Friday, August 25, 2000

Nintenedo sticks to niche

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By Yuri Kageyama
The Associated Press

        CHIBA, Japan — At a time when its biggest rival is pushing a video-game machine that does everything from play movies to connect to the Internet, Nintendo Co. is sticking to what it knows best: fun and games.

        Its new GameCube console, shown to reporters Thursday, is a dedicated game machine much like Nintendo's N64, but with much better image quality.

        The Japanese manufacturer also showed a prototype of the Game Boy Advance — an improved version of its hit hand-held machine. Expected to be available next summer, the Advance has a larger, brighter color screen and can connect through cable to three others of its kind for competitive play.

       

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