New Nintedo "Device"

[Deach]

i was on megagames.com and heard of this new gaming....thing, heres the info of the site

"Nintendo have announced that they plan to announce a new game product next year. The statement was made during a briefing on Nintendo's new business strategy. It seems that part of Nintendo's strategy is to blame Sony and their PSP announcement for their current woes. Although tight with the new products details, President Satoru Iwata told the news conference We are preparing a new product which will be surprising and unique...

Speculation on what exactly this new product may be ranges from the ridiculous to the borderline plausible. Recent rumours of a possible Spring 2005 release for the GameCube successor, codenamed N5, suggest that the new device may arrive faster than initially expected. It is another of Iwata's statements however, which points to something else. He said Basically Sony's multi-function handheld device will not have a big impact on our business, but we are, whether Sony releases a new product or not, preparing for our future...and we'll be able to tell you specifics next spring. This statement points to some GBA related device even though any guess as to its exact nature would be too risky at this time.

Iwata also announced a loyalty reward scheme, aimed to boost GameCube hardware and software sales. Club Nintendo will allow the byers of Nintendo software to accumulate points in a scheme similar to Air Miles.
We'll begin the new programme in Japan and the United States by the end of this year. We aim to have 300,000-500,000 users sign up for the programme in the first year claims Iwata.

Iwata also said Nintendo plan to boost software development by increasing collaborations with external software developers although, he denied any plans for further studio acquisitions.

In the fringes of that press conference Iwata also announced three new Nintendo titles which herals a return to the classic game recipe for the company. A GameCube version of the Wario Ware, Inc., a Donkey Kong game by Namco and a new Zelda adventure expected before Q4, 2004 make up the list.
With F-Zero GX, the classic arcade racer remake, about to go gold it is certainly turning out to be a busy time for Nintendo developers.

[Amethyst Rush]

Yes i saw this too...i guess we wont know to next year...hm probably their new gameboy or new home console...just a guess.

[Megalith]

I've read this earlier this day But I hardly suspect it's a successor to either the GameCube or the GameBoy Advance. Heck, we don't even know if it's hardware or software. The reason I don't think it's a successor to either the GCN or the GBA, is because Iwata said it's going to be unique, while a successor to the GBA and the GCN is not unique in any way. It'd be a another console or handheld system. That is assuming he's talking about hardware

[Amethyst Rush]

hm..well i would like to think its the next game boy or GCN...but yea..who knows with nintendo...

[LitBolt]

Maybe they're giving the Virtual Boy a MAJOR update... That'd be interesting. But I suppose that's not unique, so we'll just have to wait 'till next year.

[Hangman]

Originally posted by Nightingale
I've read this earlier this day But I hardly suspect it's a successor to either the GameCube or the GameBoy Advance. Heck, we don't even know if it's hardware or software. The reason I don't think it's a successor to either the GCN or the GBA, is because Iwata said it's going to be unique, while a successor to the GBA and the GCN is not unique in any way. It'd be a another console or handheld system. That is assuming he's talking about hardware

Exactly. No one can possibly be sure at all what it is considering no details other than it's "unique" have been given out. Like Nightingale pointed out, Nintendo haven't even confirmed if it's hardware of software.

Originally posted by LitBolt
Maybe they're giving the Virtual Boy a MAJOR update... That'd be interesting.

5 Star Vote for the most original thinking in a speculative thread ever

[LitBolt]

Originally posted by Hangman
5 Star Vote for the most original thinking in a speculative thread ever

:O! Thanks, now I have 51! (after Dan gave me one last night).

You can have one too... but I think I already gave you one.

[Darth Frogger]

<a href='http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20030807/tc_nm/tech_nintendo_dc' target="_blank">Here</a>'s another article on it, from Yahoo.

Here's a quote from it.

"Asked if it would be a next-generation game console or software, Iwata declined to specify."

So it could be anything. From a unique game like Pikmin or Cubivore to something like Litbolt's new Virtual Boy.

[akuma2k3]

Hmm i don't know what to expect. I do know that nintendo is doing everything they can to release their next console right on time with the ps3 this time around though!

[Coolvortex]

Damn... they can't relase a new generation of consoles so early. It's so damn early. I just got my PS2 an year ago, and my gamecube this year. I haven't got enough money to get a PS3 or a gamecube 2 whatever their names are. I hope they will think about it two times before relasing all the new consoles in 2005. And it's still early to relase new handhelds too.

[SA-X]

i think i heard about this, apparently the Gamecube was just testing the abbility of nintendo, and they were preparing for the next console by releasing the gamecube so it wouldnt b a big flop or something

[Megalith]

Originally posted by wind_waker
i think i heard about this, apparently the Gamecube was just testing the abbility of nintendo, and they were preparing for the next console by releasing the gamecube so it wouldnt b a big flop or something

I don't think so buddy. If a game company would want to try to test something, they would do it with software, not hardware, let alone a console. The development of GameCube games averages around 603,000 USD. I hope that gives you a tid-bit on how much the production of the GameCube itself costed. I think you get the idea, so I'll stop rambling