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Nintendo Gaming / Do You think that Nintendo will ever change their image?

« on: April 11, 2003, 08:46:22 AM »

Very good points, Squall and Bonestormer.

I know people who like playing "If I was Nintendo, I would..." but in reality, Rick was partially right when he said profits count the most.  Profits and a good reputationa re the most important, I think.  So far, Nintendo's mature showing is lackluster.  Metroid Prime and Eternal Darkness?  Both sold poorly.  I don't care how many hundreds of thousands of unit they sold, neither of them are not even close to breaking a million worldwide last time I checked.  Capcom was a good start towards breaking their kiddy reputation, but in order to woo developers, I think it's time Nintendo stop pumping out Marios, Zeldas, and Pokemons every few years and concentrate on original games.  A major complaint from developers is that they can't compete with Mario and Zelda.  The stats prove that right.  The only GCN game in the top ten selling games of 2002 was Mario Sunshine.  Plus, original games can give birth to more franchises that can woo more gamers over.  Pikmin is my fav game on the GCN because it's the only great original Nintendo first-party game for the console.  Next is Eternal Darkness, yet another original game from a Nintendo second-party.  After that is Super Smash Bros. Melee.  Even though the game was started on N64, it's still a new franchise from Nintendo.    

As for Nintendo's advertising, I completely agree with Squall.  They suck bad.  Cube Clubs was a very promising start to what looked to be great ad campaigns for GCN, but it all fell apart once we saw for the very first time the pile of dung that was the Mario Sunshine commercial.  Honestly, I saw people laugh at it all day in school.  And yet, Nintendo wonders why Sunshine didn't do so well...

I just think the best thing for them to do is make original games and have more better-quality advertising.  It might mean lower profits, but the risk is well worth it if you can woo mature gamers.  
 

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TalkBack / Lieberman Talks Videogame Violence... Again

« on: April 11, 2003, 08:12:53 AM »

Bet that this study will show kids who play violent video games are violent...

I'm still astonished on why Lieberman won't go after movies or music, more popular forms of entertainment than video games.  He's just one of those pricks after popularity, and he is going to degrade video games in order to do it.  Fucker...why don't you concentrate on issues such as poverty or crime?

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Nintendo Gaming / Capcom Five

« on: April 10, 2003, 05:19:21 PM »

Gamespot, IGN, and PGC are not very impressed with P.N.03 really.  Repititive levels, awkward controls, and standing & shooting mechanics seem to be the main gripe.  I'm not saying the Capcom Five will be a failure, but the first one of the group did not live up to expectations.  Maybe expectations for it were too high...

I do hear wonderful things about Viewtiful Joe.  RE4 is not coming out for a while, so that gives Capcom plenty of time to tinker with it.  Dead Phoenix and Killer 7 are tossups however.  For now, all we have is hope in reference to those two games.  However, Killer 7 is coming out in 2004, it seems like. That gives it a lot of time for Capcom to polish it.  Dead Phoenix, I'm not sure of.  

Whatever the case, I hope for the best for the four remaining titles.

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Nintendo Gaming / Capcom Five

« on: April 09, 2003, 04:31:36 PM »

The first of the Capcom Five, Product Number 03, seems to be a disappointment.  I'm skeptical of the rest.  I know P.N. 03 was probably rushed, but I don't want to see the other exclusives from GCN's biggest third-party supporter be crap too.  Well, Resident Evil 4 looks to be on the right track...  

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo's LAN stratagy - Why?

« on: April 09, 2003, 04:14:10 PM »

Just adding my two cents...Online gaming hasn't hit the majority of console gamers yet, so that's one reason why Nintendo does not want to step into online gaming.  As of right now, Nintendo needs to make all the smart moves it can, and staying away from online might be one of them for now.  Sony and Microsoft are not just video game companies, but Nintendo is.  Nintendo does not have as much money in the bank as Sony and MS, so wasting money on online just to compete with MS and Sony is not that smart a move.

Meanwhile, they're moving into LAN and GC-GBA connectivity.  GC-GBA connectivity saves money and is an exclusive for Nintendo right now, and a relatively cheap one too.  Nintendo must maintain a good flow of money, especially with problems in the economy right now, it seems.

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TalkBack / Metroid Prime 2 Poll at Nintendo.com

« on: April 09, 2003, 11:46:21 AM »

Since three of the four options in the poll sucked, I said make it more longer and challenging.  I know that is pretty much standard fare in a sequel, but none of the other options will really add to the Metroid world.

Multiplayer, in the style of fragfests, would actually degrade Prime.  Nintendo has stated that the game is a FPA, not an FPS.  Unless Retro could think up of some clever way to install multiplayer that uses the core elements of the series (much as how Zelda: The Four Swords did), then it wouldn't be such a bad option.  However, I doubt the GCN can handle co-op with Prime's lively environment.  

I don't see much for the GBA-GC connection.  The furthest Retro could go with that idea is probably Nintendo's way in the Wind Waker.  A friend will play as a helpful character (Adam, anyone?) and will help the friend who is actually playing Prime through the journey.  Even if that is implemented, that still would not be such a big option.  I don't hear many people talking about the Tingle connectivity in Wind Waker.

2D perspective?  This is probably the second-best choice in the poll.  I would not mind this option, but sales of MP2 will then be poor and, as many people have stated, this is better on the GBA.

In my personal opinion, I would like to have the controls changed as well.  Miyamoto's setup was a good idea, but it proved to be uncomfortable at times.  I remember fighting Flaahgra and taking unneccesary damage due to the awkward control setup.  I was unable to evade Flaahgra's bitch-ass tentacles and that almost screwed me over a couple times.  Believe it or not, I think it would be better if the FPS setup was adopted the game.  That way, I could walk and look around as well as fight enemies a little easier.  

Still though, it is bound to be great.  Even if the game is a rehashed version of Prime, it would still remain one of the best titles in the GCN library.  

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