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Now that the Gamecube name has been around for a while, what do you think of the name: the Nintendo Dolphin?

Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
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Now that the Gamecube name has been around for a while, what do you think of the name: the Nintendo Dolphin?

 #25741  by Gone to Shakers
 Mon Sep 17, 2001 10:26 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Now that the Gamecube name has been around for a while, what do you think of the name: the Nintendo Dolphin?</div>

 #25742  by G-man Joe
 Mon Sep 17, 2001 10:29 am
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>Speaking of GC, the launch in Japan was very quiet with little fan fare.</div>

 #25743  by Blotus
 Mon Sep 17, 2001 12:41 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Can't say I like either very much, but better Gamecube than Dolphin.</div>

 #25744  by Gone to Shakers
 Mon Sep 17, 2001 12:47 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.fgnonline.com/nintendo/news/ ... 48.html</a>

I read that down at FGNonline.com, but here's somethin interesting that's going around, personally, I think it's just hopefull thinking, don't know, it was first reported on Europes equivilent to Next Generation/IGN last week.</div>

 #25745  by Sephy
 Mon Sep 17, 2001 4:52 pm
<div style='font: 12pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>I think its stupid...come check out my new Dolphin!</div>

 #25747  by SineSwiper
 Mon Sep 17, 2001 6:09 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Gamecube is a lot better than "Dreamcast". Of course, you can't go wrong with simply "PS2". No "Super" prefix; no stupid new name. Just an extra number.</div>

 #25748  by Torgo
 Mon Sep 17, 2001 8:16 pm
<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>It's an okay codename, but doesn't really fit for a console. Now the Katana...that was a codename...</div>

 #25749  by Ganath
 Tue Sep 18, 2001 12:26 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Hey now... no need to be so "forward"...</div>

 #25767  by Blotus
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 12:18 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>I knew you'd jump in and say that.</div>

 #25770  by SineSwiper
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 4:42 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Because I need to constantly remind everybody how stupid EVERYBODY here thought it was.</div>

 #25771  by SineSwiper
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 4:43 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>The "Dural" was fucking awesome! I wish they kept that name.</div>

 #25772  by G-man Joe
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 5:43 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>Dreamcast did sound lame. Gamecube....well....that's lame too. But nothing touches the lameness of WONDER-SWAN!</div>

 #25775  by Gone to Shakers
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 6:07 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Lame wasn't the impression I got from the name Wonderswan</div>

 #25776  by Stephen
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 8:59 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Listen, "Playstation," which sounds like a name for a McDonalds playground (oh, wait, it IS) is just about as fucking stupid as "Dreamcast."</div>

 #25778  by Kupek
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 9:07 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana, tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>You pick the strangest crusades.</div>

 #25779  by SineSwiper
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 9:17 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Gay?</div>

 #25780  by SineSwiper
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 9:18 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Only because nobody else will pick them.</div>

 #25781  by SineSwiper
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 9:20 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>It's a "station" that you "play" with. Get it? Just like Gamecube is a "cube" that plays "games". And Dreamcast is a "dream" that you catch with a fishing "cast"?!</div>

 #25785  by Blotus
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 9:31 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>That's the one.</div>

 #25786  by G-man Joe
 Wed Sep 19, 2001 9:34 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>Gay as in wonderfully happy! But you don't hear anyone say "I'm so gay since I got my new job!"....except from Ish! *winks*</div>

There's a reason no one picked this one.

 #25787  by Kupek
 Thu Sep 20, 2001 12:24 am
<div style='font: 10pt verdana, tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>It doesn't matter.</div>

 #25788  by Stephen
 Thu Sep 20, 2001 12:49 am
<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>You can play AT a station, but you can't play WITH one. (.....why, why on earth am I debating silly semantics with Sine? Sometimes, I don't know when to quit.)</div>

 #25792  by Ganath
 Thu Sep 20, 2001 9:55 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>No... it's the solid "cast" of a console that plays like a "dream".</div>

 #25793  by G-man Joe
 Thu Sep 20, 2001 10:43 am
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>Not quite. The Cast was : Microsoft, SEGA and uh...some chip manufacturer. A Dream Team but they called it Dreamcast.</div>

 #25807  by Crono
 Fri Sep 21, 2001 7:27 am
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>"It is a combination of the title 'Dream' and 'Broadcast'..." that is what Sega officially said on it, way back when.</div>

 #25809  by G-man Joe
 Fri Sep 21, 2001 8:39 am
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>"broadcast" ? Now that is stupid.</div>

 #25810  by SineSwiper
 Fri Sep 21, 2001 9:45 am
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Hell, nobody uses that (now) secondary use of the word. Just listening to the Flintstones theme sounds funny: "it's a gay ol' family!"</div>

 #25812  by G-man Joe
 Fri Sep 21, 2001 10:00 am
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>You're happy AND gay! =8^)</div>
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