Author Topic: Nintendo Revolution Gets 3 More Games (from one small dev) (Read 6948 times)

Mario · « **on:** February 25, 2006, 01:39:01 AM »

Cross Beam Studios Entertainment is currently developing three brand new original titles for Nintendo Revolution, Orb, Darkness, and Thorn.

http://www.crossbeamstudios.com/projects.shtml

Disregarding the likely end quality of these games, and if they'll ever see release, it's pretty amazing how such a small time dev nobody has heard of has THREE next-gen Revolution games in development.

Also: http://www.cubed3.com/news/4576

Interesting interview there

Ceric · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2006, 06:16:26 AM »

Looks interesting. Hopefully it will be published.

zakkiel · « **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2006, 06:41:52 AM »

Could be a sign of good things to come, in terms of small studios able to develop Rev games. But I have to wonder if they'll make it. Neither game sounds like a modest project, and yeah, quality will be a significant problem. Still, the more new ideas being thrown at the Rev, the better.

TMW · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2006, 10:06:33 AM »

Holy crap.

This looks VERY promising.

Quality issues aside, the team seems competent enough, and if what he says in the interview is true, we might be in for some truly stellar games.

Or, at the very least, a mediocre game worth playing through for the story.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2006, 11:02:08 AM »

Good work reading my thread, following the link on the page I linked to and posting it as your own.

http://www.planetgamecube.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=28&threadid=15136

Bloodworth · « **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2006, 12:34:46 PM »

Well, it looks like they've slowly gotten more exposure, so he's not necessarily at fault. Spill it Mario, did you just find it from Smash_Brother's thread?

Caliban · « **Reply #6 on:** February 25, 2006, 12:35:42 PM »

Not to mention all the possible indies from Japan and Europe that will be joining the Revolution! MWUHAHAHAHA!

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2006, 12:58:07 PM »

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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
Well, it looks like they've slowly gotten more exposure, so he's not necessarily at fault. Spill it Mario, did you just find it from Smash_Brother's thread?

He actually didn't...He asked me if it had been posted and I thought it hadn't been posted either...

(Looking in your thread now, you never even directly mentioned them! Smash_Brother fails for that and for being a weenie...)

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2006, 05:42:45 PM »

I'm not upset or anything. I'm just giving him crap about it.

Like I said in the other thread, I should have actually submitted it as news rather than just posting a thread about it.

attackslug · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2006, 04:48:30 AM »

It seems that these guys have yet to snag a dev kit, and for all anyone knows it could merely be a bunch of hot air. HOWEVER, they do seem to be quite serious about this and have allegedly released screens for one of the games (Orb), which are currently down.
So who knows -- they could truly have some development skills, or they could be a handfull of kids with nothing but a few ideas, some nice drawings, and a ton of time on their hands.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #10 on:** February 26, 2006, 09:34:37 AM »

Developers are abundant and I wouldn't doubt that they could make the games, what I'd doubt is that Nintendo would let them have a devkit.

Michael8983 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 26, 2006, 09:38:52 AM »

Nintendo just needs to send some scouts over there and see if they have what it takes. Established or not, if they have ideas and talent, Nintendo should let them have a kit or two.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #12 on:** February 26, 2006, 10:55:16 AM »

Will the "Official Nintendo Seal of Quality" return =D

Artimus · « **Reply #13 on:** February 26, 2006, 12:00:28 PM »

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
Will the "Official Nintendo Seal of Quality" return =D

It never left!

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #14 on:** February 26, 2006, 12:29:07 PM »

Yes it has. Check your GameCube game cases.

Artimus · « **Reply #15 on:** February 26, 2006, 12:38:23 PM »

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
Yes it has. Check your GameCube game cases.

I just did. Lower left corner.

See?

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #16 on:** February 26, 2006, 12:45:54 PM »

"OFF QUALITY"

Would you at least try picking up the box and READING what it says before assuming it's there?

F-Zero GX is one of the first ninty-published title to lack those words. That's when Nintendo started telling us the truth. It's all downhill from here, people.

Artimus · « **Reply #17 on:** February 26, 2006, 01:19:13 PM »

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
"OFF QUALITY"

Would you at least try picking up the box and READING what it says before assuming it's there?

F-Zero GX is one of the first ninty-published title to lack those words. That's when Nintendo started telling us the truth. It's all downhill from here, people.

It's the exact same seal. Dropping two words doesn't mean it isn't the same thing. The description is also similar, they just dumbed it down so it's less content specific. They haven't actually monitored quality in like...well over a decade?

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #18 on:** February 26, 2006, 01:46:10 PM »

Wrong. It's not the "Official Nintendo Seal of Quality" anymore. Simple as that. What it means and what's printed are completely unrelated.

You fail at sarcasm and irony.

Artimus · « **Reply #19 on:** February 26, 2006, 03:24:46 PM »

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
You fail at sarcasm and irony.

I'm just confused by that...but ok.

This is like arguing over whether a rose is still a rose if you call it a stinky. The Nintendo Seal of Quality indicated it was an officially license game/product. It stemmed from issues like the unauthorized Tetris being sold for the NES. The current Nintendo Seal indicates the EXACT same thing. They just changed the wording so it doesn't guarentee 'entertainment value' anymore, which is a smart move considering the crap people can release.

Different name, same function.

You fail at loving others.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #20 on:** February 26, 2006, 04:23:39 PM »

Tengen Tetris was superior!

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #21 on:** March 02, 2006, 03:52:52 AM »

New interview with Crossbeam

Louieturkey · « **Reply #22 on:** March 02, 2006, 05:40:06 PM »

Good read, they sound very intelligent and their thougth process seems to be in the same vein as Nintendo's. Here's hoping they get publishers for these games and make them great.

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