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Nintendo iQue Set To Go Online

Posted by Hemos on from the building-the-online-world dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Nintendo iQue looks set to go online. The china-market console is based on N64 architecture and the long awaited iQue USB upgrade cable should be available in 2 weeks. The cable will allow users to download new games , enable online play of N64 ported titles , update the console via the internet and it will allow communication with other iQue owners. This move could signal Nintendo's online gaming ambitions for the DS handheld and their next generation home entertainment console."

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  1. Re:No subject can be thought of by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And then give Chinese customers a much bigger software choice by giving them "backwards" compatibiilty with the original cartridges.

    And more importantly, give them compatibility with counterfeit carts. In China few people buy retail since that's way too expensive, counterfeits are much cheaper than the original stuff. Nintendo can sell old games for 5$ a piece and still make a profit since delivery costs next to zero and the development costs have long been paid for, thereby equalling or undercutting the counterfeiters.

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  2. Goldeneye Online.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So would this mean that my dreams of an online N64 version of Goldeneye come true???