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First Nintendo IQue Reviews
Major Payne writes "I have found two reviews for the exclusively in china released Nintendo IQue Player which is capable of emulating Nintendo64 as well as SNES Games hardwarewise.
English one is located over at Dextrose.com and is a bit more technically advanced than the German one. Both reviews are very detailed though and interesting to read. I also think those two are the world first reviews for this new hardware and there is also some interesting leads on how to hack the device to make it even more interesting to the rest of the world."
That thing looks horrible. It's very cool keeping old tech alive for so many reasons. The games were good, the price can be good now, 10 years later, and it's VERY good to have newer geeks see what was possible on limited hardware
But damn, for a device that's going to sell in the millions, getting the design right first go doesn't cost any extra afterwards.
Games may have a reputation of being just "kids toys" but they don't have to look like a fisher price gadget
With ideas like this, Nintendo's shaky position in the console game world will be strengthened. Look for them to follow this up with a version that places Original 8-Bit Nintendo games, which is just what the gaming world is clamoring for.
Saving up for a PSX? Forget it. Nintendo is the future of the gaming world.
So does it have a fast-forward button, then? What about saving states? If it can't do either of those, it's useless to me =)
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Indeed, I would too :^)
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I really hope they bring this thing over here, if they have a nice, fast, and functional distribution scheme it would be worth it. I'd prefer it to be able to link via USB to my laptop, but I kinda doubt they'd do that, it would probably be hacked quite quickly
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Keep in mind that China also gets new games, DVDs, and a variety of other products for significantly cheaper than here in the US as well. I believe they're trying to curb piracy by introducting realistic prices.
But then again Nintendo used to be big on the ultra-expensive cartridges. Eliminating all of the ROM chips or whatever they used should bring the manufacturing costs way down. Whether this will actually matter (or they'll just pad their pockets with the extra money) I'm not sure.
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I unfortunately can't comment on the articles, as one is in German and the other is currently squashed flat by the Slashdot Effect. But I've looked at the iQue and I honestly just do not see the attraction. I mean, for the specific case of the Chinese market it makes a lot of sense, it looks really cool, and it was a neat idea from Nintendo's perspective. But for the rest of the world, I can't understand why people would want one. An iQue is, what, $115-$150? Go on Ebay, you'll consistently find an N64 with something like 12 games for $80 or so and a Super Nintendo with a few games for probably less than $30.
Meanwhile the iQue will not ever be able in the end to play *all* the games for either of these systems, and at the moment it can only play a handful. And as new games are released for the iQue, as I understand how the system works, you will only be able to add them to your memory card if you can somehow get it to China. No?
The N64 controller really sucked, but just having a better controller doesn't seem worth paying lots more money for a much more limited console.
If my commentary here is made obsolete once the linked articles become readable, I apologize.
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Sorry, but the IQue doesn't 'emulate' an N64. It is an N64, albiet one downsized into a controller and using flash cards instead of cartridges.
In response to other posts: yes, it is switchable to use PAL or NTSC - just solder the correct points on the PCB and you're away. Hopefully though, we won't need to - I would love to see these in shops outside China as a budget games solution, much like those Atari Controller-esque machines. Of course, with much better games...
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It's cool that people are trying to emulate the N64 but I'll be a lot more impressed when they succeed more brilliantly. Right now I'm too busy playing emulated SNES games on the Xbox (And Wind Waker on my GC) to even get into any emulated N64 games :)
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Have you seen the tremendous amount of products with Nintendo character brands? Licensed products are all over. Licensing is also a way to generate revenue.
Kudos to the moderator(s) who gave this a +1, Insightful. I think your tolerance level for sarcasm has become so high that you don't even know when you read sarcasm anymore.
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To me a portable video game that requires a TV
is like a car with no wheels.
If I have access to a TV I can just play my console.
I love the N64 + SNES idea though. I'd buy one in a minute if it had a display like the GBA or GP32.