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[moogle]

Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@May 9 2006, 01:34 AM
Zelda? Metroid? Kid Icarus? Just to name a few... Pretty much everything the NES to the N64 has to offer, along with Genesis and Saturn?

Don't forget, Metal Gear? Final Fantasy? Started on the NES, their roots go further than Sony.


Oh! And they did it! They copied the revolution controller.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtop...099235#23099235


Oh wow, oh wow that was beautiful. Recap of Sony Conference:

They're late for their own conference. A hundred racing and shooting games, all them not any better looking than the 360. Rip off of XBox Live. Rip off of iTunes. Both blatant. Having to request applause from the crowd, multiple times. Rip off of Nintendos controller, internet proceeds to go on murderous rampage, and theirs doesn't even work right when they show it in action. Their feed gets cut off. Price is revealed; 600$, everyone gawks.


Congratulations, you've shot yourself in the foot. Publicly.

Key word being NES and N64.
Gamecube sucked...hard.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Yea, it did, I'll admit it. It really sucked. There was Metroid, and Zelda, and not much else... but the Wii takes GC disks too, so I needn't throw away my (very small) collection.





http://media.revolution.ign.com/media/748/...id_1502430.html

[moogle]

New FF!!!!
OMG!!!!!
*enters fanboy craze*

[TheGiantMidgit]

Yea, I saw that live on the Sony Conference. It looks good, but, I seriously don't believe that's ingame. I think they did what they did with Killzone, and threw an HUD on a CG scene. No offense, but, yea, seriously. ....that, and I wasn't overly excited as there hasn't been a really good one since 7.


....although, 3, the Japanese 3, is coming to DS with a built from the ground up 3d engine. I am anticipating that.

[moogle]

Meh, maybe, but it still rocks.
And..I dunno, I just didn't really care for Mario...or Halo 3, in Halo it was basically just an itro trailer, they didn't show ANY gameplay...mario is just...mario...meh.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Mario is a tech demo basically, always has been for Nintendo's stuff. Mario 64 springs to mind. ...but I was brainstorming with alot of people over the Wii controller, and wow, literally, the possibilities are endless. It can be a mouse, it can be a controller, it can be something totally new. I understand if you're not a nintendo fan, that's ok, I appreciate alot of Playstation games too, and a few XBox games (though most just scream "Rated M for blood and cursing and nonexistant gameplay!" to me), and yes, the Gamecube was like a drought to nintendo fans, but I've always loved their philosophy (Make it better, not faster or prettier) and the way they've always put innovation and pure fun above visuals and stuff, and that's why I've stuck by them.


The GC was a terrible system, but I'll give it one thing: Out of the limited library, more than half of the games were incredibly realized (before pretty much all the support got pulled and it dimmed into crappy games like the N64) and the quality of the good games was absolutely blinding.


The DS has done great things in the time it's been out. I've seen chicks playing it, old men, middle aged women, ect. It's truely what Nintendo was going after when they were talking about demographics. Brain Age and Nintendogs and Phoenix Wright and such are absolutely brilliant from a marketing point of view. ...and when I showed various people the Wii video, they -all- wanted one. Just like how Duck Hunt captured the hearts of pretty much anyone back in the day, because it was so accessable, easy to play, intuitive, appealing and it looked fun and was fun. Like DDR or Guitar Hero, it's a very effective thing, to just look like it's fun to play and keeping it simple, yet challenging.


What someone posted on PA that I found amusing:

Sony: "Sure it's 500 dollars, but look! METAL GEAR!"
Us: "Oooooooooh."
Nintendo: "Oh that's nice. But guess what. Zelda. Metroid. AND METAL GEAR!"
Us: "BE WITH ME!"

I DEMAND THAT REGGIE BE PLAYABLE.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Reggie can sell anything, I'm used to the name now and actually like it.

And the DS Lite hits June 1, can't wait.

[Don Andy]

Wow, If I didn't want to buy the Wii before, I totally would now only for the new SSB title. And not because it has Snake, I love it because it was awesome on the GC and will most likely be awesome on the Wii (could I catch a glimpse of Meta Knight there? I so want it)

[TheGiantMidgit]

http://media.revolution.ign.com/media/748/...id_1502430.html there is a bunch of clips of Metaknight in there, Andy.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Does anyone have an idea how much is Wii going to cost when it finally enters sale?
Because I've been thinking about getting one. PS3 and X360 appear an overkill to me, and - duh - I've got a thing for Metroid and Castlevania games (all of the first series and majority of the second are released only for Nintendo consoles, if you think of that).

Side note... is NDS worth buying?