Topic: I know what the new 'product' in Spring is

[The Omen]

  Its Nintendos online strategy!  And it will be revolutionary because its free.  I can see it now.  Both the GBA and the GC, online in March!  See, its neither a new console nor handheld.  Jump on board.  I'm so smart...smart i am.

[Stimutacs Addict]

I will openly laugh at your assumption right now



hahaha









.. God I hope that you're right, though

[vudu]

that's the dumbest thing i've heard you say since your suggestion for a games based on nightmare on elm street.  nothing nintendo has ever said even remotely hints that the gamecube (and especially the gameboy advance) will ever go online in march.  several things they've said completely goes against all possibility that nintendo will ever go online this generation.

[The Omen]

Yeah, because the way i annointed myself 'so smart' didn't seem sarcastic, did it?

 

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that's the dumbest thing i've heard you say since your suggestion for a games based on nightmare on elm street.

Glad i affected your life in such a drastic way that you remember my Halloween induced dementia.   Now go get your shinebox.

[Strell]

I could have sworn that it was basically understood that the new product would be the Konga controller.

[Bill Aurion]

Um, no...The DK controller has already been revealed so scratch that off the list...

[Strell]

Has there been an official announcement to the general public?

Remember kids, just because we're all so smart and cool that we find out stuff on the 'net BEFORE most normal consumers do, doesn't mean the Konga controller won't be it.  What do I mean by this?  Nintendo hasn't, as far as I know, made any real announcements about the controller in AMERICA.  Of course, in Japan, it's being shown off and whatnot.  But I haven't seen them announcing it here.

What did someone point out?  Some bigwig at Nintendo said "You can't beat it out of me?"  Beat?  Beat drums? Haha, Mistar Nintendar man...

[Bill Aurion]

The Donkey Konga commercial has been aired in Japan for a while now, so yes, it has been revealed to the public...I believe the announcement will be something completely new...

[Strell]

Did you read my message?

NOT IN AMERICA.

I think America and Japan are two different countries.

There are people in America who STILL ask questions like "Can PS2 games be played on the Gamecube?  Doesn't Sony make the Gamecube?"  And you think they know about the Konga controller?

Yea ok.

[Bill Aurion]

Fine, you go off and believe that the announcement will be the DK controller...I can tell you this: There is no way Ninty would reveal an announcement in the future to only the online crowd and then reveal that the announcement is something that the online crowd already knows about...Do you think any casual gamers know that an announcement will be made?  I think not...It won't be the DK controller...period...

[Strell]

You're missing the point entirely.

ENTIRELY.

Nintendo is a big name company, and when they want to reveal a major product, they do so with press release.  They have one of their bigwigs trot out to a room full of reporters, they reveal the product, answer questions, show a demo, and finish the interview.

You'll notice that if Nintendo is going to reveal a product that they've "never made before" that chances are they will PROBABLY back it up with A) a press release and B) a marketing push.

You forget that the only reason we know about the Konga controller is because it's being released in Japan and we have access to websites that can get the information about it and show it off to us.

Nintendo doesn't consider that kind of table-scrapping a press release.  And if they are so confident in the product, and if they are going to surround it in mystery by saying it is "something we've never done before," you can bet they are going to open with a bang on the product.

So a few measly pics of a controller and some blurry screenshots from a game that isn't even translated because it's in ANOTHER COUNTRY is going to cut it for them as a viable form of press release.

It's like when a game gets released in Japan and we know about it, and then two months later Nintendo says they are "releasing a brand new game in America!" like it's something we've never seen before, and we end up seeing that it's just their news release of the translated game we read about two months ago.  Just because we knew about it in advance doesn't mean that it's been officially revealed to the public.

But whatever.  If I'm right, I'm right, and if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.  But I really wouln't put too much stock into Nintendo.  We've seen time and time again that they delay products and release things that we knew were coming.

So I really, REALLY wouldn't get your hopes up for something truly astounding, like an online strategy.

[Ian Sane]

I doubt it's an online strategy and I also doubt it's the Konga controller.  It seems unlikely that Nintendo would hype up something already shown in Japan as an exciting new product.  The Gamecube debuted in Japan and it's not like when it was shown at E3 Nintendo promoted it as never-before-seen.  If the product is merely the Konga controller than NOA has really lost it.  Nintendo already pissed off some of the internet gaming community (who are the only ones who will even know about this announcement) with the Megaton thing which wasn't even their fault.  I doubt they want to get a reputation for being a let down with hyped announcements.  If it's something lame I assure you it will be something lame that we haven't seen before.

[The Omen]

In all seriousness, i wouldn't be surprised if it was their online strategy.  On the other hand, i also wouldn't be surprised if it were a new GC color or something so infantile that the announcement is worthless.  I just felt like throwing a new hat into the ring with the online theory.

[Rhoq]

It can't be the Konga controller. It's not very impressive to begin with and it's hardly anything that can cause stir within the gaming industry.

[Infernal Monkey]

What is this, the new 'MegaT0000n omfg i guess nintendos surprise!111' thread?

.. Cool.
Maybe Nintendo will release a GameCube PART 2. It's an add-on to your GameCube. It'll let you play CD-i Zelda's, Atari 2600 games and make toast.

[Hostile Creation]

And there can be a waffle iron add-on, too.  That's been in the works for a while, I hear

Interesting ideas. . . I don't think it's the Konga controller. . . are we even sure that game is coming out in the US?  It could be an online plan, but it doesn't initially strike me as being that.  I dunno, really.  We'll see.

[Infernal Monkey]

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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
And there can be a waffle iron add-on, too.  That's been in the works for a while, I hear

Oh my yes, how could I forget about that little gem?
Super secret Waffle Maker GC (TM) design from Nintendo!

[Mario]

^ LOL

Its either Holographic gaming, or some other new way of playing games. My cat told me.

[kennyb27]

Well, it won't be the Konga controller.  Let's look at what we know.

-When they revealed that they would have a press conference back in August, the conference took place in Japan and they said it would be revealed in Spring 2004

-If it was indeed the Konga controller, then a Nintendo of America representative would have made the announcement about the showing; however, it was made (again) in Japan and commented on by Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata (no that's not Nintendo of America's president for those who don't know).

-According to CNN Money Nintendo has not told the American senior executives what it was.  

Oh, and let's not all attack Omen for this idea (knowing he was sarcastic to begin with) because the online idea was even thrown out by Jeff Brown, vice president of corporate communications for EA.

[The Omen]

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Oh, and let's not all attack Omen for this idea (knowing he was sarcastic to begin with) because the online idea was even thrown out by Jeff Brown, vice president of corporate communications for EA.

It is the only thing i could think of ....and Nintendo has always sprung surprises.  Kudos to Jeff Brown

[the_zombie_luke]

I remember someone on the PGC staff said they knew it was a game, yet not which one. But this old news posting does back up Omen's original post: http://www.planetgamecube.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=3827&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=

[Mario]

Mario Tennis with free Tennis Racquet accessory, which you plug into your GameCube and hit wildly around the air and the movement of the character on the screen corresponds to your actions sort of like eye toy. Possible? Oh.

[Bill Aurion]

Wow, what a great idea!

*imagines destroyed room*

Err...Maybe not... T_T''

[yellowfellow]

well, the fact that it is going to be announced in the US implies that it will be a "solution" to a problem that american consumers have raised.

[akdaman1]

I say that it is Too Human ( although thats porbaly on the N5 ) OR gAME zERO