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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.

I don;t think it's the GBE that's in question here - I think it's Dring's sanity.

at last, someone sees the light!

I see what Dringo is getting at, that Gameboy owners looking for the next step might buy it, but I don't think they would buy it unless there was a proper amount of new software released.

gerrid wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> No I see what a clever and cheap way this is for making an awful lot
> of money.
>
> Make money by shafting you in the ass, yeah. If that's what you want
> then fine.

Welcome to bussiness. And Nintendo at that.



There would be new games! It wouldn't be an emulator. All I'm saying is that we'd still get Gamecube games and so forth because of the GBE.

Even if you don't get a GBE you'd still get a nice fresh supply of Gamecube games coming your way.

This argument is void until we know the storage medium and the facts.

If the storage medium for the next Gameboy is GC discs, then I see your point and agree with you. If it's something new then your argument is more pathetic than Dringo's fanboyism.


Time span makes a difference too, if the next Gameboy isn't released until 2007/8 than it wouldn't matter, even if it did use GC discs. Why? Because it would be the Gameboy, and developers love making games for it. You would get the normal slew of new Gameboy games, with the advantage of being able to dig out your old GC collection to play again if you wanted to., or play the new Gameboy games on your old GC. Either way it's win-win for the developers, can't you see that?

What makes the profit? The games, not the hardware. If the next Gameboy uses GC discs then the developers can't lose! People who own a Gamecube could buy them, and people who buy the Gameboy will buy them. Sure, you'd be buying last gen games, but all generations add is better graphics. If Golden Sun had been a GC game I would have bought it, despite only having polished SNES graphics.

It also won't be as expensive as you say. N64 = £250, DS = more powerful, two screens, touchscreen/mic and the miniturisation costs = £100.

GC = £40, miniturising the power of the GC for a handheld will equal about £100.


I understand what you're saying, but the point is everybody wins here. You'll still have your old GC, and will be able to play the new Gameboy games on it without having to actually buy a Gameboy, and the developers will have an increased user base to sell to.


Now ffs stop arguing about something we know nothing about.

Dringo wrote:
> It'd just sell through the roof.

But that means it'd be launched as a dead console. An emulator. And we all know how long emulators keep you interested for - about 5 minutes.

Face it, if it's simply a portable GC, it'll suck.

Dringo wrote:
> No I see what a clever and cheap way this is for making an awful lot
> of money.

Make money by shafting you in the ass, yeah. If that's what you want then fine.

mattributé wrote:
> If the GC game-playing is sinmply an added advantage, then I'm all for
> it.
>
> If it's the main draw, then I'd be very sceptical.

But it would sell to the Gameboy fans.

People buy Gameboy's and not Gamecube's.

And it would sell to Cube owners wanting to play their games on the go too.

It'd just sell through the roof.

If the GC game-playing is sinmply an added advantage, then I'm all for it.

If it's the main draw, then I'd be very sceptical.

gerrid wrote:

> Please tell me that you see how stupid and pointless this is?

No I see what a clever and cheap way this is for making an awful lot of money.

mermoid wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> The games would have to be re-released anyway due to copywrite
> issues.
>
> you mean copyright, but why?
> why would playing GC games on a handheld be any different than using
> the backwards compatibility on the PS2?

Maybe not, I dunno the ins and outs of the industry.