Author Topic: I know what the new 'product' in Spring is (Read 18399 times)

manunited4eva22 · « **Reply #75 on:** December 10, 2003, 03:54:30 PM »

AOL and online strategy should never be mentioned in the same breath.

GunstarSilver · « **Reply #76 on:** December 10, 2003, 03:54:39 PM »

Nintendo keep saying they don't care about online, that it ain't the way to go, along with superior graphics and more complicated games mechanics. It says it's making games that are accessable to everyone that is the way to go.
Thing is recently they did mention that the new product was going to be "transcendant" or some other obscure vague word. Since the iQue was released I think their mystery item is some kind of Cross maybe between the iQue and Gamecube. I dunno but that's my 2 cents.

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #77 on:** December 10, 2003, 04:08:21 PM »

They said their new product is "heterogeneous" and I have no clue what they mean by that.

Mario · « **Reply #78 on:** December 10, 2003, 10:29:24 PM »

I will be disappointed if this new product turns out to be something to do with online gaming. Unless its really awesome, which it probably will be, since its Nintendo.

Im going to take another wild guess. It will be a controller/gaming device that you can take anywhere, all you need is the controller. When you 'turn on' the controller, a screen appears out of nowhere, like a hologram in the air in front of you, and that's the 'screen' you use to play games on. You insert mini-cds, or cartridges (games) in a slot at the top, or at the back of the 'controller/console'. It plays GBA games, GC games, and maybe games of a new type designed specifically for that device.

Just think how cool it would be when your in class, the teacher wanders out of the room, and everyone pulls out a controller from their pocket and screens appear out of nowhere, and you all start playing Nintendo games. Maybe even wireless multiplayer gaming could be incorporated into it somehow, wow my head just exploded with possibilities.

Would that be cool?

Ocarina Blue · « **Reply #79 on:** December 11, 2003, 12:46:30 AM »

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They said their new product is "heterogeneous" and I have no clue what they mean by that.

That means it originates from something different, I think. Different from what though? Can you remember what context it was in?

donkeythong · « **Reply #80 on:** December 11, 2003, 12:53:52 AM »

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I will be disappointed if this new product turns out to be something to do with online gaming. Unless its really awesome, which it probably will be, since its Nintendo.

Im going to take another wild guess. It will be a controller/gaming device that you can take anywhere, all you need is the controller. When you 'turn on' the controller, a screen appears out of nowhere, like a hologram in the air in front of you, and that's the 'screen' you use to play games on. You insert mini-cds, or cartridges (games) in a slot at the top, or at the back of the 'controller/console'. It plays GBA games, GC games, and maybe games of a new type designed specifically for that device.

Just think how cool it would be when your in class, the teacher wanders out of the room, and everyone pulls out a controller from their pocket and screens appear out of nowhere, and you all start playing Nintendo games. Maybe even wireless multiplayer gaming could be incorporated into it somehow, wow my head just exploded with possibilities.

Would that be cool?

If you go to the US patent office website and search Nintendo. It'll return a some searches and if you scroll down to the second from bottom return on page 1 you'll see in July this year they patented Holographic screen production technology

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #81 on:** December 11, 2003, 08:21:17 AM »

Are you sure about that? That would be awesome.

The Omen · « **Reply #82 on:** December 11, 2003, 10:09:00 AM »

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If you go to the US patent office website and search Nintendo. It'll return a some searches and if you scroll down to the second from bottom return on page 1 you'll see in July this year they patented Holographic screen production technology

That is cool, except that they have patented about 1000 things just so nobody else does it first.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #83 on:** December 12, 2003, 06:00:07 AM »

Yeah, like a controller with customzable button positions...

jasonditz · « **Reply #84 on:** December 12, 2003, 11:14:48 AM »

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If you go to the US patent office website and search Nintendo. It'll return a some searches and if you scroll down to the second from bottom return on page 1 you'll see in July this year they patented Holographic screen production technology

That is cool, except that they have patented about 1000 things just so nobody else does it first.

Not technologically feasible at this time.

The screen is all well and good but calculating holographic images in real time would take a lot more processing power than you're likely to muster by the next generation... let alone spring.

Back when I did my thesis it was on computer generated holography... at the time I figured you'd need something in the multi-teraflops range to make it feasible... and that was monochrome.

snakel29 · « **Reply #85 on:** December 15, 2003, 03:16:23 PM »

i saw this topic and went searching for information on this big E3 announcment thing...i found something very interesting go to the link below...

you will find it interesting

tell me what you think!!! interesting E3 announcement info!!! click here

Mario · « **Reply #86 on:** December 15, 2003, 03:31:11 PM »

This is very similar to what i have in mind, except replace the folding screen with a hologram.

Berny · « **Reply #87 on:** December 15, 2003, 04:00:31 PM »

Woah. That looks....

....where did you get that, Mario. That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #88 on:** December 15, 2003, 08:19:08 PM »

Too bad that GCN-GBA might never exist. I hope Nintendo does make a system like that one day.

Joey · « **Reply #89 on:** December 16, 2003, 08:28:33 AM »

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I saw this topic and went searching for information on this big E3 announcment thing...i found something very interesting go to the link below...

you will find it interesting

tell me what you think!!! interesting E3 announcement info!!! click here

I am not sure if you know but that article came from May of last year and was about last years E3.

MysticGohan24 · « **Reply #90 on:** December 16, 2003, 10:38:10 AM »

Berny, second in command of the dragon squad. Responsible for breading and taking care of dragons

Hey berny was that on purpose? the breading part? lol if you mean something else than it's spelled Breeding

not breading

Anyway, that pic looks awesome of the Game boy Enhance, lol that would rule.

vudu · « **Reply #91 on:** December 16, 2003, 10:49:56 AM »

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Woah. That looks........where did you get that, Mario. That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

he got it from this thread.

sorry mario, but you should cite your sources.

Mario · « **Reply #92 on:** December 16, 2003, 11:48:19 AM »

Actually i got it from the IGN Boards before that thread was even started

Berny · « **Reply #93 on:** December 16, 2003, 12:51:52 PM »

Ooooo...vudu just got BUUURRRRNNNNNED. lol Well regardless, it looks really cool.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #94 on:** December 16, 2003, 10:08:24 PM »

Why are people bringing up Megaton? This isn't Megaton. Why? Because Nintendo never commented on the Megaton.

This rumor was started by Nintendo, if I'm not mistaken... I can't remember the last time that happened. What are you guys talking about? I mean look at this, people, Nintendo, king of secrecy, hyping up something it hasn't released yet? Since when has Nintendo ever thrown us a bone?

It's also definitely not gonna be the Konga controllers. Why? Simple reason... if it was, they'd have hyped it in Japan too before it was released... but they didn't.

This is just a wild guess, but the "heterogeneous" thing has me thinking it's PC-GC connectivity. Think about it. Hard drive, internet, firmware patches and online multiplayer... all in one fell swoop.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #95 on:** December 17, 2003, 01:33:36 AM »

Heterogenous means consisting of different parts (as opposed to homogenous meaning similar parts). But, a customizable controller would also be "heterogenous" since you can disassemble it (note: I doubt it is a customizable controller, but it really sounds like a possibility).

The Omen · « **Reply #96 on:** December 17, 2003, 09:28:58 AM »

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This is just a wild guess, but the "heterogeneous" thing has me thinking it's PC-GC connectivity. Think about it. Hard drive, internet, firmware patches and online multiplayer... all in one fell swoop.

That would play into the Apple/Nintendo rumor thats being thrown around.

Mario · « **Reply #97 on:** December 17, 2003, 12:08:41 PM »

Maybe it's a Nintendo console that plays all Nintendo games? Like NES, SNES, N64, Gameboy, GameCube and whatever else all on the same console. They could call it, "The Nintendo".

Perfect Cell · « **Reply #98 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:31:27 PM »

Well the online theory has more presedence, with the fact that Splinter Cell will be online on the GCN.... when Ubi Soft didnt give XIII online stuff...

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #99 on:** December 17, 2003, 05:53:17 PM »

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Maybe it's a Nintendo console that plays all Nintendo games? Like NES, SNES, N64, Gameboy, GameCube and whatever else all on the same console. They could call it, "The Nintendo".

Do you have any idea how big that thing would be? O_o

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