Issue 120 | The Hound: George Harrison on the Nintendo Revolution [news]

Harold Cuthbert Hound, great stuff. Love ya.

Good stuff James, I'll read this properly tomorrow and try to remember a comment too

He also mentioned how EA definitely has stuff ready for the Rev, and discussions have taken place with Rockstar.

A port of its table-tennis game perhaps? Or maybe a future GTA...I'd say a DS GTA is more likely first.

The revo controller was made for ping pong, it was not made for lawsuits from Jack Thompson.

Matthew Gastrian Evans said:
The revo controller was made for ping pong, it was not made for lawsuits from Jack Thompson.

Bottom line is that Rockstar would help bury the kiddy image and shift consoles. Revolution is about all access gaming, and that includes those who like GTA.

Bottom line is that Rockstar would help bury the kiddy image

Any publicity is good publicity.

As a citizen of Europe's mightiest nation, England, the issue of worldwide launch is always going to be important. Of course, doing a Microsoft and releasing an over-priced, randomly exploding, error-ridden, under-prepared XBOX 360 is not an option for Nintendo, as Harrison points out in a somewhat sharp little dig at the competition.

I don't see why that's needed. Long writes although.

Seems to me as though Nintendo are pressing all the right buttons. I'm really excited about the Revo. Even more so that i was when i played the Gamecube a few weeks beofre it was offically launched here in the U.K.
They actually spoke to Rockstar? wow. I'm going to support Nintentendo no matter what and fans under pressure from they're playstation only buddies show stay true and do the same. I have a feeling that if Nintendo get they're ducks in a row, this next gen there's going to be a huge and unexpected upset.

I really do hope this is the generation for Nintendo. The Revolution, from what we've seen and heard, seems like a very strong contender.

It appears to have reasonable specs and a strong concept in what it's capable of doing. However, we can't really say whether it'll be a major sucess or big flop until we've seen more on what it does and even given it a go.

Good to see Nintendo getting out there and seeking opportunities and deals with different developers, and it's always nice to read about some developer or other saying positive things about the Revolution.

The thing about England was just a joke, that's just how Hound is written. Don't take things so seriously

Yup, Rockstar and EA are also mentioned in the interview, I would have shoved them in the article, but I was running out of patience and the points he made about them were a bit tedious and vague. Still, it all makes for interesting reading and opens up some big questions to be answered at E3!

Cheers Hound, nice read 'dawg'.

Very good article their James, its nice to see that for once nintendo is being realistic, understanding the problems and taking a nintendo approach to it.

Just thinking about some of the above comments, would it be so good if RockStar made GTA games on the revo? I don't think it would bury the kiddy image nintendo has, and even if it did would this be a good thing for nintendo?

Nobody who wants GTA is going to get it on a nintendo console, if you want GTA you go PS3. For example, the xbox versions of vice city and Gta III didnt sell amazingly well.
Also if nintendo did manage to shake the childish image, that'd mean it'd isolate nintendo in a position of no casual gamers wanting the console as before, and now the image of it being a safe console that parents may want for the very young children perhaps would be lost. Looks like a lose-lose situation to me.

I read this in gameinformer. Great read.