Topic: GCN-GBA Connectivity: who cares?

[Cap]

personaly i bought a gba for the sole purpose of the gc link, and have been disapointed until now. finaly there are games built around the link, rather then just extras being tossed on. i can understand why people would be upset not being able to play some of these games, but games like four swords and pac-man are great ideas that make a whole new type of gaming that i'm looking forward to. on that note, with all the recent games announced i think bundling gc with a gba would have been a better choice then the gb player, but its a still a good move that should sell some systems.

[WesDawg]

This is definately the strangest E3 ever.

[SatansNemesis]

And we still have another day of it all! I love these games like four swords GC! that looks so cool! I picture it like Link to the past multiplayer. Since its on GC it should have a huge epic adventure involved that can be bigger than any other zelda to date. Hey, what about the new GBA zelda that was supposed to be coming from capcom? could that have anything to do with this? Maybe this is that? of could there be a GBA version that can link with the GC version for even more options and gameplay?  

[NWR_Lindy]

Hostile Creation: Good to see somebody around here living up their name.  "Idiotic and unintelligent"?  Bwahahaha.  Spare me the flame bait.  I won't even touch the "video games are for fun" comment.

Sure computers have had online gaming for a while.  Thing is, we're not talking about computers here.  We're talking about consoles.  For consoles, online gaming is a new frontier, so to me that's innovative.  Instead of being on that cutting edge, Nintendo is shying away from it.

You do have a point though, for me to say those games aren't innovative is totally off-base.  They're definitely innovative within the contexts of their respective series and genres.  And I can't say that Nintendo as a company isn't innovative - they have tried all sorts of new stuff, like the Virtual Boy, 64DD and GBA-GCN connectivity, even if they fell flat on their face because of it.

Still, I'd like Nintendo to embrace the mainstream a little more.  They have to realize that it's OK to copy somebody else's idea and then do it better - that's what Sony did, that's what Microsoft did.  Nintendo should take the best that Sony and Microsoft have to offer (in both games and hardware), match that, and then one-up it.  They haven't done that, with hardware at least, since the SNES.

silks

[DRJ]

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Still, I'd like Nintendo to embrace the mainstream a little more. They have to realize that it's OK to copy somebody else's idea and then do it better - that's what Sony did, that's what Microsoft did

What exactly has M$ copied and made better? They are losing money better than Sony or Nintendo, but I wouldnt brag about that.

[Ninja X]

Umm....you want my opinion on GCN-GBA connectivity.

It works both ways for Nintendo.

Number one, it will not be a system seller.  The features incorporated with connectivity are not system-seller type options, like playing the original Metroid.

However, with games like Final Fantasy that are huge in Japan, it might convince GBA owners who are fans of the series to buy a GCN.  And many FF fans own a GBA.  Do not forget the Pokemon game for GCN that will probably have connectivity features.  

And this is Nintendo's try at offering a feature Sony and Microsoft cannot offer.  And they are doing exactly that.


I still admit, it is quite naive of Nintendo to think of connectivity as a system-seller when most people do not give a damn and go no playing Halo, Grand Theft Auto, or Pokemon.

[T-Tiger]

I think its nice to have something that you can brag about to your PS2 and Xbox friends. Like in Splinter Cell, you can say that you can unlock levels and they can't (which I do) :-D  

[Cap]

i think part of the reason that no one cares about the link is becouse until now, nothing even remotely worth while was done with it.  the tingle tuner in zelda was about the best the link had to offer. everthing else was just tacked on extras(same with the tingle tuner), that limit what some people could get out of the game. if they make games that are meant, and designed to play with the link, i think it could definately be a selling point. my only problem is that most of these games seem to multiplayer, and requiring more then one gba. i only know one other person with a gba, but i think he will be excited to hear about games like four swords gc and ff:cc.  

[Matt]

This connectivity is a major innovation.

It is a major reason to get GCN/GBA.

Connectivity between the two is great.

Many gamers care; Nintendo cares.

[NWR_Lindy]

Yes.

No.

Yes.

No.

No; Yes.

silks

[olimar]

I don't like the connectivity right now but the mini games at e3 are interesting.  They should put those three games(Pac-man, Tetra's tracker and Four Swords) on on disk and sell it because they arn't worth 50 a piece.

I don't think it is replacing online play.
I think we may see online play from nintendo in the future. It seems every time they talk about it it becomes more of a posibility so i think they are working on something and hopefully they will do it right.

About packing the gba player in with the gcn i wonder if that will be only for the black gamecubes unless they decided to make purple Gba Players(hopefully they did).