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TalkBack / RE:GameCube’s Mid-Term Report Card

« on: January 05, 2004, 10:28:25 PM »

before i start: yes i do own a gcn.
Your ratings listed; my comments under.

System Sales: B-

Excuse me. GCN is selling only with the huge price drops. PS2 is kicking both XBX and GCN ass.

Exclusive Games: B

Its not because exclusives are rated E. Its because they suck/dont have mass appeal. I bring up 3 games. (i own all 3 & regret)

SF:A ; they turned it into a collect a thon. The game used to be wicked with shooting spaceships and other cool stuff. Collect-a-thon gameplay is boring. Should of been like space games where you buy upgrades for your ship and take merc missions. SF *IS* a merc after all.

SMS: game lost the sm64 charm. nice attempt but did it have to be so.. fruity? (at some points?) And after the Luigi in SM64 fiasco, how come they didnt throw in something for the fans? Way to diss hardcore fanbase.

Zelda: Was cool at SW2k. Im not here to judge the celshaded, but if everyone thought it was cool at SW2k, why fix it? Z:WW with non-cel could of DOUBLED gcn sales.

Third-party Support: C

Because GCN isn't a pc- this is a good thing but when it comes time to port stuff, its bad.

Sports Games: D

I dont think the GCN is for sports. Everyone has sports; madden etc. on GCN is fine.

Technical Prowess: A

Wow, it has good ability, but where are the games?

Connectivity: F

This is a BIG deal. GCN is the ONLY system with practically no online (and "warppipe" is NOT online, you cant credit nintendo for it as it is done purely by the fanbase.)

Public Image: D

"Why the hell would you buy a GCN anyway? The games suck ass."

The above is what everyone has in their mind. This is why GCN sales lag. The key for nintendo is to offer QUALITY exclusives that people NEED gcn for. Then with the low price EVERYONE will have a gcn on the side.

Overall: C

Screw GBA connectivity. GCN really needs online, better exclusive games with the focus on appeal to "mature" gamers (sad but true. I mean, business is business, and nintendo should drop the "fruity" stuff in favor of more money and sales. This does not mean that gameplay needs a setback.)

It doesn't need the colors. It really needs to go out there and establish dominance by giving the public something from the GCN they cant get anywhere else. My bet is nintendo EASILY has enough exclusives, that given the ads and hyped-graphics, will multiply sales.

TalkBack / RE:Mysterious Next-Gen Title in the Works

« on: December 22, 2003, 02:48:45 PM »

I wonder what it could be?

(first reply!)

Nintendo Gaming / RE:"The Trouble With Nintendo"

« on: December 22, 2003, 02:41:39 PM »

There is a problem with nintendo though. I will use the classic Zelda/"celda" debate here because I think it succintly illustrates it.

At SW2k, the next-gen zelda was shown (a short clip) and it was cool- people were saying that you would buy GCN JUST FOR THIS GAME. Then WW came out. Now, while probably everyone here loves it, the idea is that:

If everyone said it was so super cool back then, why change it? Nintendo just alienated non-hardcore fans. I am not disputing whether the game was good or not (WW), im saying that nintendo could of released something that we AND the general public would both RUSH OUT to buy.

This is the same with MANY franchises (ie. SF:A). Also, the lack of an online strategy hurt nintendo. It didn't even have to be that much- just a simple sort of online play on gamespy or something would of been sufficent. I mean there are some people blessing MK

D, but for what? LAN play? It's a joke. I bought my BBA, and I can't use it for a damn thing! What happened to all the nintendo franchises, the KILLER HITS NO OTHER COMPANY COULD COMPETE WITH. If nintendo loses the "prestige" of these franchises (ie. say starfox or mario are not respected and cool anymore, or god forbid zelda) then they will slowly die (they have no one up.) HOWEVER, having TOP QUALITY franchises will make nintendo EASILY DESTROY any other company (its like having 10 killer apps.)

Nintendo needs to make GOOD franchises, things that are SO GOOD, PEOPLE WILL PURCHASE A CUBE FOR THAT GAME ALONE. Also, they need to offer some sort of online support, even if it is some crappy free thing like gamespy, or something the equivalent of blizzards "battle.net" server, where they play matchmaker. (costs very little.)

im out

TalkBack / RE:iQue Doing Well in China

« on: December 22, 2003, 07:07:31 AM »

It is important to remember that while "sony is losing millions of dollars, it's practically guaranteed," you should know that Sony is in it for market share., and overall they will make more money (just in the next generation.)

ps. i own a cube, not a ps2, not an xbox.

Nintendo Gaming / What Nintendo should do when launching GC2

« on: June 30, 2003, 06:47:57 PM »

>*sigh* Why must we see all these threads? That's what I really want to know.

>Nintendo will do what Nintendo does without consulting us. That's what they have been doing for all my life,
>and that's a large part of the reason I love them so much. They do things unexpectedly, and they always have a surprise for us. If they gave us what we >asked for with every game, then it would get stale really quick wouldn't it? We would have Mario killing hookers, and we would have Link bleeding all >over the ground. Personally, that's something that I don't want to see. If Nintendo became like everyone else, then the Nintendo we all love will be gone.

This is true, but what you dont get is that these ppl including me know noone is listening. its more of an open ended question about why they have come so low. Look:

>Nintendo is making lots of money, and they are doing just fine. Why not let them make the business decisions?

This is where you are wrong. Nintendo used to be synomonous (sp) with videogames. Now they ARE NOT. they used to own 90-99 % of market share. Now sony is the market leader. THEY HAVE LOST THEIR POWER. IT IS SLIPPING.

THEY ARE *NOT* DOING FINE. IN THE BUISNESS WORLD, YOU PLAY TO WIN. THIS MEANS SHUTTING OUT YOUR COMPETITORS. THE ps2 should have less than 20 % of the market share, and the same with xbox. THEY DONT. THIS IS A SERIOUS ERROR BY NINTENDO.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE MARKET SHARE UNTIL THEIR COMPANY NO LONGER BECOMES PROFITABLE, IN WHICH TIME THEY WILL FOLD.

We do not and cannot make decisions for them; what these are, are simply rants; observations, if you will about where nintendo went wrong and what they should be doing.

>I don't really mind if people have a short list of games that they REALLY want to see at launch, but going gung-ho and telling everyone that they have >the "one true plan to RULE THEM ALL" is a little presumptuous I think. It's my opinion that Nintendo knows what's best.

While I agree with you on many points (as i feel alot of these people that you talk about ARE stupid, because they claim that (insert games they like) will sell.), I do not agree with your stance that "nintendo is ok". Thats the problem; they are JUST THAT. THEY SHOULD BE THE #1 LEADER by double or more.

THEY SHOULD BE THE BEST.

Now here are my suggestions:

1) Nintendo has to give the consumer absoloutely no reason not to get a gcn; not from controllers, games, nintendo "image", etc; it must satisfy all these things- and it definetly has to make sure each franchise is replayable, and is very very good.

thats it.

General Chat / Trivia banning

« on: May 23, 2003, 05:38:45 PM »

WTF is with StrikerObi. He kicks me, i come back in and say whyd you ban me? he copies his post. i say theres no reason on there, it just says read the rules, which i have read 3 + times and i am really smart so its not like i dont know the rules.

then i ask a reason ONCE (so so far 2 posts after the ban) and then he adds me to the ban list.

WTF?

Where is strikerobi and whats the reason?

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