Classic NES games not free!

UPDATE: Classic NES games will not be free. Some will be bundled to promote system sales, while others are bundled or unlocked within games. Bummer! They should at least offer us the chance to buy them. I'd gladly go the iTunes route and pay $1 for each classic NES game. Who's with me? If only the Revolution had a hard drive feature so we can store these games. Wait! Maybe the games can fit on the memory unit? I mean classic games must take up very little space. Or, what about saving the roms on our PC's and allowing us to play them from our console via wifi? After all, Nintendo did stress the importance of wifi with this new machine.

Come on folks, what do you think? Am I on to something here? Do you smell what I'm smokin'?

Some fun with the Revolution controller

Here's your chance to sample how the Nintendo Revolution's controller will work! Pretend the mouse is the controller and spank Microsoft's @$$. Here's the link: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/mousedown/revo.swf

Nintendo Revolution Controller Revealed!

Nintendo officially unveiled the Revolution's controller. Its wireless, as expected. And its a tv remote control. What?! Thats right, its shaped and looks just like a tv remote, except it has the typical d pad, action buttons and a trigger on the back. You supposedly can control the action by waving the controller around in the direction you want to go. There is also a sensor on the tip of the remote that communicates with the Revolution to make it all happen.

From what we can see, it looks like the system can only support upto 4 player simultaneous play. You'll see there are 4 channels for the wireless controllers. Also, if you rotate the controller to the left you'll see a resemblance of the original NES controller! I guess thats to play all the classic games such as NES and Gameboy. The analog stick attachment will be a must to play Gamecube games.

Features at a glance:

-Remote control design: constructed to appeal to a wide variety of potential players
-3D Pointing: Sensors understand up, down, left, right, forward and backward.
-Tilt Sensitive: Controller can be rotated or rolled from side-to-side.
-Buttons Included: Has a trigger on its backside, face buttons, and a D-Pad.
-Multifunctional: Has an expansion port which can be used with different types of controller peripherals. Analog stick with two trigger -buttons planned for left hand.
-Wireless: Totally wire-free. Currently there are no details on the max distance, source or power, or otherwise.
-Rumble Built-in. Included standard in all the controllers.

Please visit IGN's photo gallery for high quality images.

Here's another pic to wet your appetite:

Tokyo Game Show 2005

The 2005 Tokyo Game Show is finally here. For Nintendo fans, this means that we may finally get some info on the revolutionary controller for Nintendo's next generation system, the Revolution. There have been many mocks across the web. Tonight will hopefully answer a lot of questions.

I for one think that the controller must be similar to the current Game Cube controller. Because the Revolution will be backwards compatible with all Game Cube games, one would think the controller must be similar--how else are you going to play the games? But what could be so revolutionary about it? What will they add or change? For one, we know it'll be a wireless controller. We know it'll have Game Cube controller attributes. But..what else? Stay tuned as we'll post this information as soon as its available. We expect this to be available sometime tonight 10 or 11 PM-ish EST.

Nintendo's Smallest Home System Ever

In case you missed it, this will be Nintendo's smallest home console ever. Roughly the size of 3 standard CD cases, and a tad longer. It will also be backwards compatible and play all Nintendo Gamecube games! There is a built in self loading DVD drive. Read on for all the juicy details!

Nintendo, the world leader in video game innovation, stated loud and clear that they are not to be overlooked in the next generation home console race with the revelation of several unique features of the company's next console system, code name Revolution, to key media outlets. According to the early information, Revolution will combine powerful technology and gaming-focused features in Nintendo's smallest home game console yet.

In its final form, Revolution will be about the thickness of three standard DVD cases and only slightly longer. The versatile Revolution will play either horizontally or vertically, allowing the user total flexibility in setting up a gaming session wherever they have a television.

Thanks to Nintendo's hardware development partners IBM and ATI, the small system will be packed with power that will enable it to wow players with its graphics. Nintendo's legions of loyal fans will be happy to learn that Revolution will be backward compatible, playing both Nintendo GameCube 8cm disks along with its own 12cm optical disks in the same self-loading media drive.

In the next generation, the addition of the Internet will be important to all consoles and particularly important to Nintendo. Revolution will be wireless Internet ready out of the box.

There's much more to Revolution that will be revealed over the coming months, but the combination of its compact size, wireless Internet, backward compatibility, quick start-up time and quiet, low-power operation add up to the start of a great game system. Get ready for the Nintendo Revolution in 2006!

Tokyo Game Show September 16th

Mark your calendars. This is the long speculated date that the Nintendo Revolution's controller will finally be unveiled. We'll let you know all about it as soon as this information becomes available.

In the meantime, look for Resident Evil 5 to make its way to the Revolution, as well as revolutionized versions of Zelda and Mario (Of course!).