"Left Field...an official developer for its next console"

Originally reported 3/22/99
Credit: IGN64
"...IGN64 learned at the recent Game Developers Conference that Nintendo has already signed on California-based Left Field Productions as an official developer for its next console...the company is most likely working on a number of projects for N64 and has already started to recruit new talent for "N2000" game development...a certain basketball franchise would probably be a safe bet..."
IGN's full report; Left Field's web site.
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"specifications and tools...available by the end of 1999"

Originally reported 3/08/99
Credit: IGN64, via MCV
...Nintendo of America's chairman Howard Lincoln commented at last week's third-party publishers conference in Italy that specifications and tools of the Art-X developed hardware would be available by the end of 1999...Although Lincoln would not go into detail about the next console, he did confirm that the N2000 would not use cartridges.
Here's where the info comes from.
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"Turok 3...could appear on Nintendo's next console..."

Originally reported 3/05/99
Credit: IGN64
...More surprising though is what Acclaim is planning for 2000 (possibly 2001), which is of course the actual Turok 3. The game is currently in its very early design stages and could possibly not appear on Nintendo 64 at all, but rather Nintendo's next generation console. Depending on how development moves along on the title and whether the N64 is still going strong in late 2000, Turok 3 may make its appearance on the N64. However, the fact that it will be on a Nintendo console is for certain...
More dino-hunting on the way...
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"creating software exclusively for Nintendo's next console"

Originally reported 3/3/99
Credit: IGN64
"The PlayStation 2 [announcements are] going to cause many sleepless nights over at Nintendo -- but it will cause some people to shoot themselves over at Sega..." --Unnamed N64 developer
"Today's market is centered on current technology and great games. Nintendo and its licensees will be launching some of the greatest games ever for the Nintendo 64 this year, giving consumers yet another reason to buy our system...We are developing a more advanced videogame system, but we are not providing any specifics at this time." --Perrin Kaplin, NOA
Read IGN64's full story.
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Originally reported 2/26/99
Credit: RetroStudios.com via IGN64
"...Now Hiring: Game Programmers, Tools and Technologies Programmers, 3D Artists, Character Animators, Game Designers, Sports Game Designers, and Project Managers...Retro Studios is an Austin, Texas-based development start-up creating software exclusively for Nintendo's next console..." Check out Retro Studio's web site.
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"a new console system in 2001"

Originally reported 02/24/99
Credit: Bloomberg News
"...Electronic Arts...is looking for Sony rival Nintendo Co., maker of the N64, to introduce a new console system in 2001..." This, in a statement from EA's CFO: "Electronic Arts Inc., the No. 1 video-game software maker, expects Sony Corp. to introduce a successor to its dominant PlayStation console system in the second quarter of 2000, Chief Financial Officer Stan McKee said." "Redwood City, California-based Electronic Arts wants to be the major software vendor for Sony's new console, McKee said. He's less upbeat about Sega's Dreamcast..."
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"the machine exists in a very early form"

Originally reported March, '99
Credit: Electronic Gaming Monthly, 3/99
"...We know that the machine exists in a very early form at Nintendo's labs in Japan, and there are a number of rumors circulating that notable developers are making the trek east in order to look at one game that is already up and running on the system..." Read the rest, in EGM!
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"sun's jini...on the drawing board"

Originally reported 2/05/99
Credit: Nintendorks
"...Sun Microsystem's Jini operating system is rumored to be on the drawing board in Nintendo offices. Using Jini would allow any Jini peripheral out there to be plugged into the Nintendo system and put to use immediately." Find out more...
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"...currently researching all types of media"

SIZE=2>Originally reported 12/18/98
Credit: Next Generation, IGN64.com
"...Arakawa-san revealed that Nintendo's next generation might not 'use cartridge ROM, as with the N64.' 'Naturally, we're currently researching all types of media to determine what is most suitable, including DVD.' 'Arakawa was clear to state that the system will not be ready until 2000 or 2001..." " Get the details...
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"...design has been handed over to SGI offshoot ArtX..."

Originally reported 12/17/98
Credit: IGN64.com
"...Originally, Nintendo had partnered with Silicon Graphics to work on the next console. Since then, design of the N64's next chipset has been handed over to SGI offshoot ArtX, with other elements of the unit to be developed by Alps, Rambus, and Nam Tai. Softimage has reportedly signed on to continue the creation of development tools on the next console and Netscape is said to be involved in designing software for the machine's network capabilities..." " Read the rest of the article...
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