Some official Revolution details @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on May 16, 2005

News: A 3 DVD case high, Internet ready, backwards compatible machine.

Nintendo has revealed a few new details about it's next-generation system, the Revolution. The big news is the small size, the "Internet ready out of the box" and the return of standard size optical discs. But really just read on to what Nintendo had to say (with some bolding to point out the big parts):

In its final form, Revolution will be about the thickness of three standard DVD cases and only slightly longer. The versatile Revolution will play either horizontally or vertically, allowing the user total flexibility in setting up a gaming session wherever they have a television.

Thanks to Nintendo's hardware development partners IBM and ATI, the small system will be packed with power that will enable it to wow players with its graphics. Nintendo's legions of loyal fans will be happy to learn that Revolution will be backward compatible, playing both Nintendo GameCube 8cm disks along with its own 12cm optical disks in the same self-loading media drive.

In the next generation, the addition of the Internet will be important to all consoles and particularly important to Nintendo. Revolution will be wireless Internet ready out of the box.

There's much more to Revolution that will be revealed over the coming months, but the combination of its compact size, wireless Internet, backward compatibility, quick start-up time and quiet, low-power operation add up to the start of a great game system. Get ready for the Nintendo Revolution in 2006!

We'll have more on the Revolution this week from E3.