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All of the following are rumors, coming from my “Nintendo” subscription in Google News:

• The Revolution should be released around Thanksgiving 2006 - which, to non-Americans, means November.
• The “Revolution” name still isn’t final, though I personally love it.
• It will use 2 kinds of DVDs: single-layer (4.7 GB) and dual-layer (8.5 GB). It will also read GameCube mini-DVDs (1.5 GB), as it’s fully backward compatible.
• Specs-wise, it doesn’t look too impressive compared to the Xbox 360 and the PS3 - it’ll be basically a “Super GameCube”, with about 2-3 times the power as the GC. Still way ahead of the first Xbox, though - and, knowing Nintendo, they’ll be able to do more with less. Remember that the “tiny” ‘Cube had games, such as Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4, which looked better than anything on the (better on paper) Xbox.
• It’s also rumored to be ridiculously cheap - $200, or even $150 - at launch. Wasn’t the PS3 going to cost $600?
• Nintendo has also stated that the ways in which people moved the controller in the demonstration video were exaggerated - instead of arms swinging wildly, it will be more like using a mouse (in 3D, of course). For most games, at least - in some, however, the point will be to do realistic movements, such as in a swordfighting game.
• Confirmed games include a new, seamlessly online Super Smash Bros., a new Hideo Kojima game, and Metroid Prime 3.

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