Nintendo’s iQue – first hardware shot!
Ironically looking like the type of thing Nintendo’s been fighting to ban…
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Nintendo Japan has released the first glimpse of the iQue, the China-only Nintendo 64 derivative announced yesterday.
As you can see, it appears to be a shrunk-down Nintendo 64, squeezed into a controller, which accepts its one-per-console Flash game card into the front.
As we reported yesterday, players can download one or two games at various retail outlets that are closely audited and fingerprinted by Nintendo. When a game is complete or the player tires of it, a new one will be downloaded to replace the old one, removing the risk of using generic or swappable media in the piracy-plagued region.
And ironically, the iQue looks remarkably like the type of IP-infringing TV game Nintendo has been trying to ban in china for a decade - most amusing.
The first confirmed game for iQue is a Chinese language version of Mario 64, with other N64 titles to follow.
We’ll bring you full updates, as they break.
As you can see, it appears to be a shrunk-down Nintendo 64, squeezed into a controller, which accepts its one-per-console Flash game card into the front.
As we reported yesterday, players can download one or two games at various retail outlets that are closely audited and fingerprinted by Nintendo. When a game is complete or the player tires of it, a new one will be downloaded to replace the old one, removing the risk of using generic or swappable media in the piracy-plagued region.
And ironically, the iQue looks remarkably like the type of IP-infringing TV game Nintendo has been trying to ban in china for a decade - most amusing.
The first confirmed game for iQue is a Chinese language version of Mario 64, with other N64 titles to follow.
We’ll bring you full updates, as they break.
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