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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 24: Enjoy Your Podcast

« on: August 21, 2010, 01:04:41 PM »

I meant probable. That was a typo on my part.


The GBA represents the wii and the motion controls. A very simple form of game play.

The PSP represents move/kinect in that is a more professional and technological advanced system that really did not pay off in the long run because of expenses.

IF the GBA had stood alone against the PSP, it would have been squashed like a mosquito. Nintendo had to release the DS to compete evenly with the PSP.

This where I get that the DS represents the wii 2 motion controls. The DS was a some what significantly more powerful version of the GBA and had extra bells and whistles in regards to the touch screen.

I see history repeating itself with motion controls much in the same way the handheld market grew in the early 2000s.

Yes, Microsoft has been selling the Xbox 360 arcade for $200 for a while now, but for how long? Microsoft wants you to pay bigs bucks for their bigger models of the 360. That is how they do buisness.

I have heared of the wii selling for as high as $1000 on ebay and I have seen it for $300 to $500 on there myself.  The reason for this is that Nintendo systems are very popular and many people know that anyone will pay top dollar to have their latest system.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 24: Enjoy Your Podcast

« on: August 21, 2010, 12:25:39 PM »

@ Greybrick
 
Yes, Sony's PSP systems are a very over priced. The PSP Go is not worth $250 dollars. At the most it is worth $120, if not cheaper. Also, the market will drive the price of the PS360 down. For example, Sony just announced a 320 GB version of the PS3 slim. The normal 120 GB PS3 will eventually fall in price and the cycle will start over again for the 320 GB when a 500 GB model is revealed. Although my price drop for the PS3 was quite generous, any kind of major price drop in 2011 is very "realistic."
 
The whole point of the PS360 price dropping to the $250 or even the $200 can will happen eventually. This is dangerous for Nintendo because if the wii was $250, that would put it in almost direct competition with its competitors. For example, why pay $200 or even $250 for an a console with SD graphics and motion controls when I can pay fifty dollars more and have better grapghics and motion controls.
 
Unless you hve been living under a rock for the last five years you should know that one reason why the wii was so successful was that pointed out to the consumer that why should they pay nearly a $1000 in total for two HD consoles and their games and accessories that are just better looking versions of last generation consoles.
 
Nintendo could still make a profit on a console retailing for $150, but why make some money on the wii when you can make even more money by releasing a $300 and your fans will buy it up in mass droves and you are making even more money.
 
Why does the success or failure of move and kinect matter to Nintendo? If they are successful then Nintendo has an aged control scheme on their hands compare to a fresher control scheme for the HD consoles. Secondly, if they are successful then it will force Nintendo's hand and they will have to release a new console soon. If it fails, Nintendo will release the wii 2 on their own schedule and take their time with it.
 
When Sony revealed that they were going to enter the handheld market, Nintendo realized that the GBA alone could not compete against the PSP on a level playing field. So, Nintendo came up with the DS and hoped that it would capture the hearts of the conumer and it did. What I was that there are times when Nintendo will have to release a more powerful version to compete more flexibly with its competitors. Had the GBA been left alone to face the PSP, chances are that Nintendo might have lost its place as ruler of the hand held market.
 
GBA= Wii motion controls
DS= Wii 2 motion controls
PSP= Move and kinect motion controls
 
Think about it, Greybrick.
 
As for the wii 2 selling ten million units in the first month, a generous figure on my part, but none the less improbable. I could easily imagine the wii 2 being the next hot product for 2011 or 2012 holiday season. I could also imagine a line three miles long outside all major retail stores trying to get this system. I could also imagine people trading in their PS3 and 360 to pre order this system. Let me put it this way, I will camp out three months early at Wal-mart to get this machine.
 
 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Releases for Wii in 2011

« on: August 20, 2010, 11:41:32 PM »

@ TJ Spyke
 
Skyward Sword will be released in either January or February of 2011 because the game has been in development for nearly five or more years and the fans are getting restless. Secondly, Miyamoto did say that the game was going to be released in the holiday season of 2010 but they had to work out a few kinks and so the game was delayed until 2011. This would imply that the game was nearly, if not completey, done. It would take them six months from E3 of this year(june being the sixth month) to polish the game and six months from E3 would be about January or February of 2011. Third, they would want people to use their christmas gift cards and money to buy the game and right after is when people will have a whole lot of money to buy the game. 

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 24: Enjoy Your Podcast

« on: August 20, 2010, 11:24:19 PM »

When Neal quoted me on the podcast about the wii 2 being released/revealed in 2011, this reminded me of my points for the wii 2 coming in 2011. 
 
Reason # 1: The cost of the PS3 and 360 are creeping ever closer to the price of the wii. What are the prices? I would figure that the both the PS3 and 360 consoles run for $300 each and the wii sells for $200. What if a year from now the wii 2 has not been revealed and the PS360 is now retailing for $200? Nintendo would have to drop the price of the wii to $150, maybe? It is in Nintendo's best interest to keep their system cheaper that its competitor's systems because they can always claim that the wii system is more economical.
 
Reason # 2: If the wii is retailing for $150, what is the profitability for Nintendo? Why wait for a profit on a five year old system that is slowly going to give you returns in the coming years when you can release a newer console for $300 and get all your adoring fans to buy the system again and rake in even more profit. The only problem with is the ultimate fate of Move and Kinect. If they both fail and the PS360 prices drop and Nintendo releases a newer wii system for $300, they are then in the reverse position that they entered this generation. Sony and Microsoft have the advanced system with motion controls and Nintendo had a costly system with advanced motion controls.
 
Reason # 3: Let's assume for a moment that Move and Kinect are a succes. These systems have to be more advanced than the wii. Nintendo would look kind of dumb trying to pass along an out dated system against a more advanced one, but they have been doing this for decades and have been successful because of it. Case and point, the wii motion controls are the GBA and Move/kinect are the PSP. Nintendo would have to release a much more advanced system of motion controls to compete with move and kinect in the same way they released the DS to compete with the PSP in the GBA's stead. They also would not allow a competitor to out show them on a gimmick that they themselves implemented.
 
Reason #4: Despite everything, Nintendo is in the best position to release a new console. Such positions include finances, reputation, market penetration, development costs and in some sense credibility. Both Microsoft and Sony are lacking in some or all of these positions. Right now Sony is in the worst position to release a newer console(PS4) and since Sony has a footing in Japan, Nintendo's home territory, too, it is in Nintendo's best interest to keep them off balance in all markets. This is especially true since the move is similar to the wii mote. Microsoft could release a newer system, but their position has been harmed due to the RROD and they will spend the next five years rebuilding their position. Nintendo's position is so prestine at the moment that they could release the wii 2 in 2011 and sell atleast ten million units in the first month.
 
Reason # 4: The cost of developing High definition games is getting cheaper?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Releases for Wii in 2011

« on: August 20, 2010, 10:57:37 PM »

If the third party wii developers were not shutting down interest for developing for the wii then I would have more optimism for wii games of 2011. After Skyward Sword releases(January 2011?) it looks to be bone dry for the wii in 2011.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: MYSTERY FUNHOUSE THEATER!!! Now Playing: A Nightmare On Elm Street

« on: August 20, 2010, 10:53:42 PM »

Could I nominate Beavis and Butt-head Do America for the theatre?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 3DS, what are your top 3 most anticipated games?

« on: August 19, 2010, 08:54:26 PM »

I am hoping that a good TMNT game is developed for the 3DS.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii Successor and Glassess Free 3D: How Will It Work?

« on: August 19, 2010, 05:30:30 PM »

Watch the 3DS closely and if the third parties develop high end franchise with large production value then the wii 2 will get all kinds of good attention from third parties.
 
For the exception of a few major first party titles on the PS360, I would like to see a new era where all the major third party developers have their major franchises as exclusives for the wii 2.
 
If the internet connectivity is good enough, I would love to see Bioware create titles for the wii 2. Maybe Sonic Chronicles 2 and then something like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, but for the wii 2.
 
I have no problem with the wiimote, but I would like for the wiimote for the wii 2 to encorporate better technology. For example, built in motion plus, blue tooth connectivity, and better battery power.
 
 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii Successor and Glassess Free 3D: How Will It Work?

« on: August 19, 2010, 03:30:20 PM »

With high definition graphics and the unreal engine 3 compatibility, there is no excuse as to why third party developers can not develop games for the wii 2 and have them be a success.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: MYSTERY FUNHOUSE THEATER!!! Now Playing: Nightmare On Elm Street

« on: August 19, 2010, 03:25:58 PM »

There is a phone booth down the street from where I live but its glass is shattered. The phone is ripped from the cord and the entire thing is covered in graffiti. Oh, did I forget to mention that weeds are growing up through the bottom? What would be funny is if the phone was still there and it actually worked.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 206: Ambidextrosity

« on: August 19, 2010, 12:09:22 AM »

Ubisoft should hold out on Red Steel 3 until motion control is perfected further and the wii 2 is announced.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: August 18, 2010, 08:16:38 PM »

Getting a bolt axe and my Rathalos armor completed is a good project, too.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: August 18, 2010, 04:50:39 PM »

I am almost at rank 31.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Kytim89 is from the future?!?

« on: August 18, 2010, 04:49:41 PM »

I'm surprised you're not higher, like say, 420?

ahahahahahahaha

420 is the fuel source for my time machine.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii Successor and Glassess Free 3D: How Will It Work?

« on: August 18, 2010, 02:32:15 AM »

The wii 2 should be powerful enough to use the unreal engine 3.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 206: Ambidextrosity

« on: August 18, 2010, 01:41:07 AM »

All this talk about Red Steel 2 reminds me that I have been neglecting my copy of the game for Monster Hunter 3. Although I liked what I saw of the game, I do not like repetitive game play, but every game is repetitive in its own way.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Kytim89 is from the future?!?

« on: August 18, 2010, 12:57:00 AM »

In May of 2011 at E3, Sony announces a $50 price drop for the PS3 slim and announces Uncharted 3 and Resistance 3.

YOU ARE A FRAUD! RESISTANCE 3 WAS CONFIRMED TODAY, IN AUGUST OF 2010!

BURN THE FRAUD!

They announce the release date for those games is what I meant. I may have interfered in with the space time contineum and altered certain things by tainting the past.
 
I was sent back in time to prevent Rare's aqusition by Microsoft, but failed and so I am trapped in this time period. This is why I talk about it so much and want them to release games on virtual console.

In other words, you wanted to inflict us with Perfect Dark Zero and Grabbed by the Ghoulies!  You will rue the day you stepped into that phone booth, because I will hunt you down!   

Actually my time machine is not a phone booth. Actually, in 2011 Keanu Reeves and that other who is his side kick make a third Bill and Ted movie called "Bill and Ted's Bodacious Escapade."

Ah, now I know something's wrong.  It's not theoretically possible to make a Bill & Ted's movie even worse than Bogus Journey.      You don't hail from the future, but from a parallel dimension.
 
 
 

 
There are plenty of horrible movies that got a sequel. That movie actually happens.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Kytim89 is from the future?!?

« on: August 18, 2010, 12:48:26 AM »

In May of 2011 at E3, Sony announces a $50 price drop for the PS3 slim and announces Uncharted 3 and Resistance 3.

YOU ARE A FRAUD! RESISTANCE 3 WAS CONFIRMED TODAY, IN AUGUST OF 2010!

BURN THE FRAUD!

They announce the release date for those games is what I meant. I may have interfered in with the space time contineum and altered certain things by tainting the past.
 
I was sent back in time to prevent Rare's aqusition by Microsoft, but failed and so I am trapped in this time period. This is why I talk about it so much and want them to release games on virtual console.

In other words, you wanted to inflict us with Perfect Dark Zero and Grabbed by the Ghoulies!  You will rue the day you stepped into that phone booth, because I will hunt you down!   

Actually my time machine is not a phone booth. Actually, in 2011 Keanu Reeves and that other who is his side kick make a third Bill and Ted movie called "Bill and Ted's Bodacious Escapade."

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Kytim89 is from the future?!?

« on: August 18, 2010, 12:37:22 AM »

In May of 2011 at E3, Sony announces a $50 price drop for the PS3 slim and announces Uncharted 3 and Resistance 3.

YOU ARE A FRAUD! RESISTANCE 3 WAS CONFIRMED TODAY, IN AUGUST OF 2010!

BURN THE FRAUD!

They announce the release date for those games is what I meant. I may have interfered in with the space time contineum and altered certain things by tainting the past.
 
I was sent back in time to prevent Rare's aqusition by Microsoft, but failed and so I am trapped in this time period. This is why I talk about it so much and want them to release games on virtual console.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: August 17, 2010, 09:01:01 PM »

I will be on at about 10 PM EST tonight. Although I might be able to be for about two hours.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: August 17, 2010, 07:26:43 PM »

I'm probably going to start bowgunning after I finish the Rank 6 quests which I am almost done with. I have 2 more Deviljho quests.In the Volcano and Sandy Plains.

I got 2 Deviljho talons yesterday and I used both to upgrade my armor and weapon charms. Now I should do more damage and take less than before. I didn't really get that much so I will keep on farming Deviljho.

I envy you, Maxi. I am making strides though, slowly but surely. I almost Rank 30 and intend to make it there by tonight and hunt Mohran with all of you.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 206: Ambidextrosity

« on: August 17, 2010, 07:24:15 PM »

@Kytim89:  Snatcher! 
I've wanted to play that since I first saw images of the Japanese version way back in the early 90s.  And I think I'd actually prefer the TG-16 version, since didn't that have the original, uncensored graphics and storyline, whereas the Sega-CD game left some of that out for the American version?  Could be wrong.  Either way, I'd love to revisit an early Kojima experience... for the first time.

Snatcher was a digital novel, but it could also be considered a precursor to the Ace Atterny series. It would be nice to have that game as either a TG16 title, but it would have to be released as an import title like Rondo of Blood. They could also turn the SEGA CD version into a rebirth title for wiiware.
 
I also wish that Policenauts would be brought over too because that game has never gotten an official US release for the exception of a fan translation.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: New Wii Zelda

« on: August 16, 2010, 09:36:31 PM »

Here is my dream LoZ game:
 
It would be developed for the wii 2 and would support high definition graphics.
 
It would be developed by a collaboration between Team Ninja and Aonuma's development team. Team Ninja would focus on graphics and intense action while Aonuma focuses on creativity.
 
Link would be in his early to middle twenties.
 
Moblines would return and the combat would be fiercer with sword play.
 
Ganon would transform into a pig demon, but this time he would be bipedal and would have a character model similar to the demons of Ninja Gaiden.
 
 

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 206: Ambidextrosity

« on: August 16, 2010, 12:14:30 PM »

I would like to see all the pre-PS@/xbox/gamecube era consoles emulated in some way for the wii 2.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 206: Ambidextrosity

« on: August 16, 2010, 11:08:23 AM »

For example, if I have a genesis and it breaks, what is the chance of SEGA repairing my console? Possibly slim to none, right? This negates the reason for having the console. Also, if I have a genesis emulated on my wii and it breaks, Nintendo will repair it for a modest fee.

Sega doesn't repair their old systems anymore, so there is a 0% chance of them fixing your Genesis if it breaks.

 
This is true and what I said actually makes sense. It reminds of my car, a 1986 Chevy Cavalier. That car runs great and still keeps up with the other cars on the road, but there is going to come a time when I will have to take it behind the garage, put a gun to its engine block and put it out of its misery because General Motors, mechanics and the dealership wont have anything to do with it because it is so old.
 
I have to beg the question: Would you rather have a genesis that will break and be unable to repair, or would you rather emulate it on a modern console that can be repaired or replaced easily?