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New Nintendo console... - Great Rumbler - 25th September 2003
But it's only for China.
Quote:Nintendo officially revealed today that they will be introducing legal videogames to the Chinese market in October. Sony and Microsoft have both expressed interest in entering China, but haven't up to this point because of piracy fears. Nintendo is quelling these fears by introducing a totally new console called the iQue which is played by downloading content at participating stores.
The iQue Player will sell for 498 yuan (60 USD) which Nintendo believes is a low enough price point to be affordable for all people interested in videogames. To curb piracy the console comes with a single memory card to download games which is only usable on the console it was sold with. Titles will include 10 Chinese language versions of past Nintendo games. It is unknown at this point what games will be released besides the fact that a past Mario game will be one of the ten games. Each game can be downloaded for only 48 yuan (5.80 USD). Sales will begin in mid-October in three Chinese cities, and Nintendo plans to expand the operation nationwide beginning in the spring.
Cool! I want one right now!
N-Philes
New Nintendo console... - OB1 - 25th September 2003
It'd be cool to get one just as a collector's item.
New Nintendo console... - Great Rumbler - 25th September 2003
It's not very expensive, but I don't really know what you could do with it outside of China.
New Nintendo console... - OB1 - 25th September 2003
Well... you could use it to store cookies...
New Nintendo console... - Great Rumbler - 25th September 2003
What about bread? Could you use to store bread?
New Nintendo console... - Dark Jaguar - 25th September 2003
Nah, it's smaller than a bread box. *spins around and does "tada" pose while balloons fall around and Yoshi's Island mini-game victory music plays to celebrate the return of bread box jokes to humanity, even though DJ has never actually seen one of these bread box things*
And it's all thanks to you! Thank you Mario!
Ah, so only pirate games are in China eh? Well, China as a country DOES suck, crippling communism being what it is and all. 5000 year old culture my arse! Same name, totally different country.
New Nintendo console... - Great Rumbler - 25th September 2003
Hong Kong is cool, though.
New Nintendo console... - Dark Jaguar - 25th September 2003
You mean the country who's name translates to "book of monkeys"? Yeah, it's cool. Can't go wrong with monkeys.
New Nintendo console... - Great Rumbler - 25th September 2003
Honk Kong is a city, not a country.
New Nintendo console... - OB1 - 25th September 2003
While China is a communist country they've still retained a huge amount of their ancient culture, much more than Japan or most countries in Europe. And it's really not as bad as they show it in Hollywood movies, as I know a few Americans who live there and absolutely love it.
New Nintendo console... - A Black Falcon - 25th September 2003
Its kind of hard when piracy is as prevalent as it is there....
New Nintendo console... - OB1 - 25th September 2003
What's hard?
New Nintendo console... - A Black Falcon - 25th September 2003
To sell legal consoles!
New Nintendo console... - Dark Jaguar - 25th September 2003
Sure, they SAY they love it, but maybe if the government didn't kidnap their children...
New Nintendo console... - The Former DMiller - 25th September 2003
I must say that news story is incredibly well-written. Where is it from again?
New Nintendo console... - OB1 - 25th September 2003
New Nintendo console... - A Black Falcon - 25th September 2003
Oh so humble, I see...
New Nintendo console... - The Former DMiller - 25th September 2003
You can see the first pic of the console at that same link above. It's really nothing more than a modified N64 controller.
New Nintendo console... - OB1 - 25th September 2003
That looks more like a Dreamcast controller.
New Nintendo console... - A Black Falcon - 26th September 2003
But with the N64's buttons.
New Nintendo console... - OB1 - 26th September 2003
Yeah.
New Nintendo console... - Great Rumbler - 26th September 2003
Quote:Originally posted by DMiller
I must say that news story is incredibly well-written. Where is it from again?
That's just shameless. :D
Another important question would be "Who wrote the article". ;)
New Nintendo console... - The Former DMiller - 26th September 2003
Haha. I know. I don't write news much anymore so I thought it was cool that you posted my article. I've decided to try to concentrate on school this last semester more than N-Philes. Last spring I was up every morning scanning for new press releases and information. It really took over my life. Luckily I joined N-Philes Anonymous and now I'm on my way to a healthier life.
New Nintendo console... - OB1 - 27th September 2003
Oooh! I want one of these Gundam Gamecubes!
![[Image: bandaicube.jpg]](http://www.dojomediaserver.com/media/misc/bandaicube.jpg)
Sure it's just a red GC with Char's symbol on it, but it's still cool!
New Nintendo console... - Great Rumbler - 27th September 2003
Hey, those GCs look pretty nice!
New Nintendo console... - OB1 - 27th September 2003
So do the SP's.