Hands-on the Revolution

Ign got a hands-on behind close door with the Nintendo Revolution during E3. Old news, but still an interesting read for those of you who missed it.

The Revolution’s slot-loading drive is unbelievably gorgeous when viewed up close. It really is striking. The drive is not just illuminated, but surrounded by a sleek blue light, and it accepts both GameCube Optical Discs and new 12cm discs designed specifically for Revolution. The interesting bit is that the drive easily takes both sizes without any fuss. Gamers just drop any GCN or Revolution title in and it automatically works. Nintendo indicated that the drive is one of the first to intuitively do that. Power, reset and eject buttons are located on the front panel of the unit. Meanwhile, a flap on the front of the machine hides the slots for the 512MB memory cards that Revolution utilizes for downloads and game saves.

So I’m guessing you’ll be able to buy extra memory cards to save more stuff. I wonder if it will be affordable for extra memory?
And I thought they announced 512MB memory inside of it for storage, no mention of the memory card. No matter what, it’s good news that you’ll be able to take it out and swap it.

What about the back of the unit, though? Tech-nuts want to know, what kind of outputs does the machine have? Well, there are two USB ports and a power connection. The machine features no digital audio out. Instead, it boasts a single proprietary output for video and audio. The output looks exactly like the component out on GameCube. We asked Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto if Revolution would play high-definition games and he told us that he wasn’t sure if he was allowed to say yet.

I wondered what was in the back. I hope they at least support at least 720 for Hi-Def.

Revolution Hands-on