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Nintendo To Launch New Machine Next Year?
EvilDonut writes "According to Bloomberg.com, Nintendo intends to launch a new machine in Japan next year, in order "to boost sales". There are no details as to wether the machine will be hand-held or not, but Bloomberg does describe it as a next-generation console. This is pretty odd, as Nintendo has previously stated that the GameCube successor wouldn't be out until 2005, and the GBA is doing so well that I can't imagine they'll replace it as early as next year. The article also mentions the Nintendo iQue, so it's pretty clear this is not just a mix-up regarding the new, China-only system." Update: 11/13 23:44 GMT by S : GameSpot has a very cryptic clarification from Nintendo, that "the new product will be a unique item that is different from any traditional machine", and will be "be [neither] a home console nor a portable machine."
2 Comments of the 3 were Intimating that the new console was the IQue. Not reading the article is something I have grown to expect, but not reading the blurb either?
...whatever this new machine is, it is something they consider to be a new type of device that they wouldn't classify as anything like a GameCube or GBA successor.
Unfortunately for the world, that leaves only one option - it must be Virtual Boy II!
Actually, I'll take that back as it seems you might be Swedish.
And I'll bet my Swedish is a LOT worse than your English.
That was classic intercourse!
Ahh... you must mean Virtual Girl!
I've been looking forward to THAT product since I was about 10.
That was classic intercourse!
It's obviously a "carsole", a wonderful gaming system that straps across the steering wheel of your automobile, putting a screen right in front of you, and control buttons all along the wheel itself. No more will the morning commute be a boring waste of an hour and a half, now you can spend it collecting more pokemons while yelling at the guy that just cut you off. Better yet, when a Mario Kart game comes out for it, it will actually be connected to the steering and pedals of your car, for the ultimate in realistic driving simulation!
One time I threw a brick at a duck.
Unfortunately for the world, that leaves only one option - it must be Virtual Boy II!
Just the thought of it leaves me seeing red.
Unfortunately for the world, that leaves only one option - it must be Virtual Boy II!
Ahem... Virtual Boy Advance.
There are plenty of parents out there without enough money to get their kid a dvd player and a console.
There are plenty of things coins can't buy. For everything else, there's WarioCard.
Will I retire or break 10K?