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A Portable GameCube device has been mooted, though SPOnG thinks this is unlikely for various reasons. One source in the US said yesterday, “This is not going to be Nintendo’s answer to the PSP. It’s not going to be more powerful.” So will the firm release an update to the current hardware, seeing what is essentially a shrunk-down SNES re-born in its third portable iteration?

At this point you’d have to wonder what Nintendo can do to improve on the SP. A Play-Yan could be incorporated, as could embedded wireless functionality, though the GBA will already accept a wireless adapter and Play-Yan without hindering the device’s core appeal. Perhaps a download-driven unit is on the cards, offering a selection of Nintendo’s back catalogue, though Nintendo’s new-found interest in the Internet is something of an oxymoron: paranoid confidence.
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The DS will also see some re-branding, though of course the core gaming element will still exist as its installed userbase is now strong enough to cope with this. However, the machine, with around five million global sales at the time of writing, will emerge as something that does a lot more, with music, art, education and PDA software set to be shown in a major way in the coming months. Nintendo will push the DS as a machine that offers portable gaming to a market that would usually ignore such technology, aiming for a super-casual gaming audience that would enjoy the functionality of an interactive entertainment portable with the ability to browse the internet, send email, enjoy movies and music and above all, offer the option be creative on the move.
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We do know, however, that it’s slated to be shown at Nintendo’s pre-E3 conference and will be in playable form on the event's showfloor. We also believe that it will be available to buy in Japan and the US in time for the 2005 holiday season.
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sigh.

I really have no extra money to buy another portable if it isn't even going to be more powerful than PSP.

If this is true, of course.
 
I could easily see Nintendo updgrading the GBA again with a headphone jack, backlit screen, wireless built in, and a glossy/sexy finish like that of the PSP.

I'd rather buy that than a DS.
 
If it's not on the same level as the PSP why even bother? I mean you still have the SP and the DS going side by side. They're chopping up their own userbase.
 
We do know, however, that itÂ’s slated to be shown at NintendoÂ’s pre-E3 conference and will be in playable form on the event's showfloor. We also believe that it will be available to buy in Japan and the US in time for the 2005 holiday season.
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What exactly is the "it" referenced in this quote?
 
I suspect it's a DS redesign that is asthetically more appealing to an audience like the one described above.
 
So...Spong really has no fucking clue, as usual. I'm sure they'll blow the victory trumpets at E3, though, seeing as how they've guessed every reasonable possibility under the sun now.
 
Speevy said:
:lol


How many times must this story change before people stop posting this site's rumors as facts?
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well it's only 10-11 days left now till the rumor madness ends.
 
if we assume that the psp is close to the state of the art, and that nintendo isn't willing to lose as much money on portable hardware as sony -- both sound assumptions, i think -- then a portable gamecube isn't happening anytime soon. beyond all the reasons that nintendo shouldn't do a portable gamecube, i doubt they can do a portable gamecube.

though i'm all for a gba sp sp. backlit screen, pls.
 
Look:, I know "mooted" is a word, but that doesn't stop it from sounding all kinds of weird when it's actually used.
 
i like the sound of DS software for internet browsing, text reading, and PDA type stuff... that will probably sell a few ds systems, hell i might even buy one.
 
At this point I expect a DS or GBA redesign, a couple of edutainment/dictionary titles from third parties, and a huge ass "WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU FIRST" headline on Spong.
 
Catchpenny said:
At this point I expect a DS or GBA redesign, a couple of edutainment/dictionary titles from third parties, and a huge ass "WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU FIRST" headline on Spong.
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Damned if you do? If this supposed new Gameboy is some sort of 2D beast, sign me up. There are not nearly enough beautiful 2D games.
 
iGBA. It's happening. :)


Everyone knew the next Game Boy wasn't coming until late 2006/early 2007 at the earliest anyway. By then cramming a GC comparable chipset into a GB sized shell for $99 shouldn't be much of a problem either.
 
A portable GC would be an awesome way of answering to PSP. Will happen ? I doubt it. I think that in this E3 they will show some kind of special DS...
 
A DS redesign won't be shown at E3, it's just too soon. Especially it it won't hit market until the end of the year, Nintendo's not going to stall current DS sales for that. I'm 100% sure this is going to be another GBA revision.
 
ourumov said:
Another GBA revision ?
What can they add ? Backlit screen ? That's not enough...At least for me.
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Tons of stuff...

-wireless built in
-front lit screen
-HD/flash drive
-SD slot built in (MP3/MPEG4 playback)
-headphone jack
 
drohne:
if we assume that the psp is close to the state of the art, and that nintendo isn't willing to lose as much money on portable hardware as sony -- both sound assumptions, i think
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Handheld technologies have been at some DirectX8.0+ level functionalities since 2003. A system with GC-level power in Nintendo's price range would be more than possible, if they wanted to go that route.
 
It's Spong (28 Feb) versus Spong (6 May)! FIGHT!

Spong (28 Feb) said:
preliminary hardware will be... encased alongside the Nintendo Revolution on the showfloor.
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Spong (6 May) said:
the unit... will go on to be available in playable form at the show to a greater extent than many insiders might have guessed.
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So which is it?

Spong (28 Feb) said:
The unit will be a true gaming machine and will come equipped with a large high-quality back-lit screen and analogue controls, very much, one might argue, like SonyÂ’s PSP... in essence [it] appears to be a PSP with a Nintendo badge
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Spong (6 May) said:
One source in the US said yesterday, “This is not going to be Nintendo’s answer to the PSP. It’s not going to be more powerful.”
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Ruh-roh.

Spong (28 Feb) said:
SPOnG also believes it likely that the machine will make use of GameCube software.
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Spong (6 May) said:
A Portable GameCube device has been mooted though SPOnG thinks this is unlikely for various reasons.
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One of the reasons it's unlikely is because you said it was true in the first place.

Spong (28 Feb) said:
[The DS is] a machine that was launched as a gaming device and will, within months, have its key role significantly altered.
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Spong (6 May) said:
The DS will also see some re-branding, though of course the core gaming element will still exist as its installed userbase is now strong enough to cope with this.
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Of course.
 
Pure speculation by the sounds of it, but I hope there's something at E3!

A ~PSP level handheld or GC+ level handheld would be nice.... BUT a slightly lower power handheld with a HD would be incredible. For media especially..
 
If the next iteration of Gameboy hardware is not as powerful as the Sony PSP, it will be a complete and utter failure. Has Nintendo not learned from it's past when they got their asses handed to them with Sony Playstation vs. Nintendo 64? Looks like a repeat performance is coming up............
 
mrroboto said:
If the next iteration of Gameboy hardware is not as powerful as the Sony PSP, it will be a complete and utter failure. Has Nintendo not learned from it's past when they got their asses handed to them with Sony Playstation vs. Nintendo 64? Looks like a repeat performance is coming up............
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yes because ps1 was better than n64......... :lol
 
mrroboto said:
If the next iteration of Gameboy hardware is not as powerful as the Sony PSP, it will be a complete and utter failure. Has Nintendo not learned from it's past when they got their asses handed to them with Sony Playstation vs. Nintendo 64? Looks like a repeat performance is coming up............
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Since we all know the superior hardware ALWAYS wins, right?
[/sarcasm]
 
This just in:

Spong: "Sources inside Nintendo have confirmed that the name Game Boy WILL be mentioned in some fom or another at E3"

After E3: "Spong brought you the FIRST World Exclusive info!"
 
Spong heard from one of its sources that there would be another nintendo handheld. This source does not know what the handheld entails, everything spong has written in terms of what the handheld is and what its featureset will be is pure speculation on their part.
 
mrroboto said:
If the next iteration of Gameboy hardware is not as powerful as the Sony PSP, it will be a complete and utter failure. Has Nintendo not learned from it's past when they got their asses handed to them with Sony Playstation vs. Nintendo 64? Looks like a repeat performance is coming up............
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Right. Too bad Virtual Boy didn't outsell PlayStation by 2 to 1. ;)
 
nah, I'm not saying anything like that. of course not!

also, I'm totally not saying anything along the lines of "throw around enough shit, and you're bound to hit something."
 
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