I was amongst those who upon seeing the Revolution was excited, curious and perhaps a little bit cautious. I’ve always been a fan of Nintendo and regardless of what fans of Sony or Microsoft say, Nintendo have made some very good games over the last generation or two.

When it was first unveiled at E3 all the talk wasn’t about the games, the hardware, the price or anything else you would expect to follow the unveiling of a new console, but it was the controller that was shrouded in mystery. So, as I sit back and watch my E3 coverage I am quite happy to see some of the games for the PS3 and Xbox 360 as some of the games I will probably end up buying, but what concerned me was that while Sony and Microsoft and the developers that were supporting their systems had time to showcase some of the games they were going to offer. We have to remember as well that it wasn’t just a few games either, but there were bucket loads of next generation titles for the PS3 and Xbox’360 and nothing for the Revolution.

No problem I thought, Nintendo like to keep things secretive, maybe they are saving them for TGS later this year. Anyone who saw the coverage of the Tokyo Games Show will know that there weren’t any Revolution games on display, but instead the controller was revealed to the world, which is a start I suppose.

So, without getting into a controller debate, I’ll leave that point there and get onto my main point. By now, with what is looking like under one year before launch of the new system and the most important one in Nintendo’s history in my opinion I do find it quite alarming that I have not seen any new games yet.

We’ve been told that there is a Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles game in production, and also that there are a few other titles in the works such as Mario and Donkey Kong whom being big name Nintendo franchises were always likely to feature on the console.

But perhaps by now it should be time for Nintendo to unveil the games, simply because they cannot rely on the Revolutionary controller to bring in the gamers. While it will no doubt attract a few new comers to Nintendo’s side, but the bottom line is that a lot of people are fickle and unless they see some games with sparkly new graphics and the likes they’ll simply forget about the Revolution and stick a pre order on the PS3 or Xbox 360.

What’s more worrying is that Nintendo are looking likely to release the console 3rd behind the ‘360 and PS3. Now although this doesn’t sound like to big a deal but imagine E3 next year. The ‘360 will be demonstrating it’s second instalment of games which traditionally are some of the best on the console as developers are finding their way with the new hardware and also the time it takes to develop the game. We also have to imagine that by June 2006 the PS3 will also be released, which will mean that the E3 next year Sony will be throwing out all the big guns and showing of their 2006 line up.

I’m not one to care about technical specs of a console, to me it’s just worthless numbers, all I care about is the games and as such Nintendo have not delivered yet. The new controller design is interesting but without any games it’s just that, a new controller.

Even a few screenshots of some of the upcoming games, even just one screenshot of five different games would be enough to appease the masses and also generate some hype behind the console.

Perhaps I shouldn’t really be worried about Nintendo’s ability to release some top quality games, but one thing that does concern me is the lack of 3rd developer support. Now I know from the press conference at this years E3 that Nintendo claim to have support from a handful of 3rd party developers, but past experiences have me worried slightly.

If I’m jumping the gun then fair enough, but I sincerely hope that Nintendo release some information about some of their games shortly, if not for anything but to get some hype out there amongst the gamers who are on the borderline of buy it, or not buy it.

I think if Nintendo is to continue this way then it could end up biting themselves in the foot, the controller has been released now, that secret is out and now is the time to demonstrate some of the games on offer and put the minds at ease on the 1) the capabilities of the console and 2) the support of the console.