The Portable Gamecube

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- engadget.com

Looks pretty spiffy, even though it might be a fake.
 
It's definitely a fake, see how the buttons aren't even 3d? It's a nice riff on the SP's design though.
 
Looks damn hot.

Anybody want to take a magnifying glass to it? I would think it's fake solely because of the way you insert the disk. That would require an extra motor, which would needlessly eat more battery.

Man I would buy one though.

Edit: No triggers either.
 
OOOOoooooooooo AHHHHHHHHHHH Shiny!!! Looks nice haha. I know it is pretty much not going to happen BUT a portable gamecube might work well for Nintendo? What I mean is this:

1. Anyone who has a gamecube gets new games.
2. Anyone who buys a portable gamecube doesn't have to buy new games.
3. Anyone who buys a Revolution and didn't have the Cube can buy these games.
 
It look fake to me. The disc seems to occupy space directly under the buttons and there has to be a little room for the contacts...
 
It would be sweet though if this came to be. Developers are already very familiar with the GCN hardware and with the backwards compatibility of the Revolution GCN games could continue to sell. It would also be more powerful than the PSP right off the bat and depending on how they handled the memory card situation, it could have all of the same functions.
 
I guess it's conceivable that some hardware guru could make one (though that pic looks fake to me as well). Does anyone have the link to that portable N64 that guy made that was similar to this?
 
Clearly this isn't real, but what if it betrays Nintendo's thinking? I mean, how awesome would it be if Nintendo has been planning this for 3,4,5 years? When they were originally creating the Gamecube, did they envision that as the Gamecube became obsolete that they could turn around and flip it as a portable? Is this why they went with minidiscs? Nintendo, this is a fanboy wishing, but make this happen and TAKE BACK THE THRONE.
 
How many courses are there and are there mirrors too? I know it is less than Fore! but I hope it is at least as many as 3...
 
[quote name='nwaugh']Clearly this isn't real, but what if it betrays Nintendo's thinking? I mean, how awesome would it be if Nintendo has been planning this for 3,4,5 years? When they were originally creating the Gamecube, did they envision that as the Gamecube became obsolete that they could turn around and flip it as a portable? Is this why they went with minidiscs? Nintendo, this is a fanboy wishing, but make this happen and TAKE BACK THE THRONE.[/QUOTE]

Clearly you aren't the only one who thinks that Nintendo used tiny discs for the Gamecube for a good reason...
 
It would be pretty damn cool if that was real.
Hopefully Nintendo will be smart and use the GameCube hardware in the next GameBoy.
 
as much as we all want this to happend, the GC games weren't designed to optimize battery length and minimize disc reads.....many, if not all, games would have to be re-programmed for portable usage.
 
interesting, but if it was real I wouldn't buy it considering the Gamecube had like 4 games even worth buying. And the one I like the most (super smash bros) would suck on that since the main appeal of that game is the party game aspect.
 
[quote name='Zoglog']interesting, but if it was real I wouldn't buy it considering the Gamecube had like 4 games even worth buying.[/QUOTE]

which four did you like?
 
Of course it's Photoshopped, but the rumors that the Game Boy Evolution is a portable GameCube have been around for some time. A portable GameCube would already have a very substantial library at launch, even more so if it played GBA games (I wouldn't combine the two, actually; upgrade the GBA in a different way and reap twice the reward). Developers who had previously ignored the GC would jump back on board, if only to port their old games. Even crappy ports like Ghost Recon and Pandora Tomorrow would probably look pretty good in handheld form. Resident Evil 4 would be incredible.

There's a lot of skepticism that this could be done, something I don't understand. Sony has produced a portable PS2 (essentially) with the PSP (hell, even the PSTwo is only the size of a hardback book, a size I would accept for a handheld if it included a screen), what makes the GameCube architecture so dissimilar? Sony has certainly raised the bar as far as screens go. They've also established a bigger price point for a portable console. A Nintendo handheld could debut at a much higher price than traditionally and still seem more affordable. I would love for this to happen, in any case. I've been avoiding trading in many of my GameCube games, just on the off-chance that Nintendo announces this at E3.

I honestly cannot understand people who piss on the GameCube library. Yes, Nintendo could be releasing titles with greater frequency and they have apparently soured many third-party relationships beyond repair, but to limit the number of good games to "like four" is ignorant and bespeaks some other agenda.
 
[quote name='Grave_Addiction']
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- engadget.com

Looks pretty spiffy, even though it might be a fake.[/QUOTE]


too bad it is fake, i would so get one!
 
[quote name='adamsappel']Of course it's Photoshopped, but the rumors that the Game Boy Evolution is a portable GameCube have been around for some time. A portable GameCube would already have a very substantial library at launch, even more so if it played GBA games (I wouldn't combine the two, actually; upgrade the GBA in a different way and reap twice the reward). Developers who had previously ignored the GC would jump back on board, if only to port their old games. Even crappy ports like Ghost Recon and Pandora Tomorrow would probably look pretty good in handheld form. Resident Evil 4 would be incredible.

There's a lot of skepticism that this could be done, something I don't understand. Sony has produced a portable PS2 (essentially) with the PSP (hell, even the PSTwo is only the size of a hardback book, a size I would accept for a handheld if it included a screen), what makes the GameCube architecture so dissimilar? Sony has certainly raised the bar as far as screens go. They've also established a bigger price point for a portable console. A Nintendo handheld could debut at a much higher price than traditionally and still seem more affordable. I would love for this to happen, in any case. I've been avoiding trading in many of my GameCube games, just on the off-chance that Nintendo announces this at E3.

I honestly cannot understand people who piss on the GameCube library. Yes, Nintendo could be releasing titles with greater frequency and they have apparently soured many third-party relationships beyond repair, but to limit the number of good games to "like four" is ignorant and bespeaks some other agenda.[/QUOTE]

The slimline PS2 is very small but that is a different animal from portable. Throw in a decent screen (anything less than full NTSC resolution will look lousy) and the power requirements would make the PSP look like a battery life champion. Even if the GameCube chipset was given a die shrink and integration similar to the Ps2 chipset, the power requirements would still exceed the envelope for what can be driven by a battery of reasonable size and cost for a Nintendo handheld. Remember, if it says GameBoy on the label the cost of entry can be no higher than $99.99 to fit their longstanding formula. nintendo is not going to mess with that. The necessary price and size for this product would put in PSP territory. Not necessarily a bad place for Nintendo to attack but it wouldn't be a GameBoy. Avoiding the restrictions of the GameBoy formula, which shows every sign of being a continued success in the sub-$100 category, would allow a lot more freedom for a handheld GameCube compatible intended to go head to head with the PSP.

OTOH, nintendo has a history of shying away from categories that haven't been firmly established by competitors. One prominent example is their abandoning of the SNES-CD add-on after seeing Sega have great difficulty with their own CD-ROM add-on for the Genesis. This was despite the fact that Nintendo's approach was going to be much less expensive and far superior as a platform in terms of color palette (major issue when trying to do FMV) and 3D functionality. Since it remains to be seen whether Sony can sustain the PSP's momentum post-launch I'd be surprised to see Nintendo entering that price range without evidence of a real market. The DS was a far lower risk and still needs time to mature before acquiring a big brother to divide the market's attention further still.
 
oh man gonna have to think hard =)

I guess

Tales of Symphonia is the most recent, havent gotten to res evil 4 but I'm sure i'd enjoy that. I guess I enjoye eternal darkness but besides that it was pretty much a dry run for my gamecube since Smash Bros.
 
Horry shit... That looks awesome. You don't suppose you have anymore pics of that funky looking portable gc?
 
Why not make a Portable Gamecube like a portable DVD player? Nice and small with a built in screen. They could also add in a in the casing Wavebird receiver. They could then use a bigger battery too. Sort of like a PSONE w\ screen but have it be an all in one unit and slimmer.
 
[quote name='jkam']Why not make a Portable Gamecube like a portable DVD player? Nice and small with a built in screen. They could also add in a in the casing Wavebird receiver. They could then use a bigger battery too. Sort of like a PSONE w\ screen but have it be an all in one unit and slimmer.[/QUOTE]

If Nintendo did that I would buy it as soon as it was released.
 
[quote name='Grave_Addiction']It looks like there's a GBA slot underneath where the disc goes.[/QUOTE]

Could be a memory card slot, which you would need on a portable console.

Good points, epobirs. Perhaps they would brand it GameCube Advance, as in the pic. The image is obviously just a render, and some things about it don't even make sense: How is the text displayed on the front? Why are there DVD/CD-type buttons, and why is one of them for "Record"? I do think this will eventually come about, though maybe not until after the Revolution is released.

Zoglog, that's your list? Do you even like videogames?
 
[quote name='Grave_Addiction']It looks like there's a GBA slot underneath where the disc goes.[/QUOTE]

Naw, if you look at the other pic of the lid closed you'll see just a latch button. Assuming the hoaxer thought it through I'd expect the GBA slot to be around the backside. Which raises the sproblem of GBA games on that screen. You'd have to implement a good scaler. If it only mapped to an area of the screen equivalent to GBA resolution it would be exceedingly difficult to use on a screen that small intended to display GC content. Does the GameBoy Player have such an option?
 
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