[Deepblue]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3523670659115894947

Cool beans... Though I disagree about what he said concerning the graphics... But it's Metroid fricking Prime so it doesn't matter TOO much.

OT: The logo for the Revolution is... well, you can see for yourself.

[Ulala]

Looks a lot like Metroid Prime to me.. *shrugs*

[Deepblue]

I didn't say wow. Nevertheless, I anticipate.

[Scuddie]

So, it's a Metroid Prime game?  *Shrugs*

[Mefustae]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3523670659115894947

Cool beans... Though I disagree about what he said concerning the graphics... But it's Metroid fricking Prime so it doesn't matter TOO much.

OT: The logo for the Revolution is... well, you can see for yourself.

First up, it's an old movie - at least several months old I believe - that doesn't actually show parts of the actual game, it's only a promo-thing, and as such the engine is still subject to change. The existance of a Metroid Prime 3 is also considerably old news, as the success of the previous titles have led to said sequel being one of the launch titles, and it might just be the killer-app Revolution needs to get started. Regarding the "logo" that you commented on, the fact of the matter is that 'Revolution' isn't actually the name of the console, it's only the code-name.

[Deepblue]

Actually recent evidence points to Revolution being the final name of the console.

[Flipside]

Revolution will probably end up being the name, it's the name almost everyone recognises it by.

As for looks-wise, it looks ok, nothing exceptional, but then Nintendo have always been more about producing good games than producing pretty ones, I certainly hope they maintain that procedure.

[Ulala]

Agreed.

[Taristin]

Maybe I'm not a big enough gaming whore, but I'm perfectly content with games that looks like this.
hell, I was content with how Z:OoT looked...

[Ghostavo]

Maybe I'm not a big enough gaming whore, but I'm perfectly content with games that looks like this.
hell, I was content with how Z:OoT looked...

I was happy how the first sonic games looked and I'm afraid what will turn out of this http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-3/sonic-the-hedgehog-next-gen/ monstrosity!

[Scuddie]

As for looks-wise, it looks ok, nothing exceptional, but then Nintendo have always been more about producing good games than producing pretty ones, I certainly hope they maintain that procedure.

I always thought that over the past five years, they've been abusing and exploiting old franchises to the point where nobody wants to play them. *Cough*Mario*Cough*Zelda*Cough*Metroid*Cough*Donkey Kong*Cough*

But then again, maybe that's just me.

[Mefustae]

I always thought that over the past five years, they've been abusing and exploiting old franchises to the point where nobody wants to play them. *Cough*Mario*Cough*Zelda*Cough*Metroid*Cough*Donkey Kong*Cough*

Too right. I mean, nobody bought those stinkers Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, or Metroid Prime. Some may say they're among the best console games ever, but well all know that bastards at Big N totally killed the franchises!

[Ransom]

Too right. I mean, nobody bought those stinkers Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, or Metroid Prime. Some may say they're among the best console games ever, but well all know that bastards at Big N totally killed the franchises!

He might be referring to games like Super Mario Sunshine and Wind Waker, which IMO were pretty awful.

I'm not really an MP fan. But the Revolution is so far the only next gen that genuinely interests me. And as far as graphics goes, to be quite frank I think I actually prefer the more current-gen graphics the Revolution looks like having over all the overly photorealism-focused games I've seen on the 360 at the moment. I don't like the way they don't have much individual graphic style, many of them look the same to me.

[Mefustae]

He might be referring to games like Super Mario Sunshine and Wind Waker, which IMO were pretty awful.

Honest question; have you played the games for more than five minutes?* I wholeheartedly agree that the premise of both games was kinda wierd, what with 'Sunshine' and crap for Mario, and the cell-shaded cartoon graphics of Wind-Waker. But, when you actually get into the meat of the game, Wind-waker is one of the best of the franchise adding a nice bit of originality with the ocean, and Sunshine is almost as fun as Mario 64.

*Seriously, I don't mean this in an insulting tone, simply an inquisitive one.

[Ransom]

Honest question; have you played the games for more than five minutes?

I own and have completed both games. My problem with Mario was that it wasn't much of a Mario game when you got right down to it, and I just found the gameplay pretty frustrating. And Wind Waker's graphic style was the one thing I actually liked about the game. Overall I didn't really find its story very interesting, and the whole ocean business was just tedious to me since everything's so far apart and there's not much for you to do between islands.

[aldo_14]

I think I'm going to buy a Gamecube, actually............seems to make sense just to clean up the cheap current-gen stuff, I genuinely don't care about appearances nowadays.

I don't really care about the/graphics anyways, particularly not from a 50 second blurry press presentation.  I wouldn't expect the Revolution to be (at least initially) as far behind as expected (in gfx terms), though, because it's reportedly using a very similar architecture to the Gamecube and thus should be a lot, lot easier & quicker to harness it's potential.  It's the control system that interests me, though.

NB: I believe that footage originates from the Tokyo game show in September 2005, when the game (demo, really) was ran on modified Gamecube hardware (according to the Wikipedia). The IGN page suggests the clip was pre-rendered (which is odd, becuase another IGN page suggests it was a snippet of work-in-progress code).

[Mefustae]

I own and have completed both games. My problem with Mario was that it wasn't much of a Mario game when you got right down to it, and I just found the gameplay pretty frustrating. And Wind Waker's graphic style was the one thing I actually liked about the game. Overall I didn't really find its story very interesting, and the whole ocean business was just tedious to me since everything's so far apart and there's not much for you to do between islands.

In all honesty, i've played very little of Sunshine [although from what I have played I thought it was enjoyable], so I can't justly challenege your assertions. However, regarding Windwaker, you do make a good point with the whole Ocean thing, which can get bloody repedative traversing before you get the Cyclone-song-thingy. But I actually liked the story considerably, especially the whole 'sunken-Hyrule' aspect of it. Twas a great experience traversing Hyrule Castle frozen in time.

Anyway, i'm sure the Mario franchise will get back on its feet with Rev's 'Mario 128', and 'Twilight Princess' is essentially what Zelda fans - and the GCN community at large - have been waiting for since that promo at Space-something-or-other in 2001.

[Flipside]

I've always liked Nintendo because of the fact that they tended to keep away from the 'I'm a hard bastard' type games, which seems to be most games out there at the moment. They all seem to involve people who walk around with huge guns and give meaninfull looks at the camera whilst dressed in either full combat gear (male) or 1 foot of silk and two pan-lids (female). Nintendo could make an action game without falling into the 'It's got to be gritty' trap, and because they were not beholden to that 'real life' image, they could be a lot more 'fantasy based' and enjoyable for it.

[Roanoke]

still unlikely to return to the heady heights of the SNES days. And as for the Revolution title, remember what happened to Project Reality........

[Deepblue]

I've always liked Nintendo because of the fact that they tended to keep away from the 'I'm a hard bastard' type games, which seems to be most games out there at the moment. They all seem to involve people who walk around with huge guns and give meaninfull looks at the camera whilst dressed in either full combat gear (male) or 1 foot of silk and two pan-lids (female). Nintendo could make an action game without falling into the 'It's got to be gritty' trap, and because they were not beholden to that 'real life' image, they could be a lot more 'fantasy based' and enjoyable for it.

IMHO opinion that's exactly what happened with MP2.