New Nintendo Console, coming in 2004.

[A Black Falcon]

http://www.n-philes.com/php/epzfvleluvevkylyfpyp.php

IGN has pointed out an interview with Satoru Iwata of Nintendo in a Japanese newspaper called Gamasutra. A very small part of the interview gives important details that are clearer (but no more revealing) than this whole backwards compatibility business that you’ve probably been hearing about all the time. One quote is especially interesting; Iwata said that the product will "enable fun and movement not seen before." And later “I expect it to become a third pillar, next to GameCube and Game Boy."

Next to GCN and Game Boy? This could be taken to mean that it isn’t a successor to GCN or GBA and isn’t a completely new console of some kind. The product will be unveiled at the Electronics Entertainment Expo that begins in May. Nintendo has hinted before that the machine would be released this year. Meanwhile, Nintendo of Japan has scheduled a press event for a few games in their upcoming lineup such as Custom Robo. It will happen later this month and is for invited press only. Some think they will make a couple announcements then as well.

It just gets stranger and stranger...


Oh, and to talk about the part that was lost, yes, I know that the price would be higher here than in China because we can afford to pay more. However, given the format and distribution method of the media, I'm sure that games would still be significantly cheaper than normal games. Maybe not $1 or something, but very cheap.

Oh... from Magicbox today.

- Nintendo confirmed to Famitsu magazine that they will present a new game system at E3 2004 in May. The machine is not a successor to GameCube or GameBoy Advance, this product can play back existing game titles. (Editor's note: Further hint that the new machine is a variation of iQue Player?)

Hmm... :)