Nintendo recently announced that their upcoming system, the Revolution, will not support high definition video. You will be unable to see Mario jumping around at 720p in Mario Party.

Nintendo is marching to the beat of their own drum. While Microsoft and Sony try to outdo each other on the exact same field, Nintendo seems to be playing catch alone in their own backyard. A very large, creative, and well kept backyard.

Let’s all raise our right hands. Got them up? Good. You have five digits on that hand. With only your five available fingers, count the number of 16 year olds that have purchased HDTVs with the money they have saved from clerking at Walgreens.

Don’t get me wrong. HDTV is fantastic! It looks crisp and clear. The widescreen brings another level of immersion to gameplay. But it Nintendo really loosing any ground by not supporting it? You already have large systems that are shouting claims from the tops of their respective mountains. You’re not going to beat them in a shouting match. Better to turn heads by eating flaming swords in your mountainous monk sanctuary.

Nintendo is going to be just fine. The video game industry could use some new and creative ideas. While the Playstation and Xbox are going simply for bigger and better, Nintendo is going for different and fun. It may be a next generation counsel, but it will be in a league of it’s own.