New Console: Mattel Hyperscan

Post by **racketboy** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:30 pm

Looky:
http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/001216.html

What do you think?

Post by **grittykitty** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:38 pm

this system doesn't interest me at all. maybe that's because i'm not a tween

i'd put my money on "failure". the e-reader scheme didn't work out all that well (i worked at gamestop when it was first released) and i don't think the scanning idea was ever big in the states. however, right now in japan it's pretty big from what i can tell. kids love to play the mushi king and dragonball z arcade games where you scan your card for characters, powerups, blah blah blah - and if i'm not mistaken, you don't even control your character (most machines i saw had only a single button). "tweens" and even older audiences really do look up to japan these days, so if they marketed this thing as "the hot concept from japan" it might see success - for a little while

Post by **bawitback** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:16 pm

I've also read this at Inser Credit. (advid reader of Insert Credit btw) and im not that impressed. But It may turn out to be another 'teenage device', with bad graphics. I agree with grittykitty.

Post by **rawkie** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:54 am

Ha! They shoulda called it the HyperScam

Really...who would buy this?

Post by **leonheart_a** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:20 am

doesnt intrest me either, probaly gonna be a failure

Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:19 am

Looks lame