Author Topic: GameCube last system? I think not! (Read 5411 times)

Toddathon · « **on:** January 23, 2003, 05:54:46 PM »

Whoever said that the Nintendo GameCube was Nintendo's last system was highly incorrect. Nintendo has planned a new system for 2005! It's to come out before the X-Box 2 (Late 2005) and the Playstation 3 (Q2 2006) From what I've heard, it will be the only one that's 256 bit, the other two only being faster or better in some way, and Nintendo is trying for polygons on the gameboy, but have not yet succeeded. As the article at IGN says "Nintendo quit the console buisness? I think not. They want to win" so they are releasing their new console before the others to gain the advantage.

Watoad · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2003, 06:46:16 PM »

I knew about PS3, but Xbox 2? That's sad. Sony and Microsoft's lack of creativity is also sad; it won't be long until we have more PlayStations than Rocky movies.

King Boo · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2003, 06:59:12 PM »

Damit!I promised mum if she bought me a GCN that would be the last game machine i get...but i might be able to buy it...

Do you know when we die,we''ll be boos too?

Luigison · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2003, 07:47:21 PM »

I read this earlier today:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030123/tc_nm/tech_nintendo_dc

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Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2003, 08:57:23 PM »

PKB, why worry? It's almost three years from now!
Anyway, yes, they have done polygons on GBA, with that whatever-it's-called space shooter similar to Star Fox (SNES).
Xbox 2... man, how ludicrous.

Watoad · « **Reply #5 on:** January 24, 2003, 12:40:55 AM »

Among the Game Boy Advance games that use polygons are:

ATV: Quad Power Racing
BackTrack
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Dark Arena
Doom
Duke Nukem Advance
Ecks vs. Sever
Star X
Super Monkey Ball Jr.
Tony Hawkâ€™s Pro Skater 2
Tony Hawkâ€™s Pro Skater 3
Tony Hawkâ€™s Pro Skater 4
Wolfenstein 3D
ZooCube

An example of games that I missed is racing games. There are countless racing games for GBA, and I'm sure at least some of them use polygons. ATV: Quad Power Racing is the only one I particularly remember, but there are easily five others at the VERY least.

And if that isn't good enough, get this: there is one game (and maybe others) for Game Boy COLOR that uses polygons. That game is Disneyâ€™s Toy Story Racer.

CharginChuck · « **Reply #6 on:** January 24, 2003, 08:45:12 AM »

How orginal can you get?
Playstation 3
Xbox 2

Those are the most idiotic names you can make

Toddathon · « **Reply #7 on:** January 24, 2003, 09:27:19 AM »

Although I love Nintendo, I feel the new console release is way too early, and the three aren't going to get as much attention. I mean, why can't they join hands and sing in harmony, develop a system together and sell it worldwide. Pretty soon, new systems will come out daily, and nobody will care if this childish competition keeps up!

Mario Maniac · « **Reply #8 on:** January 24, 2003, 10:16:10 AM »

Article taken from NGConline.net:

..:: News Article ::..

Nintendo Press Conference
Nintendo reaffirms fans that a new console is coming, and is launching at the same time as it's rivals next time.

Here are quotes from the conference:

"We are developing a new home video game console with a plan to release the new system around the same time as rival makers do," President Satoru Iwata told Reuters in an interview.

"The PlayStation 2 debuted one-and-a-half years ahead of the GameCube. If we had launched the GameCube at the same time as PlayStation 2, the result would have been different."

"We will get ready for a battle in 2005 although foreign game developers are now saying that rival next-generation systems won't come until 2006."

"Given the slumping Tokyo stock market as a whole, it's not only Nintendo's problem. But it's my duty to bring good results to investors," Iwata said.

"When we withdraw from the home game console, that's when we withdraw from the video game business," he said.

Iwata said another price drop was not out of question to bring Gamecube closer to PS2, but he said it wasn't imminent.

marioguy · « **Reply #9 on:** January 24, 2003, 11:58:54 AM »

Why do you even bother to make this topic it's ovious that there is going to be another Nintendo system after Game Cube. DUH!

It's ah me Marioguy

King Boo · « **Reply #10 on:** January 24, 2003, 06:33:33 PM »

Marioguy,umm,shuttup.You dont know that there might of been another console after GCN!And Chupperson,I have to worry.Mum will remember that day when I bought the indigo colored box...with the easy to play games with controllers...with one of the best games on GCN...

Do you know when we die,we''ll be boos too?

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2003, 09:45:18 PM »

Umm... okay then...
Anyway, Yoshi's Island uses polygons too, remember.
Marioguy, you have to be the most cynical person I have ever seen.

I write poetry when I`m not looking.

buttflame · « **Reply #12 on:** January 26, 2003, 10:51:15 PM »

Will they still make GCN games? Cause if they do what they did to N64, GCN will have only been around 6 years!

buttflame · « **Reply #13 on:** January 26, 2003, 10:51:50 PM »

Will they still make GCN games? Cause if they do what they did to N64, GCN will have only been around 4 years!

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #14 on:** January 26, 2003, 11:45:14 PM »

Most likely not. Not for long, anyway. One system quickly gives way to another.
But me, I'm just now getting a collection of N64 games. I didn't get an N64 until way after I got my 'Cube.

I write poetry when I`m not looking.

Watoad · « **Reply #15 on:** January 27, 2003, 09:08:04 PM »

I have also purchased N64 games after getting a GCN. It's part of my way-too-many-games problem.

To be me is to be devoid of Special Powers.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #16 on:** January 27, 2003, 11:25:51 PM »

I still need to get Paper Mario. Having the ROM isn't enough. The emulator doesn't work well enough...

I write poetry when I`m not looking.

Watoad · « **Reply #17 on:** January 28, 2003, 12:39:05 AM »

Paper Mario was the first N64 game I bought after getting my GCN. Having been interrupted by Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Super Mario Sunshine, Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime, and The Lengend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (I have it reserved), I haven't beaten it yet. I want to, though; Paper Mario is a very fun game.

To be me is to be devoid of Special Powers.

Mario Maniac · « **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2003, 06:28:05 AM »

Will any of you get Nintendo's next system? As of now, not much is known about their next console, but as soon as I get some information, I'll post it here!

Will anyone get a PlayStation 3? I bet PS3 is going to immediately outsell the competition when it's released... Look at how popular the PS2 was when it was released back in 2000! And it's STILL outselling the competition today! That proves Sony is here to stay. The continued success of the PlayStation franchise will only mean more competition for Nintendo.

Edited by - Mario Maniac on 1/28/2003 4:28:29 AM

Toddathon · « **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2003, 11:16:46 AM »

Definately! It's NGC compatible. Here's what i want it to be like:

Compatibility with every other kind of "Nintendo" game via special adapter.
A Modem to have tournaments over the net.
256 bits and a lot faster (even though it's fast enough as it is!!)
4 Player action

Frankly, I don't think the PS3 will outsell, the only reason it was so successful is because it came out before everything else, but this time it's coming out after everything else.

Fifth · « **Reply #20 on:** January 28, 2003, 06:03:40 PM »

Naw, Sony's success runs deeper than just early releases. The Playstation is the "casual gamer" system.
Back at the end of the 16-bit era, everyone who could possibly want a video game system already has one. So Sony jumps in with the tactic of selling systems to everyone else. Thus we get the "casual gamer" market (a far greater percentage than the "hardcore gamer" populous), and with it, companies that start to notice this new demographic.
And presto! Everyone and his dog now owns a video game company, Sony is raking in the business of most of the game-playing population, and those who can make a difference are too few in number.
*SIGH* I truly hope for Nintendo's success here...

Go Moon!

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #21 on:** January 28, 2003, 11:27:12 PM »

"I bet PS3 is going to immediately outsell the competition when it's released... Look at how popular the PS2 was when it was released back in 2000! And it's STILL outselling the competition today!"

1. The PS2 was only popular in 2000 because there were no other 128-bit systems.
2. PS2 is only outselling its competition in cumulative quantity here, not by ratio.

Of course I'm going to get the next Nintendo system. What I don't want in it is a stupid CD/DVD player. That's not what I buy a game system for. The reason PS2 and Xbox have those capabilities is that they know they can't rely on good games like Nintendo can, because they don't have nearly enough. If it's going to get that shallow, I may not want a part in it.

I write poetry when I`m not looking.

Edited by - Chupperson Weird on 1/28/2003 9:29:58 PM

Watoad · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2003, 02:13:43 AM »

And yet PS2 and Xbox owners would label themselves as "hard-core gamers." Heh.

Stupid me. I posted this and THEN read Fifth's argument-backed post above, which says the opposite. Aw, well . . .

Edited by - Watoad on 1/29/2003 12:19:13 AM

Mario Maniac · « **Reply #23 on:** January 29, 2003, 09:10:17 AM »

I respect Microsoft's decision to enter the video game market. Though, I don't really support their Xbox system, I still think they could make a worthy competitor if they tried hard enough. Right now, there is not much about the Xbox that interests me. Possibly, if Microsoft improves upon the errors they made with their current system, then I might think otherwise about them. But for now, they have alot of catching up to do if they want to be as successful as Sony and Nintendo...

I am getting sick of all this PlayStation hype. I think Sony has taken their popularity too far. Sony thinks that they can take advantage of their popularity in the electronics market, by manipulating the public into thinking their video game hardware is superior over the competition. Well, that may have worked out at first, but I think many people are getting tired of it. Sony isn't even fighting a fair battle, not letting the competition have an even amount of support. Before, I valued Sony's efforts in the video game industry, but this is just too much.

One day, the competion will finally owe their respects towards the company who started it all, Nintendo... Good ol' Nintendo. They deserve the admiration and respect because they are in this business for one reason, consumer happiness!