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Next Generation Nintendo Revealed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-will-it-have-a-zelda dept.

dwlt writes "I'm sure lots of people have sent this already, but take a look at the story on videogames.com for the full scoop on Nintendo's Game Cube (gotta catch 'em all!), and Game Boy Advance. The controller is kind of crazy, though..." Let me tell ya about the countless hours spent in the geek houses drinking and playing Mario Kart 64: Kurt The Pope is a wildman under the influence of alcohol, and the new one looks cool.(thanks to those of you who wasted no time in submitting a new Slashdot icon too ;)

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  1. Honesty in advertising? by CaseyB · · Score: 5
    From the nintendo.com site:

    NINTENDO GAMECUBE Specifications
    The peak figures listed are all for maximum instantaneous performance and cannot be achieved with the actual game. However, following the conventions in the game industry they are listed for your reference.

    Wow, that's an extremely unusual thing for a hardware vendor to state up front about published specs. Kudos to Nintendo!