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Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: mariomeatball on April 20, 2003, 05:20:41 PM: Ok, just wondering why everyone and their dog is refering to the next gen Nintendo system as gamecube 2. Is it just because its easier than saying, "nintendo's next system".... I mean really nintendo has never recycled a system name yet. Did you ever hear, "i wonder what N64-2 will be like!?!?" or "SNES-2 is gonna rock dudes!" I thought not. I guess im just a little confuzed. I guess it's just easier to say gamecube 2....... but it still bugs me.
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: SmellySocks on April 20, 2003, 05:42:46 PM: Well, for the time being, it doesn't bother me too much. Before GameCube came out, we referred to it as "Dolphin". Since we have not been provided with even a codename for the next system, we might as well call it that. Hey, we're lazy people...

Anyone else have a problem with system names such as Playstation 2 or X-Box 2. It just seems boring and less revolutionary.
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: MikeHrusecky on April 21, 2003, 05:55:59 AM: NES.... SNES.
GameBoy... GameBoy Color... Game Boy Advance.

For lack of even a project name, GameCube 2 is as good as anything else.
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: manunited4eva22 on April 21, 2003, 01:11:59 PM: Gameboy, Gameboy Pocket, Game boy Light, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Adcance SP...
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: Hostile Creation on April 21, 2003, 01:39:20 PM: If they named it Super_Handheld-CoolThing, no one would know it was a Nintendo Gameboy

My point is that they could at least call it Super Xbox
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: )Dark-LInk( on April 21, 2003, 03:00:50 PM: I think "NEXUS" wil be the best name for the cube...=) imagen hearing in the TV

"Legend of zelda only for NINTENDO NEXUS"-heheh...
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: Grey Ninja on April 21, 2003, 04:35:21 PM: I refer to it as Nintendo's next console, as I don't think that GameCube 2 is an appropriate name for it. When we get a project name, I will start using that.
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: FF2K on April 21, 2003, 08:44:43 PM: Gamecube Advance
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: nolimit19 on April 22, 2003, 08:50:53 AM: well if the next console by nintendo is gamcube advance or gamecube 2, it would have to be in the shape of a cube(which the current model does only when the gba player is added on). i think it would be cool if it was something else though....but realistically, i think it would be good for nintendo to stick with its smaller model. everyone knows the cube is small....i think they should keep the next model small as well.
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: mariomeatball on April 22, 2003, 04:09:00 PM: For all of you who think you soooooo smart by pointing out that Game Boy is Game Boy every time... thank you i totally forgot.. guess i was thinking of nintend CONSOLES... sorry. i'll never make THAT mistake agian.
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: Syl on April 25, 2003, 06:59:13 AM: I doubt it will be the "gamecube 2"

its just... stupid.

I hate the name "Playstation 2" almost as much as I hate the PS2 controller.

anyway, Its just speculation, I prefer'd the name "Nintendo Ultra 64" when it was first called that, why they ended up dropping the "Ultra" title is still beyond me.

anyway, till we know a code-name, i guess "GC2" will have to do...
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on April 25, 2003, 07:33:44 PM: i never liked the ultra name...sounded lame to me
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: PIAC on April 25, 2003, 10:51:04 PM: yeah i never did like the ultra 64 thing, sounded... dodgy =\
but it did make me laugh when i went to an arcade about 2-3 years into n64's life i saw a Cruisin' USA machine that mentioned the Ultra64 ehehe

SuperGameCube?
n1337?
dream machine?
ocama gamesphere?

^_^ yay
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: rodtod on May 05, 2003, 04:09:06 PM: heheh, there's something oddly amusing about seeing a thread titled "Gamecube 2", and just below it, "Why Gamecube 2?"

course, now that I posted this, the thread is bumped up to the top...oh well.
Title: RE: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: OldMan Nintendo on May 05, 2003, 04:25:43 PM: I figure that the next gen Nintendo system will be out in, say, in 2007 or 2008, so we won't even hear of a project name for another two years or so.

With that, you can call the next-gen Nintendo system anything you want -- I'm calling it "the next-gen Nintendo system"
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: kennyb27 on May 06, 2003, 12:56:02 PM: Didn't Nintendo recently comment that their next system would be out in 2005 to more easily compete with the PS3 and Xbox2?
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: rodtod on May 06, 2003, 01:21:09 PM: Don't think so Kenny, but if you have a link that says so, I'm interested.

So far, each Nintendo console has launched 5-6 years after its predecessor. The NES launched in 1985, followed by the SNES in 1991, followed by the N64 in 1996, followed by the GCN in 2001. There's no way Nintendo would launch in '05, but '06 and '07 are good candidates.
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: kennyb27 on May 06, 2003, 03:34:43 PM: Happy to oblige:

IGN reported it here
Cube-Europe said it here
Gamers.com disclosed it here

Check it out! Good stuff!
Title: Why gamecube 2???
Post by: rodtod on May 06, 2003, 07:17:56 PM: Ah, heh and I see your sig has a quote from the GCN Europe article. Well then, I stand corrected. If GCN is launching in 2005, that's really premature for the Big N, but I guess next time they want to be on top