Nerd Mentality

I'm the one that posted that pic of the Revolution that everyone is fighting over right now. Well I wrote down some of the things you people were saying and I went and asked my source (we'll call him Mario lol) about it.

1. The start up screen looks like crap

Mario's Response: That was a prototype/development system. Which means it's still being worked on. Which means there are a lot of things that will change including that start up screen. Gamecube, N64, and all other Nintendo systems go through similiar processes.

2. It's so huge!

Mario's Response: It's smaller than the Gamecube in that picture! That's a 17 inch display in the background. It's just a close up shot.

3. Nintendo wouldn't let you take a picture of that!

Mario's Response: Obviously. They didn't let me. I took it without permission. Although it doesn't really matter because it doesn't divulge any information anyway.

4. That logo is ugly/ that start up screen is stupid/ Nintendo wouldn't use that start up screen/ why is there info about ram and harddrive and core voltage/why is it being displayed on a computer monitor?

Mario's Response: Two words: development system. You people have no clue how a system is developed. It's not like we manufacture parts and then put it together. We piece things together, sometimes from left over parts. We use breadboards sometimes. A majority of the initial work is done on computers. Once the system is actually blue printed we make mock up systems which work nothing like the final production models. For example the Gamecube development system used cartridges! Programs were dumped from computers onto carts so that we didn't have to burn CD's or DVD's constantly. So what that all means is this system is radically different than the production model or even the preproduction model.

Things like RAM and core voltage are displayed because that's vital information to know. A lot of things go wrong during testing. CPU temperatures sky rocket. Harddrives crash. RAM fails. That's why it's displayed on screen, it's vital info. It actually stays on screen the whole time, not just start up. The logo is just a splash screen some tech made. Most likely that won't even be the name of the final system.

It's on a computer monitor because all systems are tested this way. Like I said we don't manufacture parts then assemble a mock up. We use existing hardware. So we use a type of video card. Plus the system is connected to a workstation throughout most of the testing.

5. It's running hot/boiling

Mario's Response: It sure is. We were having heat issues. That temperature is still within normal parameters. The case was also partially disassembled. The case aids in air flow. Without it air can't circulate like it should.

6. What's with all the Pepsi?

Mario's Response: We like Pepsi. Actually Nintendo and Pepsi will be doing some promotions in Japan and also some more this summer in the US. The US promotion was going to run this month in the US but Pepsi had a prior deal with Apple and iTunes, so Nintendo decided to postpone it until summer. Pepsi sent all Nintendo offices cases of free soda.

So there you go everyone.

From the Nintendo.com forums.

Kudos to nthdimension at MoDojo who I copied this from. Remember, I'm just the messenger. And no, I have no comment right now.

Aquasquish

I hope it really has a secksy blue light somewhere.

i think the secksy blue light is a vidoe projector ?
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Xavius

Man I could have made a better start up screen on Microsoft Paint. Nintendo is obviously doomed.

I'm heavily assuming that you're kidding.

Vaya con dios...
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jgkspsx

I would be inclined to give it more credit, but the line about the Pepsi seems like a clue that it's a pisstake.

... though if there's a big Nintendo/Pepsi promotion this summer I guess it's genuine

Blue Pepsi DS, remember? And those spiffy top caps.
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MalevolentMaster

Blue Pepsi DS, remember? And those spiffy top caps.

Sorry, I meant in the US, which is what "Mario" claimed.
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Pffft. It's an obvious fake. Everybody knows the Revolution projects holograms.

Don't forget the Virtual Boy GX that attatches to the controller. Plus electrodes.

jgkspsx

Sorry, I meant in the US, which is what "Mario" claimed.

Well, like what Coconut says, Nintendo has a deal with Dr. Pepper in the US, which is owned by Pepsi, so meh.
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DanMo

this is what i love, **** that mixes **** up...this is gonna make for an even better unveiling!

Exactly.
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Mario's Bitch

Blax

Revolution should not have the r symbol thing on it... It's just a codename, so its fake. that is, unless they will use it in the future?

Nintendo DS was a codename too.

As for the USB ports, consoles in development are nothing but a PC at first. Eventually they become a console so the system could be using USB for now. Also the I have seen dev systems say dumber things than "System startup", that does not prove that is is fake.

I have no idea if it is real or not, I really don't care, E3 is close enough, we will know soon.
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Cinder

Nintendo DS was a codename too.

As for the USB ports, consoles in development are nothing but a PC at first. Eventually they become a console so the system could be using USB for now.

/ not true at all, they use completely different architecture than pcs for starters (bar xbox *cough*spreadsheetmachine) some may have used pcs for proof of concept demos but when you actually develop a console you do just that you dont make a pc then turn it in to a console. Thats like taking a blender then developing it in to an oven. This is why the xbox is such a badly designed console, they took a machine running an architecture designed for spreadsheets and word processing then shoved it in a console, x86 is littered with legacy junk and bottlenecks its an utterly pathetic excuse for a platform let alone a games machine and is most likely the reason for such bad frame rates in xbox games.

This is a case of basic knowledge of 1 computing system = "I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT COMPUTERS" thus they apply it to everything else and come off looking total morons, same sort of people who say "well ps2s(or whatevers) processor is only so many mhz my dads brothers old computer 8 years ago was that"

meloche19

It's the messenger's fault. Get him!

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