Nintendo's Wireless Revolution

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• If that was the case, they wouldn't have IBM spending so long developing the chip. : Judicus

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  Who cares? They still have the most fun games. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Nods [whilst playing through Paper Mario 2 and the new Zelda on the GBA] :) : MaverickUK

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  If you have a decent PC, a large percent of Xbox games are going to be redundant for you- you'll be able ... : Borzoi
  • True, but I was more thinking along the lines of the PC survival as a gaming platform. I think since deve... : shack_konto

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  The new powerglove technology will totally blow us away. : Boxelder
  • I love the powerglove. It's so bad. : Clone42
• Maybe you can plug in your GC controller into the unit. Or possibly built in wavebird compatabilities. : Judicus

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• All those seems to be from the trailer... Except maybe: http://media.cube.ign.com/media/572/572738/img_2... : SilverSnake

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  They release more AAA games than anyone. : Pneum0
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    Yeah problem is, no one else releases AAA games for their consoles (Capcom excepted). : SpiderMonkey
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      Retro, Sega and Silicon Knights has also released AAA titles for the Cube. And that's what I can think of... : SilverSnake
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        can we stop saying AAA? : burning eye
        • But it takes so long to type out anti aircraft artillery. : Turd Ferguson
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        To be fair two of those are 2nd party developers. : SpiderMonkey
        • True about Retro... And might have been for Silicon Knights, but it sure isn't anymore. Was some news a w... : SilverSnake
    • EA and Ubisoft do with their AAA cross platformers. : dumptruck
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      Well, I've been the one going on and on about Nintendo offering a quality FREE online capability putting ... : Borzoi
      • mis-post- nuke it on up ,please : Borzoi

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  Against the imitators? They fought network connectivity tooth and nail and when they finally realized th... : digitaljihad
  • They determined that the market wasn't ready for a massive online venture. Microsoft has had great succ... : Judicus

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  Yes, running on the 802.11 protocol, probably the b derivation. : Judicus
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    You sound so technical it makes me hot! : digitaljihad
    • Its all smoke and mirrors....and big words.... : Judicus

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  Whaaa? After extensive use of all three of them, my conclusion is that the GC has the most confortable co... : Mumrikk
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    I'd like the xbox HUGE one with playstation 2 buttons : Pneum0
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      Yes, I loathe the front buttons of the Xbox controller. They hurt my thumbs immensely. It was even worse ... : Alec Matias
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        Dreamcast controller > *. Pretty much Xbox/GC hybrid form with ps2 buttons. : Backspace
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          Saturn Analog Pad > *. Its the dreamcast pad with 6 face buttons. The ultimate. And the non-analog sat... : FuryVII
          • 6 face buttons is to many. you can't hit all at once via rotating, like with the 4 button diamond. Also i... : Backspace
          • saturn pad owned hardcore. It was nearly as good as having an arcade style stick for fighting games. : Turd Ferguson
      • Sounds like you were grappling the controller like Hercules and not stopping for a break for days on end.... : Evangelion
      • I think it really depends on the types of hands you have and how you use the buttons. For me the PS2's c... : Judicus
  • What? You're on crack, I thought the N64 controller was kickass but from the current systems nothing beat... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Dude, the GC controller is probably my favorite controller ever. It's the only one I've ever used where ... : Zann
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  its a great controller for games designed to use it well. Many crossplatform games just didn't spend the... : Turd Ferguson
  • Yeah, using it for a game that was designed for the dual sticks is painful as shit. The body design is pe... : BaBOon
• Jesus, the GC controller kicks the shit out of all the other ones, easily. : Ratsofatsorat
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  Don't worry dude, I think the GC controller is rather poor, myself. : freshview
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    I agree. One HUMUNGOUS green button and one incredibly small red one. the Z-trigger was horrible and the ... : dmiller
    • The sticks really bug me. I like that the buttons are different shapes, and I do kind of like the suer... : freshview
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  Only thing I don't like about the GC controller is the L and R buttons. They take to much force to push ... : Tincan
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    funny, i felt exactly the same way about the old "duke" xbox controllers after hours of playing racing ga... : nuknuk
    • the top buttons on the Xbox controller are awesome for racing games, they allow for fine-tuned accelerati... : dmiller

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  Another thought - you can probably throw out the idea of the next GameBoy running GameCube discs. : NastyNorman
  • I doubt Nintendo would switch to obtical discs for their next gameboy, in spite of whatever success Sony ... : Judicus

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  im pretty sure hddvd is backwards compatible with dvd - and GC disks are basically minidvds : smellslikefish
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    Don't they spin backwards though? I thought I'd heard that somewhere... It seems like a pretty good an... : nausea
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      Nah the spin backwards thing was debunked a while back, IIRC. : BaBOon
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        yea - they read from the outside in - thats the unusual feature : smellslikefish
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          But they've somehow managed to mod it and use normal DVDs with it. : BaBOon
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            No mod required; you don't have to change anything about the cube, just boot with the SD Card reader. : Conan
            • You can also remove the plastic shell around the GC, flash the BIOS and just use regular DVDs. : Judicus
        • I didn't realize that, wow... very interesting. : monohydrate

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• That along with a PPU would be, like, really cool :) Power Glove.. hmm smell like 80s :) : pillzer

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  oh yes indeedy. People have been waiting for that ever since Ocarina of Time, I think! Looks great :) : timmie
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    I'm a late comer to the Zelda universe (currently playing OoT) and I have to say I freakin' <3 Nintendo. : dumptruck
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      Doom64 DS unf : Turd Ferguson
      • oops that one too... damnit : dumptruck
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        Blast Corps DS, GoldenEye DS, Conkers Bad Fur Day DS. All would be good! : timmie
        • Goldeneye with online support would own me so hard. : Turd Ferguson
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          Be surprised if Rare did any DS games : freshview
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            I'm sure Nintendo owns all the rights to the old games and could do the ports themselves. Rare don't have... : SilverSnake
            • Conker seems to be owned entirely by Rare, since it's coming out for X box. Clearly Goldeneye is licen... : freshview
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            They're still releasing GBA games though ... hell they've put out more GBA stuff than they have Xbox stuf... : SpiderMonkey
            • I don't know how that will go in the future. I mean I'm not SURE that MS won't let them do any DS game... : freshview

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  I'm sure there'll be a Game Boy add-on for it, so yeah looks like your Zelda wet dreams will come true. A... : SpiderMonkey
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    Oh don't be foolish - I don't have Zelda-related wet dreams - don't be foolish : NastyNorman
    • oh wait, forgot the smily face :P : NastyNorman

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  I think we'll see all three at E3 but only Next Box will ship this year : baron calamity
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    next box? wtf is that? nobody at MS has ever called it that, or xbox next. just call it xenon or xbox 2... : nuknuk
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      wow where did that little outburst come from. Next Box is gonna fail btw hahahhaa. : brewsterdog
      • schnarf, schnarf : bozer
      • lol, not meant as an outburst? Just wondering where people keep inventing these little buzzwords from. ... : nuknuk

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• I heard it plays games, just a rumor though. Seriously, did you expect them to tell us EVERYTHING at GDC... : o0JediBeavis0o
• Yes but is it backwards compatible with NES cartridges? And where is the automatic air-blower? : wwonderboy
• it can do the internet!!! : burning eye

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• yea every time I goto the mall and see kids walking around with their gameboys I think I am trapped insid... : smellslikefish
• I agree. WiFi built into the console reminds me of when I was 6 years old. : armybob
• Trolls, so late 90's /yawn : Ratsofatsorat

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• word. you could do cool stuff like have Super Monkey Ball multiplayer where the DS is your controller an... : Turd Ferguson

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• This was copy/pasted from nintendo.com http://www.nintendo.com/newsarticle?articleid=224957db-253e-4a... : armybob
• wooo thats good. I saw a few places didn't get that in the quote. : Turd Ferguson

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• Hot indeed. :) And it looks like there's still some cel-shading on the effects (explosions, smoke and ... : SilverSnake

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  Wow.. that would be just brutal if you had to take your DS somewhere and couln't just connect to a wifi ... : BioSector
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    Well, it depends how 'proprietary' they want to keep their wifi transmittions. As I understand it they're... : BaBOon
    • I've been thinking about getting a wireless router, but I'll hold off until I find out if Nintendo's goin... : o0JediBeavis0o
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  you can use it at home http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9687327 : armybob
  • Rgr. Wow, that's two good design decisions in one day. There is hope. : BaBOon

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  It more than likely won't be out this year. But it will probobly be in the first 1/2 of next year since ... : Crimsonbeak
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    Nintendo has been saying for months that they'll release alongside the PS3. : Conan
    • So, 2006... next year. I think I can probably wait that long, particularly if I get a decent PC and work ... : five_percent

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• I thought MS would be the first to do this. This is huge for Nintendo. : chunkenmaster