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Variety comes in packs of 8 and which one to choose… (Sorry)

Now one thing (hopefully) even Playstation fans can accept is that when it comes to variety Nintendo give you the better options. First we have colours, the N64 has a large collection of different N64 colours, the Gameboy Color is the same and so is the Gameboy Advanced even the Gamecube will have a selection of colours to choose from.

So what I hear you cry, since when has colours had an effect on gaming, well as Tesco’s say every little helps and if you are one of those people who don’t like purple or black it is nice to be able change it. But I’m not just talking about the colours of controllers and consoles I’m also talking about your ability to choose what sort of console you want. The PS2 is expensive, this isn’t a big criticism but one thing that drives up the price is its ability to play DVD’s. If it was £100 who would want to buy a DVD player if they get a game console and DVD machine combo for cheaper?

Unfortunately people who already have a DVD player or don’t want one isn’t getting a good deal, they are paying extra and the extra they are getting is something they don’t want. Now Nintendo make a console without a DVD player to cater for the people with low budgets or don’t want a DVD player whilst Panasonic make a more expensive console for those who can afford more and want a DVD player. A nice bit of variety there.

Nintendo games also show a lot of variety, they tend to be unashamedly cute but if you like Racing, Golf, Board games, platformers, RPG’s, Beat ‘em ups and puzzle games you can get a Mario game! It is quite amazing how Nintendo can make so many different types of games to cater for so many different peoples tastes involving a fat Italian plumber! Smash Brothers is a great example of Nintendo’s variety as you can compare Nintendo’s big name characters and discover how different they are.

So should we see more Variety in games? Is Variation in colours important? Will we be able to pick and choose graphic and sound chips to suit our budget much like a PC’s in the future? What do you think?

Here’s to the future

Dringo

We live in hope ortega.

I know it needs more time in development to live up to its claim.

And as i said many many many launch tiltes are yet to be announced! I think Rune might be one.

but thats going by the American and Jap console releases. surly most of these games should be ready for our launch.

That's a drag. Eternal Darkness looked really good.

(Sorry. It's late and I haven't slept for ages.)

That's a drag. Eternal darkness look really good.

Meka_Dragon wrote:
> What's this 18 launch games for GAMECUBE stuff.

That's based on
> USA release schedules, so half of those US sports titles won't be
> initially launched here.

The following games are sure to be
> available at launch or soon after:

SuperSmash Bros: Melee (Beat
> 'em-up)
Star Wars Rogue Leader (Shoot 'em-up!)
Luigi's Mansion
> (Suck 'em-up!!)
Wave Race: Blue Storm (Race 'em-up)
Pikmin (pick
> 'em-up?)
Eternal Darkness (scare 'em-up?)
Super Monkey Ball (roll
> 'em-up!)
Star Fox Adventures (adventure 'em-up!)

Pikmin will appear a month after release, Eternal Darkenss about 2-3 months.

Super smash brothers will well come out a little later.

What's this 18 launch games for GAMECUBE stuff.

That's based on USA release schedules, so half of those US sports titles won't be initially launched here.

The following games are sure to be available at launch or soon after:

SuperSmash Bros: Melee (Beat 'em-up)
Star Wars Rogue Leader (Shoot 'em-up!)
Luigi's Mansion (Suck 'em-up!!)
Wave Race: Blue Storm (Race 'em-up)
Pikmin (pick 'em-up?)
Eternal Darkness (scare 'em-up?)
Super Monkey Ball (roll 'em-up!)
Star Fox Adventures (adventure 'em-up!)


Those games are certain to be released here at the same time as the console.

All very different in style, so there's plenty of variety in Nintendo's launch line-up.

Other games that may be launch titles here include:

Dave Mirra BMX
18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker
Resident Evil 0
Bomberman Generations

Then there are games still to be confirmed

These are just off the top of my head too, so I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

But the fact remains that there are multiple genres there to choose from.

Turbonutter wrote:
> Why they ever gave you a GAD is just one of the mysteries
Or, in words of one syllable: Go. Away. We. Don't. Like.
> You.

Got it?

Away has two syllables. ;-)

Turbonutter wrote:
> Why haven't a lot of 2rd parties signed up for the GC then? Why are
> Square still arguing with them?

Hmmmm?


It's 3rd parties your thinking of.

Why are Square still arguing with them?

Because Square need Nintendo more than Nintendo need Square!

Square are in debt, and need to develop for the GBA. They want to make some of their NG titles multiplatform, but Nintendo will only allow them to if they get some Sqaure games debut on their console.

Business negotiations, not arguements.

Turbonutter wrote:

Because it's a little bloody miracle!!! 2 years
> later and Nintendo are only just catching up with the
> technology!

2 years?

Can no one add up here?