Author Topic: Thursday-aton! (Read 88857 times)

Ian Sane · « **Reply #25 on:** May 17, 2005, 08:38:40 PM »

I'm going to assume that nothing is going to happen on Thursday. Why the hell would Nintendo intentionally blow their conference, when everyone is paying attention to them, to "fool" us and show the real deal a few days later when they have to directly compete with everyone else for the spotlight? It logically makes NO SENSE. It's just hopeful thinking. I remember rumours of this sort occured at E3 2003 after Nintendo completely bombed with their connectivity focused conference. These rumours however didn't really occur last year when, by a sheer coincedence I'm sure, Nintendo had a great conference.

People want to see more so they're making sh!t up. Nothing's happening.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #26 on:** May 17, 2005, 08:41:44 PM »

Thanks, Ian. Keep trying to convince me.

This forum needs something like an expectation-lowering thread where everybody just finds as many reasons as they can to rob everybody else of their hope so we can all be surprised.

Arbok · « **Reply #27 on:** May 17, 2005, 08:49:34 PM »

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Originally posted by: PaLaDiN
This forum needs something like an expectation-lowering thread where everybody just finds as many reasons as they can to rob everybody else of their hope so we can all be surprised.

After the still fresh in everyone's memory "mega-ton" (Ok, the words censors here are really starting to piss me off...) ordeal, I would actually agree there.

nemo_83 · « **Reply #28 on:** May 17, 2005, 08:59:47 PM »

the Never Happening, it did nothing but cost me credibility. it was never anything but the empty void of potential Nintendo failed to fill.

norebonomis · « **Reply #29 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:01:56 PM »

if there isn't ALOT more to the so-called 'revolution' i'm going to be super dissapointed in nintendo. so much i won't even buy a rev to play a rev zelda. i will wait if i have to to be able to download it on my ps4 or ps5. i'm completely serious. nintendo either needs to deliver on the revolution/innovative controller. or get up to par with the ps3 tech demos. or else this fanyboy is defecting.

Arbok · « **Reply #30 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:03:29 PM »

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Originally posted by: nemo_83
the Never Happening, it did nothing but cost me credibility. it was never anything but the empty void of potential Nintendo failed to fill.

See you were a victim of the word censors here too... don't get me wrong, I understand the need to censor stuff that might be offensive, but when you start censoring stuff just for kicks, like mega_ton, then you have gone too far.

Anyway, I don't think I would blame Nintendo for that situation in the first place, wasn't really them who built the hype only to dissapoint, it was really built around them and they didn't have anything to do with it really.

SgtShiversBen · « **Reply #31 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:06:23 PM »

Well then norebonomis, if you're going to say bad things about someone, then you shouldn't say it at all. I'm proud to wear this insignia

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #32 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:07:11 PM »

Everybody knows what Never Happening stands for... it's an inside joke and you got your point across before you edited.

lastexit · « **Reply #33 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:08:53 PM »

The videos were clearly clues, one where a woman says "We're ready for the launch on Tuesday..."

And why would they do it? Easy, look at how much discussion there is on the internet already, the SAME DAY as the conference about Nintendo and the Rev? There's more palpable excitement than I can ever remember about Nintendo. EVERYBODY wants to know just what they are up to.

nemo_83 · « **Reply #34 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:11:32 PM »

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Originally posted by: Hedorah64
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Originally posted by: nemo_83
the Never Happening, it did nothing but cost me credibility. it was never anything but the empty void of potential Nintendo failed to fill.

See you were a victim of the word censors here too... don't get me wrong, I understand the need to censor stuff that might be offensive, but when you start censoring stuff just for kicks, like mega_ton, then you have gone too far.

Anyway, I don't think I would blame Nintendo for that situation in the first place, wasn't really them who built the hype only to dissapoint, it was really built around them and they didn't have anything to do with it really.

it turned my post into pigeon english

Obiyo · « **Reply #35 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:12:27 PM »

aaghh!!! Why must nintendo play mind games with us? We've been nothing but loyal to them and they do this to us....

MattVDB · « **Reply #36 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:25:41 PM »

Random thought: Now, this doesn't fit in with quotes a month ago, but to make sense of the comments on Nintendo.com today, what if, they realized they did need to show more, but didn't want to blow what they already had staged for their conference, to do a blowout on Thursday? That would give them a bit more time to get something together, now wouldn't it? *Maybe?*

MarioAllStar · « **Reply #37 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:32:48 PM »

Don't speculate on this too much, it will probably just result in a big disapointment.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #38 on:** May 18, 2005, 01:21:49 AM »

Heh... I love conspiracy theories. Notice the "Nintendo Now" banner on nintendo.com.

OptimusPrime · « **Reply #39 on:** May 18, 2005, 01:40:07 AM »

Right...did Nintendo just magically became the master of mind-games or is this completly bogus... if this all true and Nintendo does have something big for thursday, it's a bloody god hypemachine they started and Reggie took a lot of names allready.

But i'm stil in the denial fase and i have to say...yeah right... put it where the sun don't shine and smoke it.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #40 on:** May 18, 2005, 01:58:02 AM »

I agree, but as conspiracy theories go it's pretty nice.

Holy crap, I've checked a few other sites and this conspiracy is deep and convoluted.

There's so many layers to this thing...

Wow. Even if it turns out to be fake, it's a hell of a ride.

Dryden · « **Reply #41 on:** May 18, 2005, 02:06:25 AM »

Don't hope for a public announcement. But I would bet on a closed door demo for some of Nintendo big partners.

anubis6789 · « **Reply #42 on:** May 18, 2005, 03:07:48 AM »

But what could it possibly be, if it is true?

All I can think of is that they might show the controller, a game, or both.

Maybe they will show off SSB3, or a new mario game.

Darn it... I will not get sucked into this, I was not fooled into believing in the first Never Happening, and I wont be fooled by this one... but I really want to beli... NO, it is not true... but if it is... ARGGG, my brain hurts.

Mario · « **Reply #43 on:** May 18, 2005, 03:09:00 AM »

From that article

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Well, it actually was. In fact, Matt Casamassina of cube.ign.com had a lot to say about why he felt Aries was completely bogus. He claimed that nobody but people as high up in the Nintendo company rank as Reggie himself could have access to information such as what Aries provided.

This made me think. If third party developers are working on Revolution software, they would no doubt know everything about the system, which makes leaks a lot more possible, and Matt claiming that only people high up in Nintendo would know, strikes me as something he'd just say only for the purpose of discrediting this Aries fellow, and not as a logical reason, since people high up in third party companies would also know.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #44 on:** May 18, 2005, 03:43:58 AM »

Wow.

I've been following up on quite a few threads of this "puzzle".

Never Happening has nothing on this. Check a few other messageboards if you're interested... there's about a half-dozen different independent people all corroborating each other.

If it's all a coincidence, I'm impressed by the sheer odds alone.

Mario, the paranoid consensus is that Matt didn't actually deny anything in that quote. What if Aries is actually somebody as high up as Reggie, or God forbid maybe even Reggie himself?

Like I said, completely and utterly ridiculous and yet so very appealingly compelling at the same time. Even if nothing comes out of this weird game I'm enjoying it immensely nonetheless.

Mario · « **Reply #45 on:** May 18, 2005, 03:57:47 AM »

Wow indeed, i'm starting to fall for this too. I'm not getting my hopes up for anything though (i'm already satisfied with E3 from the Zelda trailer alone), but this is fun to speculate. Certainly a lot of things fit, but finding the things that DONT fit are a better way of discrediting something.

...crap, I just tried to think of something that didn't fit, but couldn't.

Let me think some more...

Fish · « **Reply #46 on:** May 18, 2005, 04:07:22 AM »

Never Happening part 2?

I'm there. Hope something happens.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #47 on:** May 18, 2005, 04:21:00 AM »

Oh hell yeah.

Never Happening? This is more like the Yottaton.

HolyJudgement · « **Reply #48 on:** May 18, 2005, 04:23:25 AM »

The puzzle is real!

http://mozlapunk.web-log.nl/log/2574056

Original Thread
http://boards.ign.com/Revolution_Lobby/b8270/87538900/?22

nintendoOn.com is registered by one....Reginald Fils-Aime...which at the moment just takes you to IGN's "fake hype video"

Strell · « **Reply #49 on:** May 18, 2005, 04:24:17 AM »

No.

No no no no no no no no no no no NO no no no NO NO NO.

My fragile brain can't take this sh*t much longer....

Thursday will come and we'll get a new Kirby game. KIRBY'S PIE EATER.

And then it will die out...

no no no no NO, I REFUSE to get my hopes up for Thursday....ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO DO IT.

....sigh...

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Author Topic: Thursday-aton! (Read 88857 times)