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Nintendo Gaming / Baten Kaitos

« on: July 21, 2003, 08:07:37 AM »

IGN has posted information about Baten Kaitos. The game is being devoloped by Monolith and will be released in Decmeber (in Japan) through Namco. The games sounds very interesting and the screen shots look promising. What are the chances of seeing this game released in the US in 2004?

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Nintendo Gaming / Would this be enough to help Nintendo reclaim the #1 position?

« on: July 10, 2003, 12:04:29 PM »

Throughout this current generation of consoles and even in the previous one, we often hear the same thing:

Sony is in first place because their machine came out first, before their competition. Due to this headstart, they were able to have a nice-sized library of available titles by the time Nintendo and Microsoft launched their new consoles. Ultimately, it was this headstart and the selection of games already available that helped Sony beat Nintendo and Microsoft and remain in the #1 position.

If we were to listen to (and believe) all of the current rumors regarding the next generation of consoles, Nintendo's successor to the GameCube might see a Fall 2004 launch in Japan following a stateside release in early to mid-2005. If Nintendo does in fact have a new machine ready for release this early, they will most likely launch before Sony and Microsoft. I have read some reports that indicate Sony's PlayStation3 won't be ready until 2006. Microsoft has yet to even announce a successor to the X-Box, even though it's widely speculated that there will be one (we all know it's coming).

If Nintendo does in fact launch in 2005 before Sony and Microsoft, will this be the beginning of the Big N's return to glory? It's quite obvious that they are learning their lesson from the past 2 generations and now see the importance of delivering a new machine first. Will following the example set by Sony, and more or less fighting them with a taste of their own medicine lead Nintendo to victory?

Although an earlier launch could mean a less powerful machine (less powerful than PS3/X-Box2) similar to how the PS2 is inferior to the GameCube and X-Box, they could use the early launch to their advantage. This would allow them to have a wide selection of games already available by the time Sony and Microsoft are ready to launch their new systems. With proper 3rd party support and quality games, Nintendo could finally prove to all of the nay sayers out there that they are still in the game and kicking ass!    

[Famitsu: What can you tell us about the Gamecube 2? Satoru Iwata: It will be able to use the gamers already created in the previous generation. And it is something that will work. Side performances and graphics, one reached today a kind of limit with a quality which is already close to realism and it will be difficult to still much better do. The role of Nintendo is thus to study other ways in order to improve the experience of the player.]

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Nintendo Gaming / Iwata confirms backward compatibility on Nintendo's next console?

« on: May 22, 2003, 05:33:54 AM »

I ran across this over at www.GameCubeNetwork.com - this is an excerpt from, supposedly, an interview (translation courtesy of Babble Fish) from Japan's Famitsu magazine with Satoru Iwata. If the translation is accurate (and the interview is legitimate), Iwata officially states that Nintendo's next game console will in fact be backward compatible with the Game Cube. I hope this is true...


Famitsu: What can you tell us about the Gamecube 2?

Satoru Iwata: It will be able to use the gamers already created in the previous generation. And it is something that will work. Side performances and graphics, one reached today a kind of limit with a quality which is already close to realism and it will be difficult to still much better do. The role of Nintendo is thus to study other ways in order to improve the experience of the player.

[Enter The Matrix]

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Nintendo Gaming / Has E3 Stolen The Thunder From The Matrix?

« on: May 15, 2003, 07:16:18 AM »

Before E3 began, all we heard about throughout the various different video gaming sites was hype for today's release of Enter The Matrix. Some people had gone so far as to claim that it is the greatest video game ever made (I will be getting my copy today, I guess I'll know soon, LOL). Now that E3 has arrived, I have noticed that the Enter The Matrix news and hype seems to have come to a standstill. Is it that the E3 coverage of games that won't be released for a while is overshadowing news on games that are here and available now? What's the deal?

[HUGE]

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Nintendo Gaming / Star Wars Games

« on: April 10, 2003, 04:25:12 AM »

I am a HUGE Star Wars fan (who isn't?). At 27 years old, I can honestly say that I have been into Star Wars for the last 23 or 24 years.

I own Rogue Leader for my Game Cube and I love it. My question is for anyone that owns or has played the other Star Wars games available for the Cube. I have seen Jedi Outcast, The Clone Wars and Bounty Hunter in the stores. I haven't really seen much mentioned about any of these games on-line. The little I have seen wasn't very flattering. Are these games really that bad? Are any of them worth adding to my collection, or should I just forget about them and wait for Rogue Squadron III?

Thanks.