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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 10, 2005, 06:19:39 AM »

Somebody brought this up in another forum, but basically stated that the differance in power basically indicates that the differance in visuals will be very similar to the differance between Dreamcast and PS2.  Sounds about right to me.  Its a noticable differance, but DC games still looked good.  If your a fan of what Nintendo has done with the DS, then your probably excited for Rev.  If you feel that the PSP is better than DS, then your probably very disapointed.  If DS is any indication of what we can expect from Rev, I am throughly excited.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:GameCube in retrospect: Four Amazing Years

« on: December 09, 2005, 05:36:28 PM »

For me, Gamecube has been a success.  With games like Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime 1&2, and Resident Evil 4, I have spent countless hours with my Cube.  Not to mention the multi-player games I have played with friends, such as Mario Kart DD, Super Smash Bros, and Super Money Ball.  The software hasnt been lacking for Cube.  Although the 3rd party support has improved, the ports seemed rushed more often than not, so that sucked.  Software is what makes a system great, and Cube has had its fair share of exceptional software.

[Kairon]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 09, 2005, 05:23:41 PM »

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Originally posted by: Kairon
It seems to me that most of the problems we agree that Nintendo has...

Are MARKETING or MANAGEMENT problems. None of these problems (need to advertise, poor treatment of EU/AUS, the need to lie to gamers and fans, the need to capture mindshare), none of them, deal with the core values or ideas that Nintendo is driving towards, and given that light, I'd like to think that we can all agree that we're all hugely excited for the Rev.

Yay.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Agree 100%.  Even this generation, Nintendo's marketing for gamecube has been lackluster from the beginning.  Games like Eternal Darkness should have been give a much bigger marketing campaign.  Even the games they did advertise, they still made stupid mistakes.  One being who ever they put in charge of marketing, cause alot of their commercials suck, and release dates.  Releasing Metroid Echoes a week after Halo 2, not a very good move.  I do like what Nintendo has done for the DS, most the advertising looks pretty slick, and hopefully that keeps up for Rev.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Must read editorial

« on: December 09, 2005, 02:39:18 PM »

I couldnt have said it any better myself.  Game interaction hasnt changed in about 10 years, hopefully Rev changes that.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 09, 2005, 02:34:39 PM »

Even if Nintendo did everything you would consider to be "mistake free", they wouldnt take over the market.  For everyone who feels nintendo is messing up bad, they would have no chance of success if they did what you want them to do.  Nintendo can not compete head to head with Sony, and I think Microsoft is getting whatever marketshare Nintendo may have gotten, had they gone that route.  If you guys remember, when Cube dropped to $99, sales went through the roof.  People would buy a Cube for the exclusives at that price, even if they already owned a PS2 or X-box.  Same thing is gonna happen with Rev, you will have your core nintendo audience who owns a Rev as either their only or main system, you will have people who own a PS3 or X-box360 but buy a Rev for the exclusives, and then there are the non gamers who will buy it for the "pick up and play" software that will be available.  All in all, I wish E3 wasnt so damn far off.  Hopefully more and more info comes out in the next few month, but I must say that I havent heard any developers say they were unhappy with Rev, shouldnt that tell us something?  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 08, 2005, 04:33:09 PM »

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1517678/20051207/index.jhtml?headlines=true

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 08, 2005, 03:45:39 PM »

Alright, time to relax people.  Anyway, Nintendo owes everyone absoutley nothing.  However, keep in mind that we dont owe them anything either.  Nintendo sells a product, if you like that product, then you can buy it, fair exchange.  The only reason I want to see Nintendo do well, is because I like their games, and if Nintendo is doing well as a business, I can expect further releases of nintendo greatness.  Back on track, I think that we shouldnt be to worried, because the developers are still talking positive about the system.  The comment from a developer about being familiar with the hardware and will inturn make developing games on the system quick and easy.  Something that has to be excepted, is that Rev taking the DS approach.  There will be more "pick up and play" games on Rev than any other system.  These are the games that will attract more non-gamers.  Some of the games will be sparkling innovationy, but I have faith that some will be fantastic multi player party games.  Seeing as how these types of games dont require a very long development cycle, or large teams; I doubt we will be missing any of our major releases.  A Wario Ware style game isnt going to hold up nintendo from making the next Zelda.  I would expect to see alot more Rev software to be priced in the $30 to $40 range than we did this generation.  Nintendo is taking care of its core market, but at the same time going after a new market that MS and Sony care nothing about.  Makes sense to me

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 07, 2005, 05:03:24 PM »

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The console is more than capable of outputting some gorgeous standard definition games. But all the same, I'm offering you two valuable tips: stop clinging to the idea that Revolution is on par graphically with 360 and PS3 or you're going to set yourself up for a disappointment. Second, don't believe every marketing catch phrase that comes out of a Nintendo executive's mouth. You realize that Iwata usually doesn't even write those speeches, right? They come by way of Nintendo of America.

Matt from IGN posted this in the mailbag today.  I think he summed it up perfectly.  Rev definately does not look like a cheap toy, more like an IPOD to me.  If you want a system that is going to give you insanely fantastic visuals, your gonna have to buy a PS3, and make sure you have a HDTV.  I have been trying to figure out what Rev games will look like, and this is what I have come up with.  Take elements of games from this generation, the best textures from this game, the best effects from this game, best character models from that game, and so on.  I see Rev being able to incoperate all these things into one package.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 07, 2005, 12:49:28 PM »

Hopefully we get an update from IGN tonight.  They need to talk to developers, and get more input on what to expect in terms of visuals.  If the specs really are that low, they seriously could do the $99, but probably $150 if they are gonna include the shell and nun-chuck.  I want to hear developers say, "yea, REV is way less powerfull than X-box360 and PS3, but will still be noticeably better than what we have seen on current hardware."  I think we need more feedback on overall performance, than what the specs are.  Nintendo must see the new controller as its trump card, and maybe there is good reason for that.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 06, 2005, 05:16:04 PM »

104mb of ram is a significant increase from the 42mb of ram in the gamecube.  About 2.5 times more memory isnt bad.  The main reason 360 uses so much is because of the high-res textures.  I suppose this is an endless debate between those who think this is a disaster, and those who think is irrelevant.  I personally feel that Nintendo has the best chance of success by focusing on their strengths.  One year from now, Nintendo launches Rev at either $99 or $150, with some killer new games, and some of which can be played online (Super Smash Brothers).  To me, this absolutely spells "wide audience appeal."

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 06, 2005, 03:34:52 PM »

Exactly, people who dont play games might try it out at the store.  When they like it, and find out the price is right, the sale will come easy.  As for ports, I am not very optimitic about them.  I personally feel that many games will never even be ported to Rev.  Like Matt from IGN said, this could lead to exclusive games instead.  

[Bill Aurion]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 06, 2005, 02:55:05 PM »

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
On the surface it just looks like Nintendo is abandoning American gamers

By announcing the importance of first-person shooters in the North American market at TGS during the Rev unveiling?  Ninty hasn't "abandoned" anyone...

They see that a weaker system can win, but they fail to see that that scenario has gone out the window as the weaker system only ever wins if it comes out earlier than the more powerful expensive system.

Where the hell is the evidence behind this?  It has to do with SOFTWARE, not with time released...And once again people don't factor in the fact that this is a completely new form of playing games...This isn't like last gen where Xbox and GC came in a year late with the same functionality...Ninty is coming in with something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT...

I just want to give you props man, cause you see things clearly.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 06, 2005, 02:50:43 PM »

I dont doubt that the new news from IGN is accurate.  Nintendo is downplaying the specs because they trully dont think they matter, and I think new info coming out is proving it.   If Nintendo really is going to launch at either $150 or $99, they have a real shot at appealing to the non-gamer audience.  The graphics will not be a selling point for Rev, simple as that.  If your a graphics whore, Rev will not satisfy all of your gaming needs.  Nintendo is done with the console war thing.  Its doing the same thing it did with DS, and thats not to worry about what the competition is doing.  Rev is a souped up Cube in terms of power, which makes those gamecube development kits go a long way with pre-development of software.  Gamecube was designed to be efficient, and Rev is a continuation of that hardware design.  So just because Rev isnt near as powerful as Xbox360, doesnt mean the visuals wont look very nice.  Imagine Metroid Prime Echoes with even better textures, higher polygonal enviorments and characters, and with with a ton of special effects that were left out of the gamecube build; such as bump mapping.  Isnt that going to look very nice?  Rev is all about the new controller and what it can do for gameplay.  If Nintendo didnt believe that the new controller was their ace in the hole, then they would have done the  same thing they did with Gamecube.  I think some of you would feel better about the specs if you downloaded a few videos of RE4 and Doom3, the bare minimum of what developers will be doing on Rev.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 05, 2005, 04:24:55 PM »

I think what they meant about Rev being a souped up Xbox is that its not a drastic increase in power like Xbox360 or PS3.  What if Nintendo's price point isnt $200, what if its less?  It would make alot of sense when going for the non gamer.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 05, 2005, 04:20:47 PM »

This isnt really suprising to me, and to be honest, it doesnt bother me one bit.  I am actually impressed by what I have heard so far.  The jump is pretty big, and there is no doubt that you will definately see a differance.  Look how many games looked better on Xbox than on GC, and Xbox wasnt that much more powerful.  Look at it this way, if they could do RE4 and Metroid Prime Echoes on GC, imagine what they will be able to pull off with a system 3 times as powerful.  Rev is going to be a system full of exclusives.  Can you imagine if Free Radical is on board making a FPS for Rev?  Who cares if we dont have the best look shooter, ours will be superior when it comes to gameplay.  I cant wait to hear more comments from developers.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:"the graphics...barely better than those on Gamecube"

« on: November 27, 2005, 05:36:57 AM »

This is peobably translated from someone saying that Rev's graphics wont be as good as the competition.  Nintendo has already said that the graphics will be close to the competiton unless you are playing on an HDTV.  Three times as powerfull as gamecube may not be as big a jump as we are used to , but its still a big one.  Can you imagine what Retro could do with a system three times as powerfull as gamecube?   Go back and take a look at games like Metroid Prime and RE4.  Bottom line is that we wont really know until we see some video of a game.  I am hoping to see a teaser video of Metroid in the near future, which I have no doubt will stunning.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:True Crime: New York City

« on: November 27, 2005, 05:23:47 AM »

I purchased the game, and its definately a mixed bag.  There are time when the game looks good, has a solid framerate, and controls well, but then there are times when none of that is there.  The True Crime series has alot of potential, and hopefully they will continue on the next gen systems.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Revolution Output?

« on: November 23, 2005, 04:59:07 PM »

I am not to sure that 480p is a for thing either.  If the system can display 480p, what stops developers from using 780p?  Its not a big deal to me, but to those who have HDTV's, its a bummer.  Nintendo has stated that Rev games will look very similar to the competitors, unless your playing on an HDTV.  There is still alot of improvement that can be seen in 480i.  Heck, I noticed a differance when I switched form AV cables to S-video on my 53" Toshiba.  The most obvious area is when reading text, much sharper.    

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:How much more is there to the Revolution that we don't know?

« on: November 23, 2005, 02:31:03 PM »

I for one hope the controls in Metroid are more like a PC FPS setup.  Its simply a better way of controlling a FPS.  This doesnt change Metroid into another type of game, it just gives you better control over Samus.  I seriously doubt Retro will turn Metroid into a mindless shooter, have some faith in them.  As for the undisclosed features;  I think we know the most important one, I dont think there will be anything as shocking as what they already showed us.  If they arent going to show us specs, show us some games.  I seriously would have thought nintendo would show a few teaser video's by now.

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Nintendo Gaming / X-Men Legends 2 Help

« on: October 25, 2005, 01:39:42 PM »

I tried posting this in the correct section, but have gotten no replies.  No suprise seeing as how most people dont bother to look their unless they are having troubles.  Anyway, in the last dungeon I am trying to trigger one of the sun mirrors with the four statues in the room.  It seems that your suppost to destroy them, but I have tried everything, and it does no damage.  What am I missing?  I am desperate at this point.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Launch Titles: What must we have.

« on: October 24, 2005, 03:03:01 PM »

I agree with Ian Sane, its important for Rev to instantly be know as the system for certain genre's.  Can you imagine if Nintendo launches with Metroid, and it soon after becomes accepted that Rev is the system for FPS games.  It would strike a major blow to Xbox360, and possible bring in alot of PC gamers.  Rev doesnt have to be the best in all area's, but is important to dominate in vertain genre's.

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Nintendo Gaming / X-men Legends 2

« on: October 24, 2005, 01:36:18 PM »

I am stuck on the last level, not sure what to do.  I have explored the whole area, and am not sure what to do in the room with the four statues.  Any hints?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Launch Titles: What must we have.

« on: October 23, 2005, 10:15:37 AM »

I personally feel that launching with Metroid Prime and Mario game is of the most importance.  Mario will play the same role that he did back when the N64 released, he will show why the new controller is needed to take gaming forward.  Seeing as how the FPS genre is extremely popular, Metroid will show gamers and developers that Rev is the best system to play FPS games.  I noticed some are skeptical about games being ready, but keep in mind that Nintendo has already stated that developers can get started with their existing gamecube development kits, because the development will be extremely similar between the two systems.  Seeing as how Retro has stated they got started on Metroid for Rev early this year, they should have little problem having it ready for launch.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official GCN Sales Thread

« on: October 21, 2005, 06:13:23 PM »

Crap, Battalion Wars is a great game, and only sold 16k copies in its first month.  Hopefully it gets some good holliday sales.  It should have sold 160k, not 16k.  Oh well, and nintendo gamers wonder why we dont get good 3rd party support.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:xbox plays half-life and doom3

« on: October 03, 2005, 05:05:30 PM »

Nintendo has to prove that there system has the best software, and can only be played on their system.  I think Nintendo knows that it need to make a jump in the graphics department, but just enough to keep gamers happy.  They kind of did it with the DS, they could have released a gameboy advance with the DS features.  Graphics will be the smallest selling point for Rev.  The idea of playing games like Metroid and Resident Evil on Rev absolutely excites me because of the new controls.