I hate to say it, N5 will be backwards compatible

[GameMaster]

Sweet! Now I can play all the games I've invested my money in for years to come!

[Null]

have to wait and see on this one. Nintendo has a lot of things that need to change and we'll see how they can do it.

They can still change memory type and have SOMEWHAT of a differnt format for the games. maybe full size optical discs where the drive can still read the old small ones.

but we'll see what they can pull out. the controller needs a pretty decent change to it and that might be the spot that hurts them the most. PS2's controller i doubt will change. but nintendo's really needs to a bit. no so much the feel but the button layout needs to be altered.


have to see what nintendo can pull out. Either way i wont be getting it, but it'll be interesting to see what they can do. IMO, they can change things that need to be and still keep backwards compatable.

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by Null

They can still change memory type and have SOMEWHAT of a differnt format for the games. maybe full size optical discs where the drive can still read the old small ones.

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Exactly what I was thinking. I mean, my CD rom drive can read mini CD roms. I wouldnt see why N5 couldnt work in the same way.

[Jonbo298]

Exactly what I was thinking. Nearly every CD/DVD Rom drive has that smaller notch for miniature versions of the discs. Who says Nintendo is staying mini. I think they are gonna go with a format that is about the same size as blu ray discs because they need to keep up with size comparisons otherwise companies will stay away or make little video clips in games look crap compared to other consoles.

And they don't have to go with the same memory card format. They can have some kind of converter and could put your saves on another format that Nintendo will probably support (something like SD cards, etc...) and then just copy files to it and play Gamecube games on it.

And who knows what Nintendo is doing next gen with their console. They are gonna learn from the things the other companies did this gen. and fix what they didn't do. Since this is the first console that doesn't have Yamauchi, the man who doesn't think there isn't competition, Iwata will hopefully listen to the industry and not try and go too far in one direction but still keep that Nintendo look/feel.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Sweet! Now I can play all the games I've invested my money in for years to come!

Ditto.

But...what about my GBA games???

I wonder if the N5 will have the ability to play the Nintendo DS games.

[Jonbo298]

It will at least for GBA. Hell, Nintendo would release an add-on that allows you to play DS games on your TV...only problem would be how to incorporate it without having a touchscreen handy

[Crash]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

It will at least for GBA. Hell, Nintendo would release an add-on that allows you to play DS games on your TV...only problem would be how to incorporate it without having a touchscreen handy

nintendo did say they were working on the new gamecube system, and depending on how the DS does, they would change the N5 to match it's revolutionary features. praise god for the backward compatibility. Best.Decision.Evar!

[Canyarion]

I don't think that the memory system has to be a problem. They could just euh... make a converter that converts your game data. Or transportation from the GCN to the N5, via the DS.

[fingersman]

Well I do hope they change to control to suit a larger variety of games. The GC controller is comfortable and all but it doesn't work that well for a number of games.

Oh maybe they can a screen ( similar to the DC) attached to or placed in the controller that allows you to view maps and select items something like the touch screen on the DS?

[Blix]

Knowing Nintendo, they will definitely change the controller desing. Miyamoto will most likely have something new that he wants to add. I really would like them to go back to the N64 controller's concept. That controller was awesome.