Topic: Nintendo Outlines Thier Holiday Lineup

[Gahiggidy]

Nintendo is the 'stuff' in 'stocking stuffer'.

Here's the No-Nonsense Master Shopping List

 REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 16, 2004 - Just like snowflakes, no two press releases are alike. Except during the holidays, when they're all exactly the same. So Nintendo is taking a break from decking the halls and is opting instead for the straightforward approach to tell you about all the great stuff available for the holidays. From the innovative new Nintendo DS™, to Metroid® Prime 2 Echoes and a high-value bundle for Nintendo GameCube™, to new styles for the best-selling Game Boy® Advance SP, Nintendo delivers holiday delight on three separate game platforms this year.

"Once again, video games and systems will be hot gifts for anyone with a wish list this holiday," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "With so many Nintendo products to choose from, no stocking should be left unstuffed."

Anyone confused about what gift to give for the holidays need look no further than the list of best-selling video game products on Amazon.com. Roughly 10 out of the top 25 sellers on the list are Nintendo games, hardware or accessories for Nintendo products. Amazon's best-seller list changes every hour, but it's safe to say that Nintendo will remain at the top of everyone's list this holiday season.

Nintendo DS

• Launches Nov. 21 at an MSRP of $149.99.  
• Two screens (one touch screen), wireless communication and voice recognition.  
• Comes with built-in PictoChat™ communication function and a free playable demo, Metroid Prime® Hunters: First Hunt.  
• Other upcoming games: Super Mario® 64 DS from Nintendo, Madden NFL 2005, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 2005 and The URBZ™: Sims in the City™ from EA, and Spider-Man 2™ from Activision. Not to mention Ping Pals from THQ, Feel the Magic™: XY/XX from SEGA, Rayman® and Asphalt Urban GT™ from Ubisoft and Ridge Racer® DS and Mr. DRILLER®: Drill Spirits™ from Namco.  
• More than 120 games remain in development for Nintendo DS around the world.

  Game Boy Advance SP

• World's best-selling video game platform is now available at an MSRP of $79.99.  
• Five new styles available at select retail partners: Tattoo, Pearl White, Green/Orange, Surf Blue and "who are you?" branded.  
• Awesome games available now: Mario Pinball Land™, Kirby™ & The Amazing Mirror, Donkey Kong® Country 2, PokĂ©mon® FireRed, PokĂ©mon® LeafGreen and Final Fantasy® I & II: Dawn of Souls (coming Nov. 29)  
• More than 20 different Game Boy® Advance Video paks, each with up to 45 minutes of video, available now at an MSRP of $19.99.

  Nintendo GameCube

• The hot holiday game Metroid Prime 2 Echoes is now available.  
• New bundle offer: Get both a Nintendo GameCube and Mario Kart®: Double Dash!!™, all at an MSRP of just $99.99.  
• Other sweet games: Donkey Konga™, Paper Mario™: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario Power Tennis™, Mario Party® 6.

[Ledgehammerous]

Wow, look at all of the games with Mario in the title in the Gamecube stable.  If you're going to rely on a single character to feature in most of your games, it might as well be Mario, says I.

[Hostile Creation]

Well Double Dash came out a while ago.
And I had no idea Mario Party 6 was coming out this early.
However, I cannot wait for Kirby.

[Ian Sane]

Five Mario games released within less than six months from each other.  Now why does Nintendo get accused of being a rehash company again?  Geez.  Lay off the sequels.  Of those five Mario titles I would say that Paper Mario is the only one that's even remotely essential.  All the rest could have never been announced and no one would have noticed their absence.

In fact all of the first party games mentioned in this press release are sequels.  Does Nintendo not see a problem with this?

[KnowsNothing]

You don't think Double Dash!! is essential?  Geez, remember all the complaining about Mario Tennis?  It was even announced, but it took so long to develop people wondered if it still existed.  People would kill if there wasn't a Mario Kart game for the GC.

The others are meh.

[Ian Sane]

"You don't think Double Dash!! is essential?"

I didn't notice that it was mentioned in the press release.  Yes I think Double Dash is essential.

[Bill Aurion]

Rehashes?  I don't feel like going through this again...

[nitsu niflheim]

I don't think Double Dash is essential.  I don't have it.  And really don't want it, unless it is availabe for like 19.99, then maybe I will consider it.  I am leaning heavily towards mario tennis, almost bought it saturday morning when I went to wal*mart, but the elec department was like chaos in hell invading heaven so it was a no go.

[Hostile Creation]

By the way, adminny folk, you spelled "their" wrong in the title.

[kennyb27]

You mean it wasn't supposed to be "thier"?

[mjbd]

I think using Mario is simply a smart move in nintendo's case.  Seriously, do you think the same tennis game without Mario would sell as well?  Same can be said about Mario pinball, its not like there are six Mario platformer games all coming out.  Mario does it all.   I hope nintendo really pushes the Bundle with Mario Kart DD, one thing that was not mentioned is that it comes with two controllers, thats a sweet deal for $99.  Seeing how Mario Kart is widely popular, I think it could give a similar boost in sales like last years price drop, for the Holiday season anyway.

[ib2kool4u912]

"..... its not like there are six Mario platformer games all coming out"

Some people don't realize that though, and that's what Ian was talking about. They walk down the gamecube aisle and see "Mario this" and "Mario that", then they think to themselves, "Does Nintendo even make anything besides Mario?"

[Infernal Monkey]

Double Dash!! more like Holy Crap the Single Player is Lame!!

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Of those five Mario titles I would say that Paper Mario is the only one that's even remotely essential

That doesn't even make sense, man. Essential, what? They're releasing sequels so people can have fun, not because little Timmy will die in the Hospital if he doesn't get a life saving injection of Mario Tennis. IT'S ESSENTIAL HE GETS SOME MARIO TENNIS, GLAAAAARF.

[Djunknown]

I finally got a chance to get my filthy hands on the DS. Simply put: Wow.

But then I think of the gaming drought after the holiday season...

I'm guessing if they called it "Luigi's tennis" it wouldn't sell so well?

As far as the new SP colors: Surf Blue=Mana Blue? Pearl White=The one that the Japanese got as a FFTA/SP bundle?
Tattoo=Tribal design? Green/Orange=For the colorblind?