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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super. Paper. Mario. April. 2007.

« on: June 29, 2007, 06:35:50 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Seriously, NoE needs a punch in the face.

Well, I consider it fair. You guys got Strikers, which I can't -wait- to get my hands on, and we got SPM.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Resident Evil 4 Wiimake on Gamestop's database

« on: June 29, 2007, 06:34:03 AM »

Mine just arrived in the mail sometime this morning, along with Paper Mario. So far, I'm only about 40 minutes in but I'm -LOVING- this control scheme and the game in general. As for SPM, I just popped it in and I'm giving it a whirl as we speak, both games are looking to be good so far.

PS: Having never played RE4 before this version, this is a -blessing-.

[Arbok]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: June 27, 2007, 07:50:53 PM »

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Originally posted by: ShineGet887
For me, graphics aren't much of an issue, but what happens when the other consoles drop in price? It's hard to imagine the Wii's user base just abandoning it, but I think that given this possibility, the Wii will gain a sturdy lead in the first half of the generation, only to be fending off the competitors for the rest of it.

I think you are underestimating what's happening. It's not traditional gamers that are driving Wii sales, although they are being taken along as well, but the system is also appealing to a group which is either new to owning a system or had previously lost interest.

For example, in my advertising class in college, we were able to pick a product in order to build a campaign around. 6 people in the class picked video game systems. Two of them were male, myself included for the Wii and another guy was doing the PS3. The other four were all women, each doing one for the Wii, two of which had never owned a video game system prior and one had stopped playing video games since the SNES before this point.

Because of this, I do feel that Nintendo has begun to reach their goal. They have grown the market, largely thanks to Wii Sports... a game that can't really be replicated on the other consoles. Sure this might end up being a very, very casual market that ends up with only a few Wii games in the end, but I do feel that appealing to this demographic would still ensure that hardware numbers outflank both the 360 and PS3 this generation due to what the Wii has to offer.

On that opening statement, it's hard for me to be optimistic. Not to sound like a martyr or anything, but given my age, I never really saw the day that Nintendo was dominating, so the idea of them doing so now is still a little hard to believe. As for what you said about expanding the market, I absolutely agree, and if Nintendo can continue to build upon the momentum they've established, I see no reason for a major turn around to happen. They used this same sort of strategy with the DS, by expanding the market drastically with their product, they blew Sony and the PSP out of the water with a fairly weak and unattractive handheld in comparison.

One thing's for sure: If sales follow the track their currently on, Nintendo and Wii won't just win, they/it will -dominate-.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: June 27, 2007, 04:49:48 PM »

In response to the current sales numbers of the Wii, I have to say that I'm happy, but far from celebrating. How successful this console will be is heavily dependent on how much 3rd party support it can garner in its first year, and how much it can continuously have despite the dated graphics. For me, graphics aren't much of an issue, but what happens when the other consoles drop in price? It's hard to imagine the Wii's user base just abandoning it, but I think that given this possibility, the Wii will gain a sturdy lead in the first half of the generation, only to be fending off the competitors for the rest of it.

Who knows how it'll all work out in the end, what matters now is that Nintendo is doing great and is putting themselves in position to end the year with a huge lead over the competition.