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Nintendo Gaming / Next Starfox Game Discussion

« on: March 04, 2003, 08:55:10 PM »

There is a way to find out who owns it. But right now its the middle of night and I have a headache....

But yes Armada is the name they are currently working with. Co-Op would be nice. It would also be nice if it supported networking like Nintendo is hinting at.

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Nintendo Gaming / Mario Kart Finished???

« on: March 04, 2003, 08:50:51 PM »

Accually if it is done, they would have to start some type of hype for it. You just don't go and release a game cold turkey like that no one would know it out their and sales will never really have pick up to it. First you show it to news services so they can hype it for you. So they are more than likely waiting until E3 to show it then they will not release it until one or two months afterward. (That is if its done.)

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Nintendo Gaming / Next-generation online play

« on: March 04, 2003, 07:54:29 PM »

Unfotunate for the plan of making the games support the server cost to work the games would have to retail in the $100.00. Sponsorships do work, Battle.net is very viable but you get the problems of bugs etc. (I think Nintendo is looking into the sponsorship route.)

The thing is you can not build one server to handle everything. It has to be a bank of servers, because there are physical limits to the amount of bandwidth you can pipe into one server.

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Nintendo Gaming / Is this a glimpse of the future? Blu-Ray Disc ...

« on: March 04, 2003, 07:45:28 PM »

Unfotunatly Nintendo might not go with them since IBM is working on the PS3 version of the Cell processor. Because its kind of a trend in business not to use the same partners as you rivals. But that may not be the case, IBM has hinted they would be happy to have Nintendo back. (For obvious reasons..)

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Nintendo Gaming / Is this a glimpse of the future? Blu-Ray Disc ...

« on: March 04, 2003, 08:49:58 AM »

NEC has been a partner with Nintendo for a while now especially making there chips. That's how Nintendo avoid the problems that nVidia and Microsoft ran into. Not to mention that NEC has one or two complete factories working exclusivly on Nintendo's chips for their systems. They are currently stamping the GPU and the MoSys memory onto the chips.

But as for the central processor there are plenty of other sources, they could go with NEC, but they could also go with Motorola which made the GBA's processor. Then their is AMD, or they can set out of get new talent like they did with MoSys.

As for the disc they wouldn't go with Blu-Ray for obvious reasons. They may deepen their partnership with Panasonic and maybe score a hybrid of the new disc they came up with. But truely DVD should stay the standard until the developers start to figure out how to fill over one DVD because the excess money it costs for these new formats will be pointless if the developers can't fill them in the time frame they have to get games out to be viable. Because there is only so much code you can do in a set period of time and developement cycles are being pushed into a shorter time frame for the third party developers. Personally I kind of like the idea of putting the disc in a tray with a flash chip in it that could elimate the need for memory cards. (Like SD technology. )

Note: You moved this as I was writting this. I kind of made my heart jump seeing it disappear.

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NWR Feedback / Talkback section doens't allow editing to messages.

« on: March 04, 2003, 08:46:32 AM »

Thanks I was begining to think I had another serious glitch with my computer.

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TalkBack / ATI and Nintendo Further Their Partnership

« on: March 04, 2003, 08:14:44 AM »

Though it is quiet possible for it to be both. Rumors are that the true sucessor to the Gameboy line won't be backward compatible because of them employing some disc drive, which would make the unit slightly more balky and give you enough room for a seprate graphics chip. Who knows maybe they will disign the chip much like the GBA to also include centrual processing functions, or sound functions.

Another thing is that it is state in the plural which leads to the asumpsion that it will be both. (Or its a long term agreement spaning multiple consoles.)

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NWR Feedback / Talkback section doens't allow editing to messages.

« on: March 03, 2003, 07:58:09 PM »

I don't know if its the forums or my computer. But I haven't been able to edit any of my messages on the talkback section when I think of some more to add to my post.

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TalkBack / Sega Buyout Talks Re-emerge

« on: March 03, 2003, 07:55:33 PM »

...... Sorry about this but this secition of the board doesn't allow me to edit the posts, so here the edit.

In short Square may own every right to Xenogears. But all the intellectual rights to any pre or post stories belong to the creator. The only thing is they can't make direct refence to any copyrighted material. So Xenosega's subquent stories are the right of Monolith currently.

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TalkBack / Sega Buyout Talks Re-emerge

« on: March 03, 2003, 07:49:19 PM »

But they won't have any control over the game if they get sold to Microsoft or any one else. The contract will more than likely have to be re-evaluated or rewritten, canceled if they are sold to one of Nintendo's rivals.

And I would like to add on to my last post because I was having troubles with my comp when I made it. It would be cheeper for Nintendo to go for the talent, if Sega breaks itself up and sells pieces, because the only franchise I see will be any benefit to Nintendo is Sonic. But if they go after the talent its easy to make some of the games under different names. Monolith did that with Xenosaga, they make certin care to make no reference to Xenogears. Even the mechs are not called gears but AGWS. And Square can't stop Namco from making anything with Xeno in its name since Xeno in itself just mean alian.

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Nintendo Gaming / Is this a glimpse of the future? Blu-Ray Disc ...

« on: March 03, 2003, 07:37:35 PM »

Depends on how much Sony really wants to make this a standard. Which I don't see happening. Sony has tried things but kept them prepitory much like Nintendo and their game formats. The last time they tried to set a standard it didn't go well. (Beta Tape)

And as for the discs being pricy, that will fall, especially when Panasonic begin pumping out hybrids of the new terabyte discs on the market. And with technology in media and the like advancing like it is its sure to fall fast especially since we are still looking at least another year and a half before the consoles hit the market, so anything is possible.

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Nintendo Gaming / Ebay, what trick are they pulling?

« on: March 03, 2003, 07:29:09 PM »

Its because they user the other users to catch these types of people. I think if they get enough complaints they will shut them down. The problem is there are a lot of those users.

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Nintendo Gaming / ps3/xbox to get crush by GC2?

« on: March 03, 2003, 07:15:57 PM »

Yes Sony has been making a profit on the PS2 line. But I don't think they are making money on the units themselves with the price cuts they made and are about to make.

But as PGC reported a few day ago, there was that report that stated that Nintendo has made a lot more profit then Sony even though they had more revenue (money moved). I don't think Nintendo is very interested, at least as goal to reach at all costs, in retaking the number one in user base slot. They are interested in making games and money. As long as they are doing that all other things are irrelevant.

As for MS/Sony, Sony maybe one of the most profitable entertainment companyies. But Microsoft is one of the top five most profitable business ventures in the world if the the first. If Microsoft sees it viable to put support behind there next console and see it first in user base they can and will put its weight behind it Sony will not be able to match Microsoft dollar for dollar. But this next generation will be close and costly for the two companies, Nintendo will do what they have been doing in this generation to promote the Gamecube. And will more than likely come out ahead in profits again. And if the next consoles have backward compatiblity they will not see the problems they seen with N64 when they announced the Gamecube. And has a good chance to keep up a good clip with the other two.

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Nintendo Gaming / Ebay, what trick are they pulling?

« on: March 03, 2003, 06:56:09 PM »

It a pyramid scam. Its basically you sell so many of these books that you get sold and you make money. Unfotunately its a little illegal.

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TalkBack / Sega Buyout Talks Re-emerge

« on: March 01, 2003, 08:11:06 PM »

Accually if they do sell in the worst case senario all projects for other companys will be scraped, or taken over by the consoles's makers (ie F-Zero.) Personally I seriously doubt that Sega will sell out. But if they do it would be great if Nintendo tried to get Sonic Team. But then again if someone else does get they may be able to get Yu Yuzaka (I think that's his name.)

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TalkBack / Welcome to the Month of the Nintendo Fan!

« on: March 01, 2003, 08:04:40 PM »

Four years.... Has it really been that long. Were did the time go. Well, happy forth..... I will be around.

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Nintendo Gaming / Exclusive Games after Zelda: Wind Waker.

« on: March 01, 2003, 07:43:07 AM »

And their are a few third party games that coming on the horizon. The reason why it seems that there are so few games right now coming out this year is that E3 has yet to get here were Nintendo will tell us what to expect in the next year with empathis on the games to shortly come out. That is the way they always done things they will not change it.

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TalkBack / Miyamoto D.I.C.E. Roundtable Highlights

« on: February 28, 2003, 07:44:34 PM »

It wouldn't make much of a difference for me if Nintendo doesn't come out with online this year. They should work on their plan and perfect it. It's better than rushing something out. If they can make some good strides with the LAN games and connection games this year it should go a long way.

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Nintendo Gaming / MARIO kart and animal crossing 2 should be released in the FALL!?

« on: February 28, 2003, 02:18:04 PM »

It a pretty good gues. The premiere games that are showen by Nintendo at this E3 will be out in America by the Christmas season. So if they feature an almost fully playible version of these games it sould be out by the fall.

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TalkBack / Silicon Knights Update

« on: February 28, 2003, 02:06:17 PM »

It now pretty much certin that Too Human won't be out this year. Especially if its not playible. And the fact that they are once again working on several projects at once. It kind of makes me salivate what they have for us in 2004.

[HASN'T]

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Nintendo Gaming / EA/Nintendo Sports

« on: February 28, 2003, 07:45:43 AM »

You know I don't know where people get this. But EA HASN'T droped their Sports titles for the Gamecube. The only developer to do that is Sega. Codemasters can be explained that they don't currently have the resources because they are trying to sell themselves so they need to look good. That means droping things that are not currently profitable.
EA only said they are concidering the possiblity of dropping the sports line. But totally droping it would be stupid considering they don't have competition anymore on the console for some of their biggest titles.
They may drop their snowboarding and lesser titles because some of them compete with internally made titles. And one of the big challenges in consoles today is going head to head with Nintendo on their own console. Because that is what the owners of Nintendo's consoles buy the console for to play Nintendo's games.

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Nintendo Gaming / Metal Gear Solid Discussion

« on: February 28, 2003, 07:30:22 AM »

Shiggy did help with the Smuggler's run game that ended up being for the PS2. Just because he is helping with it doesn't mean its exclusive. It just gives it a good chance to be.

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Nintendo Gaming / My mom is going to steal my Gamecube.

« on: February 28, 2003, 06:31:41 AM »

It can get annoying when your parents play video games. My mom gets sucked into a few games and will not let any one play until she is satisfied. It was much more annoying when I was younger because by law if you are under 18 your parents technically own everything you have and my mom loved to use that agianst me. Now that I have been over 18 for the past two generation I can keep my games in my apartment and not worry about my mom snatching them. I just hope she doesn't learn about pikmin.

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TalkBack / AIAS Winners from D.I.C.E.!

« on: February 27, 2003, 08:16:41 PM »

What won overall game of the year?

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Nintendo Gaming / Sega was rumored to be bought by Nintendo?

« on: February 27, 2003, 07:11:11 PM »

This is pretty old. It was conifirmed that about a year before the release of the Gamecube in the US Nintendo and Sega were in talks. The New York Times among others reported it like it was almost a done deal. (Quite a few billion dollars were involved.) The talks just fizzed out. End of story..