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You can read the Nintendo press release.

So, let’s see.  Ultra small design about the size of 3 dvd cases stacked together.  Very sleek and sexy!  512mb of memory.  That seems to be the standard amount for game consoles this round so whatever there.  Wireless controllers.  That’s a good and bad thing.  Wireless is cool but at the same time doing the battery dance can be a pain.  Two USB 2.0 ports.  Now this seems a bit odd.  Why two?  I assume they don’t plan on allowing wired controllers so I guess maybe it’s use will be relegated to 3rd party keyboards and whatnot.  Build it Wi-Fi support.  SWEET!  Now this is top notch Nintendo.  I like the idea of not having to plug the box in to do online gaming.  Also makes good sense since the new handheld player the Nintendo DS had built-in wifi.  Means neat links between the player and the Revolution.  Two things are absent here.  The cpu and graphics chips info.  Guess we’ll have to wait for that info later.

Now the real big news is this.  First the Revolution will be backward compatible with the Gamecube.  I don’t have a very large library but it’s nice knowing I will be able to sell off my cube and just get a Revolution.  Second as part of their new online gaming kick they’ll be releasing downloadable classics from the N64, SNES and NES.  No word on prices or how it’ll work but still awesome.  Being able to fire up the Revolution and play Super Mario 3 or whatnot is a very cool prospect.

You can read more and check out the pictures on the press release.