Post by: MagicToenail on October 16, 2003, 10:47:54 AM
Post by: Berny on October 16, 2003, 10:52:05 AM
Post by: jarob on October 16, 2003, 10:57:03 AM
Post by: MagicToenail on October 16, 2003, 11:02:12 AM
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Originally posted by: Berny
Ooo...hey would this by any chance be planned for the other connectormabob on the bottom of the cube? Sounds cool. They will get ripped apart though for "copying" M$...
on one hand no, because Ps2 is going to have one
on the other hand it's gamecube so.....
Post by: Bill Aurion on October 16, 2003, 11:02:27 AM
Post by: joshnickerson on October 16, 2003, 11:05:02 AM
More than likely, if it's actually released, it will serve only as a "Big Ass Memory Card". I can't see Nintendo pulling an "Expansion Pak" at this point in the game. Plus, if they made a game that used the hard drive, they would have to make the game also accessable for people who don't own it, unless, of course, they included it in a big game (like the EP for Donkey Kong 64 or Majora's Mask)
But I think this is just a rumor though. Probably rumblings of what's to come on Nintendo's next system.
Post by: joeamis on October 16, 2003, 11:05:42 AM
wow now they can make rewritable disks for the Gamecube!
THIS WILL BE SO AWESOME
Post by: MagicToenail on October 16, 2003, 11:56:41 AM
Post by: nolimit19 on October 16, 2003, 12:23:16 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 16, 2003, 12:30:19 PM
and inner Hulkamaniac.
Post by: nolimit19 on October 16, 2003, 12:34:12 PM
Post by: Jdub03 on October 16, 2003, 02:01:00 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 16, 2003, 02:29:08 PM
Post by: Gibdo Master on October 16, 2003, 02:40:19 PM
Post by: Rich on October 16, 2003, 02:45:14 PM
Post by: mouse_clicker on October 16, 2003, 02:48:52 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on October 16, 2003, 02:53:52 PM
The more I think about it, the more the answer points to games like Stage Debut(which looks quirky, but fun, a la AC)
Post by: ezaphlix on October 16, 2003, 03:23:48 PM
Post by: cml on October 16, 2003, 04:09:48 PM
Having said that, there is absolutely 0 chance that this will prove true for GameCube.
Chris.
Post by: Bill Aurion on October 16, 2003, 04:20:28 PM
Post by: cml on October 16, 2003, 04:48:38 PM
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Originally posted by: Bill
This zip drive would be the answer to complaints about the limited size of Ninty's standard memory cards...
The best answer to that would be to release a Memory card that is at least the same size as your competition. This zip drive talk is nothing short of pure nonsense.
Chris.
Post by: Bill Aurion on October 16, 2003, 05:00:12 PM
Let's not get too hasty now. If this even exists, we have no idea what this thing will be used for. So don't be calling it nonsense until we get more info
Post by: mouse_clicker on October 16, 2003, 05:08:24 PM
Post by: cml on October 16, 2003, 05:08:40 PM
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Originally posted by: Bill
Ah ah ah! *waves finger*
Let's not get too hasty now. If this even exists, we have no idea what this thing will be used for. So don't be calling it nonsense until we get more info
I'm not being hasty. And I'm not calling "the zip drive" nonsense either. I am saying the idea that one exists is pure nonsense.
Chris.
Post by: d_bomb_23 on October 16, 2003, 06:23:57 PM
maybe this is the new product that the big N is suppose to announce this spring?
Post by: BigJim on October 16, 2003, 06:27:34 PM
It's WAY too late to try unnecessary add-ons. It would flop.
Post by: cml on October 16, 2003, 06:50:27 PM
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Originally posted by: d_bomb_23
hmmmmm
maybe this is the new product that the big N is suppose to announce this spring?
I thought Iwata said Nintendo were going to make an announcement about a new gaming device or something at next E3?. And the impression I got was that it would not be a successor to the GBA or GCN, but something different.
He's not going to announce a useless zip drive. What would be the advantage of that for Nintendo? For developers? For retailers? For gamers?
Chris.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 16, 2003, 07:45:18 PM
Post by: GoldShadow1 on October 16, 2003, 08:02:09 PM
Post by: jarob on October 17, 2003, 11:28:40 AM
Post by: MagicToenail on October 17, 2003, 01:24:09 PM
Post by: Grey Ninja on October 17, 2003, 03:41:06 PM
Post by: MagicToenail on October 18, 2003, 05:22:47 AM
Post by: ThePerm on October 18, 2003, 09:20:27 AM
Post by: KnowsNothing on October 18, 2003, 09:27:49 AM
Sure, sure....that's what they ALL say.
Post by: The Omen on October 18, 2003, 09:48:20 AM
Post by: Grey Ninja on October 18, 2003, 10:21:45 AM
But the big thing here is that adding a hard drive would really serve no point. There's nothing special about a hard drive. The GCN memory cards are plenty big enough, in spite of all the whining about them, and if Nintendo really needed the extra space for caching large amounts of data, (such as Earthbound DD), there's always the SD card reader.
Post by: Cap on October 18, 2003, 10:42:02 AM
nintendo themselves commented recently on how their own memory cards werent big enough for the save requirements of most sports games though, so i think that would be the main reason for it. with the sales of sports games on the other consoles, and the sales of sports games on gamecube i dont think its a bad idea.
Post by: The Omen on October 18, 2003, 10:43:51 AM
I do find a memory card 251 to be plenty without sports games. I have 2 251's, one for Madden and one for my other 15 games, and it does the job perfectly.
Post by: Chef on October 18, 2003, 03:26:23 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on October 18, 2003, 10:09:01 PM
Post by: Slab on October 18, 2003, 11:26:26 PM
But maybe they want to release it after all...maybe Nintendo is developing a game that can use it, or they got the cost down to make a profit off of it.
I remember reading it on this site (PlanetGamecube), but I can't find info on it at all...there's no search function either so searching past articles here is next to impossible.
Old News about IBM Micro Drive
Post by: BigJim on October 19, 2003, 01:29:58 AM
Post by: jarob on October 19, 2003, 05:15:41 PM
Post by: Oldskool on October 20, 2003, 09:54:35 AM
Post by: Kleck on October 28, 2003, 05:05:59 PM
Post by: seven_chaos on October 28, 2003, 07:04:12 PM
Right now, cause its Nintendo, a HD add on is the least of their concerns. They already stated that the Gamecube is a gaming console, NOTHING MORE. So all these rumors and what not about a HD should be put to rest already. There really is no need for the hard drive as you can see it hasnt helped the xbox too much (except for saving). I remember hearing how fast the xbox loading times would be because of the hard drive and almost 99% of the multi platform games load the fastest on Gamecube.
Post by: jmoe316 on October 28, 2003, 07:50:08 PM
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Yeah i know, i kick butt at ASCII art, sue me!
Post by: Oldskool on October 29, 2003, 08:36:03 AM
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Post by: Uglydot on October 29, 2003, 09:02:07 AM
