Author Topic: What features should gamecube2 have? (Read 28502 times)

Rich · « **on:** March 29, 2003, 08:12:36 PM »

hey i was just thinking about this blue ray stuff and everybody talking about the next gamecube and I was wonder what you guys thought that it should and shouldnt have.
Personally I would really like backwards playabilty, amazing graphics, the ability to use the newest technology for audio and visual components, a harddrive and the ability ability to use memory card so you could take them to friends houses, an online setup, a gameboy player installed, the ability to take digital media and implement them in games(mp3, digital photos, etc...), i want it to be fast, have a dvd player and cd player, be able to connect to the current and next Nintendo handheld and i would like it to have wave bird receivers built in no more of these corded controllers. Thats what i want how about you.

rodtod · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2003, 06:05:19 PM »

Well, maybe if Nintendo got into the furniture industry, they could make a Matrix-esque recliner, but they'd have to find a less painful (and dangerous) way of putting your mind in a digital environment.

Hmm, scratch that. I think the next Nintendo console should have online support at launch, and just let the software do the rest. We really don't need to expand that much graphically, at least Nintendo doesn't.

theaveng · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2003, 04:30:56 AM »

Just because you want wireless controllers doesn't mean everyone does. I prefer the convenience of picking up a controller and playing without having to worry about recharging the batteries... or replacing the batteries 2 years from now when they wear out.

theaveng · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2003, 04:30:57 AM »

Just because you want wireless controllers doesn't mean everyone does. I prefer the convenience of picking up a controller and playing without having to worry about recharging the batteries... or replacing the batteries 2 years from now when they wear out.

theaveng · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2003, 04:30:58 AM »

Just because you want wireless controllers doesn't mean everyone does. I prefer the convenience of picking up a controller and playing without having to worry about recharging the batteries... or replacing the batteries 2 years from now when they wear out.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #5 on:** April 02, 2003, 11:17:22 AM »

Me, too.

Me, too.

Me, too.

Those are all good ideas, but there should be both wireless and wireful controllers.

SmellySocks · « **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2003, 01:32:01 PM »

I agree with Hostile. Wireless controllers don't split the market, so there really isn't much of a down-side to having both wireless and wired controllers.

noentiendo64 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2003, 01:29:55 PM »

Well, Rich, probably the things you are asking for will actually be possible in the PS3 or the XBox2, but I honestly can´t imagine Nintendo shifting from its "games only" focus. You can forget about MP3, DVD and CD. Who will need them anyway? By 2005, everybody will have DVD players or their old PS2´s. Instead, it will feature different stuff, we probably do not imagine yet.
Now, this is what I think Nintendo´s next console is going to have:
-Built in ethernet port for LAN and online games
-Direct connection to the GBA2: instead of needing the Game boy player, you will be able to just plug the GBA with a cable and play GBA games on your TV
-Hard drive? Forget about that. Remember the SD card Adaptor? Much cheaper in 2005, SD cards will be the standard memory cards for nintendo. They come in a variety of sizes and have all the advantages of the hard drive.

Rich · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2003, 04:09:07 PM »

yeah your right about the DVD/CD thing, I already have enough of those but i was thinking that we could be able to put MP3 songs in a game, (you know like change the music of the game) using the SD cards since those hold MP3s. i also thought that the SD cards would make it much more possible for Nintendo to make one of those paint programs so you can make funny of someone using a digital picture.

manunited4eva22 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2003, 04:47:10 PM »

Remember that Doombas where the guy drew a picture of Carrot top and said jack heart carrot top

God I would love to do that...

mariomeatball · « **Reply #10 on:** April 20, 2003, 05:43:12 PM »

I agree that SD cards will be cheaper and most likely the memory card of choice for nintendo but i wouldn't rule out a hard drvie for the next Nintendo console. Harddrives happen to go along well with online support which I imagine the next console will have. Also, hard drives are getting cheaper and cheaper as well.

As far as Wireless only controllers are concerned... I love my Wavebird but at the same time its nice to pick up the "old school" gamecube controller and feeling a little rubble now and again. Also that rumble works nicely with games such as Zelda. Unless Nintendo can work out a way to get a workable "rumble pak" in a wireless... then I'm all for the switch over to completly wireless gaming.

I don't personally care about DVD/CD/MP3/etc. on my gaming system.

I can't really think of any super cool new "stuff" that could go along with the next system. I built in gameboy player would be nice however. I wouldn't mind backwards compatability to gamecube. I wish Nintendo would use LED's instead of just regular power lights. They just look nice, think ps2 power lights.

I dunno about what medium Nintendo should use to store games on, DVD or whatever. This Blue Ray stuff looks cool but I dunno much about it. It has to be as cheap as DVD's for Nintendo to compete... the reason Square left Nintendo (

) in the first place was because N64 went with carts, that are friggin expencive, instead of CD. A little built in screen would be cool, for road trips and what not. And, hey, while we're at it... the thing might as well double as a microwave!

fireball · « **Reply #11 on:** April 28, 2003, 07:57:24 AM »

I think it needs a toaster, toast is an important part of gaming.

Just keep it simple, if it's not cheap enough no one will buy it.
I know I'm not paying for a 400 $ machine.

PIAC · « **Reply #12 on:** April 28, 2003, 04:47:22 PM »

i just want another gaming console

not a 20 device in 1 box. support for pro logic II (or what ever is out at the time) thats about it ehehe

StRaNgE · « **Reply #13 on:** April 30, 2003, 04:02:59 PM »

backwards compatable is a must, this way i can discard my cube when i upgrade and still play all my old games to hold me over as new ones come out.

wireless would be great from the get go especially if it had rumble optional.

forget the extra dvd crap, everyone and their mom has a dvd player already and if not by 2005 most will.

most of all i'd like to see a large game line up for release.

BiLdItUp1 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 01, 2003, 04:11:08 PM »

It would be folly for Nintendo not to include at a least a basic, working DVD player in their next console, backwards compatibility, built-in LAN. A hard drive? I dunno, can't see Nintendo doing it, but hey- its' Nintendo, so we don't know squat.

Seriously though, I believe console innovation has ended before it even began.
At this point, I think realism in gaming is now a moot point, only used by fanboys most. What could really be implemented in the next round of consoles? Advanced chipsets, etc doesn't count. Integration at this point is a given; it has already happened, even with Nintendo, at least in Japan(see Q).

Will there truly be a console hailed as revolutionary, not because its' a set-top box or implements existing PC technology? Probably not, consoles really are glorified PCs, with not much separating them besides slightly different hardware, size in many cases, and exclusive branding. The only way out of this is at least to do what Apple is doing- integrate everything so well that that in itself is the point of the system. Apple are being innovative in its' execution, and maybe Nintendo can capitalize on this idea. But really, this is a software issue...so, I'll spare you the rest of my ramblings....

ThePerm · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2003, 02:17:28 PM »

vector texture maps

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #16 on:** May 04, 2003, 02:47:00 PM »

Microsoft and Sony might get screwed if they come up with an improved version of DVd type stuff while the next console is out. Backwards compatability would be nice, but I don't intend to discard my Gamecube either way.

BiGdOg189 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 20, 2003, 07:37:16 PM »

I disagree that every one will have a dvd player on their old ps2 by 2005 because what about people who do not like sony or people who are mario fans so they go for the nintendo consoles to see what they are like

BiGdOg189 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 20, 2003, 07:46:18 PM »

I think I would enjoy having a hardrive for the gamecube when i get the new gamecube and be
able to watch dvd's on my gamecube. About the whole mp3 thing you all are right. Maybe they
should make it to where you can download music onto your gamecube from a cd and listen to it
while you are playing your game kind of like the xbox.

Mario · « **Reply #19 on:** July 20, 2003, 08:05:36 PM »

A remote that turns the system off. Mario Tennis at launch

Chode2234 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 21, 2003, 05:55:33 AM »

It would be very nice to have a remote for power on/off. I personally hope they don't do to much with the current controller, I really like it.

I think there need to be some sort of large storage for game data, etc. I hate having to swap memory cards and everything like that. I can't make up my mind which is better hard drive or SD cards?

Besides downloadable content, what do you really need all the space for?

I myself would really like to see backwards compatability as well as GBA (or whatever the new one will be) player built in. In another board i saw an idea that instead of the player you could hook your GBA to your gamecube and play the GBA games on your TV, seemed like a good idea from Nintendo stand point if they are concerned about not selling the GBAs cause people just want to play the games on the tv's . That would move the hardware.

NintendosFinest · « **Reply #21 on:** July 21, 2003, 05:41:55 PM »

-I want the N5 to have..

- A Dvd Player.. The Xbox 2/Ps3 will have it. Why give the rival consoles an advantage? Nintendo must have everything Sony and MS have in their consoles.

- A Harddrive.. I swear, if nintendo goes the Memory card route, while MS and Sony use Harddrives.. I would be pisssed! =P

- Backwards Compatiblity. Just like I said before.. N5 must have every feature Xbox2/Ps3 has. Nintendo should add a GBA/GBC/GB port in the system too, and later make a GBA2 player add on.

- A Remote for Powering On and Off ( Who ever mentioned it, Good Idea! )

- Built in Ethernet port

Rich · « **Reply #22 on:** July 21, 2003, 06:15:26 PM »

wow ill be damned, i totally forgot about this thread. well i really like a lot of your ideas especially the remote to turn the system on and off. but for those who dont want full on wireless unless there is there is a rumble pak implemented, I wouldn't get your hopes up, the rumble would really eat away at the power source. the only way i think they could do it is to have maybe rechargable controllers which I would really like. you know what else would be super sweet? the button to turn the system on and off on the N5 controller itself.

About the hard drive thing. its hard to tell I think the main thing would be the price of sd cards compared to the price of hard drives. and also whether or not the hard drive would cause to much heat. If they do use SD card i hope they find a way to make them not stick out of system (i hate the memory cards sticking out of the gamecube).

I definetly want a good multiplay game online. I want it a launch to. I want mario kart or mario tennis or madden.

and I would really like a gameboy player alreay installed to the N5 but I want it so that it can run an N5 game and a game boy game at the same time and have the game boy in a little screen in the corner OF THE tv controled by the 2nd controller. this way you wont need the stupid link cable to transfer stuff and it would probably be a faster transfer.

Chode2234 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 22, 2003, 05:05:54 AM »

I would really like to see backwards compatability. I already have so many Nintendo boxes sitting around my TV it would be nice to be able to consolidate them.

I would really like to see full support for 5.1 or even 6.1, pro logic II is great but its not 5.1

I would also like to see a disc tray, I hate the top loading GC, i have to pull it out of my entertainment system to load disks, why would you have a big tall box have a top that makes it flip up even higher?

I would like to see a hard drive myself, I don't want to have to buy anything at launch (or ever) that I need to save my games.

Ethernet is a must, online play is a must (stop kidding yourselves if you dont believe so)

build in gameboy player would be gravy, i hope it has this, and nintendo continues to release new top notch 2d games.

bigger bus and faster RAM, i hate load times

bigger medium too, i hope no game has to be on 2 disks next gen.

Regardless of what the competition does Nintendo has to meet them on very level, they cannot afford to let anyone have the perception that their console is somehow inferior.

Nintendo Gamecube · « **Reply #24 on:** July 22, 2003, 09:31:00 AM »

Why do you guys want a fricken remote just to turn the system on and off? Are you too lazy to just press a button on your console? That's just sad.

Secondly, I hope there is no DVD player or GBA player installed. Why? Because it will be cheaper. The is one of the main reasons Gamecube ran so well. I don't want all the consoles to pack every little feature into it and max it to 300-400 dollars. I want my 200 dollar system. All I want is a built in LAN, (only if wireless controllers are WITH rechargeable batteries), hard drive (or SD card), and backwards compatibility.

I'd also like to point out that if there is backwards compatibility, won't Nintnedo have to use the same controller?

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