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Gamecube Finally Plays GBA Games
ytzombe writes "Gamespot News is reporting that for about 5000 yen an attachment will be available to play GBA games on the Gamecube. The serial port underneath the system will be the gateway to the device and will include a port to enable multiplayer games. This will finally allow me to play the Castlevania games without fusing my naked retina to the screen."
A kick ass game (just got it today), and it will be using this feature too.
I wonder whether Nintendo have built in a function to lock-out my Flash Advance cartridge - I hope not! I was pissed off enough when I found out (after forking out the bucks) that my 256mb Flash Cartridge would not work with the GBA Action Replay system. There's some great demos and software out there from the GBA development community that I would also like to see on my big screen. Here's hoping!
Hands down best console game EVER. My jaw was on the ground for the 7 hrs I played it today. If there was EVER a game to buy a single console for, this game is IT. Also, when you win the GBA Metroid Fusion, and link it to the Metroid Prime, you get the ORIGINAL Metroid game unlocked to play on the GameCube. It REALLY looks like Nintendo hit a virtual goldmine with the GBA to GameCube connectivity features. Wait till you see ZELDA in a few months.
THAT is why it is being made. People still love the 2D side scrollers like Castlevania, but no developers have had the balls to make any more on an actual 3D based console since Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Why? I have no idea, SotN sold a LOT of copies, you would have thought Konami would have started doing more 2D based games after that. Same with Nintendo .. But I suppose they dont want to infringe on their GBA market (lol.. )!
The idea of allowing portable games to be played on the big screen is not new. Nintendo has had a device called Super Game Boy which allowed you to play Game Boy games on the Super NES/Famicom. Some Game Boy games even could take advantage of Super Game Boy features such as limited color ability, etc. SEGA also had a handheld system called Game Gear, which had an adapter to allow its games to be played on the Genesis/MegaDrive.
-- Samir Gupta, Ph. D. Head, New Technology Research Group, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan.
Gameboy Advance resolution = 240x160
Not sure on the original Gameboy, but I'd guess 160x160. So yeah, you could fit 4 GBA screens on TV.
Nintendo hasn't released enough details to know for sure, but odds are that there's a full Gameboy Advance motherboard in the device. Super Gameboy was basically just a Gameboy motherboard in an SNES cartridge.
As to games that won't work... Any game that has a tilt sensor in the cartridge won't work. Well, maybe it will, but, i don't think you'd want to subject your GameCube to that torture. It's probably just games like that that have odd cartridges or require additional addons that attach to the Gameboy, and hence wouldn't physically be able to attach to the device.
Since GBA games aren't region-coded and Gamecubes are region-specific, I wonder if this item would limit the region you could play your GBA games in?
You need to put a GameCube disc into the GameCube to play the games, so it appears that the Japanese Gameboy Player will only work with the Japanese GameCube and the US or European Gameboy Players will only work with US or European Gamecubes (respectively), but once you have a GameCube and Gameboy Player of the same region together, you can play a GBA game from any region.
Why didn't they just make both the GBA AND the GameCube region free?
You know what I noticed about GBA and just Nintendo games in general, they might not have the best graphics or the latest type of shading and lighting but they are addictive and fun. For Example for me its SUPER MARIO CART....I can't get enough of that game. Even Mario, I thought I'd get tired of him by now but once I started playing I am just as much addicted now as I was 10 years ago with Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo.
5000 Yen. Spiffy and nice, but I am not good at currency conversion. This is just a dream, but I would love to see this:
5000
And then let the browser do the job. Either let it be, translate it to my choice, or give me both the original and in my choice in paranthesis.
Would be pretty simple, really, as long as you can grab a conversion table from somewhere.
Nintendo is not growing with the gaming industry?
Why? Because they release an GBA adaptor to play good 2D games on your TV? Because they still make great games that are fun for both youngsters and adults?
What should Nintendo be doing? Should Miyamoto ditch his emphasis on gameplay and enjoyability and instead fill his games with T&A or tons of blood? I don't think so.
It is quite obvious that Miyamoto could make a better game with an abacus than Microsoft can with an X-Box.
The new Zelda looks 100% sweet. It is definately done in the tradition of the original NES Zelda:
A fun game set in a fantasy world that will captivate both children and adults. I don't see anything wrong with that approach at all. The cell shaded animation looks great, IMHO.
The Game Cube may not be doing the best in sales, but it and the GameBoy Advance has the most enjoyable games out there.
As for me and Link, we will be doing some serious princess rescuing this upcoming spring.
"You spoony bard!" -Tellah
"This will finally allow me to play the Castlevania games without fusing my naked retina to the screen"
If you bothered to pick up Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, you'd see that Konami has put some things in the game to combat the lack of backlighting. Large characters/monsters, some bright colors, lighting effects, spell effects that center on the character, and even Juste's "blue-shadow" all contribute a lot to making the game very playable when other games on the sustem aren't.
You still need decent light, but it's not a total eye-strainer. You can even play Harmony of Dissonance well in moderate indoor lighting, which is a feat on the GBA.
Still, I'd like to see it on a TV. That'd hopefully fix some issues with the crappy sound (which few people seem to bitch about, but which sucks).
yeah i think many people misunderstand the point of the new box...
it is so that people who don't have a gba can play gba games on their gcn...
like u said, i don't know how many people will be all over this, but it is a nice option to have i guess. i imagine it would be good for a household w/ multiple kids and a single gba but lots of games. if one kid is playing the gba the other could play a different game on this box. i wonder if it will support gba linking so you could play multiplayer w/ the other kid who has the real gba...
Large print giveth, and the small print taketh away
Why the heck couldn't they stick a freakin' CD/DVD in the N64?
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For one thing, N64 came out in 1996 and DVD Video came out in 1997 or so.
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For another, loading on the PlayStation takes up to 15 seconds or more, and Miyamoto claimed that such delays would kill the flow of a game. Note that "Super Smash Bros. Melee" for GCN never loads for longer than 4 seconds.
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Third, Nintendo didn't yet see how a CD-ROM could improve game play, given how bad the FMV games for Sega CD and 3DO were.
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Well, I saw a commercial for the new Zelda prior to Harry Potter II in the theater this weekend. It's unbelievable. Just like playing a cartoon. On the other hand, when it comes to a Miyamoto game, it could be "Super Mario's Roadside Sobriety Test" and I'd still get it and probably love it. I also have PS2 and while there are certainly some incredible games on that platfor (GTA: VC and Kingdom Hearts JUST for starters), I will continue to buy Nintendo consoles because they have a monopoly on ALL new Shigeru Miyamoto games. That guy hasn't had a flop since Donkey Kong Jr. Math, I have never regretted purchasing a Miyamoto game.
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