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Nintendo Gaming / RE:"The Trouble With Nintendo"

« on: December 22, 2003, 03:46:57 PM »

Even though the Dreamcast had a go, online console gaming has only just begun. So low numbers don't surprise me. I still do think it's going to be a huuge advantage for Nintendo in the future. To have the sweet Nintendo only games that everyone wants, as well as Online play with them. Online Mario Kart? Come on. But it could be argued for now, the Gamecube doesnt need online play, as it's all only just started for consoles, and Nintendos strength as the best existing game developer can stand strong without online gaming having to support it. But, like the move from Cart to disc, it is going to have to catch up soon. But it's own games are SO strong, perhaps the online thing isn't essential right now no.  On another point, i also think Nintendo should keep their style, as thats what makes them. I wouldnt have bothered picking a GC up if it wasn't for how they make their games. Why be the same as everyone else? Nintendo are still kind of old school with their approach to games. Not graphically, but gameplay wise, and i like that. We all need a break sometimes from harder stuff. These are GAMES after all.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:"The Trouble With Nintendo"

« on: December 22, 2003, 03:10:46 PM »

"Gah, am I typing in French here? What I MEANT was that Nintendo is certainly not doing bad with their current 3rd party support, and they've still creating the great games they have been for decades now. I know it'd be better IF they had more 3rd party support, but what I'm trying to say is they'renot bad off without it."

I picked this out midway through reading the whole of this dicussion, and from my point of view, it's true. I'm an Xbox owner, i love the damn thing, and despite what some people in here are saying, online is great. I mean if you had the choice to play all your fave GC games online, with Nintendo fans across the world, everyone in here would. The rubbishing of online going on in this topic and others on this forum is simply because the Gamecube doesnt have it yet. HOWEVER...what the Xbox, and PS2 don't have is the Rock solid 1st party quality the Nintendo has. I got GC for that reason only, the Nintendo titles, and a few Sega ones. But mainly Nintendo ones, no matter what system i have, i'm not gonna get the feeling that takes me back to when i used to play games for fun, Nintendos image is more FUN than kiddie to me. Dont have a PS2 only an xbox, so third party titles on GC don't interest me. The GC's sole strength in my humble 17 yrs of gamings opinion...is the fact that it's Nintendo, and that means a cetain type of game, and game quality most people are always gonna buy a nintendo system for. Maybe moreso for older gamers ironically, purely for the sweet nostalgic feeling seeing the nintendo logo on y screen, or seeing Mario gives. Plus the new price drop is extremely attractive, i never bothered getting one before, because the xbox for the most part satifies my gaming needs, but theres always gonna be the hole there, of not having no nintendo style games on it...thus i now have one. A little blindly, the only games i really know are the bigger nintendo ones (Double Dash, Mario Sunshine, Pikmin..err), havent had a nintendo system since SNES, so it's a brand new time of gaming for me cos i know a lot of good stuffs already out there. Still not exacly sure what tho, but i'll find it.