This was sent to us from an unconfirmed source via email. It is pure speculation, however. The individual claims to have access to non-public info, but says he only works in marketing and not in actual development. Apparently, it depicts an ad campaign to be launched at the same time as the Xbox 360 release later this year.
Personally, I think a March 2006 release to be too early, but your guess is as good as mine. I do like the ad’s sophistication though, whether legit or not. UPDATE
Yeah, you're not wrong about the sophistication. It's a top effort if it's a fake.
I really like it fake or not, it's sexy :DI heard a rumor saying Nintendo is going to release the Rev sooner than expected to surprise the competition.That'd fit with March 06.And the text says: "Think outside tha box" of course that refers to the X-Box 360, but maybe it also refers to the rev…..think about it….a nice addon like NintendOn (and I don't want to say it IS NintendOn, just like 😉 ) is also outside of the Revs box 😀
that fuzzy horse shoe in the back is freaky. Is that a silhouette of a head? Thats what i'm thinking because the fuzz extends beyond the outline. ANother thing that outline looks like chrome or candy cane style streaking. The fake aspect is the button layout,it is based on the prototype console which can be refined and button placement changed so why would you make a poster this early setting the button placement in a widespread campaign? Maybe a pitch to Nintendo for a possible poster. I mean they have to work with something so they can work out a marketing strategy early.
That white, fuzzy inverted silhouette looks like the head set from that Nintendo On video. Something I've been thinking about saying, but never got around to in regard to that Nintendo On thing is that way back before E3, when there was rumour floating around about all the next gen consoles, rumour leaked that Nintendo had two versions of the Rev that they were showing developers. I can't find a link supporting this claim right now, since I need to go to bed, but if anyone else remembers this point, in passing perhaps, then it supports the ON theory (though I don't, personally subscribe to the vitual reality thing).
People please stop the Nintendo On thing. It was made by Pablo, he is very famos for his work and makes all sorts of crazy things. He has NO relation to BigN at all. It was his own idea, nothing else.This add would be a good marketing strategy. But if it is supposed to be shown arround the relese of the Xbox360, why does it only show so little about the system? Iwato told us that the whole thing will be shown before december! So if they would start a campain arround the Xbox360 start in december they would show more. So for me it´s a fake, but one of the good ones.
BTW:The silhuette is the person, who made the photo from a screen!
Agree with anon #1 – STOP IT NOW! It's getting tiresome.I don't know what the hell the rest of you guys are on about but (correct me if I'm wrong) the silhouette you refer to is the outline of the Rev?ie disc slot, power button, Accessories flap, reset button and eject button?Hello?
no, they were referring to the shadow in the background. And btw the RESET and EJECT Buttons on the revolution are smaller thatn the POWER button, but not it this add…
I work in the marketing department of a major magazine and make similar ads (unrelated to games) every week. Before a campaign makes it to print or screen, any number of comps for the campaign are mocked up and often printed out on gloss or high gloss paper or stock for presentation(hence the outline of the photographer). So to call this a fake is a bit misleading… if it is from Nintendo's marketing team or agency then it would go through many changes in finished form, (explaining the prototype face of the machine. It could certainly be some random designer, and if it is Nintendo better hire them quick… it looks amazing!
march 06 could just be a reference to E3 06
E3 is in May
E3 06 is in May
I hear E3 '06 will be in May.
Is E3 '06 gonna be in May? That's what I hear…
Zzz. Fake. Anyone who believes the above image to be true… sucker.
spaceworld
Spaceworld hasn't been held in years.I have to agree with some others here; This far in advance, it's probably just concept art for an ad campaign. I like the design, though.
That's my wallpaper now. Even if it is fake, it's still cooler than hell. Well, Hell isn't very cool, but you get my point. If this isn't fake, I'm going to kick all of Nintendo in the nuts if they don't use that cool revolution outline thingey for their ad campaign.
Yeah I was thinking it looked like a person taking a picture of a glossy paper but it did say think outside box lol just kidding. Sorry to get people's panties in a bunch over my stupidity, I promise not to make my observations known since they cause confusion and rants.
i heard holographic rumors about the controllers. hence outside of the tv "box"
What's it look like….a fake
So the person is special enough to get secret Nintendo emails but technically retarded enough to not know the meaning of Print Screen? I'm just sayin'.
IMO. a classic case of viral marketing, i bet this was from the big N released secretly just like the 'Nintendo ON' video. unofficially giving out information gathering feedback and planning out what works. if this is all true then N has never been so aggressive through all their subtlies. my point… genius!. although N still suffers from their greatest enemy 'consumer ignorance'. now even if the 'Nintendo ON' video was confirmed a fake it is still part of N's marketing, allowing speculations and such, although i think it was commissioned under the table by N. so i was wondering if there are any micro analysis article about the video, because the maker had way too many resources and im not talking about the tools he used.
That, or he could be special enough to get secret Nintendo emails, but technically retarded enough to know that you have no privacy whatsoever on company-owned computers, and that if retrieving the picture envolved any interaction with the computer whatsoever then there would be a 99.9% chance that he would be caught and thrown into the Nintendo Sarlacc Pit. Unless it was his computer, in which case you have a point.
looks like it is on a tv screen.the blue outline.maybe a camera was connected.like nintendoon maybe he created the poster using the rev.just thinking "outside the box"
Hmmmm. It lokes photoshopy. I think it looks like an ad for a magazine that nintendo wanted to release or a promotional picture for some meeting. Or possibly it was sent to someone to be checked to see if it was a good shot. Either way I don't care about nintendo anymore. I grew up with them and bought the GCN as soon as it came out and was let down by it. I only recently bought an xbox and a sweet ass psp. Nintendo really let me down. I'll probably buy the xbox 360 and ps3. And when it says Think Outside the box it means outside the gamecube. Peace Out. p.s. As for the horshoe it can easily be made with photoshop.
" Anonymous said… Spaceworld hasn't been held in years. I have to agree with some others here; This far in advance, it's probably just concept art for an ad campaign. I like the design, though."—-The last time Spaceworld was held, they revealed the Gamecube, so it's possible Revolution might be unveiled at a future Spaceworld event…But Spaceworld is always held in the fall, not the spring…
It's quite possible that they'll show it at Spaceworld later this year, and release it in March. Especially since N said that we would know more about the Revolution by the end of the year.And maybe that poster-thingy is more of a teaser than an actual ad, which they would show about half a year before the actual release. They do this in the movie industry all the time, and it seems to work there, so I see no reason why it wouldn't work here.
Good find, Yami Pegasus, even for as lame as that name may be ;-). I'm partially inclined to think that this is a fake now because of the font choice. I'd guess that that's Arial Rounded MT Bold, which is an boring, everyday font that no graphic design would be caught dead using (or at least I wouldn't). I originally thought it was a different font (I recreated the poster as a desktop background). There's no way Nintendo would ever use a glow on their logo unless it looked like the Revolution's slot loader lighting. Sorry everyone, but I've got 2¢ that says this one's another dud, making the release date more invalid than it was before this emerged.
I was going to do that in Photoshop, but I couldn't find the font. I assumed that I didn't have it on my computer already, because unless it comes with the vile spawn of the Beast of Redmond, I don't. To try and find it, I used an online service called "What the Font?"(Google it). It's a great service, where you upload a picture of some text, and it shows you a bunch of random fonts that look nothing like what's on the picture. Very useful.
with photoshop mod the colour and lighting youll get what your suppoosed to eventually
if you mod the lighting in powerpoint yes powerpoint and the contrast it looks like a glow from a small object near the bottom of the page and the head like silhouette gives off colours
also the darkest shadow is near the centre and youll notice that it looks like either a tall spherical object or a tall rectangular like object
i thought think outs side the "BOX" referred the nintendo game"CUBE"…..but i could be wrong
It's a real ad, and it means more than most people first think. People haven't seen this so they don't believe it, but the Revolution controller will be THINK SENSITIVE. Example: 1. Hold controller. 2. Think left, player moves left. 3. Think right, player moves right.As of now, this piece of information is the most valid out of any first result source found on the internet. However, I'm confident it will be disregarded until the release.Example: 1. Go back in time 30 years and tell someone you took a picture of a tornado with you camera-phone. They won't believe you and think you're crazy. 2. Go into the future 30 years. Someone comes up to you and says they just had an awesome ride in their mod-car.
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