Post by: Mario on April 17, 2003, 04:08:53 PM
http://www.namco.co.jp/home/pr/20030417/
HOLY CRAP! Two parts of the triforce have joined, the third will acquire them both!! OMG!
Post by: Infernal Monkey on April 17, 2003, 04:15:15 PM
Yes, it's all falling into place! MWA HA HA HA!!
*Dreams of a Smash bros. 3 arcade/GC game*
Mario, Billy Hatcher, Metal Sonic and Klonoa! DEATHMATCH!
*Spins around with excitement*
Post by: Arbok on April 17, 2003, 04:41:53 PM
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Originally posted by: Mario
HOLY CRAP! Two parts of the triforce have joined, the third will acquire them both!! OMG!
Would be awesome, awesome news if that happend... but I don't really see any indication of it, so I don't see a reason to get peoples' hopes up.
On a side note, it sounds like the company will just be called Sega... makes sense as they were the more recongized company out of the two.
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on April 17, 2003, 05:47:07 PM
Post by: kennyb27 on April 17, 2003, 05:54:53 PM
Post by: AlphaDragoon2002 on April 17, 2003, 06:58:59 PM
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Originally posted by: Mario
HOLY CRAP! Two parts of the triforce have joined, the third will acquire them both!! OMG!
Would be awesome, awesome news if that happend... but I don't really see any indication of it, so I don't see a reason to get peoples' hopes up.
On a side note, it sounds like the company will just be called Sega... makes sense as they were the more recongized company out of the two.
Actually, it does indeed say that the rumors of the two companies' merging is true. So start the celebrating, my friends. Maybe Sega won't have to beg for money from M$ anymore...
Post by: Arbok on April 17, 2003, 07:04:55 PM
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Originally posted by: AlphaDragoon2002
Actually, it does indeed say that the rumors of the two companies' merging is true. So start the celebrating, my friends. Maybe Sega won't have to beg for money from M$ anymore...
I was talking about Nintendo buying up both of the companies once they merged, something "Mario" mentioned with no indication of it happening.
Post by: VideoGamerX on April 17, 2003, 07:05:47 PM
Me: I call it.... Samco
Everyone else: x_x
Post by: Grey Ninja on April 17, 2003, 07:06:14 PM
Post by: nolimit19 on April 17, 2003, 07:33:15 PM
Post by: Hybrid Hunter on April 17, 2003, 07:53:05 PM
Now they can all meet up up one place to discuss stuff.
Nintendo is smart for making deals with Namco and Sega, they have merged now!
Post by: StRaNgE on April 17, 2003, 09:00:00 PM
Post by: Scyth3r on April 18, 2003, 12:39:55 AM
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Originally posted by: StRaNgE
weren't those 2 companies part of the triforce set up? If so will it now only be the biforce? What's the plan with that? Is it effected?
LMAO. Biforce. Hahahaha.
Post by: oohhboy on April 18, 2003, 03:07:51 AM
Post by: egman on April 18, 2003, 04:52:02 AM
With arcades evaporating at a steady rate, it makes sense for the two largest arcade game developers to band together. I can't wait too see the kind of games that will come of this.
Post by: lastexit on April 18, 2003, 05:21:09 AM
Post by: Fammy2000 on April 18, 2003, 05:38:21 AM
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Originally posted by: StRaNgE
weren't those 2 companies part of the triforce set up? If so will it now only be the biforce? What's the plan with that? Is it effected?
Much like Zelda games, you have to get all three peices of the Triforce. Sega/Namco now have two. Nintendo has the third. It would be ironic if Sega/Namco merged again with Nintendo. Then Nintendo would have the complete triforce and could fight Ganon (Sony?).
Post by: nonjagged on April 18, 2003, 06:36:50 AM
Nintendo has announced they have created a new Internal Development house based in Tokyo and not based in its hometown, to nurture or scout for up and coming talent.
However what if there really was some big announcements, Megaton announcments to come out of all this as certain SegaNamco members left to join the new Internal House Nintendo has suspiciously got up and running.
The suspense is killing me.
E3 is going to show Too Human the game and Factor 5 support and Konami surprise support right?
Will we finally see what Zoonami has been brewing for us?
Muahahahahaha.
2003 = The Year of the Fund Q & Triforce & E3 Megaton-bombs.
Post by: Bullseye on April 18, 2003, 12:07:53 PM
It will be interesting to see what happens in the long run. I'm not as surprised as I was about SquareEnix though. I guess Enix needed the support, but I never thought Square was really financially weak (though they really shot themselves in the foot with that movie). While Enix seemed to strike gold with just DQ, Square tended to create many, many excellent titles that sold very well.
Post by: mouse_clicker on April 18, 2003, 12:52:58 PM
I didn't think Enix was in any economic trouble, though, nor Namco now (shows how much I know about Japanese economics). This is an extremely interesting merger, though- I hope they'll allow cross overs, unlike Squenix.
Post by: SmellySocks on April 18, 2003, 04:38:15 PM
All fighting fans, you can finally say hello to that Tekken/Virtual Fighter crossover. This announcement could just be the one that revitalizes the arcade industry and raises the bar for 3rd parties worldwide. Look to the future...it's just amazing.
Post by: Zelda on April 18, 2003, 06:35:01 PM
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HOLY CRAP! Two parts of the triforce have joined, the third will acquire them both!! OMG!
OMG WTF LOL!!!!!!!!!11111111111
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Post by: nolimit19 on April 18, 2003, 07:09:25 PM
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on April 18, 2003, 11:01:32 PM
if it is indeed true, it makes me happy as it better than EA or MS...
hopefully, namco can whack some business sense into sega...
Post by: Hemmorrhoid on April 19, 2003, 01:26:13 AM
Post by: mouse_clicker on April 19, 2003, 06:34:07 AM
Hemmorhoid: That was just the rumors about Microsoft. The rumors about Namco only popped up only about a week ago, so Sega wouldn't even had time to deny it.
Post by: Nintendo Gamecube on April 19, 2003, 07:42:24 AM
Post by: HereticPB on April 19, 2003, 11:06:11 AM
so no SegaNam, Namco Sega, Namco-Sega.
HtPB
Post by: SmellySocks on April 19, 2003, 11:19:02 AM
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on April 20, 2003, 01:34:35 AM
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AiAi: Dude, NAMCO is saying it's true, on their own website! What more proof do you need? That's about as official as it gets.
since it wasn't reported anywhere else, i got the feeling maybe someone hacked onto the site and posted the news fake. or maybe i had too many beers....
Post by: Reverse_Gecko on April 20, 2003, 08:23:11 AM
Out of the billions of games I own I don't think I have ever bought a namco game before. I've briefly played soul caliber and I've played lots of pacman, but other than that I have no idea how good namco is. Although, Soul Caliber 2 looks sweet.
At any rate, I hope this is good news.
Post by: mouse_clicker on April 20, 2003, 12:02:54 PM
