Twin Screen GBA to smash Sony's PSP?

Metal Slug

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So, you've probobly all read about the new Nintendo Handheld that will be arriving by the end of the year, with two 3" TFT screens mounted vertically, an ARM9 main proces' and a ARM7 sub, etc.
Thoughts?

If you havent already heard about it then check Spong.com
 
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Is this a totally NEW Gameboy that's backwards compatible with the GBA/GBA SP... or yet another variation of the existing GBA? *What the heck do I need twin screens for? It be cool for an arcade perfect port of Taito's NINJA WARRIORS and maybe Warrior Blade: RASTAN SAGA III but that's about it IMO. I'm begining to think someone at SNKP has slipped the Nintendo boys a mickey finn in their sake.

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Nothing to do with GBA, I'm just provocing Nintendo by 'misusing' their trademark! (Did you see the hillarious press release about such 'misuse' last week?)
Apparently its gonna be more like an N64 in terms of power.
 

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For those who are lazy and don;t follow links :

Nintendo DS is an entirely new machine in the line up which will compete on its own market and NOT against PSP.

Nintendo is also developping a new handled, let's call it GBA SP2 which proven intent is to compete head to head with the PSP (however it seems like it will be released well AFTER the PSP... thus losing competitive adavnage in favor of Sony).


So what do you do when you are Nintendo and you know that Sony has a competitive advange?
Easy you try to spoil it and regain that advantage... thus the Nintendo DS which is intended to distract press and consummer from the PSP for some time and hopefully long enough till big N can show the new GBA SP2 and its features.

which makes me think that they are releasing the DS with no illusions but its probably a small R&D cost and is bothering Sony enough to detter attention from the PSP... will consummer go for a system that is just a decoy???

Where's my Nintendo? come back I don't want to buy a PS2 or an XBox.
 
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Yawn.
GBA is still a relatively new product and Nintendo is already looking to release a new unit? They're just as bad as Sega was in the mid-1990's!
:oh_no:
 

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Freelancer said:
Yawn.
GBA is still a relatively new product and Nintendo is already looking to release a new unit? They're just as bad as Sega was in the mid-1990's!
:oh_no:

Its a sure sign that the GBA is technologically inferior, and I'm sure Nintendo is quite afraid of what is in store for it when the PSP releases. Then maybe we'll finally be rid of the trashy handhelds they've crapped out over the years . . . good riddance.

And, this "new" machine just sounds like a complete joke to me. Two screens?!? Give me a break . . . :lol:
 

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If this is an actual product that makes it to the market...

"First nail in the coffin."
 

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chimpmeister said:
Its a sure sign that the GBA is technologically inferior, and I'm sure Nintendo is quite afraid of what is in store for it when the PSP releases. Then maybe we'll finally be rid of the trashy handhelds they've crapped out over the years . . . good riddance.

And, this "new" machine just sounds like a complete joke to me. Two screens?!? Give me a break . . . :lol:

We all know you have a picture of Shigeru Miyamoto on your bedroom ceiling and a bottle of Jergens at the bedside table.

And I'm sure they're really scared of the PSP... You haven't even seen anything for it. Go play Blood Wake and shut the fuck up.
 

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I must say I have my worries about this but we will have to see this first.

Nintendo has had some neat ideas, and we have just basic information to speculate on...
 

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Freelancer said:
Yawn.
GBA is still a relatively new product and Nintendo is already looking to release a new unit? They're just as bad as Sega was in the mid-1990's!
:oh_no:

Tell me about it man. I mean, the GBA is the best selling video game system of all time and their already forcing a new handheld down our throats. I hate to sound like an old person, but everything's moving way too fast these days.
 
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MegaDrive 20XX said:
Is this a totally NEW Gameboy that's backwards compatible with the GBA/GBA SP... or yet another variation of the existing GBA? *What the heck do I need twin screens for? It be cool for an arcade perfect port of Taito's NINJA WARRIORS and maybe Warrior Blade: RASTAN SAGA III but that's about it IMO. I'm begining to think someone at SNKP has slipped the Nintendo boys a mickey finn in their sake.

MD20XX / Storm Rider

No, this is one of those funky side ideas Nintendo never brings to the US. Nintendo is making a 1GB-cart GBA successor that will supposedly be around PSP's power.
 

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johnroche said:
We all know you have a picture of Shigeru Miyamoto on your bedroom ceiling and a bottle of Jergens at the bedside table.

And I'm sure they're really scared of the PSP... You haven't even seen anything for it. Go play Blood Wake and shut the fuck up.

Actually, being the retarded Nintendo fan that you are, haven't you gotten a bit confused about that? You're more likely to fit that scenario with your queen Miyamoto. Funny how you criticize anything Nintendo does, and a few idiotic diehards will always go on the attack . . . LOL. :loco:

Nintendo could pack a load of dogshit in a box, and you'd buy it and rave about it endlessly. Moron. :rolleyes:
 

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chimpmeister said:
Actually, being the retarded Nintendo fan that you are, haven't you gotten a bit confused about that? You're more likely to fit that scenario with your queen Miyamoto. Funny how you criticize anything Nintendo does, and a few idiotic diehards will always go on the attack . . . LOL. :loco:

Nintendo could pack a load of dogshit in a box, and you'd buy it and rave about it endlessly. Moron. :rolleyes:

Because I call you on condemning a product before you know anything of substance about it (except who makes it, which is apparently all you need to know :rolleyes: ), I'm a retarded fanboy? I'd say your blind fanboydom against Nintendo is a true sign of retardation. Not to mention your fanboyism of the XBox and Blood Wake.

You basically lambaste Nintendo for relatively minor infractions while passing over Microsoft's atrocities, which are worse than anything Nintendo has ever done. At least Nintendo hasn't left people open to virii, hackers, and malicious spammers.
 
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chimpmeister said:
Actually, being the retarded Nintendo fan that you are, haven't you gotten a bit confused about that? You're more likely to fit that scenario with your queen Miyamoto. Funny how you criticize anything Nintendo does, and a few idiotic diehards will always go on the attack . . . LOL. :loco:

Nintendo could pack a load of dogshit in a box, and you'd buy it and rave about it endlessly. Moron. :rolleyes:

More like the reverse, you condemn a system without having any info on it. You have a reputationa s the biggest troll in unrelated for a reason, why even bother to pretend you have an arguement?
 

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johnroche said:
Because I call you on condemning a product before you know anything of substance about it (except who makes it, which is apparently all you need to know :rolleyes: ), I'm a retarded fanboy? I'd say your blind fanboydom against Nintendo is a true sign of retardation. Not to mention your fanboyism of the XBox and Blood Wake.

You basically lambaste Nintendo for relatively minor infractions while passing over Microsoft's atrocities, which are worse than anything Nintendo has ever done. At least Nintendo hasn't left people open to virii, hackers, and malicious spammers.

No, you attack anyone who attacks Nintendo for all the garbage they've put out over the years. I'd hardly call myself a fanboy, seeing as how I have pretty much every other system BUT the GC (or GBA/SP anymore, for that matter). I'm just not afraid to call their products as I see them, and it pisses you (and a handful of other diehard Nintendo defenders) off to no end, thats all.

Blood Wake? All you can do is try to throw that in my face, when I haven't even mentioned it in years? Come on, you're grasping . . . try to at least come up with some material.

As for "minor infractions", Nintendo's entire handheld history has been one of pushing utter garbage onto a market that had no other products available, and thus they won that market by default. The GBA is a worthless piece of shit, period. One of the worst game systems I've ever seen, and the SP not only a direct admission of that fact, but a very poor "upgrade" in its own right. Its just more inferior trash from a company that has pushed their garbage out to a happy troop of kiddies who bought it for years, but that is on its way to the end, thank God.

As for MS, you're probably typing on a PC running Windows, so shut the fuck up you hypocritic moron. Any retard can install the necessary security (patches, virus program, firewall) to protect their system, and they should in this day and age. If it weren't Microsoft, it just would have been whatever other company was in the #1 OS position. Retarded hackers love to attack whatever system is the most predominant one out there, so laying it all as MS's feet is just plain stupid. But not surprising coming from an idiot like you . . . :oh_no:
 

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jethrek said:
More like the reverse, you condemn a system without having any info on it. You have a reputationa s the biggest troll in unrelated for a reason, why even bother to pretend you have an arguement?

I condmn a system when it is an obvious, lame attempt to deflect interest from the up and coming doom to their bread and butter. And, I condemn a system when I've seen the past trash they've put out, including every handheld they've ever produced. What makes you think they'll get it right this time, when the screwed up every time before? The whole GBA and then GBA/SP fiasco is proof enough, the pretty much admitted that the first product was garbage, which is why they released the "new improved" one. And people have to waste their money on ANOTHER version, to try to get a playable system? Give me a break . . . :oh_no:
 

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This thing sounds like it might be interesting, but I smell a Virtual Boy 2.

As bad as Nintendo is doing these days, you'd think they would play a little more conservatively, not make wierd ass systems like this. I have no doubt they'll make some interesting games for it, but how will third parties like it? Nintendo is just TRYING to push third parties towards the PSP.
 

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chimpmeister said:
I condmn a system when it is an obvious, lame attempt to deflect interest from the up and coming doom to their bread and butter. And, I condemn a system when I've seen the past trash they've put out, including every handheld they've ever produced. What makes you think they'll get it right this time, when the screwed up every time before? The whole GBA and then GBA/SP fiasco is proof enough, the pretty much admitted that the first product was garbage, which is why they released the "new improved" one. And people have to waste their money on ANOTHER version, to try to get a playable system? Give me a break . . . :oh_no:

Have you ever ended a post without an emoticon?
 
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chimpmeister said:
I condmn a system when it is an obvious, lame attempt to deflect interest from the up and coming doom to their bread and butter. And, I condemn a system when I've seen the past trash they've put out, including every handheld they've ever produced. What makes you think they'll get it right this time, when the screwed up every time before? The whole GBA and then GBA/SP fiasco is proof enough, the pretty much admitted that the first product was garbage, which is why they released the "new improved" one. And people have to waste their money on ANOTHER version, to try to get a playable system? Give me a break . . . :oh_no:

Are you trying to claim you keep an objective view? What a crock. I'm sorry the second GBA model came a bit too late to you, but cry me a river. Your personal jihad against Nintendo is boring as fuck, and pollutes threads where actual discussion could take place.

If you want some respect given to your posts, you'll just have to stop WHINING that the release of a cooler GBA model was a horrible thing, because you personally bought a GBA at a bad time.
 

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I was hoping to find inteligent conversation about the DS here...unfortunatly I got a flame war. This this crap to the war room kiddies. nooone wants to hear it.:shame:
 
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yagamikun said:
I was hoping to find inteligent conversation about the DS here...unfortunatly I got a flame war. This this crap to the war room kiddies. nooone wants to hear it.:shame:

Well then, feel free to participate in restarting the conversation...or not...:rolleyes:
 

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jethrek said:
Are you trying to claim you keep an objective view? What a crock. I'm sorry the second GBA model came a bit too late to you, but cry me a river. Your personal jihad against Nintendo is boring as fuck, and pollutes threads where actual discussion could take place.

If you want some respect given to your posts, you'll just have to stop WHINING that the release of a cooler GBA model was a horrible thing, because you personally bought a GBA at a bad time.

See, thats the problem. The "cooler" GBA model came out before I dumped all the GBA stuff I had bought, and I seriously considered buying it. Never mind I was pissed that they bungled the original release, everyone paid for the POS, then they realized their mistake and put out ANOTHER system to fix the problems; the new version sucked too!! I spent some time checking it out, and found it to be trash. Too small, painful d-pad, horribly washed-out looking screen (the colors are pathetic, it looks so weak and faded), and no headphone jack? WTF were they thinking? The SP was no big improvement at all, and after thinking a long time about buying one or dumping everything (I had bought about 20 games by then), I decided to just dump the lot. Did it sour me on Nintendo, even more than the GC and all their games over the past few years? Sure it did. I don't have respect for a company that pulls the kind of crap they did. And, although I loved the NES and SNES back in the day, pretty much everything they put out after that was garbage.

Nintendo's time has come to an end. I'm sorry you get all pissy when I post negative things about them, but its a free forum where people can post their opinions. Rather than attacking me everytime I cut on Nintendo, you should just chill out and live with free speech, even if you feel compelled to always defend this company no matter what they do.

Oh, and can't forget this . . . :eek_2:
 
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