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Should Nintendo revive game boy?

No it had it's time in the sun 87 30.85%
 
The brand is not popular nowadays 28 9.93%
 
Yes,what took them so long?! 86 30.50%
 
I never liked the game boy handhelds 3 1.06%
 
Where's my new game gear Sega?! 9 3.19%
 
The ds line still has potential in it 40 14.18%
 
Mobile games have already won 7 2.48%
 
I don't care about handheld games anymore 8 2.84%
 
They should co exist with the ds handhelds 14 4.96%
 
Total:282

Personally I want them to go back to having just the one screen. More of a gba design that inspired the psp and vita.



 

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d21lewis said:
The name doesn't matter. It's always been about the games. If the support is there and the games are unique, they could call it the GameHitler.


The Wii u situation would like a word with you.



Meh.. Nintendo going to back to the " Entertainment System" brand for their home consoles would be something very cool though!



                
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Riverstyx said:
Personally I want them to go back to having just the one screen. More of a gba design that inspired the psp and vita.


Yes that's a thought I'm having lately too.I think that nintendo must return to the one screen display and also don't choose a cheap solution too.Good specs are a necessity in my opinion nowadays.



nicktwilight said:
d21lewis said:
The name doesn't matter. It's always been about the games. If the support is there and the games are unique, they could call it the GameHitler.


The Wii u situation would like a word with you.


As a Wii U owner since launch day, I have to say that the support has never been there.  Just some mostly inferior ports of year old games at launch, a few gems from Nintendo, and a total lack of advertising and educating the public on why they needed a Wii U.  Is it the most played console in my house?  Hell yeah!  But comparing Wii U support to something like a Gameboy consoles (that had full scale support from EVERBODY)?  Tell the Wii U situation that we have nothing to talk about. 



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Yes - This would save handhelds from the death! :)



d21lewis said:
nicktwilight said:
d21lewis said:
The name doesn't matter. It's always been about the games. If the support is there and the games are unique, they could call it the GameHitler.


The Wii u situation would like a word with you.


As a Wii U owner since launch day, I have to say that the support has never been there.  Just some mostly inferior ports of year old games at launch, a few gems from Nintendo, and a total lack of advertising and educating the public on why they needed a Wii U.  Is it the most played console in my house?  Hell yeah!  But comparing Wii U support to something like a Gameboy consoles (that had full scale support from EVERBODY)?  Tell the Wii U situation that we have nothing to talk about. 


I agree that third party support never came for the console but this is the case with nintendo consoles since nintendo 64.I and most consumers buy them because we want to play the next big nintendo game.And I believe that with that in mind Wii U has delivered so far.It still has ground to cover but it's getting there.Nobody ever said that nintendo gamers don't want third party games but as years and consoles go by and the situation remains the same,we simply see it more as a fact than as a problem.



I know, when the DS launched, Nintendo said it would be the "third pillar" along side the Gameboy and their home console (at the time, it was the Gamecube). I kinda believed that but at the same time, I thought, "Do I need another portable console?"

It's like the Gameboy and DS would be competing with each other. After a short time, I realized that the Gameboy had become the DS. Same great Nintendo goodness but a different name. If they somehow brought back the Gameboy brand, I don't see it performing much better or worse than if it just remained the DS. It's still a Nintendo console with Nintendo games and probably the only name in town when it comes to dedicated portable gaming.

Their issue wouldn't be the name. The problem would be finding an audience. It's like if Sony brought back the Walkman. Great nostalgia and popularity but could it compete with portable music devices and cell phones of today? It would have to bring something incredibly compelling to the table and that "something compelling" would be the key to its success.



d21lewis said:


Their issue wouldn't be the name. The problem would be finding an audience. It's like if Sony brought back the Walkman. Great nostalgia and popularity but could it compete with portable music devices and cell phones of today? It would have to bring something incredibly compelling to the table and that "something compelling" would be the key to its success.

They already did

http://store.sony.com/walkman-mp3-players/cat-27-catid-All-MP3-Players

and failed.



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