Nintendo Drop Cryptic Clue News

Comments recently made in Famitsu by a Nintendo representative once again confirmed that the new machine set to be unveiled at E3’04 will not be a replacement for either the GameCube or GameBoy Advance; however cryptically hinted that the machine can play back existing game titles.<br><br>This has led some to suggest it will the iQue Player – a format that runs SNES and Nintendo64 titles through a flash memory card and was developed specifically for China to combat its problems with piracy.<br><br>However we’ve got our doubts, Nintendo has confirmed in the past that this was designed purely to capture the increasingly important Chinese market; indeed such a move would likely be considered in the same depth as the ill-fated Pac-Man announcement last year.<br><br>Instead our belief remains strong that Nintendo will introduce some sort of portable GameCube that can play GameBoy Advance and existing GameBoy titles; it certainly seems to make the most sense, as we outlined in an earlier <a href=http://www.totalvideogames.com/?section=Read%20News&id=4260&gameid=2049&format=000008>article</a>.<br><br>Either way we’re sure interest in Nintendo’s new product will begin to pick up soon, with suggestions that it will be displayed to select individuals as early as next week; we’ll have more information soon.