First Nintendo IQue Reviews 261
Major Payne writes "I have found two reviews for the exclusively in china released Nintendo IQue Player which is capable of emulating Nintendo64 as well as SNES Games hardwarewise.
English one is located over at Dextrose.com and is a bit more technically advanced than the German one. Both reviews are very detailed though and interesting to read. I also think those two are the world first reviews for this new hardware and there is also some interesting leads on how to hack the device to make it even more interesting to the rest of the world."
Ugh. Nice idea but... (Score:5, Insightful)
But damn, for a device that's going to sell in the millions, getting the design right first go doesn't cost any extra afterwards.
Games may have a reputation of being just "kids toys" but they don't have to look like a fisher price gadget
Nintendo's Winning Strategy (Score:4, Insightful)
Saving up for a PSX? Forget it. Nintendo is the future of the gaming world.
Emulation, eh? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Nintendo's Winning Strategy (Score:3, Insightful)
Nintendo's position in the console game is extremely strong. They're collecting heaploads of money on the GBA and on games for the GC.
Re:Memory cards for OUR games (Score:4, Insightful)
I really hope they bring this thing over here, if they have a nice, fast, and functional distribution scheme it would be worth it. I'd prefer it to be able to link via USB to my laptop, but I kinda doubt they'd do that, it would probably be hacked quite quickly
Re:Memory cards for OUR games (Score:2, Insightful)
But then again Nintendo used to be big on the ultra-expensive cartridges. Eliminating all of the ROM chips or whatever they used should bring the manufacturing costs way down. Whether this will actually matter (or they'll just pad their pockets with the extra money) I'm not sure.
Re:Nintendo's Winning Strategy (Score:1, Insightful)
Consider Sony. The PS2 is only a fraction of their assets. They also have other electronics (dvd, tv, discmans), optical drives, music and movie studios, and even little robot dogs!
Consider Microsoft. Enough said about Microsoft.
What else does Nintendo have?
Re:Ugh. Nice idea but... (Score:5, Insightful)
You're not supposed to look at it, you're supposed to hold it and watch the TV. So long as it's comfortable to hold in your hands, why do looks matter?
I personally don't get this (Score:5, Insightful)
Meanwhile the iQue will not ever be able in the end to play *all* the games for either of these systems, and at the moment it can only play a handful. And as new games are released for the iQue, as I understand how the system works, you will only be able to add them to your memory card if you can somehow get it to China. No?
The N64 controller really sucked, but just having a better controller doesn't seem worth paying lots more money for a much more limited console.
If my commentary here is made obsolete once the linked articles become readable, I apologize.
Re:Ugh. Nice idea but... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:I personally don't get this (Score:2, Insightful)
Maybe that would be part of the reason why it's currently intended only for the Chinese market.
Even if Nintendo DID decide to release this thing in other countries (which they haven't actually announced) I don't expect it would be without some changes.
Keep in mind that Nintendo's consoles were often at least slightly different from region to region until the N64.
Re:Nintendo's Winning Strategy (Score:5, Insightful)
When did this myth that Nintendo is dying start to proliferate out there? Is it because Nintendo's not in the lead anymore? If so, why's it so difficult to believe that you can be quite successful even though you don't have your game machine in every household?
Nintendo is making money hand over fist. They're surviving quite nicely. Are they vulnerable? Sure. If thye fail to keep innovating, they'll be forgotten. I've got news for you, though: Sony and Microsoft are in the same boat. They're completely vulnerable to anybody who comes along with whizzbang hardware. Niether company makes their own games, and has NOTHING to maintain brand loyalty. The closest thing they have is the backwards compatbiliity.
"Emulate"? (Score:5, Insightful)
Sorry, but the IQue doesn't 'emulate' an N64. It is an N64, albiet one downsized into a controller and using flash cards instead of cartridges.
In response to other posts: yes, it is switchable to use PAL or NTSC - just solder the correct points on the PCB and you're away. Hopefully though, we won't need to - I would love to see these in shops outside China as a budget games solution, much like those Atari Controller-esque machines. Of course, with much better games...
Re:Ugh. Nice idea but... (Score:1, Insightful)
You're supposed to drive a car
You're supposed to seek shelter in a dwelling
You're supposed to listen to speakers
You're suppored to wear your clothes
You're supposed to fuck your partner
Hope you never EVER consider what any of those look like, else you're a hypocrite.
Re:Nintendo's Winning Strategy (Score:4, Insightful)
I haven't seen things on PS2, but I imagine it is on the same scale.
Re:Emulating N64 and SNES (Score:3, Insightful)
It's cool that people are trying to emulate the N64 but I'll be a lot more impressed when they succeed more brilliantly. Right now I'm too busy playing emulated SNES games on the Xbox (And Wind Waker on my GC) to even get into any emulated N64 games :)
Nintendo's Backup Income is LICENSING (Score:2, Insightful)
kudos (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Ugh. Nice idea but... (Score:2, Insightful)
Think of how long it was before Nintendo made a Game Boy System with a lighted screen. :P
Re:Nintendo's Winning Strategy (Score:1, Insightful)
you seem to forget (Score:3, Insightful)
All it takes is one sign that an entity is struggling and WHAM! they're SOOO DEAD!!!
Remember, while there are a lot of smart people on slashdot, there are also a million retarded ones.
If they'd added a display it would be ideal (Score:2, Insightful)
is like a car with no wheels.
If I have access to a TV I can just play my console.
I love the N64 + SNES idea though. I'd buy one in a minute if it had a display like the GBA or GP32.