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Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: mouse_clicker on June 19, 2003, 10:42:12 AM: According to IGNCube Smilebit is making a horse racing game for both the Gamecube and PS2, and it is supposed to be the most realistic entry into the genre. Now maybe this is just me, but is anyone else pissed off that Smilebit gives the XBox Gunvalkyrie and Jet Set Radio Future, and for their first Gamecube game they make a horse racing game? THey'll probably blame it's poor sales on Nintendo and never make another Gamecube game.
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: Grey Ninja on June 19, 2003, 10:46:19 AM: Horse Racing simulation games are HUGE in Japan. I doubt if the game will ever see a North American release, as it's just as you said. Americans could really care less about a horse racing game. It will make "Cubes fly off the shelves" in Japan though I am sure.
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: Hostile Creation on June 19, 2003, 10:48:56 AM: Dude, I'm so hyped about this game. It's teh r0xx0rs!!!11!!

Nah, I think I'll just go for F-zero.
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: rpglover on June 19, 2003, 02:02:21 PM: i am a little dissapointed at the fact that the xbox got those games, but i dont think their sales were good at all
oh and dont forget the fact that smilebit gave the xbox PANZER DRAGOON ORTA...
i dont own an xbox so i am a little dissapointed i wont see those games on another system
hopefully this horse racing game will be a good seller for the gc so we can see some other smilebit games in the future
Title: RE: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: Termin8Anakin on June 19, 2003, 02:10:20 PM: WOW! Horse racing! Who'da thought that a cool Horse racing game would be the debut of Smilebit on Gamecube? I can't wait!
Run Thunder! Run! GO! YAY!
Look at that! Look how fast he is on the screen!
Button mashing galore!
Title: RE: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: aoi tsuki on June 19, 2003, 04:16:31 PM: They did a horse racing sim on PS2 a couple years back, as well as a few games in the "Let's Make" series, and some J. League soccer games. It'll boost Japanese GC sales at least.
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: joeamis on June 19, 2003, 08:50:17 PM: have you ever played a horse racing game?
they're fun
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on June 19, 2003, 11:49:33 PM: I was dissapointed too. I know derby games are popular in Japan, but damn, I was hoping for something better than that.
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: egman on June 20, 2003, 05:16:44 AM: Horse racing sims do have their audience, but having fallen in with PDO and JSRF, it kind of breaks my heart that we are not seeing anything at that level of creativity on the GC. Hopefully this won't be the only thing they give Nintendo.
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: nitsu niflheim on June 20, 2003, 07:53:04 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: Termin8Anakin
WOW! Horse racing! Who'da thought that a cool Horse racing game would be the debut of Smilebit on Gamecube? I can't wait!
Run Thunder! Run! GO! YAY!
Look at that! Look how fast he is on the screen!
Button mashing galore!

I bet you are anticpating this game just slightly less than the next Harry Potter game, eh?
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: Ninja X on June 20, 2003, 01:34:36 PM: This is almost as good as EA's GCN exclusive Disney's Party.
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: joeamis on June 20, 2003, 01:46:26 PM: why is everyone bashing horse racing???
horse racing games are very creative too
and they're a hell of alot of fun
who here has played Gallop Racer series or G1 Jockey???
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: Bartman3010 on June 20, 2003, 04:20:35 PM: They're probably more fun in the arcades. But you know..
Title: RE: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: aoi tsuki on June 20, 2003, 04:50:07 PM: Bashing horse racing sims when you've never played one is akin to calling the Gamecube kiddy without playing the games.

i've been meaning to play one myself. It's one of the few genres i've never tried myself. They're still wildly popular in Japan, and have a lot of fans outside of Japan.
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: Hostile Creation on June 20, 2003, 05:19:28 PM: I'm not much for horse racing itself, much less a game. I'll admit it could be fun, but it's probably not my type of game.

Though racing Epona in OoT is not unenjoyable. . .
Title: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: mouse_clicker on June 20, 2003, 07:55:11 PM: Hmm, let's see- I don't like horses, I don't like realistic racing games, I don't like 99% of arcade ports, and I don't like actual horse racing. Anyone who doesn't derive the natural conclusion that I won't like a horse racing game from all of this is either blind or stupid. What I DO like are just about all of Smilebit's other games and I'm a bit pissed we're not getting them.
Title: RE: New Game from Smilebit
Post by: KDR_11k on June 20, 2003, 11:16:49 PM: Like you cannot understand why horse racing games are popular in Japan, I cannot understand why deer hunter games became popular in the US or why Moorhuhn stayed alive longer than its publisher...