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Sun 20/05/01 at 15:18
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There are many great consoles out there already but new ones are coming out soon.

there is already PS2 and X-box and gamecube will hopefully come out in the UK at around early spring 2002.

In the handheld section there is game boy advance and wonderswan color.

The big Question is Which one do you go for?

X-box does not look like it comes from the future but it is very powerful and can display amazing graphics but any game on x-box can very easily get converted to the PC and also it very bulky and is a new comer to the console market so I am not going with Microsoft.
The only game that im intrested in on X-box is WWF Raw is War as I am a HUGE WWF fan.(my favourite is Kane)

When I first heard about PS2 I started to save up for one but my friend has got one and I am not very impressed with it as it has got huge loading times and is big . I know it is Backwards compatible but why dont you get a console where you can play different games. Also Sony did not even make a new controller, they just made it black and called is Duel Shock 2. If you play DVD's using there scart lead the picture goes all green. (I'm sorry to all those PS2 fans out there but I am just saying what I think.)


Now for Nintendo GameCube. All your favourite characters are back including Mario, Luigi, Link, pikachu (oh no) and a Metroid and wave race and super smash brothers games aswell are all coming to gamecube.
GameCube can display some amazing pictures and comes in different colours so it will alwsys match your room. The controller looks a bit weired but should be perfect for all games. Nintendo have got a lot more 3rd party developers with gamecube than N64 and uses dinky dvds to prevent pirate games . I am now saving up for a Game Cube .


I dont really Know much about the Wanderswan Color but it is more powerful than GBA and in an Edge mag i saw it connected to a laptop and a PS2. I dont know if it is going to be released in the UK or not.


The other console i want is the GBA I have played one in a shop and it is great. The link-up with game cube is great too. I am getting a GBA for my birthday which is soon and the games I want most are Mario Advance and Mario Kart Advance.

So I am going With Nintendo and am getting a Game Cube and a GBA and i hpoe Nintendo do better in this Console war than before as I am a Nintendo fan which you may of guessed from this but which console do you want?

Fri 25/05/01 at 00:26
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Kazooie wrote:
> VenomByte wrote:
> In reply to the original topic, I will base
> my chioce of console
> solely on the quality of the handle it
> has built in to it.

Yeah, it is all about the controller and the
> games


I can't help wondering if he missed my point....
Thu 24/05/01 at 13:21
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"Jim Jam Jim"
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New Jimmy wrote:
> What is this "Wanderswan Color", tell us more...who makes
> it???

Bandai make it. Its been out for a while in Japan. I dont know if its out here yet.
Thu 24/05/01 at 13:17
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"Jim Jam Jim"
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residentevilfan wrote:
> firstly WRONG,the ps2 controller is very different,every button can
> tell how hard you are pressing by 256 levels of pressure instead of
> just a button and a force feedback controller is rumored to be in
> the making.

Apart from start, select and R3 and L3
Thu 24/05/01 at 12:14
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All the talk about controllers...who cares although if you look carefully the Duel shock 2 has sparkly bits oooooooh :)
Thu 24/05/01 at 11:59
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THe controller can make or break a system, I just hope the new GameCube controller is actually good, it looks weird although I thought the same about the N64 controller which I now love :-)
Thu 24/05/01 at 11:47
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New Jimmy wrote:
> Ild agree the original PS controller is very good, although I dont
> much like the analogue Duel Shock pads...give me an N64 pad anyday
> :-)

As for the Dreamcast pad eeerrgghhh

The n64 pad is perfect... I think that the PsX and PS2 controls are too small
Thu 24/05/01 at 11:46
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VenomByte wrote:
> In reply to the original topic, I will base my chioce of console
> solely on the quality of the handle it has built in to it.

Yeah, it is all about the controller and the games
Thu 24/05/01 at 11:35
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Ild agree the original PS controller is very good, although I dont much like the analogue Duel Shock pads...give me an N64 pad anyday :-)

As for the Dreamcast pad eeerrgghhh
Wed 23/05/01 at 23:09
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Edgy wrote:
> turbonutter wrote:
> Methinkest this is a GAD attempt.

Oh,
> and about the PS2
> controller: Why improve on
> perfection?

The Plasystation's controller is far from perfect!
> It's modelled on the SNES's (which is a good basic controller) but
> the PS's controller feels cheap and for someone like me with big
> hands does not feel natural.

Anyway nothing can be perfect!

It may not be perfect, but it's still a darn good controller.
Wed 23/05/01 at 23:05
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turbonutter wrote:
> Methinkest this is a GAD attempt.

Oh, and about the PS2
> controller: Why improve on perfection?

The Plasystation's controller is far from perfect! It's modelled on the SNES's (which is a good basic controller) but the PS's controller feels cheap and for someone like me with big hands does not feel natural.

Anyway nothing can be perfect!

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