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Word is that the DS lite will launch in Europe June 9th or 16th, with the Revolution getting released in Japan in June/July and the rest of the world in September/October. The Revolution will launch in white only, with black and other colors following soon after. The sensor bar that goes under the TV will match the color of your Revolution. And games on the Revolution’s Virtual Console should sell for 25$-30$.
Let’s talk games now.
Rumours surrounding Namco state that the original Soul Blade game for PSX will be remade for the DS and all the next gen consoles will have Soul Calibur 4 released on them. Tomb Raider will be released on the Revolution. And the DS and Cube version of Tomb Raider Legend will have some “extras” that aren’t in the other console versions.
Nights into Dreams is already 65% complete and his being directed by Yuji Naka. It will use the Revolution controller only, no attachments.
Retro Studio is giving Kid Icarus a complete makeover for its Revolution debut. The name of the game is Icarus.
A new Star Fox game is in development. It will rely solely on the Revolution controller for control.
There is a horse racing game in development aimed at the Japanese market.
Fight Night is in development by EA and will use 2 controllers. A Burnout game is in development for the Revolution.
Peter Molyneux was planning on developing Black and White and The Movies for Revolution before Microsoft bought the company.
35 development kits were sent to Rockstar London/Take Two about a month ago. No info on what game(s) they are planning to do, but it seems unlikely that it’s going be a GTA game. (Maybe there new ping pong game?)
Ubisoft has 9 games in development, many of which are launch titles. Prince of Persia is being considered for Revolution.
Super Smash Bros. for the Revolution will be subtitled “Mayhem”.
Nintendo and Valve were in talks during in March about bringing an exclusive new version of Counter Strike to the Revolution.
The Revolution controller in Zelda: Twilight Princess will be used in combination with the shell. Its use will be limited, for example, using it in situations where you are in First Person View. However, the rumors also say that there will be an exclusive dungeon that exploits the new features of the controller with a new item. Rumours are rumbling about the graphics of Zelda: Twilight Princess, they say that we will be greatly surprise at E3 when we see new screenshots/gameplay of the game.
Pikmin 3 is completely finished. It will use the Revolution controller exclusively. (We all knew Pikmin would come out on the Revolution, I mean the controller is made for this type of game)
There will be online launch titles from both Nintendo and 3rd parties. Sega games on the Virtual Console will be available for download on day one.
Midway is developing three exclusives for the Revolution.
Two Rpgs and some new/weird games will be shown at E3.
Developers have known the new name of the console since January.
We must keep our eyes on Zoonami. (I’ve heard the name of the company lots of time, but I’ve never seen a game released by them).
Capcom will show 2 titles for Revolution at E3.
Red Steel will not be the only game revealed prior to E3, although Nintendo will not show anything till then.
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