Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 6:43 am
One thing I want to mention is that I plan to post pictures of Wave Race for Revolution in a couple hours. These are renders of levels, characters, etc. It’s something to look out for.
I really do believe that the next gen graphics will all look the same. On the other hand, it’s all going to come down to one thing. What system will you get the most power out of? It surely won’t be the Xbox 360. Xbox 360 will look nice for the first couple years, but then you’ll ask yourself, “So wait, that’s it?” You’ll see what I mean.
Whoever is trying to inpersonate me is a joke. I am not going to reveal any screen shots; that would be suicide. Besides, I don’t have any of Nintendo’s games.
Moz: Remember, Reggie has already confirmed that it will be for the Gamecube. I’m not the first one to say that. I don’t see where it fits though. Zelda is coming out in November, and I doubt Nintendo will release Mario 128 at the same time. But does that mean it will be released early next year? I doubt that. We’ll see I guess.
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 7:02 am
No, I don’t work for Ubisoft.
I would say the development world is very excited about the next generation of consoles. As I talk to people, I get the sense that everyone wants to explore this new territory. Everyone wants to make the next Super Mario Bros. With respects to the Revolution, there was some hesitation to develop for it. Now, everything is different. As you all know, the development costs for the Xbox 360 are very high. The same can be said of the PS3, although it is easier to develop for than the Xbox 360. But with the Revolution, everything is cheaper and easier to navigate. All the features I mentioned greatly expand what we can do with games. People are looking forward to this machine, don’t worry.
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 7:13 am
Nintendo has alot of money, and finally they are throwing it around. As Reggie stated once, Nintendo actually paid for the development kits for the DS and sent them to certain developers. They are doing the same thing with the Revolution. Many aquisitions are going to be revealed at E3.
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 7:36 am
More on the games:
As I mentioned many times, a new Wave Race is in development, and it should be at E3. Many people wrote off the Gamecube as a weak, baby console, but the Wave Race game on it proves that it is very capible. The water effects in that game are amazing; they still look very good today. With the new Zelda and the water in it, Nintendo is again showing how good they are at what they do. But I think this Wave Race is going to top everything out there in respects to graphics. It is going to be the GT of water racing games. You will be able to around in many different levels, all of which will sport many obstacles for the player. For instance, one early design I saw had a racer avoiding enormous cruise ships, which could destroy your speeder if you got too close to it.
One of the more interesting games I saw was a totally new IP. Outside of Geist, Nintendo has never really worked on a “mature” game. This all is going to change. They are working on a 3rd person action game that is very, very interesting. When Ninja Gaiden came out, I remember hearing that Aonuma was really into the game. I found this very interesting, but I didn’t take much interest into the story. Later, one of my co-workers showed me what he was working on. Nintendo, along with Hideo Kojima, are working on a futuristic action game. There is a reason why Kojima isn’t directing the next Metal Gear game. He’s been working with Nintendo on this game. In many ways, it reminded me of a apocolyptic, futuristic version of Zelda and Ninja Gaiden mixed. The earliest ideas I heard involved a cult of humans (humans are near extinction) who are menacing a cybernetic country. In the game, humans were almost wiped out by a race of higher beings, who then created cybernetic humans to take their place as rulers of the planet (not earth). The main character is one of the synthetic robots. Very, very interesting. I only got to see this one time, and I pray it will be at E3.
More later. I haven’t been getting the amount of sleep I thought I would during my break. I will talk about a couple more games later. I’ll also clear up some rumors floating around about Camelot and what they’re up to.
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 7:47 am
“Nintendo Revolution will be teh Never Happening. TLHBO!”
Idiot. I think I have given you guys a lot of solid information, and on May 17th you’ll see that I have been very truthful. Like I said, I will post more information about games later. There are a lot of hateful people out there who can’t stand Nintendo, and I think that is being demonstrated by these impersonators.
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 8:15 am
Once again, you will see at E3. I think this year’s E3 is going to be Nintendo’s rebirth. The Revolution will suprise many, many people. On many occasions, Nintendo has stated that the DS is a great example of what they want to do with the Revolution. This isn’t the best example in my opinion. Both systems do have voice control, and the online systems will be somewhat similar, but outside of that they are totally different.
The Revolution, Zelda, and the DS announcements are going to make this E3 Nintendo’s. Sony also has some very interesting tricks up their sleeves.
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 8:35 am
Paladin: You are very correct. Nintendo is known for being very secretive. I felt that hurt them this generation, but in 19 days you will be very happy. Last year, they suprised everyone with the new Zelda game. No one knew it was in development. The Gamecube has some more suprises up its sleeve, including Mario 128. Although many people may be disappointed by it, it is a stunning game.
With regards to the Revolution, many people still don’t expect it to be anything. As I have pointed out, it will be very impressive. Although it isn’t as powerful as the PS3, it still is capible of many things not seen in gaming before.
The DS has also seen alot of bad press lately, and rightfully so. Nintendo dropped the ball on the launch. But once you see some of the stuff they have lined up for this year, you will be very suprised. I love the PSP, but the DS just will have superior software out on the market first. Of course, I don’t know much about what Sony will show at E3 concerning the PSP. Whatever it is, I doubt it will be more interesting than Mario Kart, Metroid Hunters, and some of the suprises Nintendo has ready.
Then some guy made a good post asking Aries why (if he's telling the truth) he's willing to break the NDA and risk his job and future jobs...
Aries replies...
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 8:52 am
Hesitant, you make some good points. I feel I haven’t released enough details to violate anything. You still don’t know who I work for. If my company is upset, I’d be very suprised.
Most of the leaked information on the Xbox 360 is false. Spong has been working overtime to release as much “info” that they think they heard, and they hit a home run every now and then. They got it right about the wireless controllers for instance.
Nintendo is very secretive. But even when posters revealed the DS to the world, they didn’t do an investigation or something like that.
If I revealed the “revolutionary” aspect of the console, gaming sites would take notice. Nintendo would also take notice, and they would probally find me. So far no one has come close to discovering Nintendo’s secret weapon, which I find quite interesting. I’m not the only guy out there revealing information on the Revolution. But I think most people don’t want to ruin Nintendo’s plans. If it was revealed, E3 wouldn’t be as interesting.
Because I work for a developer, I am connected to many different people who know more than I do. We are all waiting for E3 like little kids wait for Santa Claus. Once it gets here, the flood gates will be opened. There are many sites and magazines out there that know a whole lot about what’s going on, but they can’t reveal it yet. For instance, Matt from IGN has a lot of details on Silicon Knights as well as their game. He just can’t tell you guys yet.
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 9:02 am
After E3, I’m sure many people will dust off their DS’ and start getting excited. Like I said, Metroid Hunters and Mario Kart are very good games. NST gave people a mere glimpse into what they are doing with the Hunters demo. The final version will be very different and much better
As you know, Nintendo will release details on the online plans for the system. That will be very interesting.
Nintendo has three Mario games in development. One for the Gamecube, one for the Revolution, and one for the DS. Like I stated earlier, Mario 128 will be a Gamecube title. The Revolution game is early in development, but it will be shown at E3 in video form. Once Mario 128 is completed, I’m sure Miyamoto will go back to work on the Revolution followup.
Retro isn’t working on a new Metroid. The game I mentioned earlier will be their first Revolution title.They are also working on a DS game.
I can’t comment on the disk format, because that would give away far too much. All I’m going to say is that the disk format will play an interesting role in the “revolutionary” aspect of the console. The battery issue is also involved with this part of the console, so I won’t comment on that either.
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 9:06 am
Camelot is not working on a new Golden Sun game. They are not woring on the DS either. Before I left Nintendo, they began working on the Revolution. They are working on creating a new RPG to combat Final Fantasy, which is strange. Square Enix is working on an RPG for the Revolution’s launch, so I don’t think Camelot’s game will be a launch title. If Square Enix leaves Sony (which is not a big if), they could possibly rejoin with Nintendo. Or they could wind up with Microsoft, but I doubt that.
# Aries Says:
April 27th, 2005 at 10:01 am
The peripheral shown at E3 2004 had nothing to do with 3D functionality. Brooke’s points on that were pure speculation. I can confirm that a peripheral was shown there.
http://cube.ign.com/articles/542/54....html?fromint=1“Earlier today, Nintendo confirmed that Mario Party 6 will employ a microphone, settling a prolonged bout of speculation. Nintendo fans have been spouting rumors across dozens of message boards ever since Nintendo publicized its desire to introduce a new peripheral to the marketplace. Fans entertained all sorts of ideas, the most bizarre of which saw Nintendo releasing a re-vamped Power Glove.
Well, it’s not a Power Glove. It’s a microphone.”
So does that convince you? Brooke didn’t look into that information enough.
This stuff is far, far too good to be true... Its a Nintendo fanboys dream
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