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Nintendo GameCube Clone Out In Japan

Posted by timothy on from the please-something-for-the-american-cousins dept.

Jon F writes: "I saw this picture on Yahoo! today, it looks like Nintendo decided to license out the GameCube to Panasonic to make a clone. It's a hybrid DVD player/GameCube that came out in Toyko today. The only other article I came across about this was on IGN a few months ago. It has a mirrored surface and trippy purple lights on the controller port." Gaming guts (and purple bits) aside, this is one of the nicest-looking DVD players I've seen. Update: 11/01 23:50 GMT by T : As several readers have pointed out, this looks like just a tease for now, but will be out (in Japan) next month.

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  1. I don't know about gamecube, but.... by FiberToTheCurb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've been playing with nintendo systems since I was 5 years old, and I think that, with the notable exeptions of zelda and mario 64, everything nintendo since after the snes just sucks. I hope the gamecube has some decent RPGs, and no fraggin' pokemon. Ye hairy flippin' gods, I hate those things.

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  2. Re:Spread the success... or failure! by interiot · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Mmmm, christmas meat... Sorry, got stuck on that image for a sec...

    Anyhow. Isn't that what Venture Capitalists and Investors do? Spread the risk, but give a return on investment if you do well? Sega, Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft have all been doing this.

  3. Sorry about the 'meat'! by ramakant · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sometimes I get a little fixated on meat products. By the way, how hard would it be to add a spell checker to /.?

    "Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good."

    Mmmmmm...
  4. Oh, stop it, Timothy! by sulli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are such a tease.

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  5. I just MetaModerated... by dbCooper0 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    ...for the umpteenth time, and felt it was pertininent to report that some moderators are "brushing away" stories posted that *might* have a bearing on our well-being. Case in point: "Anthrax at NASA?" Two "offtopic" mods (which I voted unfair after seeing that it has been reported in Kansas - See This...

    The story *could* be a hoax (as are more than we like, even in the *accepted* stories lately, but WhoTF can tell, moreover, isn't almost every /. reader conditioned to this and ready to investigate and report it as such?

    The post in question was regarding postal facilities in Texas. Is that so far from KC, MO? *NO*.

    CNN is *not* reporting it, but if you can follow the link I provided, KC news *IS*.So is MSNBC...

    So, those of you *blessed* with mod privs, start thinking out of the same "rare" brain-vein that Taco did on 9/11 - "Stuff that matters" never rang truer! As a community, if we can raise awareness, then WHY NOT DO IT?

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  6. Re:Partners by Datafage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just as an OT point, the Laser was branded from Plymouth, and both it and the Talon had Chrysler badges on them. It's not a perfect analogy, as there wasn't exactly licensing at work there; all 3 brands rolled off the same line and were identical until the nameplates were added.

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