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Sega, Nintendo Team Up To Create New Graphics Board

Posted by Hemos on from the making-things-look-pretty dept.

TimWeigel writes "The Daily Yomiuri is reporting that Sega, Nintendo and Namco are teaming up to create a new commercial graphics board. This new board, the Triforce (tip o' the hat to all the Zelda fans), will reportedly be based on the hardware in the GameCube. The article indicates it will be targeted towards new game consoles, as well as "similar products". A prototype is scheduled to be demonstrated at the 2002 AOU Amusement Expo on 22 Feb."

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  1. Well at least they are not calling it... by Tide · · Score: 3, Funny


    the Pikachu

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    People think Microsoft is the answer. Microsoft is just the question, "No" is the answer.
    1. Re:Well at least they are not calling it... by Ami+Ganguli · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ok, you clearly know way too much about Pokemon.

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    2. Re:Well at least they are not calling it... by CaseyB · · Score: 5, Funny
      Smeargle is the painter Pokemon

      Until he was corrupted by the One Pokeball. Twisted and evil, he is now known as Gorrum.

  2. I can see this req spec by Tebriel · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Will my machine play this game?"

    "Ones who does not possess Triforce cannot play."

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    The Blaster Master Fighting for Truth, Justice, and Evil Pie since 1979
  3. The real question... by FortKnox · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... is this the triforce of power, courage, or wisdom?!?!?

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
  4. Re:Force by Rentar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't the most buzzword compliant name be ForceXP at the moment?

  5. Getting one will be hard by El_Smack · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, having to journey around, fight Moblins, get the three pieces of the card and THEN assemble it might be more than most consumers are willing to go through.

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  6. Never thought I'd see the day . . . by micromoog · · Score: 3, Funny
    Hell just froze over.

    On the other hand, the speed of Sonic with the fire-throwing power of Mario would probably do us all some good . . .

    1. Re:Never thought I'd see the day . . . by prator · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't know what you're talking about. I'm still in shock every time I see the Sega logo pop up when I'm booting Super Monkey Ball.

      -prator

  7. Dogs and cats! by abischof · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think Dr Peter Venkman said it best: "... dogs and cats, living together... mass hysteria!"

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  8. Re:Force by jacoplane · · Score: 3, Funny

    iForceXP.NET

  9. Nice thing about the Triforce by colmore · · Score: 4, Funny

    The nice thing about this board will be, after purchasing it, you will be teleported out of Best Buy, and your life will completely refill.

    There will also be some interesting effects if you daisy chain 8 of them.

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  10. WARNING: acronym allowance exceeded by perky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear poster,

    Please be warned that you have exceeded your legally mandated acronym allowance for the month of February. Any further acronym usage in the remainder of this month will result in fines accruing.

    Additionally in the above post you have exceeded the Maximum Acronym Density (MAD) permissable for a single posting. If you persist in using excessive numbers of Acronyms Capital letters will be forcably removed from your vocabulary.

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  11. Re:Intresting, but is it really useful? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    wouldn't microsoft be the microsoft of the console world?