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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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Urh thats only because the Gameboy's been out longer.
That is very very true.
If people awnt portable console gaming, the PSP will beat the DS hands down.
If people awnt portable console gaming, the PSP will beat the DS hands down.
Because:
Gameboy sales > PS2 sales
Gameboy sales > PS2 sales
gerrid wrote:
> I think that the next Gameboy will need to be a lot more than just a
> portable gamcube if it is going to be worth buying.
Well yes.
Think about it.
PS2 sales > GC sales
So logically:
portable PS2 sales > portable GC sales
yes?
If more people bought PS2s than GCs when they were home consoles, why would it be any different when they're handhelds?
> I think that the next Gameboy will need to be a lot more than just a
> portable gamcube if it is going to be worth buying.
Well yes.
Think about it.
PS2 sales > GC sales
So logically:
portable PS2 sales > portable GC sales
yes?
If more people bought PS2s than GCs when they were home consoles, why would it be any different when they're handhelds?
gerrid wrote:
> Yeah rereleased for £5. Nitendo would make then £20
> though. Just look at NES classics. HONESTLY.
Indeed, knowing Nintendo Gamecube classics'll be like £20...
But then it won't bother us as we'll already have them.
> Yeah rereleased for £5. Nitendo would make then £20
> though. Just look at NES classics. HONESTLY.
Indeed, knowing Nintendo Gamecube classics'll be like £20...
But then it won't bother us as we'll already have them.
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> I think Dringo was trying to say what I was saying, just in a really
> retarded and unitelligble way.
Pretty much, I also said that earlier.
> Ahh, good old Cambridge education.
The confusion has stemmed from me calling "GBE" games, "Gamecube" games as they are essentially the same things.
> I think Dringo was trying to say what I was saying, just in a really
> retarded and unitelligble way.
Pretty much, I also said that earlier.
> Ahh, good old Cambridge education.
The confusion has stemmed from me calling "GBE" games, "Gamecube" games as they are essentially the same things.
I think that the next Gameboy will need to be a lot more than just a portable gamcube if it is going to be worth buying.
I think Dringo was trying to say what I was saying, just in a really retarded and unitelligble way.
Ahh, good old Cambridge education.
Ahh, good old Cambridge education.
Yeah rereleased for £5. Nitendo would make then £20 though. Just look at NES classics. HONESTLY.
Dringo wrote:
> Spliced with brand new games means the odd original game does it?
>
> Spliced = to join
>
> In other words new games joining the old ones.
To me, your sentence meant "re-release a load of old games, while padding it out with some new ones to make it look like we aren't ripping you off".
> Spliced with brand new games means the odd original game does it?
>
> Spliced = to join
>
> In other words new games joining the old ones.
To me, your sentence meant "re-release a load of old games, while padding it out with some new ones to make it look like we aren't ripping you off".
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