Revolution Revealed

At the E3 press confrence today, Nintendo released valuable information about the Revolution. The system pictures now released, Nintendo decided to take some time out to tell us some of the details of the system.

Backwards Compatibility-
Nintendo said in the past that the Revolution would be able to play games from the Gamecube, but no one thought it would go further back. It is now confirmed that the Revolution will have access to download games from the NES, SNES, and N64 to play. At this time it is not known whether or not there will be a fee attached to the downloads.

Specs-
The Revolution will come standard with 512 mb flash memory, and the memory can also be increased by adding in your own SD cards. The Revolution will also come with two 2.0 USB ports. Along with this the Revolution new disc format of DVDs, the Revolution will also play GC games in the same drive. The drive will not play standard DVDs though, there will however be an attachement drive to play DVDs and other media.

Games-
Nintendo has assured that the Revolution will feature games from the biggest Nintendo franchises including Zelda, Mario, and Metroid. Nintendo also confirmed that a online Super Smash Brothers game will be available at launch.

Developers-
The Revolution boasts that it will have the lowest development costs and will see a gain in developer support because of this.

With all this news, we still have yet to find out the revolutionary aspect, but it will come soon. Either way this is big news and stay tuned here for the latest news on the Revolution and more from E3.

Source: Nintendo.com

-Ultimate Zelda Guru