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Nintendo Gaming / RE:VR goggles the "new and unique product"?

« on: August 24, 2003, 11:38:44 AM »

VR goggles are a great idea, but not with motion sensing, that overly complicates things and can potentially increase headaches, INSTEAD, I would like goggles very much like what's offered for today's direct 3d based games, there are companies with goggles that can take the direct 3d data of a game and route it to the goggles for true 3d display (no special coding required, in fact all the older direct 3d games work as well, the goggles can look at the z-buffer data and make ANY direct 3d game appear 3d), now don't give me the motion sensing, I mean if I decide to move the camera with a c-stick or whatever, the perspective will change as normal, but I'll get my 3d experience cheaply and easily, and I think it would be a great gimmick.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:N5 Launch Games List!

« on: August 24, 2003, 11:31:39 AM »

I think its critical to have 3 showcase titles at a launch, at least one of them should be a AAA gameplay experience for its genre, and all three should be amazing tech demos of the machines power. I agree with the people who have mentioned they feel that Nintendo should hold off on their "colorful" franchises (Mario, Zelda, Pikmin etc, but they shouldn't wait any longer than the holiday season before releasing at the very least, Mario), because there is a chance that it may hurt their image. Now, this doesn't mean Nintendo doesn't have great franchises that are well loved that aren't primary colored, they can still offer games that both fans and non-fans can love. Having said that I think Nintendo should launch with the following:

Metroid-The GC version gained a huge amount of respect for its beautiful graphics, gritty atmosphere, and engaging gameplay. Now this is usually a title Nintendo doesn't release for a while, but I think it is a nearly ideal launch game.

F-Zero-In the last two generations its been a title that's taken a few years to appear on their consoles, but I think Nintendo should once again use this game as a launch title (IIRC it was near launch on the SNES and caused a huge stir)

Rogue Leader derivative-Developed by Factor 5 of course, a Star Wars space shooter based on the expanded universe would be a fan's dream, Rogue Leader to this day is one of the most beautiful games on any console due to Factor 5's incredible coding skills and the naturally beautiful art design that surrounds the Star Wars universe.

Now, Metroid will serve as the AAA gameplay experience, and the other two, though excellent titles, will more serve to help mend Nintendo's image while still being good games, and of course they'll showcase the amazing graphics of the N5. I kept it to three titles because, no matter how many they release, there are simply too many good options for launch titles, but these three, in my opinion, after a lot of thought, are ideal candidates for a launch, and if they weren't at least strongly considered by Nintendo, I would be very disappointed.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:did nintendo listen to gamers when designing the cube, will they listen for the N5?

« on: August 24, 2003, 11:06:02 AM »

I don't think companies "listen" to what gamers want, its not like they make a concerted effort to create national polls on what people want, instead they try to do what they think would be best accepted by their audience, and well Nintendo wanted a "family friendly" machine and figuered a purple lunchbox would be a-okay. Now, I believe Nintendo will go for a sleeker, "cooler" look next generation, but they will continue to do all sorts of things however which way they want, and it'll leave us scratching our heads yet again, but it'll be fun to see what it is they make questionable decisions on.