Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: Aussiedude on April 04, 2006, 09:24:56 AM
Title: Nintendo profit soars, highest in 5 years
Post by: Aussiedude on April 04, 2006, 09:24:56 AM
Nintendo rides the wave of the DS and forcasts highest profit in 5 years. Not bad considering cabe cube sales are crap. So there should be plenty of funds available for a good revolution launch.
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 04, 2006, 09:34:30 AM
Printing money is a 24/7 job.
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Post by: Smash_Brother on April 04, 2006, 09:38:59 AM
Overused, but highly relevant.
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Post by: vudu on April 04, 2006, 10:10:50 AM
That picture needs to be updated with the DSL. Also, it should print Yen, not USD.
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Post by: trip1eX on April 04, 2006, 12:39:57 PM
That picture always cracks me up.
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Post by: King of Twitch on April 04, 2006, 02:21:31 PM
Best in 5 years? It was 2001 5 years ago, when the 64 was in its "last throes." Good news though.
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Post by: jasonditz on April 04, 2006, 02:26:12 PM
2001 was also the launch year for the GBA.
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Post by: animecyberrat on April 04, 2006, 02:54:35 PM
also Pokemon was still a major craze then its sorta died out now.
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Post by: jasonditz on April 04, 2006, 03:29:14 PM
Quote Originally posted by: animecyberrat also Pokemon was still a major craze then its sorta died out now.
Did it? Pokemon Emerald still sold millions and millions of copies last year.
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Post by: Mario on April 04, 2006, 04:43:11 PM
$800 million US in one year.
All hail Iwata-san!
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Post by: TrueNerd on April 04, 2006, 10:56:19 PM
Nintendo's been going in a good direction ever since they got over that connectivity nonsense. Good to see they're reaping the benefits of pulling their heads out of their asses.
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Post by: Hostile Creation on April 04, 2006, 11:44:13 PM
Hey. Connectivity was a terrible business decision, but a damn good idea. So your claim is justified, but I must disagree to an extent
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Post by: KDR_11k on April 05, 2006, 12:25:13 AM
Quote Originally posted by: vudu That picture needs to be updated with the DSL. Also, it should print Yen, not USD.
Doesn't Nintendo keep their "warchest" in USD?
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Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on April 05, 2006, 12:36:43 PM
Yes, in fact it was because of the Weak yen that their profit got so big
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Post by: darknight06 on April 05, 2006, 12:55:54 PM
Hey now, in a sense connectivity brought us the DS so I am not complaining about it on that level. Plus look who else is doing it...
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Post by: stevey on April 05, 2006, 01:24:46 PM
Needs more money...
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Post by: animecyberrat on April 05, 2006, 02:10:10 PM
dude just cuz the games stil sell milliosn does not mean the cards are the major crazxe they are now, if you have any memory at all EVERYTHING was Pokemon back then, now its Yu Gi Oh and Naruto. I didnt say Pokemon was a dud now just it isnt the major craze it was then.
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Post by: jasonditz on April 05, 2006, 04:04:02 PM
Quote Originally posted by: animecyberrat if you have any memory at all EVERYTHING was Pokemon back then,
I have memories of a time like that, but it sounds more like 1999 than 2001. 2001 is after things like Pokemon Puzzle League and Hey You, Pikachu. 2001 is actually when the popularity was starting to wind down, and the third Pokemon movie came out.
It's possible it was a bigger deal in 2001 than it is in 2006, but I'm not completely convinced of that.
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Post by: wandering on April 05, 2006, 08:18:07 PM
You know what pokemon needs to boost it's popularity?
A live action movie.
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Post by: jasonditz on April 05, 2006, 08:29:16 PM
No... a dramedy starring some minor character actor from Seinfeld, like the guy who played the Soup Nazi. Live action, but with animated characters in it too, like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.
That would totally work.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 05, 2006, 08:59:29 PM
or how about a MMORPG where you play as yourself in the pokemon world
but thats a topic for a seperate thread, I think a Roger Rabbit like movie would actually be a good idea.
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Post by: KDR_11k on April 05, 2006, 11:27:28 PM
Wandering: Yeah, with realistic CG Pokemon... Well, actually that might even look interesting.
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Post by: Spak-Spang on April 06, 2006, 06:34:50 AM
A Roger Rabbit Mystery game would be pretty darn cool. Walk around a world gathering clues to several different Mysteries at the same time. (There would be like 5-10 mysteries or "levels") But you play in a free roaming world of toon town and the real world gathering evidence and trying to piece which clues go with which crimes. Throw in some crazy antics and occasional action sequences and you have yourself an interesting and enjoyable game.
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Post by: jasonditz on April 06, 2006, 06:48:02 AM
just so long as you have to hop around on your back foot to build up strength for your punches.
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Post by: KDR_11k on April 06, 2006, 07:25:39 AM
I recall a game called Toonstruck where you were a cartoonist who got trapped in his own world. Point and click adventure.
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Post by: Smash_Brother on April 07, 2006, 11:13:18 AM
Quote Originally posted by: KDR_11k Wandering: Yeah, with realistic CG Pokemon... Well, actually that might even look interesting.
I think a realistic Pokemon movie could work rather well if you "maturize" it properly.
Instead of everyone carrying concealed weapons, they use Pokemon to protect themselves.
The concept is far from alien. We already have many American homes which keep large dogs for protection against burglars. This concept would build on that into what basically equates keeping these dogs and fighting them, which also exists in real life.
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Post by: trip1eX on April 07, 2006, 12:07:50 PM
Hey that's almost $5 billion more dollars than MS has made with the Xbox since it came out. :P
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Post by: animecyberrat on April 12, 2006, 05:42:52 PM
so does this mean GC was a total flop if they were makng more money in n64s last days than durring GCs entire lifespan? If so thats sad really.
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Post by: PaLaDiN on April 12, 2006, 06:37:59 PM
Yeah, I remember Toonstruck. Never did buy it, plenty of other adventures back then.
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Post by: Arbok on April 12, 2006, 07:08:34 PM
Quote Originally posted by: animecyberrat so does this mean GC was a total flop if they were makng more money in n64s last days than durring GCs entire lifespan? If so thats sad really.
N64's last days + the launch of the GBA... the latter of which you forgot to mention.
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Post by: animecyberrat on April 14, 2006, 08:52:23 AM
yeah but still sad when you think about it. cuz GC was on the market the same tiem as GBA and GBA Sp