More Animal Crossing Then You Can Shake A Stylus At

Rumors are circling around that we may see another Animal Crossing to grace the Nintendo DS platform. We know for a fact that the franchise is coming to the Revolution but this comes to me as a slight surprise. The creator is quoted with saying that they are experimenting with the uniqueness of Nintendo DS in order to keep things fresh for the title. Animal crossing 2 would almost be a no brainer considering the huge success it has seen thus far. What “new features” should they include in the new version? Voice over IP anyone? It’s working with metroid, do I smell it coming for Animal Crossing? Only time will tell but we will be sure to keep you updated.

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1,000 Games For Revolution?

The following story was taken from revolution.qj.com Here is what they had to say…. interesting tidbits of info. Did I miss the 1,000 games part?

“We already knew Nintendo has a ton of games available, but did you know that there will be thousands available online with the Nintendo Revolution? Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said Thursday that Nintendo will offer an online download service for more than 1,000 “classic” game titles for its next-generation game console, currently code-named the Nintendo Revolution.

By offering classic types of games, like Super Mario Brothers and The Legend of Zelda, along with new ones, Nintendo hopes to better compete with Microsoft and Sony, Iwata said. With this news, the battle royal of online services between Nintendo, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3 continues to heat up.
Of course, with this proposed online distribution system you get both the popularity of emulators and retro-gaming added to being able to provide huge libraries of games in a Netflix-style way.

In a joint effort with Sega, Nintendo will be able to develop a “virtual console” service for the Revolution that could feature hundreds and maybe thousands of old games from consoles such as the NES and Sega Genesis. We still don’t know whether the games will be true remakes or just emulated. And the pricing is yet to be determined, but having the ability to play the classics is definitely a plus for this Revolution.”