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Contra: Shattered Soldier ported over to GameCube
ShockingAlberto:
Nintendo fans do have the right to complain. Despite what you may think, Konami is not being "charitable" by porting a game to the GC. Konami owes Nintendo it's lifeblood. They never would have become the power they are now without the NES, the SNES, and (most importantly) the GBA. Nintendo lets them freely develop for the GBA without a contract clause that they need to support the GC. It's the same clause they have with Square (rather, it's subsidiary company). Konami makes a ton off the GBA, the least they could do is give us what we want on the Gamecube.
So, yes, we have a right to complain. Imagine if Nintendo only supported the GBA, and occascionally threw an N64 port at the Gamecube.
-- ShockingAlberto
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Koopa Troopa:
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And yes, Shattered Soldier is freaking hard, but it is in fact not substantially harder than some other Contras! Some friends and I played it for about 5 hours (co-op makes it MUCH easier) and we found that it's hard, but it's entirely do-able with lots of practice and pattern memorization. Better yet: the game is SO FUN you WANT to keep playing. Even more than that, it's old-school in the way that it really sparks your gaming pride--you find yourself saying, "You'll never take me alive, Contra!!!!!"
So, don't be a wussy; get this game. ;-)
(Likewise with Ikaruga. Anyone who says it's not good because it's "too hard" is a friggin' pansy. How's that for a ridiculous macho American statement? hahaha....)
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I adore insanely difficult games! You want replay value? Don't give us saves, DO give us a limited lives/continues, and make the enemy number in the thousands with insane levels of difficulty!
Sean:
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ShockingAlberto writes: Nintendo fans do have the right to complain.
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Um, ShockingAlberto, don't take this the wrong way, but no, Nintendo fans don't have the right to complain. Konami doesn't owe Nintendo or YOU anything. They are a company trying to make good, entertaining games, and if they don't think the GCN is a viable platform, that's their decision!!
I don't see where everyone gets off thinking they have the "right" to claim they deserve this or they deserve that. It's the height of selfishness to carry on in this way, and it needs to stop.
Let me clear up what I mean before everyone starts yelling about free speech...haha.
You have the right to yell about what you want. You have to right to scream that you deserve this or that. You have the right, let's face it, to do whatever the crap you want. What does that mean in the end? Nada.
Some of us need to get over ourselves and realize that there are three actual consoles vying for profit. On top of that, there are HUNDREDS of game makers doing the same thing. If Konami has an unfair view of the GameCube's audience, fine. That's their thing. But your so-called "right" to complain is so utterly useless.
And saying that Konami wouldn't be where they are today without SNES and NES is not a valid argument considering Nintendo held the monopoly on gaming for many a year (though not through all of the SNES' run). Competition is actually a good thing, and sometimes--[here comes a grand breakthrough you may not have heard before]--you don't get everything you want! Can you imagine?
Konami owes Nintendo its lifeblood??? I think you've got that at least a LITTLE backward: without great third parties like Konami and Capcom, etc., Nintendo wouldn't have been as successful as they were. Nintendo's first party stuff keeps them afloat, sure, but quite a few years ago, the work of third parties like Konami made Nintendo a super-power towering over everything else. When they left, or lessened support, Nintendo dropped to second or third. Period.
Konami owes Nintendo fans nothing. They owe Sony fans nothing. They owe MS fans nothing. They owe it to themselves to do as they please. Sometimes I wish some people could step outside of themselves and read what they are typing when they type it--they might be shocked by what they see.
Nintendork SP:
Contra woops butt!! Love it!! Unfortunately the new sucks.