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The 411 on The New Nintendo system in 2004
Nintendo has announced their first half yearly loss since the 60s. The company still is selling millions of games and has billions in the bank but will tighten their belt to improve their situation. But they are still on track to make a profit again by the end of the year. In the same announcement they dropped the bomb that Nintendo will release a new game system next year.
Here is what we know and what we do not know and what we are speculating on
What we know:
It will be showed at E3 so summer 2004 all will be revealed.
It will NOT be a replacement for the Nintendo Gamecube
It will NOT be a replacement for the Nintendo Gameboy SP
It will be out in Japan at the end of 2004 and probably the rest of the world shortly after that.
It is being designed and made in Japan and Nintendo of the US is saying that they do not know any details.
What we do not know:
We have no idea about the price point.
We have no idea about the power and capabilities of the system
We have no idea about the design of the system
We have no idea about the media format will be used for the games.
We have no idea about the actual games that will be played for it.
We have no idea about the name or the code word for the system
What we are guessing about:
It might be a cheap game system with a low price point.
It might be related to the iQue Nintendo system in China
It might use a memory card system like the iQue
It might be networked or wireless
It might not be like existing video game concepts.
Well there you go we know that there will be something but we do not know much else. So I would like to end with a quote from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
- Donald Rumsfeld, Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing
Jake at November 14, 2003 
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So basically they are going to make a cheap game system to try to get themselves out of a hole. That just seems wrong.
Posted by: Angela the Dragon at November 16, 2003 1:14 PM
They really are not that bad in shape financially. They had one red quarter and that is not bad considering they slashed the price of the Gamecube and they were in the black for over thirty years. They will be back in the black by the end of the year.
We don't really know what they are going to do. It is pure speculation at this point. Nintendo claims that they have this innovative new system that is unlike anything that we have seen. Here is hoping it is more like the Gameboy Advance SP and less like the VirtualBoy
Posted by: Jake at November 17, 2003 9:56 AM
Haha, I'll bet they're doing Virtual Boy 2.
Posted by: Scott at December 11, 2003 12:33 PM
Well the man who designed the Virtualboy died in 1997. The legendary Gumpei Yokoi was the man who designed the Gameboy and NES
http://www.gamespy.com/articles/march02/top30/3025/index3.shtm
Posted by: Jake at December 11, 2003 12:37 PM
I'm afraid its going to end up being some kind of Virtual Pokemon pet. I can see nintendo making a big deal about a Robot Dog or something like that.
Posted by: Eric at December 18, 2003 2:26 PM
This new nintendo system (maybe called N5) Will be awsome. It will have a lot of new things in it to kick crack. Such as up to 8 wireless controls. So no more cords. And it will have a Broadband adapter in it. Digital sound and you put the Games in the front like a car CD player. That is just what I saw and read in the Game informer magazine. So beleive it or not, this system is gonna kick....And I'm sure there gonna get a very powerful processor also. Along with ATI, it will be dominant, I almost garante it. As long as people will get off there stupid distored conception of nintendo as a kiddy system. I feel that it will shock us all.
Posted by: PuddleMonkey at January 7, 2004 4:49 PM
So PuddleMonkey do you have any proof to back it up?
BTW. the new Nintendo system for 2004 will not be N5.
Posted by: Jake at January 7, 2004 4:50 PM
the new nintendo will be called nintedo dolphin
it will not be a kiddy game no more since rockstar,and rockstar north, and squre join to help the new system work very well. the people that are going to help make the nintendo dolphin is ibm,pansonic,and you know they are big. if u want to see go to www.google.com go to images and type nintedo dolphin and u will see the prototype of the dolphin is not the real one buts its an idea how it will look like and they are going to make alot of zelda games when it comes out 50 games will come out the same time the dolphin comes out so u dont never have to asel about wich game to pick emil me if u want more info
coolaid61@yahoo.com
Posted by: wali at January 13, 2004 1:34 PM
No. Dolphin was the codename for the Nintendo Gamecube. The machine to follow Gamecube is codenamed "N5" but we do not know the real name yet.
Posted by: Jake at January 13, 2004 1:36 PM
i heard from people on the street that nintendo's new system is going to be bigger than ps2 and ps3 the graphics are goin to be like ps2 and mostly all the games are goin to be by vocie and it's going to be off te charts. it says that is coming out 2005 or 2006 and tht's when ps3 is coming out so i suggest you get the nintendo's system it's going to be the best system ever
Posted by: michael at February 9, 2004 3:33 PM
No you are wrong. The new game system for 2004 is going to be the Nintendo DS.
http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_the_nintendo_ds_is_the_top_secret_nintendo_mystery_system.php
Nintendo is working on a replacement for the Gamecube but that is not going to be out anytime soon.
Posted by: Jake at February 9, 2004 3:41 PM
I have been a nintendo fan are ever won I recall there are rumors going around that 8-bit nintendo is comming back the old games too they are going to make the games in 3-d.
Posted by: themanwashere at February 11, 2004 3:55 PM
Well They might keep re-releasing older games on the GBA and Gamecube but the secret new Nintendo System for 2004 is going to be the Nintendo DS
http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_the_nintendo_ds_is_the_top_secret_nintendo_mystery_system.php
I am going to close the comments on this but if you want to talk about the Nintendo DS on the post feel free.
Posted by: Jake at February 11, 2004 4:06 PM
