The Revolution is Revolutionary

But can it really compete with PS3 and XB360?
by GarrettJD - permalink

Nintendo fans have been awaiting the Tokyo Game Show ever since Nintendo announced that they would be revealing more about thier next-gen system, the Revolution. Speculation has run rampant for a while now on how exactly the Nintendo Revolution would be, well, revolutionary. Well, now we know. IGN has some great coverage of everything so far, but, suffice it so say, Nintendo isn't trying to compete anymore with Sony or Microsoft. They've chosen to go their own direction.

The Revolution controller looks like a TV remote (and styled like the Ipod) with a large sensor on the end. Basically, the whole thing will work like a 3D mouse pointer thing, and enable new types of gaming and interaction. I can see how this type of controller could really change things, especially in the realm of FPS and adventure games. At the same time, Nintendo has basically forced third parties to innovate, since the Revolution probably won't be able to handle straight ports of more traditional style games. So, the question at this point is-- will the third parties like EA, Ubisoft, and others embrace this, or will they take the lazy route and simply drop support for Nintendo altogether? Only time will tell.

I'll withold judgement on the Revolution until I've had a chance to try it for myself, but I'm inrigued at the possibilities. Nintendo won me over with its innovations with the Nintendo DS, and Nintendo's grand experiment with a totally new type of control may work, if developers innovate and think outside the box.