I don't know if making the mid 90's "the WB" joke is appropriate ...midonnay said:I'll wait for the black Current >_>
sonikokaruto said:I don't know if making the mid 90's "the WB" joke is appropriate ...
Anyways, I'm just going with the current here
Not that I believe the list, but that picture proves nothing, other than someone was able to copy the list from 4chan and paste it into Google Docs.TUROK said:
Lol.
rezuth said:Not saying that these are true at all but honestly its not really "that far out there".
midonnay said:I'll wait for the black Current >_>
You're kidding... right?Truth101 said:From Cactus's post
From Konami's briefing.
Maybe thats why I can believe it, this is no where near one of my wet dreams.mj1108 said:That's the crazy thing about these rumors is that yeah it's a fanboys wet dream, but at the same time it's not something that is so farfetched that everyone says "that's bullshit".
Guess we'll find out Tuesday.
wutBrera said:This all seems far too good to be true.
It's basically a Nintendo fanboi wet dream. I want to believe. I believe!
All is forgiven Nintendo!
The System:
- Uses a custom IBM triple-core CPU running at 3.6GHz per core
- The development kit contains 1gb RAM, but Nintendo have hinted that the console will actually have 1.5gb
- Nintendo will be releasing games that will run 1080p natively. Sources say that with Nintendos art style and the poewer the system, the games look stunning.
- The system does run on AMD R700 card, but the architecture is slightly different and the clock speeds are much higher.
- The System resembles JPN/EU SNES machines in color only and not in shape
- The development kit is about the size of a 360, not the console
=> dont care the slightest
- Close sources say its as if Nintendo is in damage control with 3rd party developers. Nintendo is trying really hard to get 3rd parties on board to develop games and have offered incentives such as not releasing big-title Nintendo games in holiday seasons to compete against 3rd party titles.
=> history has shown in general that the more nintendo cares about 3rd parties the more they will get burned afterwards. also not releasing big nintendo titles really helped the 3ds launch. its a bad strategy that does not work for nintendo because the systems dont sell with 3rd party software as nobody cares about 3rd party software on nintendo platforms and it also does not work for third parties as the system sales will be abysmal due to the lack of big nintendo titles in key periods (like the holiday season)
- Nintendo went to many 3rd party developers on guidance on what they were after with the new console in terms of system specs, controller and online system.
=> giving information to 3rd parties equals to giving information to the competitors. once again brilliant move if true
The Controller:
- Nintendo have been keeping this really quiet and have only given developers controller prototypes to start designing games. However, the final controller build with all the features have only been given to Nintendo 1st and 2nd party developers for now.
- Nintendo had planned on inserting a screen on the controller back when the Gamecube was in development, but opted out due to technology not being advanced enough to be functional
- The controller thats been given to developers has a large 5.7inch hd (960x640pixel) screen, 2 analogue sticks, 4 face buttons, 3 middle buttons (select/home/start in that order), 2 shoulder buttons and 2 triggers.
- The triggers arent as deep as the 360s triggers, but have plenty of push
- The big thing about the screen is that its a multi-touch screen, contains its own battery and is detachable from the controller unit
- The screen when detached contains its own memory so developers can store data on it, so gamers can play whatever the developer designs for the screen-only use
- When the screen is attached to the controller it works by streaming content directly from the console
- Nintendo are giving developers ideas other than just having it function as a quick menu screen for games while attached, or as a simple tamagochi-like mini-game when detached
- The controller contains a gyroscope, but motion controls isnt the focus of the controller like it was for the Wii
=> WT... The sole reason why wii was this successful was the appeal of motion controls. they throw that overboard because some internet trolls call it waggle ? its a definite no buy for me if this rumor is true
Games:
- Nintendo will release a Mario platformer as a launch title which hasnt been done since the N64.
- The Mario platformer looks to be the spiritual successor to Mario 64.
- Gamefreak and EAD are hard at work developing a Pokemon online RPG.
- The Pokemon RPG is not an MMO, but does have a large online emphasis and will be Nintendos flagship title when showing off the online capabilities of the console.
- There will be at least one new IP Nintendo will reveal at E3.
- Nintendo is working on a new Zelda, but didnt reveal anything to developers.
Other:
- Some developers have had the Wii 2 dev kit for going on 2 years now. When the Wii 2 is released in late, thats 3 years to develop games on.
- Because of such generous development time, Nintendo have pushed 3rd parties to develop high quality games to be released at or near launch.
- Nintendo have sourced an external company to develop their online network, which the developer has commented, surpasses both the PS3 and 360 in terms of speed and functionality.
- Nintendo is pushing for the console to be online 24/7 and have seamless online integration with many of their games
- Friend codes are confirmed to be gone
- Nintendo has been toying with the idea of a game where the main character is your Mii
- Nintendo will be pushing their Pokemon RPG to showcase their online network
- Rockstar are supposedly hard at work in bringing on of their most popular titles to the console.
It would not be the first time that origianl dev kits have less power then the final unit.Corky said:Why would devs kits have LESS ram than the regular console?
3DS saw its ram increased late in the process too though I really dont expect anything from the bullet list to really be accurate besides maybe getting some generalized stuff close.TruePrime said:It would not be the first time that origianl dev kits have less power then the final unit.
Things like that can change.
Remember how Micro doubled the ram in the Xbox 360 very late because of Epic's suggestion?
midonnay said:I'll wait for the black Current >_>
TruePrime said:It's true it has a few cool little bits, but overall I'm not seeing what is so great that it would push it to amazing or wet dream level stuff.
No, it's a Nintendo fanboy's wet dream.farnham said:wut
if you ask me that is a nintendo fanbois nightmare
Cipherr said:I know the range is large in terms of what it could be within the archs mentioned, everyone knows that, but when you look at the full set of rumors, when you look at the freaking context, I think its ridiculous to assume that the IBM chip and the ATI chip are going to be absolutely bottom of the barrel like your assuming. This is a little ridiculous because we are talking about phantom hardware, but still. Whoever made it probably would have been more specific about the hardware when they pulled it out of their ass if they knew any better, and Ill bet it wouldn't have read "a slightly overclocked 360 variant" near the CPU line.
Graphics Horse said:Red Current for me.
I still can't imagine that working as a name, I think it would be better as Currant so you can embrace the fruit puns instead of being bombarded with them. Either way people will start calling it the Cunt.
Thats the thing though, that is the most secure part of the whole thing.IrishNinja said:smash bros, pikmin etc are cool, 3rd party support is key, but i think the wet dream is more in the hardware talk - an aggressive push for real onilne and playing with friends, etc, lotta good stuff in there that id like to see.
sorry but i dont care to buy another gamecubeKrev said:No, it's a Nintendo fanboy's wet dream.
It's a nightmare to the extremely strange subset of Nintendo fans like you and Sean Maelstrom.
IrishNinja said:smash bros, pikmin etc are cool, 3rd party support is key, but i think the wet dream is more in the hardware talk - an aggressive push for real onilne and playing with friends, etc, lotta good stuff in there that id like to see.
Elixist said:Wtf why would they call it the Cunt? made me lol tho, the Current sounds kinda cool idk
Corky said:Why would devs kits have LESS ram than the regular console?
Gravijah said:I've been hearing "Nintendo - now with 3rd party!" for so long now. It doesn't even matter to me personally, I just want my Nintendo games.
the wii still got better 3rd party support then the gamecubeIrishNinja said:i'm of two minds here.
on one hand, i see the moves theyve made with the 3DS and remember when everyone played for their team with the SNES, and would love to see this again...and so would they.
on the other: if this goes like it usually does, at worst, im hoping i get something like my gamecube - not a ton of 3rd party support, but some absolutely classics to accompany my 1st party stuff.
even being realistic here still puts them in a unique position for me, where if the price is fair (and it usually is, anyway), i can actually go in with them day 1 without much fear. i mean, fuck, they might've accidentally built the sturdiest system this gen too.
farnham said:the wii still got better 3rd party support then the gamecube
and the first party games were much much better
BrokenEchelon said:This sounds way too good to be true, but the name is idiotic enough for it to hold some water.
JJConrad said:You're kidding... right?
Konami announces a new Contra game months ago and then makes a teaser using Contra's classic logo and that validates this list somehow?
IrishNinja said:the fist part is true, but if i had to put my favorite 3rd party titles from GC vs Wii, GC would win.
first party is a toss up sometimes. mario was way better on wii, zelda wins on GC, etc. lack of pikmin and a real addition to animal crossing (THATS RIGHT) didnt help for me this gen, but punch-out!! did.
IrishNinja said:the fist part is true, but if i had to put my favorite 3rd party titles from GC vs Wii, GC would win.
IrishNinja said:first party is a toss up sometimes. mario was way better on wii, zelda wins on GC, etc. lack of pikmin and a real addition to animal crossing (THATS RIGHT) didnt help for me this gen, but punch-out!! did.
DarkChronic said:Some interesting rumors. This wait for Tuesday is absolutely killing me.
God I love E3
farnham said:they had Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, wii Fit, Wii Music etc. which did not exist on the wii
But 2GB of RAM costs virtually nothing. It seems foolish to not have at least that.DennisK4 said:The rumored hardware specs are better than what I expected (1.5GB RAM!) so I hope they are true.
Anyone expecting more is a fool.
IrishNinja said:that's deep, but i tend to agree.
id split hairs with some of your prior post, but its mostly decent, you just forgot stuff like Killer 7, REmake, Eternal Darkness etc
Dance In My Blood said:But 2GB of RAM costs virtually nothing. It seems foolish to not have at least that.
Well sonabitch!! That makes today October 20th... the wait for E3 is going to be brutal.Truth101 said:Since when is 2 days ago months, and it hasn't even been officially announced this was just the teaser they showed after the pre-e3 briefing.
JJConrad said:We're to believe he saw nearly 50 different games for the system. I'm not buying it.
JJConrad said:We're to believe he saw nearly 50 different games for the system. I'm not buying it.
perfectchaos007 said:You would also think he would know more about what the games were that were shown. For example him claiming that one sports game had flaming basketballs and he said "is that normal?" you would think someone who works at ESRB would know that game is NBA Jam. He played dumb on a lot of his game descriptions when, you would think, working at ESRB you would know a lot more about what looks like certain IP's when you see it.
JJConrad said:We're to believe he saw nearly 50 different games for the system. I'm not buying it.
JJConrad said:Well sonabitch!! That makes today October 20th... the wait for E3 is going to be brutal.