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http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=55812
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New Game Boy planned says Nintendo
by Kristan Reed
Nintendo has repeated its pronouncement that a successor to the Game
Boy Advance is already in the works, although dropped no clues as to
when it is planning to launch the system.
Speaking at the recent ELSPA Games Summit, Gosen admitted that "new
Game Boy iterations are under review right now, before the first DS is
sold", which follow similar comments made by Nintendo boss Satoru
Iwata around the time of the DS' initial reports in January this year,
who was keen to stress that the DS was more of an experiment in
testing the market reaction to a Dual Screen device than any concerted
attempt to bring out a successor to the GBA.
He pointed out back then that he couldn't predict how well the DS
would go down in the market and that maybe only 10 per cent of its
audience would buy it. He added that a new Game Boy was being devised
in addition to the DS, but Nintendo's release strategy may rest on how
well the DS performs in the market when it releases later this year in
Japan, and early next year in the US and Europe.
If the device underperforms and finds that Sony is eating away market
share with the PSP, the company may well bring the release of its new
Game Boy forward to as early as 2006, but should the DS exceed
expectations, Nintendo may consider making the most of its good
fortune and delay a true sucessor to te GBA to the following year.
A similar situation occurred back in 2000, when the overwhelming
success of the Pokemon franchise and the related boost to Game Boy
Color sales meant Nintendo could hold back the GBA as a result.
Meanwhile, Nintendo of Europe launches a limited edition GBA today -
the Tribal Edition, featuring a Tatoo on the front. What will it think
of next?
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"Nintendo has repeated its pronouncement that a successor to the Game
Boy Advance is already in the works:
well duh! Nintendo has been planning and developing the next Gameboy
since right after the GBA came out, if not before its release.
probably as soon as GBA development finished the next one was
underway....
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=55812
_______________________________________________________________________________
New Game Boy planned says Nintendo
by Kristan Reed
Nintendo has repeated its pronouncement that a successor to the Game
Boy Advance is already in the works, although dropped no clues as to
when it is planning to launch the system.
Speaking at the recent ELSPA Games Summit, Gosen admitted that "new
Game Boy iterations are under review right now, before the first DS is
sold", which follow similar comments made by Nintendo boss Satoru
Iwata around the time of the DS' initial reports in January this year,
who was keen to stress that the DS was more of an experiment in
testing the market reaction to a Dual Screen device than any concerted
attempt to bring out a successor to the GBA.
He pointed out back then that he couldn't predict how well the DS
would go down in the market and that maybe only 10 per cent of its
audience would buy it. He added that a new Game Boy was being devised
in addition to the DS, but Nintendo's release strategy may rest on how
well the DS performs in the market when it releases later this year in
Japan, and early next year in the US and Europe.
If the device underperforms and finds that Sony is eating away market
share with the PSP, the company may well bring the release of its new
Game Boy forward to as early as 2006, but should the DS exceed
expectations, Nintendo may consider making the most of its good
fortune and delay a true sucessor to te GBA to the following year.
A similar situation occurred back in 2000, when the overwhelming
success of the Pokemon franchise and the related boost to Game Boy
Color sales meant Nintendo could hold back the GBA as a result.
Meanwhile, Nintendo of Europe launches a limited edition GBA today -
the Tribal Edition, featuring a Tatoo on the front. What will it think
of next?
_______________________________________________________________________________
"Nintendo has repeated its pronouncement that a successor to the Game
Boy Advance is already in the works:
well duh! Nintendo has been planning and developing the next Gameboy
since right after the GBA came out, if not before its release.
probably as soon as GBA development finished the next one was
underway....
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