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[Pedigree Chum]

ie. a portable with a decent amount of internal storage with specs that can emulate NES/SNES/N64 perfectly (like Rev), so that the games you download on Rev can be sent to the portable to play on the road? I think it'd be a fantastic idea.

DS could have done this (sell high capacity flash cards for the emulated games) if it could emulate the N64 perfectly. Maybe with Gameboy next?

 

[ant1532]

wait for gb evolution or w/e

 

[BioGenesis]

hey, didn't sony already make this? haha... all kidding aside, yes they should, that would be hot, like hot sex.

 

[cvxfreak]

I think Nintendo should release a GBA cartridge that can run NES, SNES, GB and GBC games on the DS via Nintendo WiFi.

 

[polg]

I think Nintendo should release a GBA cartridge that can run NES, SNES, GB and GBC games on the DS via Nintendo WiFi.

SOLD

 

[Papi]

Who says they aren't already making it? Dun dun duuunnnnn.

 

[imastalker co.]

with the way things are looking, they're either going to add some type of ROM thing to playyan, or release a whole new ROM cartridge.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I think Nintendo should release a GBA cartridge that can run NES, SNES, GB and GBC games on the DS via Nintendo WiFi.

I would buy a DS just for this.

 

[Draft]

Why would they? They already know you're more than willing of spending $20 on a port of Excitebike.

 

[Beezy]

with the way things are looking, they're either going to add some type of ROM thing to playyan, or release a whole new ROM cartridge.

What do you not know?!

Why would they? They already know you're more than willing of spending $20 on a port of Excitebike.

:lol

 

[kaizoku]

Doesn't the DS Lite have some kind of fancy secret?

All it needs is emulation software combined with writeable ram. Combine that with wifi and rev and their DRM tech and you have a portable virtual console.

 

[Matlock]

A VIRTUAL PORTABLE?

 

[imastalker co.]

A VIRTUAL PORTABLE?

what the fuck?! what must have been going on through that old ladies mind?!

 

[DECK'ARD]

A VIRTUAL PORTABLE?

For some reason I see that as a scene from a science-fiction horror movie.

"It's got her face!"

 

[metropolis]

they should make their next portable also be their next home console. if they are taking the low power console route anyways then why not just make what would be a very powerful portable console (but low processing power for home console) that can easily be plugged to your tv for use at home. and when you plug it to the tv it turns the portable screen off or something.. then all the virtual console stuff could still be applied to it at home or on the road.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

they should make their next portable also be their next home console. if they are taking the low power console route anyways then why not just make what would be a very powerful portable console (but low processing power for home console) that can easily be plugged to your tv for use at home. and when you plug it to the tv it turns the portable screen off or something.. then all the virtual console stuff could still be applied to it at home or on the road.

The difference between a lower powered console and a very powerful portable is price. Like PSP being more expensive than any Nintendo console yet.

 

[metropolis]

"The difference between a lower powered console and a very powerful portable is price. Like PSP being more expensive than any Nintendo console yet."

you raise a very good point. things that are smaller cost more to make more powerful. although if nintendo made a portable console as powerful as PSP it would still be cheaper than sony's by quite a but i'd imagine because knowing nintendo it would just play games and would leave out many pricey multimedia functions.

 

[xexex]

oh GOD @ this thread.

why, why?

 

[DCharlie]

whatever the removable storage is in the revolution, then GBA2 should be able to read it. As long as the GBA2 is powerful enought to run all the games under emulation, then roms downloaded for use on the Rev could be used on the GBA2 too.

wonder if they'd allow GBA2 games as downloads too?

Revolution might be that it's a true online content delivery system for the next wave of nintendo products?

Who knows - should be fun to find out... might even explain the lack of N64 ports - if they expect people to download them all for the GBA2, then milking them now might not be a great idea.

 

[koam]

what the fuck?! what must have been going on through that old ladies mind?!

She was already dead.

 

[Shalomi]

It would be awesome if I could download Metroid II and Super Mario Land to my Nintendo Super-Hot Lesbians Portable Gaming System in 2008.

 

[Sabaku Ika]

I bet they could make software like this for DS if they wanted to.

 

[Beezy]

It would be awesome if I could download Metroid II and Super Mario Land to my Nintendo Super-Hot Lesbians Portable Gaming System in 2008.

NSHLPGS?

 

[Jagwire1141]

NSHLPGS lite ftw

 

[MrDaravon]

Why not, then Nintendo can triple-dip by having you buy a cart version of the game, then download it on Rev, then download it on GBNext, and if you have all 3 on at the same time you unlock the third pillar!

 

[DrGAKMAN]

Revolution + LCD + Battery = Mobile Virtual Console

NDS + NDS Play-Yan + SD Card + modifications to some N64 games = Portable Virtual Console

GBA + New Play-Yan + SD Card - N64 capabilities = Pocket Virtual Console

No new system needed.