The media is owned by game publishes.
All the large 3rd party game publishes other than say EA are trying to drive Nin out of the market.
Game websites will ignore the existance of Nin in the marketplace while Nin still achieves records. Nin has been the biggest grossing Jap publisher 2 years running.
Nin recently won those awards in USA for 2003 including 4 out of the 7 top selling game software being developed and published by Nintendo.
All this is not good enough for the media or mainstream. They demand Online gaming. Nin is looking into free LAN gaming, which is still not good enough for the nit-picking fanbases.
Did anyone ever question that taking franchises MultiPlayer-Online-Only is not good for the industry like that which Rare are planned on doing to force Gamers to HAVE to buy LIVE subscriptions?
Did anyone in the media every question that Rare of today is incapable of producing AI it once could in its prime back in the days and that so many developers are focusing less on evolving AI and focusing on how many $$$ they can suck dry out of M$ to take their franchise on LIVE just so their development house doesnt go bankrupt if their franchises they invested so much in this generation bomb-out in sales?
Atari anyone?
[eg Nintendo's attempt with Animal Crossing was mild innovation in the eyes of the media but Nintendo can show that taking games Online is easy, its creating whole new franchises or genres with above average AI that they wish to focus on which doesnt happen overnight]
Online gaming is great but Nintendo isnt jumping on the bandwagon just yet because their platforms have ALWAYS been primarily based around:
-realtime gameplay
-proprietory data mediums not affiliated with eg. Consortiums such as DVD or whatever the other Movie format will be in the future, Overly Expensive Telecommunications Subscriptions or Computer Hardware.
If you dont like Nintendo's principles, just accept the alternative choices available but demanding Nintendo is stubborn or not willing to adapt to multi-media is stupidity.
If also you cant read between the lines, Nintendo is hinting $ony And M$ will be fighting tooth and nail each other on the bragging-rights to who's got the most powerful console (just how this-gen M$ stupidly focused on hyping their platform to be more powerful when it launched years after $ony's lol), while Nintendo is going to focus on DS connectivity GBA ++ connectivity and many more peripherals like the Pokemon Wand or Konga Drums etc
Nintendo has for years had innovative niche peripherals but not launched them because they havent had appropriate franchises for the peripherals.
Nintendo will still have a powerful next-gen platform with IBM & ATI [lol M$ quietly copied Nintendo] its just Nintendo will focus on gaming related peripherrals while the other 2 will fighting eachother as to who can push more polygons or how fast their Drive can burn DV etc lol. Little stupid sledging things.
For the record Nintendo [Shiggy] has loved the EyeToy before it even launched on sale and Its possible future projects like Mario 128 will possibly have peripheral compatibilities [Im speculating NDS].
Once again if you want Online gaming, look elsewhere because as long as those that control the Internet or those that control the Telecommunications, are entrenched there, Nintendo doesnt want to get involved. Although Wireless LAN has been hinted recently.
When Nintendo can offer their platform to be played on an intranet or something without subscriptions, they will gladly offer it, but until then its either hold in there or your free to jump on the bandwagon on another platform if your needs are suited there.
As for more information on Innovation, such as the DS? This is what I had to say last week or whenever on another forum board which Ive cut and pasted.
Yes the best thing thats happened to the Xbx since Seamus Blackley stepped down is Ed Fries doing the stepping down shuffle.
Do too many silly trolls who suffer from that condition called "tall-poppy syndrome" have outbrusts of unfounded stupidity. They've attacked Nintendo's DS platform without even knowing anything more than a vague description that the platform comprises of 2 screens & ROM memory data.
I bet in 2005 PC developers will be more commonly jumping on the bandwagon and developing niche games that need 2 monitor screens to be played at fullest potential, with the added option of supporting co-op using 2 screens. Then eventually these nose-in-the-air fanboys with a pessimistic attitude will be saying multi-screen isnt a bad idea afterall. The only difference to them is that its just that if Nintendo develops something first its a "gimmick" and should not be [supported/acknowledged] [commended/appreciated] even though the followers/copycats just tag along behind Nintendo from a distance of a few years.
LOL now M$ has jumped in bed with ATI *AND* IBM. Surely with the billion$ of dollars M$ are willing to lose in order to drive $ony out of the industry, that M$ could have afforded to lose a few more billion$ and settle its standover differences with nVidia & Intel?
Way too many lazyass dumbasses on the net are somewhat already critical of the DS platform because their limited mental capacity cannot comprehend that the very limited information currently available for the DS shouldnt give excuse for the particular guilty primitive website staff from sites [such as Ernie from gaming-age], to offer their anguished-dribble without something with substance to backup their dribble.
Surely these jelous websites [such as gaming-age] are still not that bitter that M$ couldnt take on Nintendo or M$ is too scorned to launch a handheld and make profit aswell or M$ would be contradicting themselves if they launched a handheld in a hilerious effort to take on the competition? Surely now these scorned fanboys got over that M$ couldnt take on Nintendo already? Because pre-ejaculative-negative website staff [like Ernie from gaming-age] dont have the mental capacity to think of what creative uses a dual screen could have, therefore it is their neanderthal instinctive duty to already rubber-stamp claim the dual screen concept as nothing more than a "gimmick". Oh thats right lets look at other current "gimmicks" in the gaming industry; having a HDD for a set-top-box pretending to be a game console was touted to be ahead of its time yadda yadda yawn and yet gamers today are still twiddling their thumbs as to how Blinx and Music Mixer has revolutionised console gaming. LOL the HDD in the Xcox has served the purpose of storing Nintendo & MAME ROMs, nothing more than an "ancient gimmick" at best, which PCs where doing long time ago.
Yet Konami, Capcom, Namco & Sega (thank goodness B grade publishes such Atari & Acclaim etc wont be supporting the DS) are just some of the bigggest guns in the console industry that are already thinking/evaluating what new "genres" they can conceive with 2 screens while website reporters [such as Ernie from gaming-age] can adore all the B-grade 3rd Parties on their Ngage platform or Xcox platform with their apparently non-gimmicky franchises or PC franchises holding the Xcox platform afloat. Yeah right.
PS: A "gimmick" like Eyetoy has outsold MusicMixer for the Xcox like something like 20:1 therefore its official that Music Mixer is the worst performing "gimmick" to come out this generation and then some.
Iwata foggy mentions of the DS being "heterogeneous" and producing movement that gamers have never experienced before. [In my opinion that is the most intriguing and revealing clue to the puzzling truth behind the platform].
According to GMR [a source which appears to be 100 times more sophisticated or nuetral than some emotionally retarded websites such as gaming-age], Nintendo has been in discussions with Sharp to possibly use a certain technology in a then future portable system. The big secret is that the Nintendo DS may actually have a "true" 3D display.
For more info on Sharp's technology refer to this link:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3 973,1335241,00.asp
Sure, the example used by Nintendo of a player seeing different areas or camera angles at once doesn’t sound like 3D. Perhaps Nintendo has been saying such things to offset the rampant speculation and surprise the world come E3 2004.
True, what if Nintendo is holding their cards to their chest and only releasing the not-so incredibly groundbreaking news, until its time to unleash the full unveiling at E3 2004?
[In my opinion there is no friggin way Nintendo would launch a new platform if they claim they will have shipped 60MIL GBA units by the time the PSP launches and if the DS platform is nothing more than a PSP with Dual Screens, then it would be pointless, however the DS is not pretending to be a PSP with an extra screen. In my opinion the DS project is something non-conventional, something thats doesnt just play games or MPEGs/AVIs on a 2D screen [*cough* PSP *cough*] but something much much more, which $sony has not even conceived of yet let alone hacked].
Getting back to Nintendo holding out on us until they unleash the monumental moment in video game history since color LCD and fully describe the features of 2 screens:
What if the player could have 2 modes of play available. One "true 3D" and one "standard 3D" with the latter having options of having both screens as one large picture or 2 seperate pictures with seperate perspectives not just seperate camera points, [something of which $ony or M$ would definately be incapable of conceiving because Miyamoto-san is a widespread acknowledged Gaming God whos wisdom goes beyond any globalisation conglomorate or corporate trying to make $$$ in the gaming industry instead of trying to create a refreshing alternative platform to [1] consoles and [2] PCs]. [The Xcox has failed the expectations of all the overhyping because the platform is too much like a dumbed down PC and also because there are already 2 consoles out there on the market. The Xbox doesnt have a real niche that markets dont alrady have. If M$ dont want to embarress themselves again next-gen they are going to have to throw every conceivable technological entertainment gimmick one can think of that can fit in those large XshoeBoxs, possibly even a recordable drive for added measure so as to try to be able to keep up with $ony's marketshare].
Continuing with my own creative speculative input on the DS project. It would be totally cool if in future models superceeding the DS, if the 2 screens where set in a manually rotatable disc where the 2 screens could be positioned in a horizontal split for "standard 3D" modes of play or the 2 screens could be manually rotated 90 degrees to be positioned in a verticle split for "true 3D" display.
Nintendo has always been focused on innovating gameplay rather than focused on corporate deals such as push for pay-to-play Online-Only multiplayer subscriptions, with games that lack any new creativity whatsoever.
One could imagine the DS could have 2 thumbsticks that can be used for playing games such as Sega's Virtual On, Mech-type genre games or [according to speculation the platform is capable of other functions but in my opinion Nintendo is not really interested in developing another press-play-to-view-FMV-MPEG-AVI-station-portable that $ony is doing but rather a platform that can take on something like video/radio gaming/entertainment challenges in every conceivable way imagineable] piloting wireless electronics such as toy robots or hobby radio-controlled crafts thanks to the wireless Motorolla components?
IBM, NEC, ATI, Sharp, Motorolla, The ROM manufacturer Nintendo invested 10MIL into are just some of the geniuses that may be involved in this industry shakeup changing project.
Square-Enix will definately have FFVII tweaked/enhanced for launch of the PSP and the platform will dive off the shelves at launch in Japan however one can also speculate Square-Enix will develop new RPG concepts for the DS which naturally all the jelous nay-sayers [such as Ernie from gaming-age] will not appreciate or adopt because their brain is too primitive to comprehend that some of the industry developer legends have been around for so long that they need newer platforms with newer gameplay opportunities available to them to give them motivation to strive for bigger goals that can enrich/ignite their creative passion.
There is absolutely no way the DS will bomb when Animal Crossing will be taken to levels unconceiveable eg. viewing the realtime Tropical Island activities on the 2nd screen is a mild breakthrough but "true 3D" Animal Crossing would look like a living GAF Viewmaster reel and would absolutely blow away everyone. [Nintendo to bring GAF Viewmaster to life? and Sharp corporation may be Nintendo's ticket]. [Animal Crossing 2 should allow for gamer to train a pet to perform duties or something where progress could be monitored at all times on the second screen
Imagine when Resident Evil character swaping is implemeted on the DS which has 2 screens.
Imagine playing Worms 3D or Diggers Remake with the screens showing above ground and below ground activity at the same time.
Imagine playing a long-distance rally Racing game where the 2nd screen shows full detailed/intricate map of track and turn points. OK, Tantalus, get onto that one because begrudging developers like Codemasters, Atari, Activision etc are pretending to be supporting Nintendo.
Would gameplay be enhanced or even make sense if an option was available for the 2nd screen to be from the AI driver in 1st position viewpoint? So player could view if the AI is setting up the player for a stack by planting bomb presents in Mario Karts: Double Duel DS?
Hold on what if each screen is focused on each of the 2 swapping-characters?
Anyway Metroid Zero on GBA [which is getting strong reviews and then some] is paving the finances for Metroid first person perspective on the DS which will undoubtably be awesome to play on the go as would a Starfox space-shooter game on the go. When the DS and PSP launch 2004/05 the N-gage would be a reminiscent relic already that just was poorly planned by a conglomorate trying to make $$$ out of monthly subscriptions. Will M$ be jelous and launch a handheld at end of the year also just so $ony dont make huge sales?
Imagine if the 1st screen of the DS platform was in first person mode and the 2nd screen was in 3rd person mode? Imagine if the RTS genre was developed on the DS platform eg. Starcraft: Ghost where the 1st screen was in first person mode while the second screen was in isometric viewpoint and focused on all the RTS battles from a distance?
Just because there are many retarded websites plastered all over the internet and there are many retarded gaming magazines publications that are under the guise that they are multi-platform supporters, which are jelous of Nintendo's continual success or continual striving for innovative realtime gameplay [DS platform uses cart ROM not disc ROM, hence Nintendo successfully avoids having to spend time on creating imaginative load-screen bars LOL like all the other platforms HAVE TO], does not mean that the DS platform is a "gimmick". These retarded websites dont even deserve to be labelled "clueless".
At least there are a few intelligent conversationists left in the gaming industry such as:
http://www.n-philes.com/view.php?view=pages/co ntact#Ethan Pearson
or even me [shock horror] who can provide at least some questions that open up interesting issues instead of just being a retarded brick wall not willing to open their mind on account of being jelous that corporates still cant bring down Nintendo's continual industry leading realtime creativity. I bet that because the DS platform will be focused on realtime gaming [instead of press play to view AVI, Nokia & Sony are onto] that it will incorporate the wireless multiplayer Motorolla adapter built-in [you can purchase this adapter for the GBA for wireless multiplayer] just so Nintendo offers multiplayer gaming at free of charge.
I vote the official name for the DS platform should be called Nintendo Gamedual™ or Twinblade™ or Dualduel™ but definately not Lynxbrick or Xshoebox. Or even better Nintendo TV™ [True View] but also supports picking up public TV broadcasts should mainstreamers believe TV stands for television.
Come to think of it, there could be an expansion port on the DS to connect a CAM where the 2nd screen could be used for surveillance while the 1st screen offered a video game, which got me thinking if Nintendo did use pet robot toys or radio controlled serveillance products to operate with the DS then one of the screens could naturally relay the footage back to the DS while the other screen could offer video game strategy elements or something related to the activity? Multitasking-Multiperspective-Multigaming-Multip layer gaming anyone? Yup Nintendo is and always was lightyears ahead when it comes to realtime interactivity.
The lifespan of Nintendo= gaming > video gaming > video gaming & gaming merged together.
Also it raises the issue what will the term be called for playing a Video game and playing a Radio controlled game in conjunction at the same time? Is Dual-gaming a sufficient term?
Come to think of it does anyone know if the DS platform is even an actual handheld or the 2 screens end up being eye glasses? I believe Iwata is stating the DS is not an advancement of the GBA platform and even if those sceptics that claim Iwata is stating this as to not prematurely kill-off the GBA platform during its peak, you would have to wonder that why would Iwata worry about the GBA market which has superceeded beyond anyone's expectations and is quoted to be expected to have shipped 60MIL units by end of 2004 when the PSP hits the market?
Dear gaming-age, the mind is like a parachute ie. it works best when it is opened.
Dear gaming-age, its is definately worth doing some research and finding out all the information before you express your biased opinions because right now you have absolutely nothing to back you up while Nintendo having talks with Sharp can indicate that GMR or Ethan Pearson, have actually bothered to do some rearch before they express any emotional distraught or downright jelous feelings on any issue, like you have shown. Even if the Sharp technology somehow doesnt make its way to the first generation of the DS platform at least viewing multiple perspective gameplay on different screens will take gaming a level never comprehended before, even by the elitist PC/Xcox community who themselves can be nothing more than a "gimmick" when their beliefs are at risk or their forms of gaming are outdated.
And remember your not obligated to play multi-perspective games if your brain cant handle it. In my opinion the DS will be compatible with the next-gen Triforce AC machines which will possibly be utilising twin screens by Sharp, providing "true 3D" which is the future of Video gaming, ie. the next step in the evolution of screens.
And then the other leeches we know as $ony & M$ which tag along will use Sega etc to copy Nintendo's refreshing thoughts.
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You have just been shot down into 120MIL untextured gibblets which will make a great fertiliser for my lemon tree in Animal Crossing DS.
____[aka nonjagged]
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