More Revolution info before the end of this year

[Great Rumbler]

Speaking to Reuters at E3, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata confirms more info on Revolution before the year's end.

"We plan to give details on when we will launch it, what the price will be, what the controller will look like and how games can be played on it by the end of the year," said Nintendo's Satoru Iwata, who disregarded critism levelled against the company for not showing more of the console at E3, saying he didn't want to "to tip his hand" to rivals.

He said the company was already talking to third-party game publishers about including their old Nintendo-compatible games in the downloadable archives. Could this mean an original Goldeneye or Perfect Dark could appear on the Revolution?

He commented that while pricing of the downloadable games had not been decided, he said the company was thinking of various methods of getting them out there. They could charge users per game, or sell pre-paid cards in stores, or even give some games away as part of promotions.

Additionally, when asked about the newly unveiled GBA Micro, Iwata commented the GBA SP would continue to be made, and that Nintendo had not yet decided on a price point for the latest GBA incarnation.

Hopefully it's several months before the end of the year. *Spaceworld!!*

Cube-Europe

[A Black Falcon]

Yeah, this'll make up for not showing anything...

I mean, I'm not incredibly unhappy or surprised, but they definitely should have if they want anyone to actually get their system. You don't win by letting the other guys gain a huge lead!

[OB1]

Wow, so they might actually show the system less than a year after the competition showed theirs! Sweet!

[lazyfatbum]

Doesn't Spaceworld usually take place in August? That would give Nintendo almost a full year to hype the system up. In comparison, XBox360 was really hyped up for about 2 months before it was shown on MTV. PS3 really only had about a month of gettting reved up.

But I do believe now with the new comments from Nintendo focusing on 'we dont anyone to sleal our ideas' will make it pretty much impossible for us to see in-game stuff. What I expect is third party lists, TBA lists, and what not long before we get any pictures or movies. Though if history is any indication of the future, some of those 3rd parties will 'leak' some pics here and there.

I hear warning sirens, someone started the hype machine.

General... Excecute Order 66.

[OB1]

People did see some revolution demo reels, and supposedly they gave nothing away.

[Great Rumbler]

They'd better reveal EVERYTHING this year. The hype needs to start building NOW.