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It appears as though, through all Nintendo’s denial, the
Nintendo Revolution will in-fact launch under the title, Nintendo
Revolution. Unsurprisingly, the codename will apparently become the
final title, much like with the NintendoDS, but cannot be denied as
a fitting name none-the- less.
Although many companies, including Nintendo, do obviously use
temporary logos when working with a codename, the new Revolution
logo has appeared first in one of the most unlikely places. A few
days ago, a small development house responsible for the likes of Glover
on the Nintendo64, Bratz:
Rock Angelz on GameCube and PlayStation2 and Pac-Man
World 3 on pretty much every major console format, Blitz Games,
announced that in-conjunction with a soon-to-be-announced big name
developer were underway on producing an unnamed Revolution title.
The information on the title ends there. No release date, no
specifications not even a vague suggestion of genre. However, this
wasn’t the most interesting fact about the announcement as, with a
brief browse through Blitz Games FLASH-based website, a small
discovery could be made to any casual observer: a tiny version of
the logo heading this article.
Delving further into the logo, searching the blogosphere and
cross-referencing the logo with other press agencies lead to an more
interesting discovery. This image has actually surfaced as part of a
leaked internal memo suggesting concept logos from Nintendo Of
America. This may, of course, end up as entirely the wrong logo for
the image Nintendo are trying to convey or may indeed simply only
intentionally  temporary and therefore be replaced with a newer
design, however, this logo does supersede the previous logo Nintendo
used for the unit and it’s codename at E3
2005, and then removed
altogether at TGS
2005 – and it’s this removal that’s the key.
At TGS 2005, Nintendo removed all signification of the
Revolution-tag. Insisting the Revolution was merely the codename of
the unit and was being used only as a temporary measure. This has
been the case in the past, but rarely have Nintendo ever unveiled
the unit whilst still referring to it as it’s codename. The
GameCube was only unveiled as Project Dolphin after it had
already been discovered by the press and Project Reality was merely
a Tech Demo for the Nintendo64, some time before it actually became
a reality. The NintendoDS is the exception to the rule; but by
it’s own recognition also enforces it. Originally unveiled to the
press at E3 2004, Nintendo once again had insisted the unit would
not launch under the NintendoDS-tag.
As is currently the case, little is certain as to exactly
how, or when the Revolution and appear and in quite what form.
There’s been plenty of manufacturing leaks and reports that give
us all plenty of suggestion, but we will only know for certain when
Nintendo decide to tell us. Expect some more information to be
forthcoming at Satoru Iwata’s Keynote Speech at the GDC 2006 (
March 20th-24th, 2006, San Jose, California) and, of course,
E3
2006; to be held in May 2006, LA.
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