Long before the Pixar movie hits the big screen this summer, a group of German modders have been inspired by Wall-E’s cuteness to take an old and unloved Nintendo GameCube and some scraps of metal and acrylic, and put together a sweet mod that looks just like the little robot himself. It even has tank treads and a flip-down shutter, like Wall-E’s, over the Gamecube’s ports. Frankly, its so loveably “realistic” that we’re pre-emptively sniffly, imagining what the movie will be like. [Bit-Tech via TechEBlog]
If you’re going to turn a Nintendo Gamecube into a handheld portable device, you should really spend a little more effort than this man here. Geekologie doesn’t have any details on it, but as you can see, whoever did this just broke a regular GC controller in half, soldered some holes into a piece of plastic, lobotomised a portable DVD player and blended them all together. The result can only be described as something the OLPC’s intended market would not want. [Geekologie]
Although the GameCube didn’t really advance the gaming world in any giant steps on the software side, it did introduce to us the fact that a wireless controller cannot suck. The wireless Wavebird controller, which eliminated wires in living rooms everywhere (not really everywhere, since we know how well the GC sold) has now been itself eliminated, which means your only choice for new GC controllers is a standard wired controller. [GoNintendo]
Showing both that they’ve learned their lesson and just how lousy GameCube sales were, the Wii has passed the latter’s lifetime sales in just about a year’s time. In the time period between November 27, 2006 and now, the Wii has sold about 4 million units while the GameCube has sold only about 3.9. And the GC came out on September 10, 2001. In comparison, the DS has sold just about the same amount of units as the Wii, with the GBA actually selling more than either of them. More fancy charts if you follow the link. [JoshuaJamesSlone via Go Nintendo via Kotaku]
Talk about a modern-day masterpiece: a four-tier wedding cake featuring no less than four game consoles. GameDaily contributor and self-proclaimed “games junkie” (no doubt about it: just check out her wedding cake!), Carol Orsini, got hitched in true geek style.
Highlights: “If you look closely enough, you can see the DVD remote sensor in a controller port. Such attention to detail! Topping the entire masterpiece (as it should) is the limited edition ‘Legend of Zelda’ gold GameCube.”
Debate’s raging as to whether that bloke with the look of exhilaration in the background is her “non-gamer” husband. -Anna King
Have your games and eat them too! [GameDaily]
In the end, shoving the guts of a Gamecube into a tissue box and tissues into the cube is only fitting—it’s just about time for it to pass on to the shelf of dusty systems. Sure we can play our ‘Cube games on the Wii, but it’s just not the same. It’s okay to cry. We won’t make fun of you.
We usually don’t post coding contests, but this one was too tasty to resist. Programmers, start your engine…err…USB lava lamps. DCEmu is throwing a coding contest for the Nintendo Wii and Gamecube platforms. As to exactly what you design, that much is fairly open-ended.
Entries can be Emulators, Homebrew Games, Demos or Applications that work directly on the Gamecube/Nintendo Wii.
Winners receive up to $300 in gift certificates to be used at the Gp2x (Linux embedded handheld console) store, as well as props from their geeky gaming brethren. Given a disappointing lineup of Wii titles (after the novelty of Wii Sports wears off), I really hope we see some participation and ingenuity in the contest.
Homebrewers getting organized…what is the world coming to? Next thing you know, they’ll want us to pay for their work. – Mark Wilson
Coding Contest [wiinews]
At first glance, we thought the Portable GameCube Advance was the product of console miniaturizer Benjamin Heckendorn, who has shrunk some of our favorites into nearly portable packages.
But the Portable GameCube Advance is really the work of a random email tipster…surely not just a Photoshop rendition…but an entirely ready-to-go product complete with external OLED display and MP3 playback that will be in stores any day now.
Hit the jump for a picture of the music functions in action.
