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The next generation of Nintendo began earlier this year with the successful launch of the Gameboy Advanced. But as many of us will know the Gameboy Advance is only one half of the same console, the Gamecube is the other with the capability to download mini games on to blank GBA cartridges which of course can be the size of Zelda on the N64 being only one of its many combinational possibilities.
The GBA is going slowly at the moment the other half is yet to come but after reading what the consoles will do together I was pleased but I expected there to be more to it, we had predicted most of the things the GBA can do with the Gamecube and I honestly believed Nintendo have something up their sleeve that no one had even considered but there was no evidence of this… yet.
But Nintendo’s next generation has split into 3, something I didn’t expect, I am referring to Pokémon Mini. This is a tiny, black and white, cartridge based, Pokémon only console with 4 games already announced. It also has more buttons than the Gameboy colour but why did Nintendo make this?
Obviously a cash in as this won’t be a good console, die hard Pokémon will lap this up (including me) but gamers even those who like Pokémon won’t as there is no 3rd party games this is just Pokémon, a game designed by one company. Yet I know there is more to this than meets the eye, 4 way infra read link up is a smart idea especially as infra red is sadly missing on the Gameboy Advanced does this present a clue?
I look to Pokémon World the Gameboy Advanced game that uses the revolutionary e-card reader that downloads information from Pokémon cards (that could well take off again from this) on to the game. Then there is the elusive Gamecube Pokémon game, could Pokémon mini have something to do with any of these?
Simple cash in is what it looks like but what I bet it will do is something the GBA is doing (if you get an American GBA you will find it filled with Gamecube propaganda) Nintendo won’t pass off the opportunity to push Pokémon mini fans to Nintendo’s other two consoles.
It took me by surprise and I don’t think we have heard the full story around what the radio has called “ a waste of money,” And a “dead franchise.” What is Pokémon mini all about? Why was it announced in Europe rather than Spaceworld? Could this in fact be a console dedicated to the Gamecube and/or GBA Pokémon game(s) that will somehow intertwine together? Only time will tell but I will be looking very closely at the Pokémon mini and what Nintendo are up to.
Here’s to the Future
Dringo
The GBA is going slowly at the moment the other half is yet to come but after reading what the consoles will do together I was pleased but I expected there to be more to it, we had predicted most of the things the GBA can do with the Gamecube and I honestly believed Nintendo have something up their sleeve that no one had even considered but there was no evidence of this… yet.
But Nintendo’s next generation has split into 3, something I didn’t expect, I am referring to Pokémon Mini. This is a tiny, black and white, cartridge based, Pokémon only console with 4 games already announced. It also has more buttons than the Gameboy colour but why did Nintendo make this?
Obviously a cash in as this won’t be a good console, die hard Pokémon will lap this up (including me) but gamers even those who like Pokémon won’t as there is no 3rd party games this is just Pokémon, a game designed by one company. Yet I know there is more to this than meets the eye, 4 way infra read link up is a smart idea especially as infra red is sadly missing on the Gameboy Advanced does this present a clue?
I look to Pokémon World the Gameboy Advanced game that uses the revolutionary e-card reader that downloads information from Pokémon cards (that could well take off again from this) on to the game. Then there is the elusive Gamecube Pokémon game, could Pokémon mini have something to do with any of these?
Simple cash in is what it looks like but what I bet it will do is something the GBA is doing (if you get an American GBA you will find it filled with Gamecube propaganda) Nintendo won’t pass off the opportunity to push Pokémon mini fans to Nintendo’s other two consoles.
It took me by surprise and I don’t think we have heard the full story around what the radio has called “ a waste of money,” And a “dead franchise.” What is Pokémon mini all about? Why was it announced in Europe rather than Spaceworld? Could this in fact be a console dedicated to the Gamecube and/or GBA Pokémon game(s) that will somehow intertwine together? Only time will tell but I will be looking very closely at the Pokémon mini and what Nintendo are up to.
Here’s to the Future
Dringo
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The next generation of Nintendo began earlier this year with the successful launch of the Gameboy Advanced. But as many of us will know the Gameboy Advance is only one half of the same console, the Gamecube is the other with the capability to download mini games on to blank GBA cartridges which of course can be the size of Zelda on the N64 being only one of its many combinational possibilities.
The GBA is going slowly at the moment the other half is yet to come but after reading what the consoles will do together I was pleased but I expected there to be more to it, we had predicted most of the things the GBA can do with the Gamecube and I honestly believed Nintendo have something up their sleeve that no one had even considered but there was no evidence of this… yet.
But Nintendo’s next generation has split into 3, something I didn’t expect, I am referring to Pokémon Mini. This is a tiny, black and white, cartridge based, Pokémon only console with 4 games already announced. It also has more buttons than the Gameboy colour but why did Nintendo make this?
Obviously a cash in as this won’t be a good console, die hard Pokémon will lap this up (including me) but gamers even those who like Pokémon won’t as there is no 3rd party games this is just Pokémon, a game designed by one company. Yet I know there is more to this than meets the eye, 4 way infra read link up is a smart idea especially as infra red is sadly missing on the Gameboy Advanced does this present a clue?
I look to Pokémon World the Gameboy Advanced game that uses the revolutionary e-card reader that downloads information from Pokémon cards (that could well take off again from this) on to the game. Then there is the elusive Gamecube Pokémon game, could Pokémon mini have something to do with any of these?
Simple cash in is what it looks like but what I bet it will do is something the GBA is doing (if you get an American GBA you will find it filled with Gamecube propaganda) Nintendo won’t pass off the opportunity to push Pokémon mini fans to Nintendo’s other two consoles.
It took me by surprise and I don’t think we have heard the full story around what the radio has called “ a waste of money,” And a “dead franchise.” What is Pokémon mini all about? Why was it announced in Europe rather than Spaceworld? Could this in fact be a console dedicated to the Gamecube and/or GBA Pokémon game(s) that will somehow intertwine together? Only time will tell but I will be looking very closely at the Pokémon mini and what Nintendo are up to.
Here’s to the Future
Dringo
The GBA is going slowly at the moment the other half is yet to come but after reading what the consoles will do together I was pleased but I expected there to be more to it, we had predicted most of the things the GBA can do with the Gamecube and I honestly believed Nintendo have something up their sleeve that no one had even considered but there was no evidence of this… yet.
But Nintendo’s next generation has split into 3, something I didn’t expect, I am referring to Pokémon Mini. This is a tiny, black and white, cartridge based, Pokémon only console with 4 games already announced. It also has more buttons than the Gameboy colour but why did Nintendo make this?
Obviously a cash in as this won’t be a good console, die hard Pokémon will lap this up (including me) but gamers even those who like Pokémon won’t as there is no 3rd party games this is just Pokémon, a game designed by one company. Yet I know there is more to this than meets the eye, 4 way infra read link up is a smart idea especially as infra red is sadly missing on the Gameboy Advanced does this present a clue?
I look to Pokémon World the Gameboy Advanced game that uses the revolutionary e-card reader that downloads information from Pokémon cards (that could well take off again from this) on to the game. Then there is the elusive Gamecube Pokémon game, could Pokémon mini have something to do with any of these?
Simple cash in is what it looks like but what I bet it will do is something the GBA is doing (if you get an American GBA you will find it filled with Gamecube propaganda) Nintendo won’t pass off the opportunity to push Pokémon mini fans to Nintendo’s other two consoles.
It took me by surprise and I don’t think we have heard the full story around what the radio has called “ a waste of money,” And a “dead franchise.” What is Pokémon mini all about? Why was it announced in Europe rather than Spaceworld? Could this in fact be a console dedicated to the Gamecube and/or GBA Pokémon game(s) that will somehow intertwine together? Only time will tell but I will be looking very closely at the Pokémon mini and what Nintendo are up to.
Here’s to the Future
Dringo
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