Will Nintendo continue their 'innovation' with next Game Boy iteration?
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soundwave05
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I really don't know what else they could add though ... tilt sensor? Camera?
I think GB Next will just be their more direct answer to the PSP, widescreen display, high end graphics, etc.
I hope though they use a smaller, fold out design. The PSP or DS are too big to carry around in one's pocket. Doesn't have to be as small as the GBA SP, but something a tad wider than the i-Pod and a tad thicker when folded together would be ok.
I think they will keep the touchscreen idea, but have only one main touchscreen (no dual screen stuff).
I think GB Next will just be their more direct answer to the PSP, widescreen display, high end graphics, etc.
I hope though they use a smaller, fold out design. The PSP or DS are too big to carry around in one's pocket. Doesn't have to be as small as the GBA SP, but something a tad wider than the i-Pod and a tad thicker when folded together would be ok.
I think they will keep the touchscreen idea, but have only one main touchscreen (no dual screen stuff).
Oh no! Then what reason iz there to play the DS anymore?
I'd like to see the WonderSwan idea return. Having a wide screen and being able to play games both vertically or horizontily iz like having the PSP and DS in one. Course you'll need buttons on each end, and a touchscreen. NINTENDO R U READING THIS?!
God's Hand
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DS has sold millions, and Nintendo is dead? This weekend, the PSP launch, DS sales increased 20%, probably because of people deciding to go for the cheaper handheld.
ThongyDonk
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God's Hand said:
how'd you know they increased 20%??
drohne said:
Yeah, I've had it with their gimmicks too.
One thing many people are forgetting about the PSP is that it will have the "big brother" factor. Little Jimmy's brother will get a PSP and just because his big brother has it, he will want one too. He doesn't care that it doesn't have pokemon or mario. He just wants it because his brother has it. This has not bee a factor in the past because there was no legitimate competition and any that was there did not have the coolness the PSP exudes. This has not had time to take hold obviously, but you can see signs of it in Japan. The PSP is consistantly selling twice as much as the DS is (maybe becuase the DS was frontloaded more than the PSP... that remains to be seen). Word of mouth will of course lead to more sales.
WordAssassin
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The big brother factor has never helped a handheld against Nintendo before. My big brother had a Lynx. I know people who's big brothers had GameGears and NeoGeo Pockets. It was never, "Ok, I'm gonna have this cool Sega handheld, go play with your little GameBoy." That doesn't happen. Handhelds are GameBoy. Your brother gets one, you get one, your dad gets one. It's not gonna be like, "Oh man, my big brother has a PSP I want to be like him fuck GameBoy!" just as it wasn't that way for any of the "cool" handhelds of the past. Lynx, GameGear, NGP, Wonderswan, and N-Gage, I'm looking at you.
(Although, as an afterthought, I did kinda like the Lynx. Fact of it was, my big brother wasn't a total asshole so he let me play it, thus negating me needing one. He eventually gave it to me, too. I have it and all its games, yet it doesn't run anymore. Garrett am cry. )
I mean, seriously, if you're talking about a houshold where the big brother has a $200+ PSP, and the little brother wants one, the parents will make the older brother share it because they aren't gonna shell out another $200+ for a second PSP. I know my family has never really owned more than one handheld at a time, save for when I bought my own GameBoy Color, and much later, a GBA SP (and gave my old GBA to my sister).
This is the same crap people were saying about how PS2 and Xbox's userbase is just a bunch of kids. They see older gamers playing mature games, they go, "OH SNAP HE HAS A PS2 I WANT ONE!" What on earth? What parent buys two of the same console? They're too expensive, and that's why God invented sharing.
(Although, as an afterthought, I did kinda like the Lynx. Fact of it was, my big brother wasn't a total asshole so he let me play it, thus negating me needing one. He eventually gave it to me, too. I have it and all its games, yet it doesn't run anymore. Garrett am cry. )
I mean, seriously, if you're talking about a houshold where the big brother has a $200+ PSP, and the little brother wants one, the parents will make the older brother share it because they aren't gonna shell out another $200+ for a second PSP. I know my family has never really owned more than one handheld at a time, save for when I bought my own GameBoy Color, and much later, a GBA SP (and gave my old GBA to my sister).
This is the same crap people were saying about how PS2 and Xbox's userbase is just a bunch of kids. They see older gamers playing mature games, they go, "OH SNAP HE HAS A PS2 I WANT ONE!" What on earth? What parent buys two of the same console? They're too expensive, and that's why God invented sharing.
Azelover said:
Oh please.
There hasn't been a strong alternative to GB, so how do you know as a fact what most GB players want? You don't, its speculation.
The philosophy Nintendo keeps with their GB line is to drip down the technology as slowly as possible, keeping prices high while reaping the benefits of a monopoly in the handheld area.
Until now.
Now they either get with the program, or shut the fuck up. After PSP, peoples' expectations of a handheld machine will change, and the next gameboy has to stack up, or it will simply be ignored by consumers.
ThongyDonk
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or after the PSP people will realsie that for a top notch Handheld you have to pay mega bucks.!
goomba said:
Man, goomba, you could do better than this. Even I could! But seriously, listing a demo as one of the "awesome games" only demonstrates weakness
goomba said:
Just for reference - and you might not have known this - but GBA games are not the same as DS games! In fact, they're quite different in a lot of ways!
People don't give portable Mario 64 enough credit. It's easily better than all PSP games, for instance.
I hope the GameBoy Evolution features a screen the size of the PSP's, but with the same quality durability seen in the DS's touch screen. The big screen should also be stylus-compatible, because I feel it's not a legitimate way to control games. I also want the voice recognition feature of the DS to make it to the Evolution.
Basically, take the innovation of the DS, merge it with the design and power of the PSP and you have the ultimate handheld.
I hope the GameBoy Evolution features a screen the size of the PSP's, but with the same quality durability seen in the DS's touch screen. The big screen should also be stylus-compatible, because I feel it's not a legitimate way to control games. I also want the voice recognition feature of the DS to make it to the Evolution.
Basically, take the innovation of the DS, merge it with the design and power of the PSP and you have the ultimate handheld.
Date of Lies
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Certainly not as revolutionary as the way you spell 'is'.CO_Andy said:
goomba said:
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So...GBA games demonstrate the "potential" of the DS? See, cause that's what I am stuck on! Hey, I agree DS is awesome and has a lot of potential, though. I just hate when people use "GBA games" as a way to show the awesome library DS has. If I was only interested in the awesome GBA library I would have not purchased a DS. Similarly, if I was only looking for an awesome PSX library I would not have purchased a PS2.
So...GBA games demonstrate the "potential" of the DS? See, cause that's what I am stuck on! Hey, I agree DS is awesome and has a lot of potential, though. I just hate when people use "GBA games" as a way to show the awesome library DS has. If I was only interested in the awesome GBA library I would have not purchased a DS. Similarly, if I was only looking for an awesome PSX library I would not have purchased a PS2.
No oviously only DS games demonstrate the potential. The gba compatibility is just an awesome bonus, espeically for a handheld.
No oviously only DS games demonstrate the potential. The gba compatibility is just an awesome bonus, espeically for a handheld.
i don't think a standard more powerful handheld would interest nintendo and its internal dev teams.
if we believe the rumblings about a portable gc and use some recent nintendo news maybe we have an insight into gbevolution...
- maybe gc compatibility is only part of the picture, like gba for ds
- maybe gbe internals are more inline with an enhanced gc, like triforce
- maybe part of the new functionality is a camera that can also be used with revolution
- maybe revolution is also gbe compatible
- maybe mariokart arcade is a gbe title, so... using wifi it will be possible for someone at one end of the world on gbe to play someone at the other on revolution
nintendo's been working on camera device, and the internals of gc are so beautifully designed it begs portability. i don't think a portable gc, with added functionality, is too big a stretch.
if we believe the rumblings about a portable gc and use some recent nintendo news maybe we have an insight into gbevolution...
- maybe gc compatibility is only part of the picture, like gba for ds
- maybe gbe internals are more inline with an enhanced gc, like triforce
- maybe part of the new functionality is a camera that can also be used with revolution
- maybe revolution is also gbe compatible
- maybe mariokart arcade is a gbe title, so... using wifi it will be possible for someone at one end of the world on gbe to play someone at the other on revolution
nintendo's been working on camera device, and the internals of gc are so beautifully designed it begs portability. i don't think a portable gc, with added functionality, is too big a stretch.