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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The Third Pillar
« on: March 18, 2006, 08:05:45 PM »
I hope you know what you're doing by saying the Genesis was better than the SNES, Animecyberrat. A lot of people, myself included, view the SNES as Nintendo's best console. And to say there was no fresh ideas, well, that's just crazy. Super Mario Kart, F-Zero, Kirby's Dream Course, EarthBound, Harvest Moon and Mario Paint are a few examples.
As far as I'm concerned, most of the sequels were better than NES orginals (except for the Mario games).
Super Metroid > Metroid.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past > The Legend of Zelda.
Kirby SuperStar > Kirby's Adventure.
Anyways, I know you can point to examples as well. I realize Sonic the Hedgehog itself was quite new and orginal then. I'm just saying there was alot of originality on the SNES.
Hey, back on topic.
I feel the same way as jasonditz. Handhelds interested me abit but I never got into them. I was too busy buying games for my consoles. But when the DS came out, I was interested partly because it was the first 3D graphic capable handheld Nintendo had came out with. (Virtual Boy doesn't count.) But also, it was because it was so different from other handhelds before it. Still, some months passed and I'd see a game come out for it here or there. With E3 approaching, I thought I might subscribe to Nintendo Power to keep up with the latest regarding Nintendo's new console. (I've since found out, I can learn all the details as it happeens on the internet.)
The issue I bought was focusing on the future for the DS. I read about the games coming out was amazed. Reading the games list and seeing that Nintendo was coming out with a new Super Mario Bros. Really got me excited. So, I went on the internet to see what I could find about the DS and came upon IGN for the first time. I also discovered PlanetGameCube for the first time. I read every review for every game and was just amazed at what I read, even though a lot of games were getting so-so review and Nintendo was being blasted for its weak launch. After reading those reviews, I thought to myself how Nintendo was operating on a whole different level. I've thought of ideas for games before but reading what the DS could do and what had been made just showed me a whole new games could be made. Soon after, I went to an EB games and tried a DS on display. Frankly, just using the touch screen was amazing. Now, I had to have one. Since they were releasing a blue DS bundled with Mario soon, I waited for that. When it came out, I bought and the rest is history.
But I do just want to quickly mention a couple of my first impressions. First, I was amazed at the speakers of the system. Second, playing some of the minigames with the touchscreen again amazed me with its accuracy. Finally, having a picture split between two screens was also neat.
Nowadays, I've lost that inital awe. But every once in awhile, I'll play something that, for a moment, brings it back. It is an awesome third pillar.
As far as I'm concerned, most of the sequels were better than NES orginals (except for the Mario games).
Super Metroid > Metroid.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past > The Legend of Zelda.
Kirby SuperStar > Kirby's Adventure.
Anyways, I know you can point to examples as well. I realize Sonic the Hedgehog itself was quite new and orginal then. I'm just saying there was alot of originality on the SNES.
Hey, back on topic.
I feel the same way as jasonditz. Handhelds interested me abit but I never got into them. I was too busy buying games for my consoles. But when the DS came out, I was interested partly because it was the first 3D graphic capable handheld Nintendo had came out with. (Virtual Boy doesn't count.) But also, it was because it was so different from other handhelds before it. Still, some months passed and I'd see a game come out for it here or there. With E3 approaching, I thought I might subscribe to Nintendo Power to keep up with the latest regarding Nintendo's new console. (I've since found out, I can learn all the details as it happeens on the internet.)
The issue I bought was focusing on the future for the DS. I read about the games coming out was amazed. Reading the games list and seeing that Nintendo was coming out with a new Super Mario Bros. Really got me excited. So, I went on the internet to see what I could find about the DS and came upon IGN for the first time. I also discovered PlanetGameCube for the first time. I read every review for every game and was just amazed at what I read, even though a lot of games were getting so-so review and Nintendo was being blasted for its weak launch. After reading those reviews, I thought to myself how Nintendo was operating on a whole different level. I've thought of ideas for games before but reading what the DS could do and what had been made just showed me a whole new games could be made. Soon after, I went to an EB games and tried a DS on display. Frankly, just using the touch screen was amazing. Now, I had to have one. Since they were releasing a blue DS bundled with Mario soon, I waited for that. When it came out, I bought and the rest is history.
But I do just want to quickly mention a couple of my first impressions. First, I was amazed at the speakers of the system. Second, playing some of the minigames with the touchscreen again amazed me with its accuracy. Finally, having a picture split between two screens was also neat.
Nowadays, I've lost that inital awe. But every once in awhile, I'll play something that, for a moment, brings it back. It is an awesome third pillar.