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Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: NWR_Lindy on April 10, 2003, 11:50:29 AM: (Moving this over from GameCube Discussion)

Everybody loves the fact that the Cube comes in different colors. Well how's this as an idea for the next console? Sell it in default black, but have a detachable outer casing that you could replace with new "shells" only sold on Nintendo.com. That'd be brilliant. You could have any color of the rainbow. Nintendo could release new shells to commemorate key game releases, like a solid gold shell with a TriForce symbol on it to commemorate the release of the next Zelda game. Just like the Metroid Prime emblems that were packaged with the Prime bundle in Europe, only taken to the next level.

silks
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: Fammy2000 on April 10, 2003, 12:04:07 PM: Not a bad idea! No reason a person couldn't be a second or third shell. But then you'd lose the Billy's of the world. The people who cave in and buy a special edition system just because "it's cool".

A few companies sold "stickers" for various consoles. That is a terrible idea. I remember som horrible ones for the PS2.
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: PIAC on April 10, 2003, 09:51:09 PM: hey... thats just crazy enough to work, also with detachable shells, people could paint and customise them to their hearts content without fear of damaging the internals of the system. would bring the idea of casemods to nintendo!
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: Grey Ninja on April 10, 2003, 09:53:58 PM: You can already replace the logo on your GameCube with various custom ones.
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: NWR_Lindy on April 11, 2003, 08:30:01 AM: Yeah, but your GameCube is still that dorky purple color. I'm talking full customization here.

Heck, Nintendo could even have an art contest to see who could paint the best shell. You could have celebrity artists paint a shell, sign it and then auction it on eBay and give the money to charity. It's a fantastic idea.

silks
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: Grey Ninja on April 11, 2003, 10:04:24 AM: Actually my GameCube is Jet Black. I must admit that I was mighty tempted to buy the "dorky purple" one, but I just love the color black.
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: Fammy2000 on April 11, 2003, 12:01:58 PM: It's not "dorky" purple. It's "girlee" purple. Or something like that.
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: PIAC on April 11, 2003, 02:00:18 PM: bite me, its 'leet' purple am i less of a man because i think the purple owns?
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: Bloodworth on April 11, 2003, 04:32:19 PM: Well, mine's "dorky" purple with a shiny platinum GBP. :-D
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: NWR_Lindy on April 12, 2003, 11:13:02 AM: Yikes, didn't know that people were so sensitive about the color of their GameCubes. Don't take it personal y'all

silks
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: PIAC on April 13, 2003, 01:36:13 AM: my purple is teh leet!!
i even got cobolt SP to somewhat match i want to paint my snes purple too
CAUSE PUPRLE > *!
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: TOY on April 13, 2003, 07:18:27 PM: That's an interesting idea, now let me tell you why you'll never see it. First of all, I assume the controller ports and internal fan are attached to the case and Nintendo would probably be afraid people would break something. Second, and this is a big one, I guarantee you Nintendo Doesn't want the average Joe poking around inside the system. Can you say "LAWSUIT" the first time some idiot tries to put on his shiny new case without unplugging the system and gets zapped. Remember this is the country where you can sue McDonalds for burning yourself with hot coffee. Unfortunately, idiots and lawyers do exist, which keeps the folks with enough common sense to unplug the system before switching cases from ever having the chance to.

TOY
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: NWR_Lindy on April 14, 2003, 04:37:54 AM: But you wouldn't have to muck around inside the console. It would be a shell that would go around the console, then you could snap/screw it together.

If they can design the Wavebird they should have no problem with this one.

silks
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: BlkPaladin on April 14, 2003, 07:07:42 AM: Or maybe something cheeper like a skin that goes over the consoles. (Cheeper to make and package.) Its feesible, the cell phone industry has been doing this for almost a decade, it elminate the stupid "kiddy....etc" color argument since you can techinically get them in the color you want. ANd they wouldn't have to spend money making and entire different color. So all of them could be one base color.
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: manunited4eva22 on April 14, 2003, 02:56:27 PM: My gamecube is 1337 not leet :-P
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: RahXephon on April 14, 2003, 09:48:42 PM: that purple is my favorite color. I am engaged, watch sports am manly yada yada yada. But that purple is so cool. it is the black i cant stand. so boring. no fun. but thats why i like variety, however i do think they shouldn't do the shells, only because there is nothing cool to ask than, what color cube ya got.
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: manunited4eva22 on April 15, 2003, 02:00:46 PM: How exactly would you switch shells? Would there be a base cover alread on, and thenyou just cover it over with a new shell? Also how would you keep the shell in place? Remember Nintendo does not like too many moving parts, so I doubt we would use screws. Any ideas?
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: StRaNgE on April 17, 2003, 11:47:24 PM: Where are all you getting purple cubes?
Only ones I have seen are indigo, black , spice, and platinum?

Indigo is actually more blue then purple for all you who have not studied, breathed and lived art for the last 25 years of your life. And believe it or not it is actually considered a male dominant color. A baby blue or pastel purple would have been a different story.

Hell I'd love to see a chartreuse cube. That would get me out buying a second one for sure. Lol

no idea where some of you are getting your facts?
in high school maybe?

if so then that explains it all.
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: NWR_Lindy on April 20, 2003, 11:15:47 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: manunited4eva22
How exactly would you switch shells? Would there be a base cover alread on, and thenyou just cover it over with a new shell? Also how would you keep the shell in place? Remember Nintendo does not like too many moving parts, so I doubt we would use screws. Any ideas?

I'd say sell it with a black shell by default. Black is a "safe", generic color. True, Nintendo would want as few moving parts as possible (saves money and tech support) so screws would be out. Just design the console so you could have a top half and a bottom half that snapped together. Then people could get any color they want, or ever personalize it by painting it or something.

silks
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: Hostile Creation on April 21, 2003, 01:52:45 PM: Black cube and lovin' it, baby.

That's a pretty good idea, but it would increase the risk of damage, which I doubt Nintendo wants to do. It's an interesting possibility, though, if it'd work. Why not mail it off to Nintendo and suggest it?
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: dmbfan755 on April 21, 2003, 05:02:58 PM: theres a site called color consoles (colorconsoles.com) that lets you customize the color of any system, but it costs about 50$. You can change any part of the system to the color you want. Also available for PS2 x box and GBA
Title: Shells, baby, shells
Post by: ThePerm on April 22, 2003, 09:15:22 PM: didnt billy get one of his owned by color consoles....and owned poorly