Nintendo Revolution to be backward compatible with Gamecube?

[sabre2922]

What we heard: A GAF poster republished information he claimed originated from the "first person to give decent DS specs." Though the original source admits his information has only "a 65 percent chance of being accurate," he makes some claims that, if true, would be pretty innovative. One, he confirms a rumor that was widely circulated last year--that the Revolution's controllers will incorporate gyration technology. It will have dual processors, four controller ports, built-in broadband, and an Xbox-esque hard drive that can store downloaded and saved content. (Can you say, "Son of 64DD?") While the Revolution will be backward-compatible with GameCube games, it will not have Game Boy Advance or DS connectivity. Instead, it will link up to the vaunted Game Boy Evolution, the near-mythical successor to the GBA. Games in development include--shocker--a Mario game, a Zelda game, and a Super Smash Brothers game. But when the poster's source asked his inside source at Nintendo what "revolutionary" functionality the console would have, the mole balked. He would only say, "If you think too hard you'll never guess what it is. It's nothing 'new,' technically speaking. It's just something that hasn't really been applied to video games yet." Sounds pretty good--for a thirdhand account on a forum of word-of-mouth information that has, by the author's own admission, a 35-percent chance of being wrong.

Bogus or not bogus?: We'll see at E3.

from gamespot

[joshnickerson]

Spoons. The Revolution will use spoons.

[stuffedmonkey]

You will only be able to control games with the miricas controllers from the dreamcast game Samba de Amigo

[tholly]

I love reading all these rumors....and then i love seeing what is actually shown at E3 and seeing how many of the rumors were complete bullshit.

[sabre2922]

hey stuffedmonkey that would be kool

[yoursisterspretty]

Actually I believe most of that rumor. Except for the part about the dual processors. I mean is that really needed? Maybe Nintendo is going to get serious this next gen, but I highly doubt it.

[NintendoMan]

I don't know about that rumor, but I myself think almost 100% that it will be BC with gamecube games.

[Kid Ice]

[sarcasm on] The Revolution is going to be so groundbreaking and completely unlike any product ever made before, there is no way it will be backward compatible with the lowly Gamecube [off]

[Habeeb Hamusta]

oooo sounds juicy.

[SirDrexl]

I sure hope so, if for no other reason than to make them include a D-pad on the controller. (It's rumored the Revolution controller won't have one.)

[tuxedojoe]

[sarcasm on] The Revolution is going to be so groundbreaking and completely unlike any product ever made before, there is no way it will be backward compatible with the lowly Gamecube [off]

In all seriousness, Nintendo may choose to not make the Revolution backwards-compatible with the Gamecube. They said that they wanted to keep the GC alive long into the Revolution's life. They just may think that the best way to accomplish this is to forego the backwards compatibility so people still buy GCs.

[JJNova]

so people still buy GCs.

People still buy GameCubes?

[spoon]

Spoons. The Revolution will use spoons.

I can confirm that this is not true.

Thank You.

[Push Upstairs]

Well i have my own inside source.

My hush hush mole confirmed that indeed Nintendo would include something brand new to the video game console world.

All the game music will be done with a cowbell.

[Ed Oscuro]

the original source admits his information has only "a 65 percent chance of being accurate,"

While I find this interesting and probably rather accurate, that 65% figure either means this person is very close to news of the project...or just added 15% to come out with an odd number higher than 50%

It will have dual processors, four controller ports, built-in broadband, and an Xbox-esque hard drive that can store downloaded and saved content. (Can you say, "Son of 64DD?")[/quote]
Nope...I can say "Son of XBox success > GC success," though!

The dual processors thing is pretty much a given, seeing how they're apparently set to use IBM chips, which the XBox 2 will have four of. Four controller ports and built-in BB - if they did NOT deliver these they would pretty much be failing to build on the GC, backsliding even. GC was arguably a bit early for built-in BB and the PSO glitch possibly killed it (laughable as this may seem).

While the Revolution will be backward-compatible with GameCube games, it will not have Game Boy Advance or DS connectivity. Instead, it will link up to the vaunted Game Boy Evolution, the near-mythical successor to the GBA.

ooOoooo

But when the poster's source asked his inside source at Nintendo what "revolutionary" functionality the console would have, the mole balked. He would only say, "If you think too hard you'll never guess what it is. It's nothing 'new,' technically speaking. It's just something that hasn't really been applied to video games yet."

A mouse? He did say "really." Hmm...maybe I'm reading 'technically speaking' a bit too hard and perhaps incorrectly but it sounds like this means it will be something to make one slap their forehead and exclaim "doh!" Something that is technologically already possible. The hard drive and BB allow for user ranks, that's apparent.

[NintendoMan]

[sarcasm on] The Revolution is going to be so groundbreaking and completely unlike any product ever made before, there is no way it will be backward compatible with the lowly Gamecube [off]

In all seriousness, Nintendo may choose to not make the Revolution backwards-compatible with the Gamecube. They said that they wanted to keep the GC alive long into the Revolution's life. They just may think that the best way to accomplish this is to forego the backwards compatibility so people still buy GCs.

No that won't work. Otherwise if it did, no company would ever bother to make backwards compatability.

[Dimitri]

It's possible that the second processor could be for the backwards compatibility. Include the GCN main CPU in the "Revolution", similar to the PSX chipset in the PS2.

...ah, rumors and speculation. Set the world ablaze with just a whim.

[john_soper]

Geez, is there some rule that the smaller a console is, the more likely its sucessor will be backwards compatible?

[DynastyLawyer]

Fancy that. They grew half a brain.

Super Smash Brothers game

May God be praised!

[yoursisterspretty]

BC proabably would mean another proprietary media. Sounds like the PS3 is going to use Blu-Ray and XBOX2 might use that or the other "standard" (OK probably not because I have a feeling it will be launched this Christmas). Nintendo needs to standardize and go with the flow. And allow DVD movies and CD's to be played on the Revolution.