Nintendo Revolution

Nintendo Revolution is the codename for Nintendo's fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. Its main innovation will likely be its controller that responds to its own position and orientation in 3-D physical space in front of the television. Its previous codename was N5 (alluding to the fact that it is Nintendo's fifth home system).

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Codename - Nintendo - Video game console - Nintendo GameCube

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The system was unveiled at Nintendo's 2005 E³ press conference and the game controller at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show by Satoru Iwata during his keynote speech http://www.irwebcasting.com/050916/03/ff3672f7df/main/index_hi.htm. Based on recent information revealed at the Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo intends to release the Revolution some time in late 2006.

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2005 - E³ - Game controller - Tokyo Game Show - Satoru Iwata - 2006

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Nintendo has had a tendency to be coy with release of information regarding the Revolution, leaving some media outlets with the idea that Nintendo was not prepared to compete with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Top executives at the company denied that and insisted that they were simply protecting their ideas, designs, and intellectual property from imitation by competitors before the system is released. Prior innovations (such as the inclusion of an analog stick as standard, wireless controller technology, and vibrating feedback for controllers) have been widely disseminated following their mainstream arrival on Nintendo's machines.

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Microsoft - Xbox 360 - Sony - PlayStation 3 - Analog stick

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