Nintendo Revolution Gossip Round-up Rationalised

Nintendo’s Revolution console. Here’s what SPOnG thinks right now: The Revolution will be a computer. Not just a computer though, a computer in a box. This computer in a box will be displayed on a TV set and will also be plugged into the Internet. It will be controlled by standard (if of a new design) game pads and ‘other things’ such as the Donkey Konga Bongos.

At least, that’s as far as our research has led us to date.

Others out there have made some bolder claims however, with various pieces of guesswork igniting the Internet rumour mill over the past few days:

1. Nintendo is planning on incorporating gyroscopes into the Revolution’s standard controllers. According to gossip, this is to add motion-sensing to games.

2. The console will have dual processors and built-in broadband, with standard Ethernet being augmented by the "new black" in technology couture, WiFi.

3. The Revolution will not operate with either the Game Boy Advance or the Nintendo DS, rather shifting across to connecting to Nintendo’s next true Game Boy successor which has been tagged Game Boy Evolution. On this point, SPOnG has had discussions with various Nintendo staffers close to the ongoing Game Boy R&D program and, given the timelines and brief specs mentioned, we currently consider this highly unlikely.

4. The Revolution will have four controller ports, a hard drive, and support for high-resolution displays and Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround sound.

5. The console will be backwards-compatible with the GameCube.

6. The drive will use HD-DVD discs for its games.

7. It will feature various physical feedback elements to the player, with the Revolution touching the player, rather than the other way around.

Of course, the more cynical among us would say that this latest 'information' is simply a round-up of various Internet forum guesswork threads, which it actually is.

Doesn’t mean some of it won’t be on the money though. Expect more in the run up to E3.