Portable Nintendo GameCube?

So it goes without saying that these pics of a supposed portable GameCube are more likely a concept design than anything based in physical reality. But still — it would be kinda hot, so we pass it on to you. Even if when closed, it looks way too eerily like an old Walkman (peep on for the closed pic).

[Thanks, Link]

[Malfoy R @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Nothing a PSP TFT blast can't handle. :)

[Sam @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Holy Toledo! Where do I get one like that?

[Mike @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

why didnt they make somthing like that earler

[iptydafu @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Hot diggity! I'd actually buy that; sub-$500 and DVD support of course. But truly, it's a beautiful thing.

[dave @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

i think the gamecube is one thing this guy hasn't tackled yet

http://www.benheck.com/News%20Main.htm

[Terrence @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

I'd buy one of those right off the bat. Screw the PSP. This would be so freaking awesome.

[teksno @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

as long as it plays actual GC discs and not some propritary (UMD anyone) nintendo has a sure fire hit......why buy 2 games for for you home and portable, when you can just buy a single game, take you memory card with you and play it on you portable GC....this is a great idea in my opinion.....and may keep the GC alive.....i still love playing it though no new good games have been out for a while (sans metroid prime 2) every other major title is cross platform....so i just pick it fo the psTwo...

[Kevin @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Now that would be a handheld worthy of a couple hundred bucks. Incredible launch library, too!

[Eli @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

That is ridiculously cool. Has to be a fake though.. the analog knob would poke a hole in the screen. Still worth drooling over. I'd make it my background if there was a hi-res shot.

-Eli

[Feiwensi @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Oh, please God let this not be a hoax. I'm saving my pennies now.

[ByeLaw @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Well, if it is a hoax, Nintendo should have a look at this and hopefully copy it ;)

[jaaron @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

#7:
> as long as it plays actual GC discs and not some
> propritary (UMD anyone) nintendo ...

How are GC discs any more or less proprietary than UMD? It's not like GC disc use some open format and you can use them in any other device other than a GC.

[Jeff @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Hoax or not, you do have to wonder about the button placement. From the look of it, it would appear to be pretty uncomfortable to hold.

[Christopher MacManus @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

That'll happen alright..when we get fuel cells. Let's be realistic folks, this thing would nuke a battery fairly fast.

[knot_u @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

if this thing is compatable with the revolution(like the GBA is with the gamecube)then I'm sold!!


PS.I'd buy it any way

[TarZ @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Can you imagine it? You're sitting at home, playing the new Legend of Zelda on your GameCube, when you suddenly realise that you've got to leave for uni/work whatever. So you eject the disc, slip it into this baby, and carry on playing it on the bus!
Then you get home and continue from where you left off on the bus!
If this is real, it would be unbelievably cool, and would knock the PSP right out the window, as there would already be an existing library of games for it to play, and there would be no special format needed, as it would play GameCube games.
Oh man I hope this is real ... uuurgghhh (slavers at the thought)

[Lance @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

it would be totaly swesome if they made it, i think the screen kinda is back more so the analog can be there without poking it, awesome though

[KD @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Wow, that's a great mock up. I'd defiantly buy it. I really hope Nintendo uses the Gamecube disks in the next GameBoy.

[Dave @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Jesus, that's awesome! Too bad it's probably a fake. I agree that it's something Nintendo should look at though. That thing is sexy. And if it did play regular Gamecube games...damn, just give me a price and I'm buyin'!

[Malfoy R @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

13,

N Fanboys don't think too well in the morning. Well they think less efficently than they do the rest of the day. :) Wait till after lunch to ask the hard hitting questions.

[knot_u @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

two words: Wi Fi. look at the top-left corner of the bottom part.

PS.If they make it compatable with the DS,
:-0 may be you could unlock things on DS games
using Wi Fi(like using GBA games to unlock stuff on ds games) or vice-versa.


:-)

[Rence @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

obviously a computer render by someone who really wants to see this thing happening. Personally, I think this thing would be way too heavy or clunky to be used in a GBA SP manner..

[Kevin @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

If this would come out i would dump my psp in a second. this would put Sony psp out of business in the handheld market. The analog sticks could be spring loaded, and before you shut it you would kind of suck them back into the system with a small knob on the side or something. Very imaginative. Nintendo Executives should get a look at this.

[Feiwensi @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Malfoy,

I'm sure you're smart enough to understand that the poster meant that the portable system uses the same media as the home console, meaning you don't have to buy the same title twice to have it as a portable game. So, okay, poor choice of words.

Your groundless insults say more about your intelligence than anyone else's. Keep it civil from now on. You're only making yourself look bad.

[Jk @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Well, this would be a neat concept for the so-called "portible" Gamecube. BUT the Revolution is coming out, so whats the point of releasing a console thats portable that plays GC games when a console is coming out thats backwards conpadible AND has wireless (not to mention FREE!) network capibilites? doesn't make sence.

[dep999 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Sweet... I'm sure its fake But I would Get one in the blink of an eye if it cam out... and for all of you that say "it's got to play dvd's" or "oh it's no PSP" you have no clue what a good game is!

[geekaustin @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

0wnage! Sign my stank-ass UP!

[Blue Balloon @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

FREAKAWESOME!

I would be glad if I hear about battery give bit little longer than PSP.

[Kevin @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

This does have to be a fake, but it still got me drooling. I'd buy two at double the PSPs price. (Well, okay, at four hundred bucks, I'd only get one.)

But, too bad it's a fake. Just too perfect-looking, meaning the design problems of fitting all this machinery into a device this size haven't been worked out. Fun to dream, though.

[Jeff @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

I'd buy this day one of launch.

Remember when everybody was speculating that the size of the GCN's discs were because they'd be releasing a portable version at some point?

I've seen the inside of the GCN - it is a single, simple PCB with exactly two major chips on it. It would not be difficult to portable-ize it at this point, I'd think.

I'm 99% sure this is particular set of images is a hoax/fanboy mockup, but in reality this is an ace Nintendo has up their sleeves and I hope at some point they realize it.

[Kevin @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Jeff (#27), do you have a link to the "inner Gamecube" pics? I'd love to see just how small the important stuff is in there.

[Marv @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

"no new good games have been out for a while (sans metroid prime 2) every other major title is cross platform....so i just pick it fo the psTwo..."

Haven't you played Resident Evil 4? A GC exclusive and according to IGN, EGM, and Game Spot the best looking game of any console.

[Charles @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

This would be cooler than the DS or Game Cube itself!

I hope nintendo rools aout the Game Boy Evo soon, it is suposed to be based on GC technology but with the same form factor as the current GBA.

[Darnell @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Link to inside of a gamecube

http://www.lik-sang.com/master.php?navbar=Disassembled+Gamecube&inc=gcopen.inc

[Eric @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Okay I'm sick of the nintendo haters out there saying "fanboy blah blah blah" or like the posts about "PSP blah blah blah". If this thing came out it would absolutely destroy the PSP in every way. It would have a huge library of games and by the looks of it, play MP3's! SD flashcard flashbacks anyone?

I don't wanna hear any more sony fans say PSP would last for 2 seconds if this sorta thing were released cause I have one, and frankly, movie and especially MP3 playback are rediculous on the thing and seem like mere gimmicks. Oh and they underclock the processor to save battery life. Considering the fact Nintendo wouldn't release anything with bad battery life (gotta love nintendo quality) this thing would kick ass. Look at all the comments already! its only 10 am est! I'm hoping this can work SOMEHOW.

And with Gamecube being developed for after Revolution's release due to similar means of development....this could be the hidden factor that makes companies want to still develope new games! Wireless connection for the new games' multiplayer (and older games somehow?) and connection to the Revolution!?

I dunno how they can pull this off design-wise and whatnot. But this would be THE item to have at christmas (since that was speculated release of the next gameboy) and would breath life way the hell back into the gamecube lineup. Xbox 360 would probably take a major hit from something like this too.

In conclusion, it just would make a hell of a lot of sense to make something like this.

[mehool @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

wooooo, i like the glossy black finish and the OLED's on the outer surface. very nice, very nice

[lupinstel @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Is it just be or does the disk look to big to be a gamecube game. The game cube games have a small center hole, and the inner radius of the pictured disk looks CD sized. Also, if you take into account the small size of a gamecube disk and compare it to how much space the disk takes up on this unit (maybe an inch to each side), this unit would be about the width, but not as long as a CD. A small size would be convenient, but look how much free space there is around the controls in the picture. The joystick and buttons would have to be tiny. Oh, and the screen looks to tall. Anyway, obviously thing is confusing me, it looks both big and small at the same time.

[Eric @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Oh i forgot to mention....

I would personally accept the use of the word "MEGATON" for this particular piece of hardware. :P good 'ol crazy nintendo eh?

[Steven @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Ummmm, there wouldn't be any game on the screen if the disc was ejected like that.

UNLESS this thing has a massive parallel technology hard drive that you could load games on.

Plus I don't think anyone could reach their hands around it comfortably to play it for long amounts of time. It's not exactly as friendly as the Gamecube controller.

(Not to mention the CD in it is huge compared to an actual mini-cd from the GCN. Compare the CD size to the memory card slot on the front (if that's what it is)).

[dreampc @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

I'll buy that!

um... for the kids, of course!

[JaXs @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

mommy

[jacob lawson @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

What caught my eye, besides it's sexy, sexy design, was the transport control buttons on the closed pic (play, ff etc), especially the RED one... um, in the audio world that means record. So it begs the question, would it be an DAP and recorded, or would the heavens part and this baby be able to handle video input (gasp, sputter with excitement)? Of course, it's a mockup so what it's really recording is all our geargeek thoughts.

[Martin @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Is there a port in the bottom to plug a GameBoy Player into? :)

[ma tee us @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Wow. I soo want one. Anyone think this will be the sucessor in the GB line. I heard that the DS was not the "next gen" GB. Whatever it is, I want it. NOW!!

[Kevin Ryan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Ok so the picture is probably fake considering all the problems with it. However, it's a great idea and problem people have mentioned can be fixed with a little engineering. Battery life is a potential problem but with the way the tech is advancing it wont be as much of a problem as people think it is in a few months. The analog stick can be lowered to make it not poke through the screen the button cofig can be changed so it works better. Nintendo did say they weren't getting rid of the Gameboy advance line, if this unit also accomidated cartriges it would be gold for nintendo. Add some mini cd support to play music or video and you have one of the best possible portable gaming system anybody has ever thought of. The game library is enough that I'd grab one as soon as I could get my sweaty hands on it. I really think Nintendo should look into this one because I think this would be the best invesment that they could ever make and it would totally blow sony out of the water and show them that they donminate the handheld gaming market.

[Eric W @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Yeah, this looks more like what I thought the PSP should look like. It even has a PSP color scheme and an obvious nod to the Sony OLED screens on the front. While it is a really cool design, it would need a car battery to run for any length of time. Gamecube games werent programmed to preserve battery life.

[MikeS @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

screw all u psp'ers... gamecube has better graphics and its portable would have too.

i'd definately get this... huge library, no shity overpriced memory sticks... awsome =)
now if only Nintendo would make it... hmmm

[Jaseone @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Now what if the controller(s) were detachable? Wouldn't that be interesting? Maybe the Revolution is completely different to what everyone is expecting and is actually a portable console?

[Gordy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

Nintendo, if you holding this card, go ahead and play it. The games would be over.

BTW, what if this were the successor to GBA--which is, after all, the real competitor and OWNER--of the PSP?

[knot_u @ Dec 19th 2005 1:21AM]

there is no way nintendo wouldn't do this.
can you imagen all the buisnes they would
loose to sony or microsft if tey didn't?