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Your thoughts on Nintendo's new plans
KingDiamond55
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I for one hope that Nintendo is turning over a new leaf with the 3DS. I can't wait to play classics Like LOZ: OOT, Star Fox 64, Metal Gear, and FF. Hopefully Shigeru has realized that the quality of his consoles seems to be going with his age, and it's time for something new, with a taste of his old success in classic Zelda, Star Fox, etc.
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I'm looking forward to Pit's new adventures, and I'm happy for the fans of the other series', but I'm hoping that there's more innovation to come in franchises and not just NES 7.0.
Also, if classics from Nintendo are what you are most looking forward to, you should realize that the Wii is the best place for this still (and probably will be for some time).
Very few FPS games, WRPGs, and any good online game. I just lost interest and also never saw a reason to buy a DS, which does have many good games but I guess I just prefer to use my computer/console at home and to read a book when I am away.
This seems to be something Iwata is trying to rectify. One of the recent Interviews with him mentions that nintendo were actively seeking out third parties for the 3DS. Seems like a good strategy compared to their non-action for the last while.
They're also talking of having some heavily revamped online systems as well. Seems like the 3DS is Nintendo's cue to start making some much needed changes.
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So Avatar is the best movie ever made, then?
Gotcha.
I don't even agree with the OP but the idea that sales numbers = quality is so fucking stupid that I can't help but cringe whenever someone uses it.
Isn't that what they've been doing for over 20 years now?
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The 3DS does show the first opportunity for Nintendo to create a system with graphics that can seriously compare to what has previously only been possible in a home console setting. In a way this creates the appearance of a new opportunity for third party companies to create higher-end releases for a Nintendo system. Better heads than I can explain why the N64, Gamecube, and Wii have not been approached with the same flair and finesse as the GBA or the DS, but everyone knows the 3DS is all but destined to continue Nintendo's outstanding pedigree of portable systems and games.
Someone fill me in on this!
You know how the new trend with movies is to remake all these old movies from the '80s and '90s, only now sometimes in 3D?
It's like that, only with Nintendo games.
Ta-da!
That analogy is absolutely horrible. You're comparing something that is judged on artistic value to something that is purely a platform to bring entertainment to the masses and has no such value. They are judged on completely different metrics. To use something other than sales is nothing more than an inflation of personal opinions.
Forward thinking but behind the times in some aspects would be a good way to put it I think. Their online model is waaay behind, but on the other hand, Sony and Microsoft are the ones who are playing catch up with motion controlled gaming. And for all the limitations of playing games online, playing multiplayer games with people on the same screen is a hell of a lot of fun with most games. I would say its the quintessential party console and for me, that experience is much preferable to playing deathmatch with people who more often than not carry on like douchnozzles online. Then again, the games you seem to really like aren't quite my fortay either. If I'm going to seek out those types of games I always have my PC right in front of me. Diablo III is guaranteed to get a lot of play time from me at least, that much is certain.
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I will comply
We're not talking about games, we are talking about platforms or mediums. A comparison between product and medium is not at all fair because they are judged on different metrics.
Um.
So the purpose of this thread is to discuss Nintendo going along with the ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY on 3D viewing of things?
... alright then I guess.
That said, the 3DS is looking nice, but I'm becoming old and all this new 3D stuff only angers and confuses me so I'll just be playing it for the games.
Honestly though the analogy has merit here in my opinion. There..don't want that bit getting confused. Avatar and the Wii have succeeded due to the same reason. The masses and a gimmick. The Wii appealed to a wider audience with its family friend play styles and games, leaning more towards party or group gaming setups and away from more mature themed gaming with a few exceptions. Yes its sales numbers are amazing but does that mean its truely as good of a gaming console as it should be? No, no it doesn't. Nintendo is getting by with piles of shitty games sprinkled with their own triple A titles because the masses gobble up every bowling or game night turd on a disc that comes down the pipe.
A similar arguement could be made for Avatar. At the end of the day it skated by a lot by virtue of the technology involved and the "ooh aah," factor. Again, thanks to the masses. Now I'm not saying that either is good or bad, simply that in my opinion that's how it is that they've both done so well. So yeah, you can compare the two on the grounds that they get by and did so well in part thanks to a gimmick and we don't have to get all douchey about it in the process.
I think the OP is hoping for continued first party quality from nintendo with hopefully some brand new ponies to add to their stable alongside zelda and mario and perhaps a bit stronger third party backing and triple A titles for the 3DS. I think we can all agree that would be fantastic.
maybe, but the Wii is more expensive, and I wouldn't want to buy a new console just for the downloadable content and a few odd games(Metroid Prime, Smash Bros, Super Mario Galaxy, a couple more). Besides, you never know if this might what Nintendo loving, but hardcore gamers, are looking for. They may finally get the online play down pact. But I'm definitely not getting my hopes up.
the only thing that's kind of disappointing is that there's no 3D on the bottom screen. I know it wouldn't have been practical because touching the screen would ruin the illusion amyway but it just means that games where the primary mode of input is the stylus (like the zelda games) won't be made.
No, the DS was about making 円 for Nintendo. 3DS probably will continue that trend.
3rd party developers have no reason to develop for the Wii as far as I can tell. At least, why develop for Wii when Sony and MS are willing to provide money to subsidize development and you aren't forced to compete with Nintendo? Most "hardcore" gamers probably have a PS3/360 to go along with their Wii, those that don't, aren't interested in 3rd party games to begin with.
Well, it could be because most 3rd party developers are losing lots and lots of money in HD development (and in general), and the Wii provides a cheaper system to develop for.
But then they could just go to the DS.
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This. The OP is amazing
DS needs more options. re: Star Fox Command's controls.
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I'm turning it into cash money
I'll buy it a month or two after launch, buy a game or two, and then proceed to ignore it for three, four years, occasionally interrupting its long dusty slumber for a new Zelda, Metroid, Golden Sun or (a newcomer?!) Paper Mario. Every other game is most probably inferior to anything on the stationary consoles (although, yes, Golden Sun is actually not a very good game; I prefer to think of it as an accumulation of awesome dungeons, puzzles and charming details, wrapped in a layer of horrendous writing and abyssmal battles).
So, yeah. Same old, same old. Maybe I'll be able to afford some non-handicapped games from all the money I won't be spending past the fourth game.
There are so many great games for the console, I can't imagine what is wrong with you people.
Save rare ocasions, these people don't want to find games to play on Wii. They prefer to cling to this pre conceived notion that it has very few games outside of 1st party offerings. Of course some might just be into online FPS only or something of the sort, like you said, so OK, what they want isn't there.
There's a difference between Nintendo "not being able to keep up" and your tastes simply not matching with what they offer, since they always had pretty much the same overall strategy and over the course of Wii's life they've been releasing plenty of good games.
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1. Miyamoto is not the head of Nintendo
2. The DS and Wii are both hugely successful for Nintendo, which is a business
3. "Turning over a new leaf" = releasing N64 games again, with 3D this time?
Online FPS is a genre I don't play at all, and I can rarely find good things on the Wii
The only game I really incredibly enjoyed on the Wii thus far that wasn't on an HD system (which obviously makes the Wii version inferior) is Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
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Look man, just, just don't. Don't even try.
It's best to just to ignore these people. You're not going to convince him or any of the others that spout off this nonsense that there are good games on the Wii. It will forever be an inferior console in their eyes.
Covered in dust, back of the closet, whatever, just...don't bother man, not worth your typing fingers.
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Didn't like the first
Don't like 3D Marios
Didn't like it
Didn't like other versions of the game, assuming the Wii version is exactly the same
Didn't like it with the Wii controls, enjoyed it on GameCube though (played on my Wii, incidentally)
Liked Melee just fine, formula was tired by the time Brawl hit
No interest
Haven't played yet, this one may be valid
Ugh
Have to play it with the shitty control method of a sideways Wiimote rather than the Classic Controller which would make so much more sense
EDIT: I realize that the Wii is simply not for me, and that's fine. But the notion that some people just can't find good games for it is absolutely realistic, not laughable. There are Nintendo die-hards who look at the entirety of the 360 library and go "meh", and that's fine too.