I love
Nintendo, i always have and i suspect i always will.
Nintendo have made really poor hardware choices in the past
Very true and it started with the decision to use cartridges for
N64 and continued with the original
GBA and
GCN. Infact, the biggest problem that arised was the mediums they chose to use. While i think the
DS carts are superior to
UMD' s (mainly because i detest
PSP' s stupid loading times, but also because no moving parts reduces the risk of damage), i think they were the wrong choive of medium for
N64.
If
N64 had used
CD' s like the
Saturn and
Playstation, the games would have been cheaper and more accessible (some costing
£80 in the
UK) and thus the console would have been much more popular.
The
Gamecube uses 8cm optical discs, which although a nice idea only hold
1.5 GB. The other issue was lack of
DVD palyback in the machine, which is something
Revolution looks to address on several levels.
The pads themselves have never been perfect, the
N64 pad specifically had huge flaws, but with each pad
Nintendo create they bring something new to the industry that the other companies copy.
Nintendo is looking to address these issues with Revolution and hopefully people will be very impressed!
Another thing that annnoys me about nintendo is the number of rehases and not enough new IPs
Agreed 100%!!!
Mario has become annoying. I was one of the people who actually enjoyed
Super Mario Sunshine, buying it because
Super Mario 64 blew my mind on
N64. While it didn' t live up to it' s older brother, if it hadn' t been a
Mario game and had been judged accordingly i think it would have been much more successful. It' s like people thinking that
Reloaded and
Relolutions weren' t as good as the original, but judge them as separate movies and they' re better than pretty mcuh anything but the original, making them badass in their own right.
But they need to stop including
Mario & Co in every other game that' s released. The only cameo i truly appreciated was the addition of
Link in the
GCN version of
Soul Calibur 2 (the definative version of the game).
Wind Waker was a risk and i loved it but i can see how it would say " kiddie" to some audiences. Twilight Princess has gone back to the series' former glory established with
Ocarina of Time and
Majora' s Mask and looks to take the titles of '
GCN' s ultimate game' away from
RE4.
The thing is though, if you know
ANYTHING about
Nintendo' s strategy for
Revolution, you' ll already be aware that
Nintendo have realised they need new IP' s and that those IP' s will have to be geared to a more mature audience. While i full expect 1 or 2 more
Mario/Pokemon-esque characters to join
Nintendo' s portfolio, i know they' re looking more along the lines of characters akin to Samus from the more recent
Metroid games.
I think nintendo do rock the handheld world though, and the PSP isn' t enough to take that away.
Also agreed, as far as the games are concerned.
PSP offers multi-media functionality, a trend that began with cameraphones a few years ago.
Apple and
Sony were quick to get in on the idea and i think Nintendo have realised that
DS doesn' t fulfil everything the end-user wants.
The
DS Lite looks gorgeous but i wouldn' t be suprised if
Nintendo added more functions to the next model of their handheld. Perhaps even putting more fuctionality ito the true successor to the
GBA. I also wouldn' t be suprised if
Apple entered the handheld gaming market, maybe even partnering with
Nintendo.
Highest Quality Games (not all of them but definitely most of them)
True. While people may look at 1st party games on
GCN and not take much notice, they' ve definately set themsevles up with some killer apps on
Revolution...
...However, the majority of salivating, sweating lard@$$ Nintendo FB' s, tend to be male and fall in to one of two demographics (see this thread' s title)....
Ha, well
Gangsta and myself are the kind guys you could go out drinking with until the early hours and feel safe walking through crime ridden neighbourhoods in the company of, ...and we both love
Nintendo!
...honestly... what self respecting dude prefers collecting rings??...
Firstly that' s
Sonic and
Sega, but change it to stars and it becomes
Nintendo so your point still stands. But remember, ...it' s a game! It doesn' t have to be complex and it doesn' t have to have depth. It just has to be fun!!!