In case you missed Infendo Radio show number 3, here’s the results from last week’s survey. With the addition of a few more votes, the picks were tied with 36% of the vote thinking the next GBA will be a portable GameCube, and another 36% thinking the handheld will be reinvented like the Rev and DS.
Thanks for voting, and be sure to vote on this week’s poll regarding the end of the cubed console most of us have grown to love. We’ll have results this Saturday and be sure to leave us some voicemail love at 1-206-338-BIGN.
A console isn't "dead" until they stop making the damn things.
I think that the console is dead or how i like to say "idle" this basically to me means that it isnt going to move a bunch of games or unit or anything, not even zelda will do that, possibly it will come out for a short time when zelda comes out but its over for the gamecube, its just going to sit around for a little while in its "idle" state until finally the revolution is out for like 6 months then gamecube will just be another last gen console.
I'm a late comer to the Cube (only had mine for 16 months now), so I'm reaping the benefits of cheap used games and Player's Choice titles. It's the only console I've bought since the original NES (not counting my original Game Boy) so it's the only way I get my gaming fix these days. I was a PC gamer since 1993, but couldn't keep up with the expensive video requirements .. it seemed like you needed to buy a new card every year. After an Christmas playing Double Dash with my sister-in-law, MissusInvisible and I bought a Mario Kart GameCube bundle. I've been hooked ever since.
Yeash it's dead, more so then the X-Box is. But like MisterInvisible, I'm reaping the benefits of a dead console, since I just started to pay attention to the Gamecube again since 2001. Cheap games on Half.com! I got Mario Baseball for 20 bucks vs the Used price at Gamestop(44).So not only do I have many to pick up, but I also can pick up the last Gamecube titles that pretty much spell the future of Nintendo, namely Odama…and of course the next Zelda.
Yeah, what about Odama??
I don't think its dead, It seems to be hibernating though.Seeing as how the Revoloution will be backwardly compatible, the few games that are being devloped will probably still get released, (something that dosent happen on a dead console).And what happens if the next Gameboy will play GCN games? Look at how many devlopers make games for the GBA and DS. Maybe we would see Konami actually make a 2D Castlevania game for the Cube! Or what about all of the good Final Fantasy games square has released on the GBA? If the new gameboy is sucessful (like every other Nintendo handheld) then why wouldn't they do the same it?And I havent even brought up the fact that you can retroactivly add revoulution functioality to a GCN game! I love the Metroids, but how fun would it be to be able to use the new controller to play it?-Wolf(wolfpod(at)g mail.com)
Lol, a portable gamecube, because, afterall, the Nomad was such a huge success back in the day.
I'll have to forego voting and answer with "Somewhat".
Anonymous said… Lol, a portable gamecube, because, afterall, the Nomad was such a huge success back in the day.I had a Nomad and it was awesome, yet Nintendo's Crappy ass black and green blurry little gameboy beat it, so why wouldn't they be able to stay on top with a portable gamecube? Nintendo has been on top of the portable wars since day one, Sega had a different row to hoe with the Nomad.1. The Genesis was all but dead when the Nomad came out.2. They had already pissed off a lot of gamers with the lack of support for the Sega CD and the 32x.3. They were up against Nintendo.4. The thing was huge and sucked batteries like they were nothing.A portable gamecube would be NOTHING like the Nomad was.-Wolf
I actually think the GameCube might hit a renaissance. I can see two things making a GameCube renaissance possible:1) The Revolution. It still plays GC games.2) A portable GC. Strategically, Nintendo has made big waves with handhelds by utilizing large existing libraries of games. With the GBA, you had all those years of GB games, DS could play GBA, etc. Following this rational, it would make sense for the next-gen disc based portable to take advantage of the existing GC library. Nintendo made it clear when they went with the small discs for the GC that portability factored into that decision.However, it's also possible that Nintendo will never develop a disc-based portable.