Billy gets excited about the DC.

Sega Dreamcast will be sold earlier than on 9.9.99. My guess is Monday or Tuesday stores will break the date. Probably not too big of a thrill for all of you, but that's my prediction. I wonder what the Vegas odds are of this. :)

256 bits?! Boy, I'm stuffed!

Yes, I rubbed my eyes as well when I say the link over at Nintendorks. Holy SHIT! If this is real, it will be absolutely unbelievable. Newsweek has a tasty article called Who's got game? Uh, I'd say Nintendo will. Here's a clip of what will eventually pitch tents worldwide.

Nintendo is leapfrogging 128-bit technology with a 256-bit, 400-megahertz IBM PowerPC chip in its upcoming console, code-named Dolphin, also due in 2000. It hasn't done any demos, but confidently state that the new system will "meet or exceed" PS2. Ironically, it's the simplest of technologies that is keeping the company healthy in Japan, where the Nintendo 64 has struggled. The portable 8-bit Game Boy, with its 1-megahertz processor, has sold 80 million units since its 1989 release, making it the best-selling videogame system in history. More advanced machines have failed to unseat Game Boy because in the handheld market performance matters less than size, battery life and a bundled copy of the highly addictive Tetris. Game Boy outsells all of the state-of-the-art consoles in Japan, including the moderately successful Nintendo 64. Since that's largely due to the wildly popular Pokemon, Nintendo hopes to boost sales of N64 by selling a device that connects it to the Game Boy, letting kids battle Pokemon on their TV sets in high-resolution color.

This pretty much explains itself.

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Gamespot has an interview with the great Shigeru. Come check it out!

After reading Nintendojo's regurge of Gamespot, I felt their entire article deserved a show. Here it is.

Q: What projects are you currently working on?

A: That's not a very easy question, actually. I want more and more younger people to work on the games now. I'm getting old now and even though I say that I have been working as a producer, my involvement in each game goes deeper than just being a producer. I hope that I can be more of a producer taking care of and supervising many different projects at the same time-- with the viewpoint of Nintendo five years from now, as a foundation, in a sense. That's where I am right now, but in the same sense, I want to make some games myself--at least one. I am focusing on the Dolphin project when it comes to my own game.

Nintendojo cooks up some fine Shiggy eatin' from Space World!

Finally something good out of SpaceWorld! Kidding. I would give my left nut to have been at SpaceWorld. Hell, I would just love to go to Japan :)! Anyhoo....so far, the best damn Space World news award definitely goes to the Dojo. Those boys just know how to do Nintendo justice ;). Here's a great Shigeru-quoted-dealie they put together with some nice juicy Dolphin tidbits.

Nintendo will make 32-bit games! .....No, they're not developing for the Play Station....

The next generation Gameboy will be 32-bit. And you will be able to connect it to the Dolphin somehow. SWEET! Could we see the next handheld from Nintendo next summer? Kick ass! GameFan has the beef.

While Sega and Sony are using removable PDA's as memory, Nintendo has annouced that it will stick with the GameBoy (no surprise, since it's sold over 80 million units). The next evolution of the Gameboy will transform it into a 32-bit system, with four times the power of the GameBoy and the ability to link up with Nintendo's forthcoming "Dolphin" system. The company has yet to announce a release date, but you can expect it before the release of "Dolphin".

Nintendo isn't a blabbermouth!

No Dolphin news at Space World? What a drag! I think it may be wise for Nintendo to hold off any major specs until Sony shows their cards first. That is all opinion. Anyhoo....for the best Space World info I would definitely head over to Nintendojo or Gaming Age. Excellent work on both sites!

Yeah so do I. But it looks like "the people" want the Dolphin. One study I will have no problem...er...a....studying. Thanks to Nintendojo with the good word.

A study by Ziff-Davis has revealed several interesting statistics about videogames and Nintendo. "Video Gaming in America 1999" reveals, among other facts, that Mario is one powerful videogame character. "...The "Mario" character and game commands the highest knowledge and has the strongest purchase impact, eclipsing publishers and developers in establishing individual brand power. Mario led Nintendo, the highest-ranked publisher, and both dramatically surpassed SquareSoft, the video-game developer in driving purchase decisions."

30 million polys a second... the possibilities are endless.

Could this info be true? Hmmmmm. Dolphin Central has the official scoop. Well it sounds tasty so I'll mull it around for a while. Well if it is true...we are talking some serious graphical whoop ass. We are talking ultra crispy graphics! Read on, and judge for yourself...

Yes we finally did it. We are unveiling the secret that we have kept for the past month or so. So what is it you ask? Well we can now assure you that the Dolphin will have a polygon rate of 30 millions polygons with all effects on (that's 80 million with all effects off. So how does this compare with Sony. Well Sony will have a polygon rate of about 20 million polygons with all effects on (about just short of 70 million with all effects off). And Dreamcast sucks so much it can't even compare. So now you know. This means that the Dolphin will have the best in 3D graphic entertainment of all of the next-generation consoles. So is this IGN's secret, well we think so. But we're proud to say that we have released the info before them.

Formatting your C drive is always fun.

Almost had another Format C: issue. Not Fu$%ing good at all. And no, please don't think I was playing Pokemon Snap or, like I rented Blitz 2000 on Saturday. Yes, both of those two things did happen, but I had a little Office 2000 installation debacle. Very very bad. But fortunately the problem has been repaired. At least for the time being :)

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