LOS ANGELES--Nintendo, once the unrivaled king of the home video game business, released details on its planned new game console on Tuesday, and unveiled a new mini-portable device called the GameBoy Micro.
Nintendo's crowded event at the Kodak Theater here was aimed at taking back some of the buzz captured by Microsoft and Sony, each of which unveiled powerful next-generation game consoles within the last week. But the display of the tiny new game player, smaller than an iPod Mini, took many by surprise.
The new mini-console is aimed at a generation of game players increasingly accustomed to carrying tiny cell phones loaded with games in their pockets--something impossible with the more powerful new PlayStation Portable from Sony.
"No matter how tight your jeans are, the GameBoy Micro will fit in them," said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing.
The new console, meanwhile, will be called the Revolution, the code name by which it has been widely known inside the game community for months. It will be significantly smaller than its rivals, about the size of several stacked DVD cases, and will come in several as-yet-undetermined colors.
The Revolution will play DVDs, have built-in Wi-Fi and an SD memory card slot, and 512MB of flash memory, the company said. Executives said the company would offer a free online gaming service, helping to accelerate the move of console gaming to the Net.
Nintendo executives said the console will be released in 2006.
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