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Nintendo Gaming / RE:At least somebody at Nintendo's Marketing dept is sane.
« on: September 23, 2005, 01:27:37 PM »
Ok fine, I'll give you that; from a business/marketing standpoint the SMS commerical was a flop because most of the public perceived it as tiku tiku tiku. HOWEVER, I think it's unfair to blame the commercial for SMS's lack of success. If a game is of million seller quality, then it's gonna sell a million copies regardless of it's ad campaign... unless it's grossly misleading and totally offbase, which was NOT the case for SMS. If anything turned people off from buying SMS it was because you played as Mario with a toy-like talking water nozzle attached to your back while cleaning goo off of an island. It was the game itself, not the foam-rubber costume with the happy music in the commercial that attributed to it's lack of sales. The SSB commercial proves this.

EDIT: In NO way am I bashing SMS. I just feel it was a bit too quirky and original to be the Mario 64 sequel that the public was probably expecting. I, for one, LOVED the game and it's commercial.

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General Chat / RE:Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
« on: September 23, 2005, 11:55:19 AM »
I thought it was fan-flippin-tastic. Definitely one of my new favorite movies. I know alot of people complain about it lacking in the story department, but in all fairness, the movie is only an hour and fourty minutes long... it doesn't span 3 discs...

For what it was I thought it was excellent.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:At least somebody at Nintendo's Marketing dept is sane.
« on: September 23, 2005, 11:34:50 AM »
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"The Super Mario Sunshine commercial was the greatest Nintendo commercial of all time. Genius in it's purest form."

Yes, I'm sure that's why the quickly took it off the air and replaced it.  It was just TOO DAMN GOOD that it was hurting sales because the game could not possible match the level of the commercial.


Seriously though, if anyone thought that commercial was truly tiku tiku tiku, they missed the point completely. It's like Nintendo was poking fun at itself and most people didn't get the joke; they just saw the commercial and thought, "OMFG SEE!?! THEY AER KIDDAE!!111". Come on! There was a construction woker and an old man in a electric wheel chair for chrissakes! I think everyone but Nintendo failed with that commercial... but I guess that's just my opinion.

I guess what I'm saying is that it was a great commercial for the sake of being a great commercial... not because it moved alot units/hurt sales/appealed to key demographics/etc. Plus, I really doubt the commercials had much to do with the poor sales. Look at the original Legend of Zelda commercial or even Nintendogs. I HIGHLY doubt that game sold so well because "Nintendogs are off da hook, playa".

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Originally posted by: Pale
Was the smash bros commercial the first one of all of the funny costume ones?


I think credit goes to Sony for their Crash Bandicoot commercials on the PS.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:At least somebody at Nintendo's Marketing dept is sane.
« on: September 23, 2005, 12:19:10 AM »
The Super Mario Sunshine commercial was the greatest Nintendo commercial of all time. Genius in it's purest form.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:DS Demos Can Be Downloaded Via Revolution
« on: September 19, 2005, 11:18:51 AM »
That'd be like paying less than a dollar for every Nintendo game from NES-N64 (provided the Rev sells for around 200). I'd be estatic if they did that, however, I wouldn't be disappointed in the least if they didn't. Remember, this is the same Nintendo that packaged and sold Metroid for $20 after packing it in as a freebie... twice.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Games were likely to see
« on: September 19, 2005, 11:03:47 AM »
I'd love to see Duckhunt return... but it probably won't. Think about it, it was a (great) game where you shot ducks... killing them, and then your dog would retrieve their corpses with glee. That was the Nintendo of 20 years ago... not now. I doubt they would make a game like that now (I'd love to be wrong).

As for Mario Paint... I think it's more suited for the DS. Or wait! Imagine using the DS touch screen and stylus for the Revolution version via the DS and Rev link-up. I think that would be flippin awesome.

I also expect a WarioWare game using all the features of the Rev's controller.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:I think I know what the "HOME" button is...
« on: September 19, 2005, 10:52:10 AM »
Maybe thats what the B trigger is for... the movements won't register unless it is held down or something.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Capcom vs SNK...fighter? no, card game
« on: September 17, 2005, 01:40:09 PM »
Nothing beats the Pokémon Trading Card Game videogame. A videogame of a card game based on a videogame.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The Official IWATAON Speech Thread
« on: September 14, 2005, 07:22:57 PM »
I AM IWATATON! I HUNGER!

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TalkBack / RE:Final Fantasy IV is Coming to GBA
« on: September 14, 2005, 07:16:57 PM »
FF2 USA, FF4 JP. The one with Cecil, Kain, etc...

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And I should have the day off... I hope it rocks my world.

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General Chat / RE:GOING TO JAPAN
« on: September 12, 2005, 06:39:34 PM »
Make that two....




and 4 controllers....









...and SSB Online

Thanks.

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If Iwata was a final boss in an RPG, I imagine that's what his final form would look like.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Princess Peach
« on: September 11, 2005, 11:34:11 AM »
I dunno, maybe it's just the voice.... but everything seems to confuse her. She seems to put off a very confused "oh um uh where am I?" vibe...

"Oh, did I win?"

Now in SMRPG and the Paper Mario games it's totally different story. She's not helpless and scatter-brained at all; but don't get me wrong, I love Princess Toadstool in every shape and form.  

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General Chat / RE:Does Cartoon Network Hate And Love Me At The Same Time?
« on: September 11, 2005, 11:27:36 AM »
Yeah seriously.... I probably laugh out loud at Billy and Mandy more than any show on [adult swim]... well, save for maybe Futurama and Family Guy.

Harvey Birdman is funny, Aqua Teen is hilarious at times but totally stupid at others, Stroker and Hoop kinda is kinda lame but watchable.... however, Tom Goes to the Mayor completely sucks in a complete manner. Futurama and Family Guy are still the best shows, regardless of the fact that I've seen every episode multiple times.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Princess Peach
« on: September 11, 2005, 11:12:06 AM »
I'm glad that they are making a game where the Princess isn't a helpless damsel in distress and is on a quest to save Mario and Luigi... and her weapon is violent mood swings... as if it wasn't enough that she's one of the ditziest blondes in gaming. It's like they took 1 step forward and 5 steps back. I'm sure the girls will appreciate this one... Lord knows I will buy this game on day one.  

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Mine might be buffer but couchmonkey wins for sexiness.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:nintendo revolution software question...
« on: September 07, 2005, 12:56:50 PM »
Hah, thanks.

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General Chat / RE:GOING TO JAPAN
« on: September 06, 2005, 11:27:30 PM »
Good luck... and have a safe trip.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Something important to know about the Revolution
« on: September 06, 2005, 01:36:44 PM »
Yeah, but the DK bongos, Eyetoy and whatever else are all stationary peripherals. When was the last time you saw a demo unit with the controller cords exposed and giving slack... muchless a wireless controller?

I'm not saying "this is the reason why there cannot be any kisoks" nor am I saying "there won't be any" because I believe Nintendo will find a way. I'm just saying the revolutionary features might make it difficult.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Red Star?
« on: September 06, 2005, 12:18:07 AM »
The least Intelligent Systems could have done was pallete swapped the "Red Star" insignia to orange... it's clearly red ingame.  

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Done and done.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Something important to know about the Revolution
« on: September 05, 2005, 11:35:13 PM »
Well, alot of the DS and GCN (as well as PS2 and XBox) kiosks I've seen have been manhandled beyond recognition. Scratched screens, analog worn out, flat buttons, etc. ...all within a week of putting the demo unit out.

I believe all that makes perfect sense if some of the revo's rumored controller features are true. Think about it, if the revo does make use of gyroscopic control, that would mean the player would have to jerk the controller all around... demo controllers now are bolted in place with the cords secured in metal housing. Pretty much, I like the idea of the Revolution's controller to be an untamable beast.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:nintendo revolution software question...
« on: September 05, 2005, 01:17:10 PM »
I hope that guy is for real... all those features would be frickin' awesome.

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TalkBack / RE:Drink Jones Soda and Win Nintendo Stuff
« on: August 25, 2005, 01:31:37 PM »
Lame... here in San Diego, all I see are the bottles. It's flippin' good stuff though. Fufu Berry is great.

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