And a Nintendo spokesperson said so also, something in the lines of: “you probably want to know technical specifications so you can compare with the other consoles, but we won’t say what they are right now, because frankly, they aren’t that important”.

And this surely means they’re betting everything on gameplay instead of fancy hardware and specifications.

With graphic driven gamers being the biggest slice of the cake is there enough market for a Nintendo console?

For me, the answer really depends on Microsoft’s performance in the current generation, and what kind of titles Nintendo brings out. If Nintendo starts getting more mainstream products such as the soccer games, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil with innovative features due to the controller, they might just take the second place in the podium and secure a position for the next round.

If not, all that Nintendo has going for it is their very successful Nintendo DS. And this isn’t the first time big N has relied upon their portable console to ensure a future for them. In 1998 Pokemon literally saved Nintendo due to the weak games their 64 bit system had (mind you, there were some really great titles, and I owned a Nintendo 64, however they weren’t enough to keep the interest up for the console for very long. I ended up buying a PS2 because there were great games coming out for it almost every month).

I applauded Nintendo when they unveiled the GameCube, so different. Even the Revolution is, dare I say it, revolutionary in its laid back design.

My favorite controller of all time was the Dreamcast’s followed closely by the Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) one. In most current consoles it’s harder to make combos in fighting games than ever before.

I probobly have to fight uncontrollable disire to throw it and expect it to fly back to my hand tho…