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However, I wouldn't be surprised if this patent may just be for the sometimes rumored successor to the Game Boy Advance. I'd guess that this successor would come next year, and there has been talk about a device that could play GAMECUBE or GAMECUBE-like games. PCGP would fit along the lines of a 'Portable' / 'GameCube' 'Player'... Just something to think about. Nonetheless it shall be interesting to see.
It's PCGP, isn't it? Not PGCP?
Are PSP discs the same size as GCN discs? Or at least about that? It makes sense; the GBC seemed like a portable NES, the GBA seems like a portable Super NES, the DS seems like a portable N64. A new handheld beyond the current GBA/DS, if following the console-mirroring trend, could be like a portable GCN. If the PSP is essentially a portable PS2, and small discs in a handheld are feasible without an uber-huge hit on battery life, then the next handheld could have the advantage of backwards-compatibility with GCN games without having to wait for developers to port them over. Minus some features, like multiplayer, but that's like playing GBA games on the DS, same loss. I guess with the PS2 backwards compatiblity with the PSX, and assumedly every PS(?) compatible with games from all previous PlayStations, Nintendo will want backwards compatibility where they can get it. But the new handheld, if able to play GameCube games, would have to come out before the GameCube is obsolete for too long, and it also can't come too soon, or people will be confused about whether to buy a GBA, DS, or this new thing...
If we're flying with that idea, then V-Pocket sounds like a handheld too, what with "Pocket" in its name (though the Play-Yan is a great fit)... But Reggie says they're going to stick with the DS for a while, not that they probably aren't already developing a new handheld, so I don't think a new handheld will (or at least should) come to the market too soon.
Topic: Two New Patents From Nintendo (Read 10912 times)
