Topic: Acclaim drops all support for Nintendo!

[Perfect Cell]

Sorry but this ISNT good news, any company regardless of its quality dropping support for the cube is never good news... Yes Turok GC sucked... so what? The fact is this is bad press, it tells gamers that Nintendo is doing bad... Bad Press is never wanted folks...

[Bartman3010]

Hang on yall

http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=4469

Apparently they're not going to drop the ball just yet. Good ol' PGC asked these guys what was up and apparently, Cube development hasnt gone to a near complete halt. Just some decisive porting thats all.

This is still somewhat bad news, but whats with the CEO guy? Did he really say that or did someone twist his words?

[Lumas Etima]

NOOOO!  How am I going to play all the great games I was looking forward to playing?  Games like Viewtiful Joe, F-Zero GC, Mario Golf, Soul Calibur II...oh wait, Acclaim has nothing to do with any of the games I'm looking forward to playing.  Come to think of it, out of the 20+ games I own, none are from Acclaim.  As far as I'm concerned, this should have been the other way around--Nintendo should have dumped Acclaim.  Who needs a crappy, rushed Turok game when we already have the beautiful TimeSplitters 2, and the innovative Geist showing up in the near future?  This news make me more happy than upset.

But hey, how about their brilliant new advertising/publicity stunt where they spray paint trained pigeons with the logo for their new tennis game?  I hear if one of them craps on you, you can change your name to Turok, and Acclaim will pay for your dry-cleaning for a day.

[Grey Ninja]

Thanks guys...  I knew that there was some Acclaim game I really did like, but I couldn't remember what it was.  It was Burnout!  I suppose I had better hunt down a copy and buy it someday so that Acclaim will at least keep that game on GameCube.  

[AgentSeven]

I'm sorry to say this but Acclaim games have always been PURE GARBAGE since the days of the N.E.S.  It's not Nintendo's nor is it the GameCube's fault that this company can't sell it's horrible games.

I have been playing their trash games ever since the 8-bit days.  I could never understand why Nintendo would let this group of No-Talent game designers publish games on it's various systems.

BMX-XXX and the last couple of Turok Games are a disgrace to gaming!  The next step for Acclaim will be it's going out of business announcement.  Good Riddance!

Companies like Acclaim actually hurt the game industry and gamers everywhere.  Shovel ware fills valuble shelf space and bad games make people less interested in the hobby.

Let's all have a party in celebration of Acclaim's departure!  

[Michael8983]

Acclaim and other similar developers just need to adopt Nintendo's quality over quantity policy . . . at least in terms of Gamecube support.
Honestly, most if not all of Acclaim's games shouldn't be on the Gamecube. Games that range from mediocre to bad just don't sell on the Gamecube and I personally have no problem with that. They deserve to sell poorly and if they somehow manage to sell decently enough on the PS2 or XBox so that they make even a tiny profit ... well, that just doesn't speak well for PS2 and XBox owners who either have really bad taste in games or are, more likely, too stupid to do even a little bit of research to find out a game isn't worth buying. I suppose maybe they just go to the store and buy a game based on how cool the box-art is.
Fortunately, great games DO sell on the Gamecube. In fact, just about all of the third-party titles on the Gamecube that deserved to sell well did sell well including the REmake and RE0.  So I think it would be a wise move if Acclaim kept all of its mediocre to bad games on the PS2 or XBox where people are apparently naive enough to buy them and, in the unlikely event it actually creates a great game at some point, they should put it on the Gamecube where I'm confident it would sell very well.  

[Infernal Monkey]

Doesn't Acclaim also publish the Mortal Kombat games? It's been so long since I've played one, but I remember seeing the Acclaim logo during Mortal Kombat 2

AgentSeven, yeah, lets have that party. Hell, lets have a party every time a major developer/publisher leaves Nintendo. Hey, maybe we can also have a party when Nintendo is forced out of the bloody console market BECAUSE EVERY DEVELOPER HAS LEFT THEM DUE TO BAD SALES.

THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING. NO MATTER WHAT WAY YOU LOOK AT IT!  

[Michael8983]

"Hey, maybe we can also have a party when Nintendo is forced out of the bloody console market BECAUSE EVERY DEVELOPER HAS LEFT THEM DUE TO BAD SALES."

Essentially all developers left Nintendo last generation on account of the cartridge format and Nintendo not only wasn't forced to exit the market but actually made a huge profit of its console (it actually made more than Sony made off the PSX). Now, with very little help from third-party developers, the Gamecube is keeping pace with the N64 and Nintendo is making a nice profit off of it too. All signs suggest Nintendo can not only survive but actually thrive on its first and second party support alone.
So it's understandable that most people aren't exactly horrified about a developer abandoning Nintendo (which turns out to not even be true anyway). Especially when other more prominent developers like Capcom, Namco and Sega are not only supporting the Gamecube, but supporting it with exclusive titles. Many of which have sold very well.

"THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING. NO MATTER WHAT WAY YOU LOOK AT IT!"

This is just a necessary progression. Developers have to realize that Nintendo and the people who buy Nintendo consoles are as different as night and day compared to Sony, MS, and the people who buy those consoles. That's exactly how Nintendo intended it to be too.
Capcom, Namco, and Sega have the right idea about Gamecube development and that's why they've had success developing for it. In some cases, more success than they've had on the PS2 and XBox. Developers like Acclaim are just making the mistake of thinking the same tactics it uses to make a profit off the PS2 and maybe the XBox will work on the Gamecube. They have to wake up and realize the Gamecube is different and needs to be treated as such. But, really, Acclaim doesn't have the talent or originality to create the kind of games that will sell well on the Gamecube so it probably should just go ahead and stop all Gamecube development afterall.  

[yellowfellow]

the only bad i can see from this is just what Perfect Cell uttered: it's bad press for nintendo.  
seeing support go down for our system is disheartening but c'mon with all the games coming out, there really is no way i can afford (money and time) for anything more.  
Lumas' mentality is exactly how i see it... people buy nintendo consoles to buy nintendo games.  

it sounds bad for nintendo, but when you sit back, relax, and take your Ritalin you realize that a) Acclaim is a business and it really does make no sense for them to release garbage which is NOT going to sell on a nintendo console (partially because of demographics and partially because they cannot stand out compared to nintendo and other stellar 3rd party offerings) and b) it reduces the metric assload of garbage that clutters the market.  Additionally, perhaps Acclaim can use the free developers (who would normally be "occupied" with our shoddy ports) to better their own games.

so basically, i'm disappointed because it is damaging news to nintendo's already bruised image, but i've estimated approx. $800CDN in games i must have for the rest of this year, 1 of which is published by Acclaim, and frankly, it is just better business for Acclaim to follow this path ...so be it.

i'm also surprised no one has used the moniker "ACK-LAME"

edit: i see i just touched on some of the same points as michael and didn't notice Ian Sane's comment

[AgentSeven]

Infernal monkey, don't get your panties in a bunch.  Nobody is celebrating Nintendo's loss of third party developers.  However, I was glad to see both Rare and Acclaim leave the Nintendo stable.  Good Riddance to them both.  Goodbye to the endless delays and the crappy software.  Let these companies plague the less informed Ps2 owners, who love shallow crap.

Nintendo fans have taste, thats all.  Why buy Turok when you can get Zelda, Metroid or Mario?  Bmx XXX and Conker's BFD are embarrassments to the game industry.  The only reason they went with their quasi-pornographic content is because at heart, both games were complete junk.  Games like these belong on the Ps2, a system perfectly suited for the uninformed and occasionally, unitelligent masses. (yes, I do own a ps2, so don't call me a fanboy, I'm just stating the truth)

Nintendo has SquareEnix, Sega, Factor 5, Retro and many, many more.  Nintendo will survive.  

[DiggleD44]

Burnout 2 was awesome. That was the only game i bought from Acclaim though. Oh well..............



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[alvinaloy]

When will companies stop blaming consoles for poor sales and start looking internally at their own lineup of crappy games? I've never been a big fan of Acclaim. I know they have a few gems in the past but nothing since then.

[Bartman3010]

uhh, you guys do realize that PGC said earlier that Acclaim's quote was taken out of context?

[Uncle Rich AiAi]

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Originally posted by: Infernal Monkey
Doesn't Acclaim also publish the Mortal Kombat games?

No, it's Midway...

Funny, looks like I'm not the only one that sometimes get confuse who publishes which game between Midway, Acclain and Activision.

[nitsu niflheim]

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uhh, you guys do realize that PGC said earlier that Acclaim's quote was taken out of context?

Of course Acclaim would say that, they realize that they made a mistake and are now trying to fix it.  At first they say that they aren't going to support the GCN at all anytime in the future after current schedules games are released.  Now they are saying something different because they did not get the reaction they were looking for.  Acclaim in my opinion has not put out a killer app since Mortal Kimbat 2 on the SNES and I think I was 17 when that came out and I'm 24 now.  Acclaim is a shovelware company and their games don't sell like hotcakes on either the PS2 or Xbox, but because it is the general plan to blame Nintendo for everything they decided that the GCN is the reason behind it all.  If Acclaim actually spent more than five minutes making a game it might actually be worth purchasing.  I guess sales of Turok Evolution (?) and BMX XXX were muilti million selling on PS2 and Xbox, if that were true then why don't I remember seeing them show up on sales charts.  Yet The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker sould more copies in the first week of release (the last week of March) than every game released in the first quarter of 2003.  The GCN is not to blame for anything, it is the lack of Acclaim's ability to actually put any effort into their games.

[Syl]

I'm LOVING Burnout 2, and I've heard that the Burnout series HAS and DOES sell well on Gamecube, so I severly doubt that theyre going to pull a game that IS selling well.  However, Burnout 2 isn't MADE at acclaim, "Criterion Labs" made the game, Acclaim is just the publisher.   So I'm not quite sure how that affects Acclaim that much.  Criterion Labs seems to definately favor Value over Quick and Easy Ports/Sequels, every port of Burnout 2 has been improved.  (PS2 < GC < Xbox) and i wish thats how all of acclaim was.

[WhoDey]

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Originally posted by: AgentSeven
 Bmx XXX and Conker's BFD are embarrassments to the game industry.  The only reason they went with their quasi-pornographic content is because at heart, both games were complete junk.  .

I'd be interested to know if you actually played Conker's BFD. I think it would have been a good game even without all the "immature" humor. All the variety in gameplay made it a fun game to play through, atleast I thought so. But to call it "complete junk", I'll have to strongly disagree. As for BMX XXX, I have no desire to play that one but from what I have read you are absolutely correct in calling that one junk.

[ezaphlix]

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Originally posted by: AiAi

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Originally posted by: Infernal Monkey
Doesn't Acclaim also publish the Mortal Kombat games?

No, it's Midway...

Acclaim did publish the home ports of the first two games, so close enough.

This situation though is a nice double-edged sword though.  Fewer games=bad.  Fewer bad games=good.  I'm not gonna miss them though.  After all, of the hundreds of games I own on a dozen systems, only two of them are from Acclaim:  Dave Mirra 2 for GC, whose developer was bought out by Activision anyway, and Wizards and Warriors for NES,  the former crashed on me counless times and the latter I've played twice.  I could care less if they went under, especially the ad-wizards at the UK office.

[ThePerm]

screw acclaim, i hope they go out of business