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Rumours surrounding a mini-Gamecube, or "Gameboy Evolution" has been cited for some time. Recently Matt from IGN was asked this question:
The Next Game Boy
matt you seem down on the ds but what about the next game boy do you think that could compete with PSP?
Matt responds: Don't let my rants fool you. I'm not down on the DS. I'm just waiting to see its true potential realized. As for the next Game Boy, which I'll call Game Boy Evolution since this seems to be the popular title for it, I'm extremely optimistic.
Actually, based on things I've heard, the paths of the DS and GBE have intersected already. Sources claim that the idea for the next Game Boy took flight right about the same time GameCube launched. The device was merely supposed to be a portable GameCube. Nintendo was hoping to create a synergy between the two platforms. However, for whatever reason -- probably an inability to miniaturize the GameCube at a consumer-friendly price -- the Game Boy successor was abandoned. Instead, Nintendo opted to use an old piece of tech: a hardware dubbed Nitro that was originally developed to be an update to the Game Boy line during the PS1 era. At former NCL president Hiroshi Yamauchi's suggestion, the tech was enhanced with a second screen and later a touch-sensitive interface. Thus, the DS was born.
What's interesting is that work on Game Boy Evolution is allegedly further along than most of us would probably guess. And more intriguing still, sources claim that Nintendo is once again trying to make the machine a portable GameCube.
If that comes to fruition, I will likely be singing the praises of Game Boy Evolution from the very start. It would be an amazing accomplishment. The machine would have a potential library of 500 games from launch. Imagine being able to play Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Resident Evil 4, Wave Race, and Pikmin on the go. It's a Nintendo fan's dream come true.
That... would be... great. And it would mean the Gamecube would continue to have software developed for it.
The Next Game Boy
matt you seem down on the ds but what about the next game boy do you think that could compete with PSP?
Matt responds: Don't let my rants fool you. I'm not down on the DS. I'm just waiting to see its true potential realized. As for the next Game Boy, which I'll call Game Boy Evolution since this seems to be the popular title for it, I'm extremely optimistic.
Actually, based on things I've heard, the paths of the DS and GBE have intersected already. Sources claim that the idea for the next Game Boy took flight right about the same time GameCube launched. The device was merely supposed to be a portable GameCube. Nintendo was hoping to create a synergy between the two platforms. However, for whatever reason -- probably an inability to miniaturize the GameCube at a consumer-friendly price -- the Game Boy successor was abandoned. Instead, Nintendo opted to use an old piece of tech: a hardware dubbed Nitro that was originally developed to be an update to the Game Boy line during the PS1 era. At former NCL president Hiroshi Yamauchi's suggestion, the tech was enhanced with a second screen and later a touch-sensitive interface. Thus, the DS was born.
What's interesting is that work on Game Boy Evolution is allegedly further along than most of us would probably guess. And more intriguing still, sources claim that Nintendo is once again trying to make the machine a portable GameCube.
If that comes to fruition, I will likely be singing the praises of Game Boy Evolution from the very start. It would be an amazing accomplishment. The machine would have a potential library of 500 games from launch. Imagine being able to play Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Resident Evil 4, Wave Race, and Pikmin on the go. It's a Nintendo fan's dream come true.
That... would be... great. And it would mean the Gamecube would continue to have software developed for it.
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Tscore05 wrote:
> Trouble with the GBA2 is who is gonna buy it the DS owners are going
> to be mightly hacked off if Nintendo release the GBA2 with much
> better graphics and functions.
But I'm betting you owned a PS1 and then bought a PS2 and..
Oh wait, I apoligise, this doesn't apply. The PS2 still had crap graphics and the functionality didn't change.
> Trouble with the GBA2 is who is gonna buy it the DS owners are going
> to be mightly hacked off if Nintendo release the GBA2 with much
> better graphics and functions.
But I'm betting you owned a PS1 and then bought a PS2 and..
Oh wait, I apoligise, this doesn't apply. The PS2 still had crap graphics and the functionality didn't change.
No they just think you should shut up.
Do you think Nintendo hope the GBA2 will win back the customers they are undoubtably going to lose to PSP?
Hedfix wrote:
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> It'll have a port for old carts + a converter.
Top Score you don't just have to have one slot/drive on a handheld you fool.
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> It'll have a port for old carts + a converter.
Top Score you don't just have to have one slot/drive on a handheld you fool.
gerrid wrote:
> PSP has REAL good backwards compatiblity.
Ha Ha Ha as if the new GBA2 is gonna be backward compatible, no chance if Nintendo are going to compete with the PSP then the end of cartridge is near. They are in desperate need of a bigger, richer media that developers can work with.
Trouble with the GBA2 is who is gonna buy it the DS owners are going to be mightly hacked off if Nintendo release the GBA2 with much better graphics and functions.
> PSP has REAL good backwards compatiblity.
Ha Ha Ha as if the new GBA2 is gonna be backward compatible, no chance if Nintendo are going to compete with the PSP then the end of cartridge is near. They are in desperate need of a bigger, richer media that developers can work with.
Trouble with the GBA2 is who is gonna buy it the DS owners are going to be mightly hacked off if Nintendo release the GBA2 with much better graphics and functions.
Wahey, that I can agree with.
Good point. :D
I do expect it to die. My first impressions were: 'It's big, ugly and I don't like it'. Regardless of whether it's a Sony product or not.
I do expect it to die. My first impressions were: 'It's big, ugly and I don't like it'. Regardless of whether it's a Sony product or not.
PSP has REAL good backwards compatiblity.
Hedfix wrote:
> First handheld (and possibly console too) to ditch backwards
> compatibility is a dead duck.
Quite possibly.
> First handheld (and possibly console too) to ditch backwards
> compatibility is a dead duck.
Quite possibly.
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