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No Nintendo Revolution at E3?
It appears that Nintendo might just bypass the PS3/Xbox 360 war at E3 this year. Their next-generation console, codenamed Revolution, may not be shown even though they claimed in the past that it would be unveiled at this year's E3 conference.
According to Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata he is "worried about rivals nicking all his best ideas at this early stage" which is pretty much the exact same reason why Mario 128 wasn't shown at last year's E3 and why Super Mario Sunshine wasn't initially shown years ago. Instead, at this year's E3 there will be game demos, but no console or controller will be shown.
Sounds like Nintendo just wants to stay out of the firefight between Sony and Microsoft. This isn't necessarily a bad move, but it's just sad when Nintendo can't unveil their new console at the world's largest gaming expo without being overshadowed. Pitty.
That's too bad, but his fears aren't exactly unfounded...that very thing has happened many times.
Posted by Sensei Jinx at April 20, 2005 9:31 AMI had hoped that since their last 2 consoles were lukewarm that they would try to pull out all the stops with this next one to the point that they would be the surprise of the show. But I guess that is just wishful thinking. (I actually just got our Gamecube last week, my Wife wanted one.)
Posted by Jedi55555 at April 21, 2005 9:09 AM