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Nintendo Gaming / Too Human?

« on: July 01, 2003, 03:35:31 AM »

"I find that hard to believe considering those pics are from the psx version."

I'm talking about the FMV IGNCube has in their preview, which was from a short video that was being played at Spaceworld.

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Nintendo Gaming / GC2's Launch

« on: June 30, 2003, 10:11:36 AM »

Me and a friend have been putting together exactly how we think Nintendo should handle the launch of their next console. It's very ambitious, but one that could have a HUGE pay off for Nintendo if it worked and would let them really take advantage of whatever head start they have on Sony and MS.

It starts off with launch titles- obviously it should have an incredibly wide variety plus a few big name titles (Mario, Soul Caliber 3, a good FPS, maybe Too Human). Nintendo shouldn't have one or the other but BOTH. However, Nintendo's not real good at providing variety by themselves and 3rd-parties have shown their reluctance in supporting Nintendo's home forays too deeply. To remedy that, we've come up with an excellent idea (well, he came up with it and I built on it)- Nintendo would offer a bundle at launch- basically the Gamecube 2 plus a game (ANY launch/near launch game), for free or more realistically much cheaper. Nintendo then gives the maker of each game chosen as part of the bundle a special commission (my friend suggest 5%, but keep in mind we know jack diddly squat about videogame business finances ). This would give the GC2's 3rd-party support an incredible boost for a number of reasons- 1) it would attract a multitude of 3rd-parties ranging from all genres to support the GC2, 2) it would encourage them to release their game at or very near launch since Nintendo obviously can't support such a deal forever, and 3) it would heavily encourage 3rd-parties to advertise their respected GC2 games in hopes they'll be picked more in the bundle- this also advertises Nintendo's launch at no cost to them. This would quickly and rapidly expand Nintendo's array of games to choose from, attracting more and more buyers, and by the time Sony and MS's consoles launch Nintendo already has an extremely impressive lineup of great 3rd-party titles ranging all across the board, giving even MORE incentive to hold-out buyers to choose a GC2 over a PS3 or XBox 2. It would also be extremely wise of Nintendo to net a hugely popular 3rd-party title (like Grand Theft Auto) to REALLY catch people's interest. On top of that, add a simultaneous worldwide release (launching in Japan, North America, Europe, and Australia at the same time) that will give the GC2 universal appeal before anyone else has a chance to oppose and I could definitely see Nintendo taking the top spot once again.

Now, like I said this is extremely ambitious and risky- we don't even know if it's financially plausible, but one thing you can't deny is if Nintendo really wants to become the industry leader (I know they already make more money than everyone else, but more sales = even more money) they HAVE to do something drastic and do it soon. With a huge launch like what I've described, MS and Sony would have their work cut out for them just to match Nintendo. I really hope some NOA/NCL reps are reading right now. Feedback welcome.

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Nintendo Gaming / Last week it was M$, this week it is Nokia, next week it is some other loser

« on: June 30, 2003, 09:51:07 AM »

Meh, I'm sure the guy got blasted with tons of hatemail since Gabe over at PA wrote up his "opinion" on the subject. You know how rabid PA fans are.

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General Gaming / Rare's ownership

« on: June 30, 2003, 03:37:10 AM »

That sounds about right, ruby, except one of the articles provided states that Blast Corps and Jet Force Gemini are Rare owned and could appear on the XBox if they wished.

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General Chat / Drug Tests, and other things.

« on: June 29, 2003, 03:51:32 PM »

Outside? But, there's PEOPLE outside. o_O

In all seriousness, though, I go out when I can, but like I said in another thread, the weather is always haywire in Kansas and going outside oftentimes isn't the best idea. I also spent several hours riding my bike in 100 degree weather last year delivering papers, too (made $220 a month, which is the main reason I have so many games). And I've seen people with larger collections- there's one 14 year old on IGN whose collection is at elast twice that of mine.

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Nintendo Gaming / Cube to be Number 1 at Summer

« on: June 29, 2003, 03:07:11 PM »

When the Cube is getting outsold by the PS2 by something like 3 to 1, I really doubt a good summer lineup is going to topple that.

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Nintendo Gaming / genius sonority's first cube game.. REVEALED! WOW!

« on: June 29, 2003, 03:06:09 PM »

Meh, well I've known Genious Sonority was making a Pokemon game for a long time and I really doubted they'd be making a DIFFERENT game from the 4 or so already in production, so I knew it had to be one of the currently known ones.

[Enclave]

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General Chat / The Videogame Name Game!

« on: June 29, 2003, 03:04:20 PM »

Enclave

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Nintendo Gaming / Silent Hill 3 on Gamecube?!

« on: June 29, 2003, 03:01:55 PM »

Since when was Eternal Darkness scary? There were maybe 1 or 2 jumpy parts, but it's not supposed to make you scared, like Silent Hill or Resident Evil.

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Nintendo Gaming / genius sonority's first cube game.. REVEALED! WOW!

« on: June 29, 2003, 03:00:01 PM »

We've known about Pokemon Coliseum (Pokemon STADIUM stateside) for a long time, man, since before E3. It's nothing new.

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NWR Feedback / Server Problems?

« on: June 29, 2003, 12:48:46 PM »

I sometimes have the same problem as PIAC, images not loading. Sometimes they extremely elongated, too- very weird, but it goes away after a while. I actually haven't had the problem in a while.

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Nintendo Gaming / When is gamecube going to come with anything good.

« on: June 29, 2003, 12:39:04 PM »

At no point in that incoherent ramble is there anything that can even be considered close to a rational thought- we are all dumber for having read it. Thank you very much.

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General Chat / Drug Tests, and other things.

« on: June 29, 2003, 11:45:19 AM »

I actually bought nearly all those games myself. I'll admit I've got some rich relatives who don't mind dropping some money on me come birthday or Christmas time, but that collection was substantially smaller before I got a job delivering papers last summer. My family definitely isn't at the poverty line, but my dad's *really* cheap and the most I'll get out my parents is maybe 2 GBA games a year.

Oh, and all those NES games came from a rental store that was phasing out their NES games for SNES games and were around a dollar apiece.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Silent Hill 3 on Gamecube?!

« on: June 29, 2003, 11:40:00 AM »

Well, you could say that Konami should port SH 2 or 3 to the Cube since it's been shown we do like survival horror games, but you can also say Konami's been holding off because they know Silent Hill can't compete directly with Resident Evil and since Resident Evil is currently exclusive to one console, they'll build up Silent Hill on the other 2 consoles.

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General Chat / Homestar Runner

« on: June 29, 2003, 11:37:13 AM »

Jesus, Strongbad's emails are among the funniest creations of mankind, especially Teen Girl Squad, English Paper, and the one where he had the dream (you know which one ).

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General Chat / Drug Tests, and other things.

« on: June 29, 2003, 11:33:24 AM »

Joking, right. BTw, puny little game collection you got there. HERE'S a real collection, for a 15 year old at least. 2 games are missing from it, too, since IGN's little game list isn't very complete.

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Nintendo Gaming / Silent Hill 3 on Gamecube?!

« on: June 29, 2003, 11:17:18 AM »

Really? I didn't know that. Is that because Silent Hill 2 sold poorly or because Resident Evil sold well on the Gamecube? I hope it's the latter.

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General Chat / Drug Tests, and other things.

« on: June 29, 2003, 11:06:02 AM »

You've got a point, but you're subject to the same exact thing since you're telling me what I can and cannot say to you. Aside from that, though, there's obviously no point in debating, so I won't get into it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Silent Hill 3 on Gamecube?!

« on: June 29, 2003, 11:02:44 AM »

It is possible that Nintendo's contract with Konami included more than just a remake of Metal Gear Solid. If MGS:TS is indeed a turning point in Nintendo and Konami's relationship, Silent Hill 3 would be a logical port. I'm not saying this isall true, just to keep an open mind, which pretty much everyone is already doing. I'd love to see Silent Hill 3 on the Cube even though I own a PS2 because I really think it would help bring over more of Konami's fan base and improve Nintendo's image a bit.

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Nintendo Gaming / Gc defenders

« on: June 29, 2003, 10:38:29 AM »

Meh, I guess everyone's entitled to their opinion, so here's mine- you're a jackass.

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General Chat / So...How's Life?

« on: June 29, 2003, 10:23:29 AM »

Hm- Kansas must be the perfect place to be a gamer. It's so incredibly boring here (although the locals will plead differently), you HAVE to play videogames to keep yourself sane, I swear. Onm top of that we have the freakiest weather in the country without a lake or ocean to regulate temperature- it could be 40 degrees in the morning and 80 degrees later that day. Nice days are really nice, but those don't come often- since Kansas is flat it's incredibly windy hear (up to 70 mph gusts). I think it's obvious why I don't go outside that much.

[Kirby's Dreamland]

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General Chat / The Videogame Name Game!

« on: June 29, 2003, 10:18:08 AM »

Kirby's Dreamland

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Nintendo Gaming / Silent Hill 3 on Gamecube?!

« on: June 29, 2003, 10:07:28 AM »

Remain immortal in Zelda? Open thew last door in Metroid? I didn't even know there WAS last door. If I lived in the UK I'd buy this mag, regardless of the whole Silent Hill 3 thing.

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General Chat / Drug Tests, and other things.

« on: June 29, 2003, 09:38:33 AM »

Nutmeg in it's natural form is extremely lethal, I believe. I know unroasted cashews are poisonous, as well.

Grey Ninja- At the risk of soundy preachy, there's better ways to pass a drug test.

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General Chat / The Videogame Name Game!

« on: June 28, 2003, 05:15:42 PM »

7 Blades- an action game by Konami for the PS2. Tricky having us find a game that started with 7, aoi.