Now that Nintendo has given away a lot of information about Dolphin, Sony has unveiled Playstation 2, and Sega has released Dreamcast, I think it has become quite clear that Nintendo will have the best system of the three.

    Project Dolphin will run on a 400 MHZ 128-bit processor, while Playstation 2 will run on a 300 MHZ 128-bit processor, and Dreamcast runs on a 200 MHZ 128-bit processor.  In addition to the 400 MHZ processor, the Dolphin will have a 200 MHZ GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) designed by Art-X using S3 texture compression technology which will more than likely be 256-BIT!  This will make the Dolphin's graphical capabilities much better than even the best home computers.  Playstation 2 and Dreamcast do not use S3 compression, so their graphics will be good, but when compared to the graphics that Dolphin is capable of, they will look terrible.  As far as polygons per second, Nintendo has not announced what Dolphin will be capable of, but Dolphin is expected to be capable of more than the 20 million polygons per second that Playstation 2 will able to do, and certainly more than the 3 million per second that Dreamcast boasts now.  If you have seen the Dreamcast, think about how good the graphics are and how smooth the animation is right now.  The Dolphin will be at least 7 times more powerful than that.  Someone at Nintendo has already said that the WORST games (graphics-wise) for Dolphin will have graphics similar to the movie Toy Story.

    Next, the Dolphin will use DVD as the format to store the games on.  Playstation 2 will use DVD also, while Dreamcast uses a 1 gigabyte CD-ROM to store their games.  The DVD drive that Dolphin and Playstation 2 are using is capable of holding 4.7 GB.  This gives Nintendo an advantage over Sega since Nintendo can make games that are almost 5 times bigger than any Dreamcast game, so they can have better graphics, nicer sound, and long, detailed cutscenes.  Some people might think Sony has the advantage since Playstation 2 will be able to play DVD movies.  Dolphin will not be able to play DVD movies out of the box, but it is going to be about $200 cheaper than Playstation 2, and there is probably going to be a $40 add-on to the Dolphin to allow it to play movies.  People buy game systems to play games on, not to watch movies.  Movies are just an added bonus.  By the time Dolphin and Playstation 2 are released more people will already have a regular DVD player at home anyways since they will be cheaper by then.

    When it comes to sound, Sony always had Nintendo beat.  Not anymore.  Here is a quote from somebody at Nintendo regarding the sound capabilities on the Dolphin, "As far as the sound is concerned, I just suggest you buy some nice speakers. Because if you don't, you'll wish you had. Dolphin will give sound just as great as its visual effects."  Dolphin will  be capable of at LEAST CD-quality sound, if not Dolby 5.1 Digital sound, which sounds great.  I wouldn't be surprised if sound was used in the games as clues (you hear something behind you, and an enemy is approaching, etc...).

    To conclude, I believe there is no question that the Dolphin will be the superior system in the Next-generation console wars.  Not only are the graphics going to be better than anything we've ever seen, but the sound will be great, and Nintendo always has the superior games (Zelda...).  An insider at Nintendo has already stated that not only will the Dolphin be regarded as a technological marvel the day it is released, but four years later it still will be considered greatness.