Here's a thought, the Revolution having the best graphics of the next gen systems.
True, there's no HD, but I frankly play my PC games in 480p with maxed out graphics, which ends up looking better than super-high resolutions with no antialiasing, no v-sync, no bump mapping, low-res textures, less geometry, dumbed down pixel effects, etc. In other words, with the Revolution rendering specifically for this resolution it will have much more performance to work with and may out do the competition.
Seriously, how bad is it to be limited to 480p? Theoretically the Revolution's graphics could get as good as a movie like Lord Of The Rings, or Star Wars are on your regular TV. That's not a serious limitation, in fact, that would look better than the 360 games on the market today.
Think about the graphics chips for the next-gen systems. Although the debate between Sony and M$ goes on, as far as I can tell, the ATI chip in the 360 is somewhat better than the PS3's RSX chip. Now, supposing that were true, and that ATI then builds a new chip (which is one year newer) specifically for the Revolution, is it so hard to imagine Nintendo's fifth system having the best graphics chip? That, plus a brand spanking new IBM cpu, and games rendered in a resolution that doesn't slaughter visuals, and suddenly it's not so crazy to hope that Revolution will be a graphical marvel.
Funny story, a while back the head of Factor 5 mentioned how he loves how powerful the PS3 is, yet at the same time it's kind of disappointing, he said, how since they are doing it all in HD they are struggling once again to make 30 fps, yet if they stayed in standard definition, they would literally be capable of doing anything with the visuals that they wanted. That's what the man who made Rogue Squadron 1, 2, and 3 said. Now, imagine a console that had the power to do anything with its graphics. Imagine a Star Wars game where you are a jedi on a planet, with hundreds of capital ships in the air, and thousands of people running all around you as the surface is attacked, with dozens and dozens of landing craft coming down to invade, while having hundreds of battles going on all around you. X-Wings in the air, Jedi in battle, troops everywhere, chaos, fire, explosions, miles of distance can be seen at once, etc. In the words of Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, "when you turn on Revolution and see its graphics, you will say WOW".