Topic: What if Nintendo made a portable Wii/Gamecube?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

You've ruined the portable elegance of the handheld.

[that Baby guy]

Moveable, printable type is the future.  I can see it now:  Nintendo's next handheld will be made out of small slices of wood, with little bits of liquid metals placed on it.  There may be visibility problems, but later upgrades and add-ons will fix this.

I can see entire buildings being made with this concept in mind.  Maybe even several in a single city, allowing one to check out this handheld for free, so long as he or she returns it on time.

[couchmonkey]

WITCH!! BURN HIM AND HIS HORRIBLE "HAND-HELD".

Downloadable handheld games...I tend to think we're a ways off still, but I do believe VC will be on DS2, and I do believe an all-download handheld could happen in a couple of generations.  Heck, you could argue that video Ipods are already offering that, and I've argued that this is the way for Nokia to take the next N-Gage.  Not having to carry around little games or walk into a gaming store to buy stuff is a nice feature for the casuals, and it allows lower pricing.

I'm a fan of physical media myself, but recently I've been thinking about non-physical media and I'm starting to like it - especially in the case of movies, which I've always felt took up too much room, and didn't offer any major advantages in physical form.  A physical CD comes with an insert, often a work of art itself, and often including handy things like lyrics.  Physical games come with instruction manuals (admittedly not that important anymore).  A physical movie or set of TV shows comes with a box and a bunch of advertising.

I do like the idea of owning a permanent physical object, but the space and cost trade-offs are starting to make me realize why kids these days like downloading.

[IceCold]

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the way i envisioned it is having all the buttons mapped on screen where you can hold the system like you would normally, except all the buttons would be "virtual."

Haptics! Wow, that brings back memories..

[Ceric]

I'm going to make a game where the manual is important and great like games of yore.  People who didn't read the manual will call it confusing and impossible thus it will have low scores across the board.

[EasyCure]

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Originally posted by: IceCold

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the way i envisioned it is having all the buttons mapped on screen where you can hold the system like you would normally, except all the buttons would be "virtual."

Haptics! Wow, that brings back memories..

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[BlackNMild2k1]

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Originally posted by: EasyCure

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Originally posted by: IceCold

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the way i envisioned it is having all the buttons mapped on screen where you can hold the system like you would normally, except all the buttons would be "virtual."

Haptics! Wow, that brings back memories..

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look up all the old Revolution controller theories

[EasyCure]

too lazy, but i'll use my imagination instead