Post by: Karl Castaneda #2 on August 22, 2007, 02:12:29 PM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=14277
Episode 66: Tastes Like Poison
MASH POTATERS AND GRAVAY!
I'm back in my home state of Florida in my new favorite city of Tallahassee, which means Mike and I are back beside one another. We played some Mario Strikers Charged before recording, which leads into some discussion on the game. Furthermore, Mike has some less-than-favorable words for Brain Age 2 (Note: When I began playing it later, my impressions were drastically more positive).
Aside from that, however, Jonathan Metts is back, and he's ready to talk some more Metroid. In the feature segment, we go to town on Corruption's total lack of hype, and what that means to games in general.
If that's not enough for you, the news segment is jam-packed, from a confirmation that Guitar Hero III DS is in development to Bret Michaels being in the console version to Quebec's demand of more games in French. You don't want to miss it.
And with that, we'll see you next week!
Credits:
This podcast was edited by Karl Castaneda.
Music for this episode of Radio Free Nintendo is used with permission from Jason Ricci & New Blood. You can also purchase their album directly from the iTunes Music Store
Post by: Mashiro on August 22, 2007, 04:36:06 PM
They actually did the same for Wind Waker as well but it wasn't nearly as cool.
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on August 22, 2007, 04:39:57 PM
Post by: Mashiro on August 22, 2007, 04:52:45 PM
:: Ducks ::
Post by: jayz79 on August 22, 2007, 06:18:31 PM
Post by: Kairon on August 22, 2007, 10:41:08 PM
Either way, good podcast guys. It really looks like Nintendo's found something they know how to advertise: casual and non-gamer oriented experiences. They're really confident in their marketting efforts for the Wii and Wii would like to play games, and they're really confidently pushing Wii Fit and even still Wii Sports!
But when it comes to marketting traditional titles, Nintendo is having just as much difficulty as they've almost always had, if not more, and that's coupled with the learned helplessness of being completely emasculated by Halo 2. Nintendo faces unique challenges in marketting traditional titles, and they really need some hungry ad firm to put together a strategy as confident and challenging and zag-instead-of-zig as their blue ocean ad efforts.
Nintendo needs to find the blue ocean of advertising, basically.
Post by: shammack on August 23, 2007, 01:39:34 AM
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Post by: vudu on August 23, 2007, 07:21:46 AM
My ultimate point is that good-to-great games come out all the time. They come out for every system (even PSP). I currently own a Wii and a DS. Between those two alone, I already find myself skipping games because I simply don't have enough time to play them. (Mario Strikers, SSX Blur and Dragon Quest Heros are a few recent examples of games I'd like to play that I've skipped.) There are also games I'm forced to skip simply because they're not coming out on Nintendo systems. If I owned a 360 I still wouldn't get to play all the games I want to play. Only then I would get to play the same number of games but I'd have a lot less cash in my savings account.
Post by: Kairon on August 23, 2007, 08:50:31 AM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 23, 2007, 09:02:26 AM
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 23, 2007, 01:37:59 PM
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Yeah, I'm sorry, but like it or not, Metroid will never be the omg awesome first person shooter-ish mainstream hype machine that redeems nintendo that some fans imagine it to be. No amount of marketting will ever make it so.
They could make Metralo and could hype it up. I can just see the slogan now:
"Exploration? NO WAY. Variety? Not on your life. Shark plasma blasters? Definately. Mindless shooting in both single and multiplayer? Heck Yeah! You know you want to be cool, so buy Metralo today!".
Post by: Kairon on August 23, 2007, 01:46:35 PM
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Post by: Mashiro on August 23, 2007, 04:12:24 PM
Post by: Karl Castaneda #2 on August 24, 2007, 10:09:27 AM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on August 27, 2007, 10:51:55 AM
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Originally posted by: ViewtifulGamer
Jonny'll have it...
OR WILL HE??? (cue Kill Bill siren)
