4 would be GC/XB?