Iyo cubic koni ye Nintendo Izvo zvinorangarirwa nekukwana kwakaringana nevazhinji nintenderos, kunyangwe vamwe vanozviona senge yekupedzisira "yechokwadi" koni ye Big N. Yakazvarwa sechirongwa chekuda kusimuka kune wemasimbaose Dreamcast 2 uye munzira akamhanya mumukwikwidzi mutsva, Xbox.
Mune ino yakakosha, isu tinoongorora zvinokwanisika zvakakonzera zvakakonzera Mutambo Cube kuva desktop desktop ye Nintendo shoma inotengeswa muhupenyu hwayo kutenderera.
Mutambo Cube inochengeterwa mukati memukati mayo CPU ye IBM, inozivikanwa seGekko, uye GPU Ati zvakabatanidzwa zvakagadzirwa na Nintendo y ArtX, ichipa muchina nehunyanzvi hunyanzvi hwakauisa pamusoro peicho Nintendo aive nacho semukwikwidzi wake mukuru: zvaive zvakakwana kuti uone mitambo yakaita Metroid Prime, Rogue Boka rechitatu o mugari Zvakaipa -Kunyange chiteshi chechina chechina chakaratidzika zvirinani mumubuto kupfuura mu PS2- kuziva izvi.
Zvisinei, kutyisidzira kukuru kune Nintendo fue Microsoft pamwe nekupinda kwayo seyakagadzira koni muindasitiri yemavhidhiyo iri kukura nekukurumidza iyo yakawana kukara kwaRedmond, uye isu tatoziva mashandisiro ayo Microsoft. Ipo iyo Xbox akafanotungamira Mutambo Cube musimba mbishi, vachisiya iyo console Nintendo pakati, pamusoro PS2, asi zvakadaro iri kure kubva padanho re Xbox. Izvi, kunyangwe zvichiratidzika kunge zvakapusa, zvine kukosha kwayo: mitambo yakawanda yakaitwa zvichibva pa PS2 kuve chikuva chinotengeswa zvakanyanya, nepo vamwe vazhinji vakatora Xbox sebenchmark yekuenzanisa nekuda kwekufanana kwayo ne PC, uye, muchokwadi, muchina uyu wakagamuchira akawanda madoko emitambo inoenderana.
Imwe nyaya ine minzwa yaive yekutsigira kwemaziso yakashandiswa paconsole. Panguva iyoyo, Nintendo pachena akaziva kuti iyo cartridge fomati ye Nintendo 64 zvese zvaive kukanganisa uye kuti mini maDVD akagadzirwa na Panasonic nokuti Mutambo Cube ivo havazove chipingamupinyi kune vanogadzira. Zvakanaka, zvakaitika ndezvekuti kugona kwemadhisiki aya kwaive kusakwana (1,50 GB) uye kwakazoguma nemitambo yakasvika mune inopfuura imwechete DVD DVD uye yakawanda data yaifanirwa kumanikidzwa, zvichikanganisa iwo wega odhiyo nemavhidhiyo mhando. Nharo dzakashandiswa zvakare kudzivirira iyi fomati, senge kuti vana vadiki vazhinji vaizoshandisa koni uye kuti saizi yediski iyi yaive yakanakira ivo, kuti zvaive zvisina basa kuti vatore kutora GB rese reDVD kugadzira yakanaka mutambo kana izvo Nintendo aifanira kuzvidzivirira kubva piracy (izvo zvavasina kudzivirira: kunyangwe zvichishamisa kupfuura PS2 o Xbox, backups aigona kumhanya pane zvinonyaradza Mutambo Cube yakagadziridzwa, uye sekuziva kwedu tese, ne Wii kurova kwavo hakuna kudedera kusarudza DVD sezvo fomati uye nhanho dzekupamba mune ino system dzaityisa)
Iyo yemhuri kana kunyange yechiratidzo chemhando yevana zvakare inoita kunge yaipa kune iyo koni (kunyangwe kuve yakajeka, paive nemitambo yemazera ese, kubva Ty: Iyo Tasmanian Tiger kusvikira iyo mugari Zvakaipa). Izvo zvinofanirwawo kucherechedzwa kuti Mutambo Cube Akange anonoka kumafaro: kuJapan yakaiswa mukutengesa munaGunyana 2001, zvaizoita zvakafanana munaNovember kuUS uye, pakupedzisira, kusvika Chivabvu wegore rinotevera isu hatina kukwanisa kunakidzwa nemuchina muEurope, uye panguva iyoyo , Xbox yakanga yatomhara mumatunhu ese, nepo Dreamcast 2 Yakatoita kudaro muna 2000 (Kurume muJapan, Gumiguru kuUS naNovember kuEurope)
Iko kutengeswa kweconsole, uye kugoverwa kwayo - zvese zvemachina nemitambo, zvichinyanya kushata kuSpain-, hazvina kubatsira kana: kunyangwe mutengo wakadzikira we Mutambo Cube uchienzaniswa nemakwikwi, zvaidiwa zvacho hazvina kuzadzikiswa, uye ngatirangarirei kuti koni yacho yakabva pa € 199 kuenda pa € 99, riini Xbox yakabuda kuma480 euros ine yakazotevera kudzikiswa kusvika ku300, uye chete 21 mamirioni akatengeswa Mutambo Cube maringe neiyo makumi maviri nemana yakawanikwa nemuchina Microsoft, uyezve, kuve kure kupfuura zvinopfuura zana nemakumi mashanu neshanu zvawakawana PS2. Izvi zvakare zvakakonzera kushomeka kwerutsigiro kubva kuma studio uye makambani kusvika Mutambo Cube: paive nemhando dzenherera uye nemitambo yakawanda iyo PS2 y Xbox havana kuona mwenje mumuchina Nintendo.
Chimwe chinhu, kunyangwe pamwe vamwe vachinongedzera senge anecdotal, ndechekuti iyo console yakagara munguva yekuchinja kwesimba mukati mawo. Nintendo: nhoroondo Hiroshi Yamauchi yakapa hutungamiriri kune izvozvi satoru iwata, iyo yavanoti haina kunyatsoteerera Mutambo Cube, sezvo ainyanya kutarisisa pane ramangwana zvirongwa zvekambani.
Sezvatinogona kuona, hurema hwe Mutambo Cube- Yakanga yave nguva, kwaive nekuparadzirwa kwakashata kwemanyaradzo nemitambo, makambani mazhinji aisatsigira koni kunyatso, mini DVD fomati yaive mhosho, kusarudzika kwevana kunyararira, uye shanduko yemukati yesimba kubva Nintendo Ivo vanorova zvine simba pane koni iyo yakazvarwa ichirera zvakati wandei zvetarisiro uye kubva kwazviri zvikanganiso zveyakatangira zvaisatarisirwa kudzokororwa: pakupedzisira Mutambo Cube yakazove njodzi hombe kupfuura Nintendo 64, nekuti 21 mamirioni enyaradzo chete akatengeswa achienzaniswa nemakumi matatu nematatu emakumi matanhatu ematanhatu.
Isu tatoziva kuti kunyangwe kubudirira kusingaenderane nako, hazvireve kuti mitambo yemhando yepamusoro yanga isipo: Super Smash bros, Iyo Nhoroondo yeZelda: Wind Waker, Iyo Nhoroondo yeZelda: Twilight Princess, the saga mugari Zvakaipa (ine remake inoshamisa uye yakasarudzika Mugari Evil 0), Yakataridzika Joe, Metal Gear Yakasimba Iwo Mapatya Nyoka, kuendesa mbiri kwe Metroid Prime, the Pikmin, Baten Kaitos, Rima risingaperi, Mario Kart Double Dash, Geist, Wario World, Wario Ware, iyo saga yeMutambo wePati, Soul Calibur 2 (ne batanidzo semunhu akasarudzika), Imba yaLuigi, Ngano dzeSymphonia, Yekupedzisira Yekufungidzira Chrystal Makoronike, Moto Emblem, Star Fox Adventures (seti yekupedzisira ye rova ye desktop desktop ye Nintendo), Pepa Mario: Iyo Millennial Door, Mario Smash Nhabvu, F-Zero GX, Dhongi Kong Jungle Beat o PN 03 ndiyo mienzaniso yekatalog huru ye Mutambo Cube, mimwe mitambo iyi iri kutotangirwa patsva Wii, asi izvo, shamwari, ndeimwe nyaya.