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"Mini-Gamecube being prepared"

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 article says nintendo are working on a portable GC.

this = not useful

mermoid wrote:
> Whitestripes DX wrote:
> I never agreed with Dringo, but then you started arguing with me,
> which is stupid because clearly what I have said is good and the
> most
> likely to actually happen.
>
> I didn't argue with you, I argued with Dringo.
> Most of what you said made sense, unlike what Dringo says.

It's the same thing!

gerrid wrote:
. Done. No one is saying that a new more powerful GB isn't a
> good thing. Whether I'd buy it or not depends on the games,
> obviously. If the games were just GC games then I wouldn't. It's very
> simple

My point is that the new GBE games would also double as Gamecube games.

Just as the GAmecube games could double as GBE games.

If you don't want a GBE that's cool, any title you do want you can play on the Gamecube anyway!

Whitestripes DX wrote:
> I never agreed with Dringo, but then you started arguing with me,
> which is stupid because clearly what I have said is good and the most
> likely to actually happen.

I didn't argue with you, I argued with Dringo.
Most of what you said made sense, unlike what Dringo says.

mermoid wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> mermoid wrote:

> AGAIN, I said it would be pointless if it was just a GC that was
> portable.
> If it was a new console, with the focus on new games, that's good.
> If it's a handheld GC, that plays GC games and the odd original
> game...that's completely pointless.

But... I never said that?!?!?!?

Whitestripes DX wrote:

> Please don't ever bunch me in with Dringo unless I specifically say
> I'm 'on his side'.

Not that it matters because you're backing up my point.

Dringo wrote:
> mermoid wrote:
> No-one said a portable console with the power of a GC would be bad,
> they took objection to the suggestion that it would just BE a GC,
> but
> portable, which, if you read the thread, is what Dringo has
> suggested
> several times.
>


> What's wrong with it having the same power as a GC?

erm, nothing... did you even read what I said?
"No-one said a portable console with the power of a GC would be bad"
"No-one said a portable console with the power of a GC would be bad"
"No-one said a portable console with the power of a GC would be bad"

AGAIN, I said it would be pointless if it was just a GC that was portable.
If it was a new console, with the focus on new games, that's good.
If it's a handheld GC, that plays GC games and the odd original game...that's completely pointless.

Listen, here it is in black and white.

Article says next Gameboy = portable GC

If that is the case I wouldn't buy one as I already have a GC

It would be good if it = more GC games

Unless these new GC games are just poorer versions of Revolution games


There. Done. No one is saying that a new more powerful GB isn't a good thing. Whether I'd buy it or not depends on the games, obviously. If the games were just GC games then I wouldn't. It's very simple

mermoid wrote:
> No-one said a portable console with the power of a GC would be bad,
> they took objection to the suggestion that it would just BE a GC, but
> portable, which, if you read the thread, is what Dringo has suggested
> several times.


I know this. I never said it would just be a GC, in fact I was the first person to say 'Hey, this is just a new Gameboy capable of playing GC games'.

I never agreed with Dringo, but then you started arguing with me, which is stupid because clearly what I have said is good and the most likely to actually happen.


Please don't ever bunch me in with Dringo unless I specifically say I'm 'on his side'.

gerrid wrote:
> It matters to me. I don't careif Nintendo make money out of you
> rebuying games over and over again.

Why does it matter to you? You get to play new GBE games without needing to buy a console!

> Since when was gaming about what other people played?

Eh?